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A private letter from Eusebios to Apollonios, whom he calls his son, expressing confidence that Apollonios is looking after the boy Sabinus and asking that Epagathos be told to watch over him. He also asks that some women associated with Adora be restrained in their insolent behaviour with the help of Ptolemais. Written at Oxyrhynchus in the 3rd to 4th century AD.
"Son" and "daughter" with "lord" and "lady" may be terms of courtesy rather than literal kinship. The word rendered "insolence" (strenos) suggests arrogant or wanton conduct.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Eusebius 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] κυρίῳ μου υἱῷ Ἀπολλωνίῳ Εὐσέβιος χαίρειν. ὅτι μέλει σοι τοῦ κυρίου μου υἱοῦ Σαβείνου τεθάρρηκα. τὸ δὲ παῖδα αὐτὸν ὄντα δέεσθαι τοῦ μὴ εἰς ἀταξίαν τρέπεσθαι, καὶ περὶ τούτου πιστεύω ὅτι ἐντολὰς λήμψεται παρὰ σοῦ ὁ Ἐπάγαθος ὥστε αὐτῷ προσκαρτερεῖν. εἰ δὲ καὶ αἱ περὶ τὴν Ἀδωρᾶν …
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