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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.
'Brother' (adelphos) in letters of this period can be an affectionate term for a husband or lover rather than a sibling. The address 'and sun' is a rare term of endearment.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Didyme to Apollonius). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[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 Διδ…
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