Letter 2080: Our brother Andromachus possesses all the good arts, but above all others, faithfulness.
Our brother Andromachus possesses all the good arts, but above all others, faithfulness. In an age when loyalties shift with the wind, a man whose word is his bond deserves to be treasured. I commend him to you not merely as a man of talent -- though he is certainly that -- but as a man of character. Whatever service you can render him will be well rewarded by his own virtues, and I will count it as a personal favor.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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