Letters 7-11 of Aeneas of Gaza

Let’s carry on reading the letters of Aeneas of Gaza. Here are five more. 7. To Diodorus Scholasticus. The excellent Herodotus reconciled us through the power of his musical art, an art surpassing that of Orpheus and Thamyris. Now, finally, we actually know one another, as if we had previously been fighting a battle in the dark: and there is now lasting peace. Come, let us set up a mixing-bowl, as befits a time of peace, and pour libations, among the gods to Hermes, and among men to Herodotus, for they are the ones who finally resolved the discord between us. In honouring them, we shall banish Comedy, with all its attendant vices, from our correspondence. For Comedy runs about impudently exposing the secrets of closest friends. Instead we shall make room for what safeguards every friendship: persuasion, grace, mutual pleasure, applause, and praise. With these, let us compose a nobler spectacle, forbidding Comedy to cause the slightest annoyance [This letter, and letter 22, suggest…

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