Letter from Achillas to Apollonius
| Müellif | Unknown |
| Materyal türü | Yazma eser |
| Dil | İngilizce |
| Kurum | Chester Beatty |
| Kaynak | Europeana |
| Not | Papyrus fragment written in Greek in Egypt in the second century AD, preserving a private letter from Achillas to Apollonius. Apollonius has seemingly got into some trouble, and fled to Alexandria. His son Achillas writes asking him to come home, as things are not going too well. Apparently Apollonius need not have fled, as no inquiries had been made about him. The provenance is unknown but, as it was unlikely discovered in Alexandria, Apollonius probably brought it back with him when he returned home. The address on the verso is divided by a 'chiasmus' (X) and ends with an ornamental symbol (÷). Translation (Rees, Bell, Barns, Merton II, 1959): Achillas to his father Apollonius, greeting. I am surprised that, when so many have come up country, and that with beasts unladen, you have not sent Sarapammon, for you know there is need of him here. Up to the present no one has enquired after you. The man who handed me the letter declared in so many words that Areius will get you out of it, having given the rolls to the royal scribe; he did not have them sent. So I am writing to you in order that you may know, if there is anything necessary, what you are to do; for you know that, if you are not present, this affair finds no solution. So do not neglect his. I pray for your well-being. To Apollonius from Achillas his son. |
Unknown, Letter from Achillas to Apollonius, Chester Beatty, https://www.europeana.eu/item/1100/6707?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=mmurvess.