[He is going.

Oribases.

Sire, do you not recognise this distinguished man? This is the rhetorician Libanius.

Julian.

What? Libanius? Impossible. Libanius here—the incomparable Libanius! I cannot believe it.

Libanius.

I thought the Emperor knew that the citizens of Antioch had chosen me as their chief magistrate.

Julian.

Assuredly I knew it. But when I made my entrance into the city, and the magistrates came forth to greet me with an oration, I looked in vain for Libanius. Libanius was not among them.

Libanius.