Letter 977: Libanius asks Eusebius not to blame his fear and thanks him for a rescue.

The man you trust most, and through whom much of your business has been done, reported your anger and the words that had caused it. He himself was the slanderer, though he wanted someone else to seem responsible, and he would not name the man who had provoked you. Since I consider your friendship a great possession, I would rightly be praised by you for fearing on behalf of that possession. I would rightly be blamed if I had not been afraid. My fear, I think, had reason on its side, because deception is always present and has often proved powerful in many places. Since you have spent time with Homer, and know where Eurystheus commanded and Heracles was commanded, learn from him not to blame the fear that arose in me and not to think yourself insulted, when you look to the ways of Zeus. As for the woman's rescue, I am as grateful to you as I would be if I had received equal goods while caught in equal troubles myself.