Letter 821: If you know Eutocius, you know he is a good man.
To Leontius. (363)
If you know Eutocius, you also know that he is a good man; but if you do not know him, then, on my testimony, think of him in this way. And how well a just magistrate will treat a good man is plain.
He also has a friendship with us that springs from no small or trifling matters. This, then, is a second reason for you to treat Eutocius well, since of the two young men you sent one back to us as an orator, and the other you keep, having yourself made him too experienced in lawsuits.
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Latin / Greek Original
Λεοντίῳ. (363)
Εὐτόκιον εἰ μὲν οἶσθα, καὶ ὅτι χρηστός ἐστιν οἶσθα· εἰ
δ’ ἀγνοεῖς, ἀλλ’ ἐμοῦ μαρτυροῦντος οὕτω περὶ αὐτοῦ φρόνει.
χρηστὸν δὲ ἄνθρωπον ἄρχων δίκαιος ὡς εὖ ποιήσει δῆλον.
ἔστι δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ φιλία πρὸς ἡμᾶς οὐκ ἀπὸ σμικρῶν οὐδ’
ὀλίγων. οὐκοῦν αὕτη σοι δευτέρα τοῦ τὸν Εὐτόκιον εὖ ποιεῖν
ἀνάγκη, ἐπεὶ καὶ τοῖν νέοιν τὸν μὲν ἡμῖν ἀπέπεμψας ῥήτορα,
τὸν δὲ ἔχεις καὶ αὐτὸν ἔμπειρον καταστήσας δικῶν.
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