Letters of Julian/Letter 45

45. To Ecdicius, Prefect of Egypt
[362, October, from Antioch] As the proverb says, "You told me my own dream." And I fancy that I am relating to you your own waking vision. The Nile, they tell me, had risen in full flood, cubits high, and has inundated the whole of Egypt. If you want to hear the figures, it had risen fifteen cubits on the twentieth of September. Theophilus, the military prefect, informs me of this. So, if you did not know it, hear it from me, and let it rejoice your heart.