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Letter of Eudoxios defending himself about Dionysios TM 33547unbekanntIV

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A private letter from Eudoxios to a man he addresses as master and brother, defending himself over a delay. He explains that in Alexandria he heard that a certain Dionysios had been dismissed from the service of Hesychios and had fled, so he made inquiries and sent letters to the town council and the tabularii. It dates to the 4th century AD.

In English machine translation

To my master […] Eudoxios, greetings. If of some other of the friends […] was towards me […] as you rightly said ⟦about the […] I asked to remind me and […]⟧ and also about these very […] and about the delay […] such letters of his, but of yours, for any such reason, may it not happen. But so that I may rather make my defence to you, and especially with clear proof, know, my lord brother, that in Alexandria I was told that Dionysios is no longer with my lord Hesychios, having been condemned, and that he is also in flight (?). For which reason, being cautious and suspecting that nothing had been provided to you through him, I wrote to our friends to make inquiries, not only on account of my own trouble, but also being wary of the snare (?) against you, my friend. Let my affairs […] be your concern, and […] with clear proofs […] a letter to the council and to the tabularii I sent […] of the defence. […], my lord, having sat in session […] done […]

Tabularii were municipal record and finance officials. The restoration 'snare' (enedra) is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Privatrbrief des Eudoxios). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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p.muench.3.1.125

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV

τῷ δεσπότῃ μου […] Εὐδόξιος χαίρειν. εἰ τῆς ἄλλου τινὸς τῶν φίλων […] ρεως ἦν πρὸς ἐμὲ το…αρι…τ…[…] ως ἔφης καλῶς καὶ περὶ αὐτῶν τῶν […] καὶ περὶ τοῦ βράδους εδε…[…] τοιούτων αὐτοῦ γραμμάτων, σῶν δὲ τοιούτου τινὸς ἕνεκεν μὴ γένοιτο. ἀλλʼ ἵνα ἐγώ σοι μᾶλλον ἀπολογήσωμαι καὶ μάλιστ…