DXVIII (F XIII, 25)
TO SERVIUS SULPICIUS RUFUS (IN ACHAIA)
Rome
Hegesaretus[1] of Larisa, who was honoured by signal favours
from me in my consulship, was not unmindful or ungrateful,
and treated me afterwards with very great respect. I recommend
him to you with great earnestness as my guest-friend,
as my intimate acquaintance, as a grateful person, as
a man of high character, as holding the chief position in his
own state, and, lastly, as being worthy in the highest degree
of your intimacy. I shall be very grateful if you take the
trouble to make him understand that this recommendation
of mine has had great weight with you.
DXIX (F XIII, 26)
TO SERVIUS SULPICIUS RUFUS (IN ACHAIA)
Rome
My connexion with L. Mescinius is that which arises from
the fact that he was my quæstor. But this tie—which I, in
accordance with the usage of antiquity, have ever regarded
as a strong one—he has rendered more complete by his personal
excellence and kindness. Accordingly, nothing could
be more intimate and more pleasant to myself than my
- ↑ Hegesaretus had taken the Pompeian side in the Civil War, and therefore, no doubt, needed some protection. He was at the head of one of the two factions which divided Thessaly, but we do not know what Cicero had done for him in B.C. 63 (Cæs. B.C. iii. 35). That Sulpicius should be asked to protect a man in Thessaly, as before he was asked to protect Atticus's interests in Epirus (p. 155), shews that his authority was not confined to Achaia. Indeed, Cicero (p. 123) says that he was governor of "Greece"—a much wider term.
