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Opening of a private letter from Dorion to Apion, written in the 3rd century AD at Oxyrhynchus. Dorion reports news from Theochrestos about Apion's legal business in the Kynopolite nome during the prefect's visit, where his opponent failed to answer a summons, and the letter breaks off as the story continues.
The 'prefect' (hegemon) was the Roman governor of Egypt, who toured the districts to hear cases; 'return journey' (kathodos) probably refers to his trip back downstream. The rest of the letter is lost.
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 Dorion to Apion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
χαῖρε, Ἀπίων τιμιώτατε, Δωρίων σε προσαγορεύω. ἀκριβῶς πυνθανόμενος περὶ τῆς ὁλοκληρίας σου καὶ τίνα ἐστὶν τὰ πρὸς σὲ πραχθέντα τοῦ ἡγεμόνος ἐπὶ τῶν τόπων γενομένου, μετέδωκεν ὁ Θεόχρηστος ὅσα ἔπραξας ἐν τῷ Κυνοπολείτῃ καὶ ὅτι μὴ ὑπήκουσεν ὁ πρὸς ὃν εἶχες. ὕστερον δὲ προσεληλυθέν…
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