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p.oxy.1.119 II - IIIOxyrhynchos

A Boy’s Letter via HGV-meta

Letter from the boy Theon to his father Theon. A petulant letter from a young boy, Theon (also called Theonas), to his father Theon, complaining that he was left behind when his father went to Alexandria. He threatens not to write, speak to, or greet his father, or even to eat and drink, unless his father sends for him. It comes from Oxyrhynchus and dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Θέων Θέωνι τῷ πατρὶ χαίρειν. καλῶς ἐποίησας οὐκ ἀπενέγκας με μετʼ ἐσοῦ εἰς πόλιν. εἰ οὐ θέλεις ἀπενεγκεῖν με μετὰ σοῦ εἰς Ἀλεξάνδριαν οὐ μὴ γράψω σοι ἐπιστολὴν οὔτε λαλῶ σοι οὔτε ὑγιαίνω σε, εἶτα ἂν δὲ ἔλθῃς εἰς Ἀλεξάνδριαν οὐ μὴ λάβω χεῖρα παρὰ σοῦ οὔτε πάλι χαίρω σε λοιπόν. ἂν μὴ θέλῃς ἀπενέγκαι με ταῦτα γίνεται. καὶ ἡ μήτηρ μου εἶπε Ἀρχελάῳ ὅτι ἀναστατοῖ μὴ αἴρων αὐτόν. καλῶς δὲ ἐποίησας δῶρά μοι ἔπεμψας μεγάλα ἀράκια πεπλάνηκαν ἡμᾶς ἐκεῖ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ιβ ὅτι ἔπλευσας. λοιπὸν πέμψον εἴς με παρακαλῶ σε. ἂν μὴ πέμψῃς οὐ μὴ φάγω, οὐ μὴ πίνω· ταῦτα. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. Τῦβι ιη. [v] ἀπόδος Θέωνι ἀπὸ Θεωνᾶτος υἱοῦ.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Theon to Theon his father, greetings. It was a fine thing of you not to take me with you to the city. If you won't take me with you to Alexandria, I won't write you a letter or speak to you or wish you health, and then if you go to Alexandria, I won't take your hand or greet you again from now on. If you refuse to take me, that's what's happening. And my mother said to Archelaos, "He's driving me crazy; take him away!" It was a fine thing of you to send me presents, big ones, beans (?)! They deceived us there on the 12th day, when you sailed. Now then, send for me, I beg you. If you don't send, I won't eat, I won't drink. There! I pray for your health. Tybi 18. [verso] Deliver to Theon from Theonas his son.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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