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To Modestus the Prefect

Letters of Basil · Saint Basil the Great

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Letter CCLXXXI.

BasEp 281.1.1

To Modestus the Prefect.

BasEp 281.1.2

I am mindful of the great honour I received in the encouragement you gave me, along with others, to address your excellency. I avail myself of the privilege and the enjoyment of your gracious favour.

BasEp 281.1.3

I congratulate myself upon having such a correspondent, as also upon the opportunity afforded your excellency of conferring an honour on me by your reply.

BasEp 281.1.4

I claim your clemency on behalf of Helladius my special friend. I pray that he may be relieved from the anxieties of Tax-assessor, and so be enabled to work in the interests of our country.

BasEp 281.1.5

You have already so far given a gracious consent, that I now repeat my request, and pray you to send instructions to the governor of the Province, that Helladius may be released from this infliction.

BasEp 281.1.6