10 surviving letters between Libanius and Olympius, spanning 320-367 AD.
I feel a mixture of joy and its opposite.
Your silence is not characteristic of you, and I choose to blame it on the press of affairs rather than on any...
Your letter arrived at exactly the right moment -- when I was beginning to wonder whether the world contained anyone...
It was good of you to acquit me of blame in the very act of accusing me.
I owe my homeland to you, and I may soon add that I owe my health to you as well.
You are a harbor for Syrians, even those who lack education.
The moment I heard that Rome had claimed you, I counted you fortunate.
I wrote to you before urging you not to dishonor your homeland, and I urge the same now: admire Rome, but live in...
When you said you could not write me a treatise on kidney disease because you had not heard a precise enough account...
Late though it was, I did oblige you.