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A fragment of a letter from certain Greeks, who had been sent to work in or take charge of some vineyards, asking to be released from part of their task or to have more guards given to them. The last lines show that it was sometimes difficult to make the
φύλαξον τοὺς ἀμ πελῶνας, οὓς εἶπεν ἡμῖνἡμεῖν τος εἶναι ἐν ἑνὶ ατι· ἄλλο δʼ ἔτι ἐδείκνυεν ὁ φυ λακίτης φάμενος ἡμῖνἡμεῖν αι καὶ κελεύων καταστῆσαι. ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐδʼ ὧδε ἐκποιοῦμεν, ἀλλʼ ἄλλων προσδεόμε θα. σὺ οὖν, εἰ μὲν δυνα τόν ἐστιν, ἀποστῆναι ι· οὐδενὸς γὰρ ἄξι όν ἐστιν· εἰ δὲ μὴ…
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