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p.oxy.42.3059 IIOxyrhynchos

Letter of Didyme to Apollonius via HGV-meta

Letter from Didyme to Apollonios, her 'brother and sun'. A private letter from a woman named Didyme to Apollonios, whom she calls her brother and her sun, saying that she cannot see the sun while she cannot see him. She goes on to thank his brother Theonas and mentions things sent to his father. It dates to the 2nd century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Διδύμη Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι ἀδελφῶι καὶ ἡλίωι χαίρειν. γίγνωσκέ με μὴ βλέπουσαν τὸν ἥλιον διὰ τὸ μὴ βλέπεσθαί σε ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ. οὐ γάρ ἔχω ἄλλον ἥλιον εἰ μὴ σέ. εὐχαριστῶ δὲ Θεωνᾶτι τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου […]…αι ἃ ἔπεμψα τῷ πατρί σου […]…ο Θέωνος Ἀθηναίου τοῦ φίλου [… ? lines lost …] [v] ἀπὸ Διδύμης[…]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Didyme to Apollonios her brother and sun, greetings. Know that I do not see the sun because you are not seen by me. For I have no other sun but you. I thank Theonas your brother […] what I sent to your father […] of Theon son of (?) Athenaios the friend [… lines lost …] [verso] From Didyme […]

Connections

Found at Oxyrhynchus

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