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Letter of Augustus and Proceedings of Embassy via HGV-meta
Letter of Augustus to the Alexandrians and proceedings of their embassy. Fragments of a letter of the emperor Augustus to the people of Alexandria, acknowledging an Alexandrian embassy that came to him in Gaul, followed by part of the proceedings of that embassy. In the proceedings the exegetes addresses Caesar and explains how the envoys divided their tasks, one speaking for Egypt, one for the Idios Logos (special account), and the speaker for the city. machine translation
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- Letter of Augustus and Proceedings of Embassy HGV-meta unbekanntfrühes I
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· Greek
Transcription
[Fr1,1]
αὐτοκράτωρ καῖσαρ σεβαστὸς ἀρχιερεὺς
δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας τὸ ιδ αὐτοκράτωρ
τὸιβ Ἀλεξανδρείων δήμωι χαίρειν. οὕς
ἐπέμψατε πρέσβεις ἐλθόντες εἰς Γαλατείαν
πρός με τάς τε ἄλλας ἐντολὰς ὑμῶν ἀπέδοσαν καὶ τὰ δοκοῦντα ὑμᾶς λελυπηκέναι ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν ετε…ινηδηλωσαν
[…]…[…]ωι πρότερον ἢ τοὺς ἡμετερ[…]ειν τησδεο…[…]
[…]ν καταλεξ[…]
[…]πρεσβέων οις …[…]
[…] ἐξηγητη…[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
[Fr1,2]
ὁ ἐξηγητής. Καῖσαρ ἀνίκητε ἥρως ουτοι…[…]
Ἀλεξανδρείων πρέσβεις ἡμᾶς δε
οι…[…]…[…]…εμερισάμεθα τὴν πρεσβείαν
υ…[…]…υ ἕκαστος ἡμῶν δυνατός εστ[…]
α[…]… Θεόδωρος ὑπὲρ τῆς Αἰγύπτου α[…]
Α[…]…οκρατης ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἰδίου λόγου θε…[…]
[…]…ευσ…ον ἐγὼ ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως και…[…]
[…]μεν οὐκ ἀπολογησαμενο[…] […]…[…]…[…]
[…]…μενοι δε σου τ…[…]…[…]
[…]…ης αντιλημ[…]
[…]…ωντων ημε[…]
[…]……ασοσα…[…]
[…]…α…ς[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
[Fr2]
[…]…[…]…[…]ων[…]
[…]φεν…ακ…[…]
[…]……ντα[…]
[…]…ν…α…[…]
[…]…[…]…α…[…]
[…]…[…]…[…]…ς…[…]
[…]…αν…ου…[…]
[…]…
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
[Fragment 1, column 1]
Imperator Caesar Augustus, pontifex maximus, holding the tribunician power for the 14th time, imperator for the 12th time, to the people of the Alexandrians, greetings. The envoys whom you sent, having come to me in Gaul, delivered your other instructions and also [informed me of] the things that seem to have grieved you in the past […] previously than our […] […] enrolled (?) […] […] of the envoys […] […] exegetes […]
[…]
[Fragment 1, column 2]
The exegetes: "Caesar, unconquered hero, these […] envoys of the Alexandrians […] us […] we divided the embassy […] as each of us is able […] Theodoros on behalf of Egypt […] […]ocrates on behalf of the Idios Logos […] I on behalf of the city and […] not having made a defence […] […] you […] […]"
[…]
[Fragment 2]
[only scattered letters survive]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 25077 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;42;3020 tier-1
- HGV-Text 25077 tier-1
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