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p.oxy.42.3082 IIIOxyrhynchos

Letter of Agathus to Phanias via HGV-meta

Letter from Agathos to his brother Phanias about their mother. A private letter from Agathos to his brother Phanias, thanking him for news about their mother and urging him to look after her until she is better. Agathos explains he cannot come himself because he is alone handling the grain loading. Third century AD, Oxyrhynchus. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] Ἄγαθος Φανίᾳ τῶι ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. καλῶς μὲν ἐποίησας δηλώσας μοι περὶ τῆς μητρός, κρεῖττον δὲ ποιήσεις ἐπιστὰς ἔστʼ ἂν μὴ ἐπὶ πλέον ἐνοχληθῇ· ἔγραψα δὲ περὶ τούτου τῷ ἡγουμένῳ. καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ἀνελθεῖν βουλόμενος οὐ δεδύνημαι μόνος ἐν τῇ ἐμβολῇ ὤν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. [v] Φανίᾳ …γρ παρὰ Ἀγάθου ἀδελφοῦ.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Agathos to Phanias his brother, very many greetings. You did well to inform me about our mother, but you will do better by attending to her until she is no longer troubled. I have written about this to the superior (?). I myself also, though wishing to come up, have not been able, being alone at the loading (of the grain). I pray for your health. [verso] To Phanias […] from Agathos his brother.

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