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p.mert.1.46
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παρά καταλαβὼν Γεσσιάδα εἰ μὴ μόνα τέσσερα χρύσινα οὐκ ηὗρον ἀπαιτηθέντα καὶ τάχα ἡ ἀνάγκη παρασκευάζει με ἐν τῷ ἐπανελθεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἡρακλεοπολιτῶν ποιῆσαι ἐνταῦθα τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἕως οὗ ἀνυσθῇ τὸ χρυσίον· ὡς γὰρ ἔμαθον δύο ἔχει μόνας ἡμέρας ἀπαιτῶν ὁ Φιλόξενος ἐλθὼν ἀφʼ Ἡρακλέως καὶ τὰ ζητούμενα ὁλοκόττινα πολλά ἐστιν ὡς οἶδέν σου ἡ ἀρετὴ καὶ χρεία ἐστὶν ἑκάστῳ λόγον ποιῆσαι. ἀληθῶς γὰρ κάματός ἐστιν καταλαβεῖν τὸν λόγον τοῦ ἐξ ἀρχῆς μεσάσαντος τελευτήσαντος καὶ θεὸς οἶδεν πάνυ ὠλιγώρησα μήτε εὑρὼν χρυσίον μήτε δυνηθεὶς ἀναμεῖναι καὶ μαθεῖν τὸν λόγον ἐπειγόμενοςἐπιγόμενος καταλαβεῖν τὸν δεσπότην μου Ἀρτέμιον. ἵνα δὲ μὴ ἀπολύσω τὸ σκάφος σαβουρᾶτον τὸν οἶνον τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἀπέστειλαἀπέστιλα. μάρτυρα ἔχω θεὸν τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ἔστινἔτιν καταλαβεῖν τὸν λόγον διὰ τὸ τοὺς πρώηνπρώαν μεσάζοντας μῖξαιμεῖξαι τὸν λόγον τοῦ οἴνου τῆς ὀγδόης καὶ ἐνάτης τῶν ἰνδικτιόνων. ἐπίδος τῷ δεσπότῃ μου τῷ τὰ πάντα ἐναρέτῳ Ἰωάννῃ μαγίστρῳ παρὰ Ἰωάννου μαγ drawing drawingCross-references (3)
- TM-Text 35455 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mert;1;46 tier-1
- HGV-Text 35455 tier-1
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