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A letter from Theogiton to Apollonios rebuking him for failing to pay his mother her allowance. Theogiton warns that further steps will follow and that the mother will not stay silent if he persists. It dates to the 2nd century AD and comes from Euhemeria in the Fayum.
The word translated "allowance" (choregia) means a maintenance payment. "Pledge" renders dexia, literally "right hand", a promise given.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Theogiton 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.
This letter was found with the Gemellus papyri, but the persons concerned were not so far as we know members of the family. The letter is a strong remonstrance addressed by a relative or friend to a man who was defrauding his mother of some allowance (chor�gia), and threatens pr…
Θεογίτων Ἀπολλωνίω χαίρειν. πάλιν […] γράφειν σοι … […]μαι φ[…]τῶν ἔργων σου …ισ…ς[…] μὴ εἰθισμένου μου τοῖς γράμμασι, καὶ νῦν οὖν πάλιν ἐπειράθην γράφειν σοι πρὶν ἤ τι περαιότερον ἐγχειρήσω ποιεῖν, ἐάνπερ μὴ εὐγνωμονῇς τὰ πρὸς τὴν μητέρα. πάνυ γάρ μοι δοκεῖς ἄφρων τις εἶναι τοῦ …
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