Letter 27
To Constans
If you hold the virtue of philosophy in esteem, you will honour it not merely in those of the present day who have their share in it, but also in those who are dead and gone. The divine Amyntianus, for a long time once with us, has obtained a better lot, and is, I think, present, though he appears to be absent. A near relation of this man, his own cousin, is being attacked by your own Soterichus. Show a little interest in yourself in behalf of Dionysius, and Soterichus will immediately stop attacking him.