Letter 919: Libanius thanks Theodorus for saving Eusebius and asks him to push the final administrative decision through.
The sophist Eusebius has been saved through you: you snatched him out of the winter and restored him to his family. But the evidence by which he distinguished himself in court, showing himself clear of the charge, has been brought to your authorities, and it needs the ears and the voice of the great office. Through you, the matter will reach its end, and quickly; without your help, it will either lie somewhere outside or make its way in slowly. Show us once again the admirable Theodorus, who takes great pleasure in removing difficulties for all people, and especially for those who have given their lives to Hermes and the Muses.
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Latin / Greek Original
Σέσωσται μὲν ὁ σοφιστὴς Εὐσέβιος διὰ σὲ τὸν τοῦ μὲν χειμῶνος αὐτὸν ἐξαρπάσαντα, τοῖς δὲ οἰκείοις ἀποδόντα· δι᾽ ὧν δὲ εὐδοκίμησεν ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ δεικνὺς αὑτὸν καθαρὸν αἰτίας, κεκόμισταί τε ὡς ὑμᾶς καὶ τῶν τε ὥτων τοῦ τε στόματος δεῖται τῆς μεγάλης ἀρχῆς· ὃ διὰ μὲν σοῦ καὶ τέλος ἕξει καὶ ταχέως, τῆς δὲ σῆς ἀπούσης βοηθείας ἢ ἔξω που κείσεται ἢ βραδέως εἴσεισι. δεῖξον δὴ πάλιν ἡμῖν τὸν θαυμάσιον Θεόδωρον, ᾧ πολλὴν μὲν ἡδονὴν φέρει τὸ δυσκολίας ἅπασι μὲν λύειν ἀνθρώποις, μάλιστα δὲ τοῖς τὸν αὑτῶν παραδοῦσι βίον Ἕρμῇ καὶ Μούσαις.
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