St. Basil. Letters to and from Libanius the Sophist.

"The letters of St. Basil comprise the most vivid and most personal portion of his works. Their variety is striking, ranging from simple friendly greetings to profound explanations of doctrine, from playful reproaches to severe denunciations of transgressions, from kindly recommendations to earnest petitions for justice. In them we see the artist at his best; in them we see the man as he is."
"Libanius (314-393) was a distinguished teacher of rhetoric of the Sophist school in the Eastern Roman Empire. His prolific writings make him one of the best documented teachers of higher education in the ancient world. During the rise of Christian hegemony in the later Roman Empire, he remained unconverted and in religious matters was a pagan Hellene."
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