Greek transcription
Line breaks within words have been joined. Uncertain wording and the repeated word are retained.
ἀντίγραφον
Παρποχράτ
Διογένης Εὐτυχίδηι τῶι ἀδελφῶι πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ ἐρρῶσθαι. ἀναγκαῖον ἔγνων Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦ φίλου ἀναπλέοντος ἀναπλέοντος διὰ γραπτοῦ σε ἀσπάσασθαι ταύτην ἐπιστολὴν
English translation
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[Uncertain name or heading: “Parpochrat.”]
Diogenes to Eutychides, his brother: warmest greetings and wishes for good health. Since our friend Apollonius was sailing upriver, I thought it necessary to greet you in writing … this letter …
Notes
- Παρποχράτ is uncertain; it may be an incomplete name or heading.
- ἀναπλέοντος (“sailing upriver” or “sailing inland”) occurs twice in the supplied text. It is translated only once above.
- The ending, ταύτην ἐπιστολὴν (“this letter”), appears incomplete or syntactically disconnected in the supplied excerpt.
- No Latin is present in the supplied text.