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Petition to Zenon from a herdsman who seems to have been in trouble about his sheep and about the provision of green fodder, the price of which had been raised from four to six drachmae per aroura. He begs Zenon to arrange matters so that he will not be imprisoned for debt.
Ζήνωνι χαίρειν εσθαι προβάτων μηδʼ ἄρνα αὐτός τε ἐκ τοῦ ἰδιο κεων. νῦν δὲ καὶ περὶ τῶν χλωρῶν συκοφαντοῦμαι πωλεῖ ἑτέροις, φάσκων σοι δεῖν πεσεῖν τὴν τιμὴν δραχμ δ τὴν ἄρουραν, νῦν δὲ ἀνα φέρει δραχμὰς ϛ. ἐγὼ δέομαι οὖν σου ἐνευχόμενος τὴν Ἀπολλωνίου ὑγίειαν ι ἐν ὧι σοι τάξομαι ὃ…
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