Letter 95: By now, Olympius's business should have been settled through you, with letters coming to us from there announcing it...

To Themistius. (359/60) By now the effort on Olympius' behalf ought to have been brought to completion through you, and letters ought to have been coming and going: from there to us, reporting the deed accomplished, and from us to you, praising your zeal. But, as you see, here again are letters about the very same matters. What, then, is the cause of this? For you are not idle in the needs of your friends, nor is the power lacking, nor would you say that you feared the proverb which declares that it is foolish to do good to cowards. For Olympius is not one of these, but, if anyone is, he is good at remembering a favor, at watching for the right moment to repay it, and at hastening to render back something still more splendid. Let it be done, then, now, even if not earlier. You have two teachers in this affair: first, those earlier letters in which I set forth both whose [client] the man was and how you all acquired him; and I also explained both how he is being wronged and what you must prevent. But if you no longer have the letter, nor the memory of what was in it, you have Olympius' brother, from whom, learning each particular, you will make justice strong.

**To Themistius** (359/60) By now the favor for Olympius should have been accomplished through you, and letters should have been arriving to us from there announcing that the deed was done, while from us to you there should have come letters praising your eagerness. But, as you see, here again are letters on the same matters. How has this come about? For you are certainly not idle when friends are in need, nor do you lack the power to help. And you would say there is no cause to fear the proverb that declares it foolish to do good for cowards — for Olympius is not one of that sort. Rather, if anyone is, he is a man well suited to remember a kindness, to watch for the right moment to repay it, and to hasten to return it more generously than he received it. So let the thing be done now, even if it was not done before. You have two guides to the matter: that earlier letter of mine, in which I explained who the man belongs to and how you came to acquire him, and in which I also set out how he is being wronged and what you must do to prevent it. But if you no longer have the letter, nor any memory of what was in it, you have Olympius's brother, from whom you may learn every detail and then make justice prevail.

Θεμιστίῳ. (359/60) Νῦν ἔδει πεπληρῶσθαι τὴν σπουδὴν Ὀλυμπίῳ διὰ σοῦ καὶ γράμματα πρὸς μὲν ἡμᾶς ἐκεῖθεν φοιτᾶν μηνύοντα τὸ ἔργον, πρὸς δὲ σὲ παρ’ ἡμῶν ἐπαινοῦντα τὴν προθυμίαν, ἀλλ’, ὁρᾷς, πάλιν ὑπὲρ τῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιστολαί. πόθεν δὴ τοῦτο; οὔτε γὰρ σύ γε ἀργὸς ἐν φίλων χρείαις οὔτε ἄπεστι τὸ δύνασθαι τήν τε παροιμίαν οὐκ ἂν δεῖσαι φαίης, ἥ φησιν ἀνόητον εἶναι δειλοὺς εὖ ἔρδειν οὐ γὰρ τούτων γε Ὀλύμ- πιος, ἀλλ’, εἴπερ τις, ἀγαθὸς χάριτός τε ἀπομνημονεῦσαι καἰ τηρῆσαι καιρὸν ἀμοιβῶν καὶ σπεῦσαι λαμπρότερον ἀποδοῦναι. πραττέσθω δὴ νῦν, εἰ καὶ μὴ πρότερον. δύο δέ σοι τῶν πραγμάτων διδάσκαλοι, γράμματά τε ἐκεῖνα, ἐν οἷς διηγού- μην τίνων τε ἦν καὶ πῶς ἐκτήσασθε τὸν ἄνδρα, διείλεγμαι δὲ καὶ πῶς ἀδικεῖται καὶ τί δεῖ σε κωλῦσαι. εἰ δὲ μήτε τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἔτ᾿ ἔχεις μήτε τῶν ἐν αὐτὴ τὴν μνήμην, ἔχεις τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ὀλυμπίου, παρ’ οὗ μαθὼν ἕκαστα τὸ δίκαιον ἰσχυρὸν ποιήσεις.