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Διογένης Ἀπολλογένει τῶι φιλτάτωι χαίρειν. μυριάκις γεγραφὼς ἐκκόψαι τὰ πρὸς τῷ Φάι αμπε ὡς ἔδοξεν Δημητρίῳ τῷ γυμνασι άρχῳ καὶ Ἀδράστῳ καὶ Σώτᾳ πάλιν σου ἔλαβον ἐπιστολὴν σήμερον πυνθανομένου τί βού λομαι γενέσθαι. πρὸς ἣν ἀντιγράφω ἔκκοψον ἔκκο ψον ἔκκοψον ἔκκοψον ἔκκοψον· ἰδοὺ πλειστάκις λέγω· καὶ σπαρήτω οἷς δεῖ γενέσθαι μετὰ τῆς της νῦν ἐν χόρτῳ οὔσης ὅταν ὁ χόρ τος βρωθῇ ἢ κοπῇ· θαυμάζω εἰ χρεία ἐστὶ τρι ῶν ζευγῶν εἰς ἐπαντλησμὸν τῆς ἐν Χαλώ θει ἀμπέλου εἰς ὀλίγον περιεσταμένης. οὐ γὰρ τῆς τιμῆςτειμῆς ἐστιν τοῦ περισσοῦ ζεύγους ὡς τῶν τροφῶν καὶ τῆς ἄλλης δαπάνης. εἰ δέ γε σὺ δο κεῖς χρείαν εἶναι, διάπεμψαι τὴν ἐπιστολήν μου εἰς Ὀξυρυγχν πρὸς Σαραπίωνα ἣν συνειλη η, ᾧ δηλώσεις πότερον ἀρσενικὸν θέλεις ἀντὶ τῶν ἀρσένων θη λυκὸν οον δὲ θηλυκοῦ χρείαν εχ ἐλάσσονα ἴσθιεἴσθι τρ. ἐκομισάμην δε τὸ κεράμιον τῆς ἐλαίας τὰ δὲ ἄλλα γέγραφα, φύλασσε ἕως ἂν παρὰ σοὶ γένωμαι. ἔρρωσο φίλτατε Ἀπολλογένη. ἔρρωσο. Μεχεὶρ ιϛ. vestiges

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