Letter 960: Libanius asks Aburgius to add his influence to a recommendation for young Arrabius.
In this letter I ask for the same thing I asked in the last one: your goodwill, divine help, and your willingness to hand over the letter, be present when it is read, and give it force with your own words. In a matter like this, even a nod from you would carry weight. Remember that you cannot avoid this help, because your earlier favor has made it necessary. If you helped my son Eusebius, how could you not also help Arrabius, who is still a boy, and even more than him? Both have a gift for words, but this one is also bound to me by blood.
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Latin / Greek Original
1. Καὶ διὰ ταύτης τῆς ἐπιστολῆς ἃ διὰ τῆς προτέρας αἰτοῦμεν. ἠτοῦμεν δὲ δι᾿ ἐκείνης εὔνοιάν τε τὴν παρὰ σοῦ καὶ Διὸς βοήθειαν καὶ τὸ δοῦναί τέ σε τὰ γράμματα παρεῖναί τε τοῖς ἀναγιγνωσκομένοις καὶ ποιεῖν ἰσχυρὰ τοῖς παρὰ σοῦ ῥήμασι. μέγα δ᾿ ἂν ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις ἐνέγκαι τι καὶ νεῦμα. 2. ἐνθυμοῦ δὲ ὅτι σοι φεύγειν οὐκ ἔνι τήνδε τὴν βοήθειαν διὰ τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς προτέρας ἀνάγκην. ὃ γὰρ ἐμῷ παιδὶ βεβοηθηκὼς Εὐσεβίῳ πῶς οὐκ ἂν καὶ Ἀρραβίῳ παιδί γε ὄντι καὶ αὐτῷ καὶ μᾶλλόν γε ἢ ἐκείνῳ; τὸ μὲν γὰρ τῶν λόγων καὶ παρὰ τῷδε, τὸ δὲ καὶ δι᾿ αἵματος οὐ παρ᾿ ἐκείνῳ.
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