Letters — Letter 28 — To Amphilochius the Younger

When I visited the mountain cities that border on Pamphylia, I caught a sea Glaucus in the mountains.

Letter 28 — To Amphilochius the Younger

Source: Translated by Charles Gordon Browne and James Edward Swallow. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series , Vol. 7. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. ( Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1894. ) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3103c.htm>.

When I visited the mountain cities that border on Pamphylia, I caught a sea Glaucus in the mountains. I didn't pull this fish from the depths with a linen net, but I caught him with the love of a friend. Having once taught my Glaucus to travel on land, I sent him as the carrier of a letter to Your Goodness. Please receive him kindly and honor him with the hospitality commended in the Bible, including the vegetables.

In visiting the mountain cities which border on Pamphylia I fished up in the Mountains a sea Glaucus; I did not drag the fish out of the depths with a net of flax, but I snared my game with the love of a friend. And having once taught my Glaucus to travel by land, I sent him as the bearer of a letter to Your Goodness. Please receive him kindly, and honour him with the hospitality commended in the Bible, not forgetting the vegetables.


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