Letter 705: When the good Menander arrived from your region and wanted to tell me everything that had happened from sky to...

To Leontius. (362) When the excellent Menander arrived from you and wished to tell of all that was accomplished, out of the air, upon the earth, I turned the conversation to the subject of yourself, and we were both delighted; for what was said was fine and very worthy of your family and your education and our hopes. Therefore I could not summon you to anything better, but, if you remain the same, it will suffice; and you must, through your excellence in the foremost matters, attain to many of the offices, and among those many we too shall perhaps be present.

Λεοντίῳ. (362) Μένανδρον τὸν χρηστὸν ἥκοντα παρ’ ὑμῶν καὶ βουλό- μενον λέγειν, ὅσα ἐξ ἀέρος εἰς τὴν γῆν ἐπράχθη, πρὸς τὸν περὶ σοῦ μετέστησα λόγον καὶ ἡδόμεθα ἀμφότεροι· καλὰ γὰρ ἦν τὰ λεγόμενα καὶ μάλα ἄξια τοῦ γένους καὶ τῆς παιδείας καὶ τῶν ἐλπίδων. οὔκουν ἐπ’ ἀμείνω σε παπακαλεῖν ἔχοιμ᾿ ἄν, ἀλλ’, ἂν μείνῃς ὅμοιος, ἀρκέσει δεῖ δέ σε τῇ περὶ τὰ πρῶτα ἀρετῇ διὰ πολλῶν ἀφικέσθαι τῶν ἀρχῶν, ἐν δὲ ταῖς πολλαῖς ἴσως καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐσόμεθα.