Professors XIII. — To Citarius, the Sicilian of Syracuse, Greek Grammarian at Bordeaux

You also shall be recalled by me, beloved Citarius, for you deserve to be praised amongst good grammarians. If the custom of past ages still obtained, you would have the renown of Aristarchus and Zenodotus among the Greeks. Even the Muse of Simonides of Ceos yields place to the odes which you composed in your early years. Born in a Sicilian town, you came a stranger to our city, but quickly made it the home of culture with your learning. Here you soon found a wife well-born and rich; but Fate grudged you the gift of children ere your death. But, now that you are gone, we honour you with the tribute of our remembrance, even as we cheered you, while you lived, with the gift of our friendship.