is on direct advice about specific situations. The epistolary paraenesis relies on the letter genre to convey specific moral teachings to specific audiences, addressing specific contexts. Examples of this sort of paraenesis are found in nonliterary letters written to directly or indirectly known audiences. The moral and ethical teachings are generated out of the crucible of everyday life and extenuating circumstances that require direct attention. As such, they have a bit of an ad hoc flavor, as