Alexander of Selefkia, one of our good sophists,
\non reaching Athens to lecture
\nfinds the city deserted because Herodis
\nwas in the countryside. And all the young men
\nhad followed him there to hear him.
\nThis makes sophist Alexander
\nwrite Herodis a letter
\nbegging him to send the Greeks back.
\nAnd the tactful Herodis answers at once:
\n\u201cAlong with the Greeks, I\u2019m coming too.\u201d<\/p>\n
How many young men now in Alexandria,
\nin Antioch or in Beirut
\n(being trained by Hellenism as its future orators),
\nmeeting at their choice banquets
\nwhere the talk is sometimes about fine sophistry,
\nsometimes about their exquisite love affairs,
\nare suddenly distracted and fall silent.
\nTheir glasses untouched in front of them,
\nthey think about Herodis\u2019 good fortune\u2014
\nwhat other sophist has been given this kind of honor?
\nWhatever his wish, whatever he does,
\nthe Greeks (the Greeks!) follow him,
\nnot to criticize or debate,
\nnot even to choose any longer,
\nonly to follow.<\/p>\n
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\nTranslated by Edmund Keeley\/Philip Sherrard<\/em><\/p>\n