Letter 83: An unnamed bearer trusts Procopius's name enough to seek help from Zacharias and Philip.

The man who hands you this letter is one of those who studied with me. The time was not long, but he still thinks it enough to win good treatment from you, even if he writes only the bare title of my name over himself. If he has judged rightly, experience will wait for him as teacher. Your contest, then, is twofold: do not let him be deceived in his opinion of you, and do not shame me by showing that people only imagine I have such influence with you.

Ζαχαρίαι καὶ Φιλίππωι Ὁ τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ὑμῖν ἐπιδιδοὺς τῶν ἐς ἐμοῦ φοιτησάντων ἐστὶν ἀνήρ, χρόνον μὲν οὐ πολύν, ἀλλ' ὅμως ἱκανὸν ἡγεῖται πρὸς τὴν ἐξ ὑμῶν εὐποιίαν καὶ τὸ ψιλὴν ἐπιγράφεσθαί μου προσηγορίαν. εἰ δὲ δεόντως ἔγνωκε, διδάσκαλον ἀναμένει τὴν πεῖραν. οὐκοῦν ἀγὼν ὑμῖν κἀκεῖνον μὴ ψευσθῆναι τῆς γνώμης, κἀμὲ μὴ καταισχῦναι τοσοῦτον ἰσχύειν παρ' ὑμῖν νομιζόμενον.