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p.oxy.6.930 II - IIIOxyrhynchos

Letter to Ptolemaeus from his Mother via HGV-meta

Letter from a mother to her son Ptolemaios about his education. A private letter from a mother to her son Ptolemaios, a student away from home at Oxyrhynchus or nearby. She regrets that his teacher Diogenes has sailed downriver, asks him to find a suitable new teacher with the help of his attendant Eros, and sends family greetings. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] [… ? lines lost …] […]υ μὴ ὄκνει μοι γράφειν καὶ περὶ ὧν ἐὰν χρείαν ἔχῃς ἐντεῦθεν ἐλυπήθην ἐπιγνοῦσα παρὰ τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ καθηγητοῦ ἡμῶν Διογένους καταπεπλευκέναι αὐτόν· ἠμερίμνουν γὰρ περὶ αὐτοῦ εἰδυῖα ὅτι κατὰ δύναμιν μέλλει σοι προσέχειν. ἐμέλησε δέ μοι πέμψαι καὶ πυθέσθαι περὶ τῆς ὑγιείας σου καὶ ἐπιγνώναι τί ἀναγιγνώσκεις. καὶ ἔλεγεν τὸ ζῆτα, ἐμαρτύρει δὲ πολλὰ περὶ τοῦ παιδαγωγοῦ σου. ὥστε οὖν, τέκνον, μελησάτω σοί τε καὶ τῷ παιδαγωγῷ σου καθήκοντι καθηγητῇ σε παραβάλλειν. ἀσπάζονταί σε πολλὰ αἱ ἀδελφαί σου καὶ τὰ ἀβάσκαντα παιδία Θεωνίδος καὶ οἱ ἡμέτεροι πάντες κατʼ ὄνομα. ἄσπασαι τὸν τιμιώτατον παιδαγωγόν σου Ἔρωτα. […]…ταιδ… ἐρρ[…]…[…] Ἁθὺρ β[…] [v] […] Πτολεμαίῳ υἱῶι.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] […] do not hesitate to write to me also about whatever you need from here. I was grieved to learn from the daughter of our teacher Diogenes that he had sailed down; for I was free from worry about him, knowing that he would look after you as far as he could. I took care to send and inquire about your health and to learn what you are reading. And he said the sixth book (zeta), and he testified much about your attendant (paidagogos). So then, child, let it be your concern and your attendant's to place you with a suitable teacher. Your sisters and the children of Theonis, may the evil eye spare them, send you many greetings, and all our household by name. Greet your most honoured attendant Eros. […] farewell (?) […] Hathyr 2 (?) […] [verso] […] to Ptolemaios her son.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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