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A private letter from Herakleides to Antiocheia, whom he calls his sister, written at Oxyrhynchus in the 4th century AD. Worried by contrary winds since her departure by boat, he sends a messenger asking her to report her safe arrival, and mentions instructions he has given her son about his work.
"Sister" may be a term of affection or fellowship rather than kinship. The appeal to "the providence of God" suggests a Christian writer; the closing phrase about the "difference of the year" probably refers to seasonal conditions affecting the work.
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 Heraclides to Antiochia). 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] κυρίᾳ μου ἀδελφῇ Ἀντιοχείῃ Ἡρακλείδης χαίρειν. ἀπέστειλα Μέλανα διὰ γραμμάτων, ἐπειδὴ ὁ ἀὴρ ἐναντίος ἡμῖν ἦν ἀφʼ οὗ ἔπλευσας, ἵνα ἡμῖν περὶ τῆς ἀνόδου καὶ ὁλοκληρίας γνῷς, καὶ ἡ μὲν τοῦ θεοῦ πρόνοια παρέξει τὸ μετὰ ὁλοκληρίας σε τὰ οἰκεῖα ἀπολαβεῖν. ἀναγκαίως δὲ καὶ ἡμῖν ἐπίσ…
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