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p.mert.2.81 II
Letter from Epoeris to Demetrius via HGV-meta
Letter from Epoeris to her son Demetrios about oracles and a priest. A private letter from a mother, Epoeris, to her son Demetrios, explaining that she consults an oracle about him every ten days and did not write because the signs were unfavourable. She discusses an affair involving a priest that his brother made worse, advises him on whether to stay or go to Rome, and warns him to beware of his table companions. machine translation
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- Letter from Epoeris to Demetrius HGV-meta unbekanntII
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· Greek
Transcription
Ἐποῆρις Δημητρίωι τῶι υἱῶι χαίρειν.
πρὸ τῶν ὅλων εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν. μή
με δόξῃς ἠμεληκέναι περὶ σου· διὰ
γὰρ δέκα ἡμερῶν ἑκάστοτε μαντεύομαι περί σου. εὑροῦσα οὖν τὰ καίρια μὴ χρησιμεύοντά σοι ἐν τῇ
τριμήνῳ ταύτῃ, διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἔγραψά σοι. ἔγραψάς μοι περὶ τοῦ πράγματος τοῦ ἱερέως· συνέβαλεν οὖν αὐτῷ ὁ ἀδελφός σου περὶ τούτου
καὶ λίαν αὐτὸ ὕψωσεν, ὥστε
τὸν ἱερέα λέγειν, ὅτι οὐκ ἔτι αὐτὸ θεοῖς μέλεται. μετὰ
τὸ οὖν …[…]ξοθαι τοῦ …ερ[…]ου
εγ…ρ… πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ λίαν
ἔμεμψε τὸν αὐτόν, ὅτι συνέβαλες αὐτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ περὶ πράγματος καὶ σεαυτὸν οὐκ ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς α…[…]…ρ[…]…ειναι. λέγουσα πάλιν ἀυτῷ ὅτι τι β……
σὺ διδόναι ς[…] λέγων ὅτι ὁ ὡμολογημένος […] λόγον δίδωμι
πλαστὸν ουδ[…]…[…]…[…]…ε… ἐπʼ αὐτὰς
πάντα επ …υς … καὶ ἐμαντευσάμην ὅτι μ[…]… δεῖ ἀπαρτίζεσθαι
το…[…]… αὐτὸς δὲ λέγει
ο[…] παρ…[…]…ι ὅτε δὲ οὐ π…
ετ[…]… εανουδ…ημης τι
δ[…]…ηεκεινα καινὰ πρὸς αὐτὰς
η[…]…υ…τ…αι σου τὸ πρᾶγμα[…]…[…]… γὰρ ……[…]…αι
ὅτι δείδω σ[…]…αι… πρῶτον
καὶ ἑλέσθαι ἢ μένειν ἢ πορευθῆναί σε εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην· ἐὰν οὖν
ἀναπλεύσῃς …ερη… πότε μέλλεις ἀνέρχεσθαι; μεθʼ ὧν δὲ ἐσθίεις καὶ πίνεις, φυλάσσου σεαυτὸν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν. ἀσπάζονταί
σε οἱ ἐν οἴκῳ πάντες· ἄσπασαι
τοὺς ἐν οἴκῳ πάντας. ἐρρῶσθαί σε
εὐχαριστῶ σου τῇ μητρὶ πολλὰ — εὔχομαι.
Διονύσιον ἀσπάζομαι πολλά.Translations (1)
Epoeris to Demetrios her son, greetings.
Before all else I pray that you are in good health. Do not think that I have been neglectful about you; for every ten days I consult the oracle about you. Finding then that the times are not favourable for you in this three-month period, for this reason I did not write to you. You wrote to me about the matter of the priest; your brother then conferred with him about this and greatly exaggerated it, so that the priest says that it is no longer a concern of the gods. After then the […] of the […] […] to him and greatly blamed him, because you yourself conferred with a man about a matter and […] yourself not […] in their power. Saying again to him that […] you to give […], saying that the one agreed upon […] I give a false account […] to them all […] and I consulted the oracle that […] it must be completed […] but he himself says […] but when not […] if […] those new things to them […] your matter […] for […] that I fear […] first, and to choose either to stay or for you to go to Rome. If then you sail up […], when are you going to come up? And guard yourself against those with whom you eat and drink. All those at home greet you; greet all those at home. I pray for your health.
I thank your mother very much (?).
I greet Dionysios warmly.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 28783 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mert;2;81 tier-1
- HGV-Text 28783 tier-1
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