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p.oxy.6.939 IVOxyrhynchos

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Letter from Demetrios to Flavianus about the illness of their lady. A private letter from Demetrios to his lord Flavianus at Oxyrhynchus in the 4th century AD, reporting that the lady of the household, possibly Flavianus' wife or mother, has partly recovered from a serious illness. Demetrios apologizes for alarming him with an earlier letter, explains the messengers he sent, and says they await his arrival. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] τῷ κυρίῳ μου Φλαβιανῶι Δημήτριος χαίρειν. ὡς ἐν ἄλλοις πλείστοις νῦν ἔτι μᾶλλον ἡ πρὸς σὲ τοῦ δεσπότου θεοῦ γνῶσις ἀνεφάνη ἅπασιν ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ τὴν κυρίαν ἀνασφῆλαι ἐκ τῆς καταλαβούσης αὐτὴν νόσου, καὶ εἴη διὰ παντὸς ἡμᾶς χάριτας ὁμολογοῦντας διατελεῖν ὅτι ἡμῖν ἵλεως ἐγένετο καὶ ταῖς εὐχαῖς ἡμῶν ἐπένευσεν διασώσας ἡμῖν τὴν ἡμῶν κυρίαν· ἐν γὰρ αὐτῇ πάντες τὰς ἐλπίδας ἔχομεν. συνγνώμην δέ, κύριέ μου, σχοίης μοι καὶ εὔνους ἀποδέξει με εἰ καὶ ἐς τηλικαύτην σε ἀγωνίαν ἄκων ἐνέβαλον γράψας περὶ αὐτῆς ὅσα ἔπαθεν. τὰ μὲν γὰρ πρῶτα ἐν θλίψει αὐτῆς πολλῇ οὔσης οὐκ ὢν ἐν ἐμαυτῷ ἀπέστειλα Πλούταρχον εἴ πως ἐκ παντὸς τρόπου δυνηθείης πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἀφικέσθαι, τοῦτο τοῦ καθήκοντος ἀπαιτοῦντος· ὡς δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ ῥᾷον ἔδοξεν τετράφθαι ἕτερά σε γράμματα ἐπικαταλαβεῖν ἐσπούδασα διὰ Εὐφροσύνου ἵνα σε εὐθυμότερον καταστήσω. νὴ γὰρ τὴν σὴν σωτηρίαν, κύριέ μου, ἧς μάλιστά μοι μέλει, εἰ μὴ ἐπινόσως ἐσχήκει τὸ σωμάτιον τότε ὁ υἱὸς Ἀθανάσιος αὐτὸν ἂν ἀπέστειλα πρὸς σὲ ἅμα Πλουτάρχῳ ἡνίκα ἐβαρεῖτο τῇ νόσῳ. νῦν δὲ πῶς πλείονα γράψω περὶ αὐτῆς ἀπορῶ, ἔδοξεν μὲν γὰρ ὡς προεῖπον ἀνεκτότερον ἐσχηκέναι ἀνακαθεσθεῖσα, νοσηλότερον δὲ ὅμως τὸ σωμάτιον ἔχει. παραμυθούμεθα δὲ αὐτὴν ἑκάστης ὥρας ἐκδεχόμενοι τὴν σὴν ἄφιξιν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε, κύριέ μου, διὰ παντὸς τῷ τῶν ὅλων δεσπότῃ εὔχομαι. Φαρμοῦθι ϛ. [v] Φλαβιανῶι Δημήτριος.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To my lord Flavianus, Demetrios, greeting. As in very many other things, now still more has the regard of God the Lord toward you been made manifest to all of us, in that the lady has recovered from the illness that seized her; and may we continue always confessing our thanks that he was gracious to us and assented to our prayers by preserving for us our lady, for in her we all have our hopes. Forgive me, my lord, and receive me kindly, if I unwillingly threw you into such great anxiety by writing to you about all that she suffered. For at first, when she was in great distress, not being myself, I sent Ploutarchos, in case you could somehow by every means come to us, as duty demanded; but when she seemed to have turned for the better, I hastened to send another letter by Euphrosynos to overtake you, so that I might make you more cheerful. For by your safety, my lord, which is my chief concern, if my son Athanasios had not been ailing in body at that time, I would have sent him to you together with Ploutarchos when she was weighed down by the illness. But now I am at a loss how to write more about her; for, as I said before, she seemed to be more tolerable once she sat up, but nevertheless her body is still rather sickly. We are comforting her, awaiting your arrival every hour. I pray to the Lord of all that you may always be well, my lord. Pharmouthi 6. [verso] To Flavianus, Demetrios.

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