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The writer had begun to build on a site supposed to belong to Zenon, to whom his complaint was probably addressed, but had been stopped by a certain Koroibides who claimed to be the owner of the ground.
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The writer had begun to build on a site supposed to belong to Zenon, to whom his complaint was probably addressed, but had been stopped by a certain Koroibides who claimed to be the owner of the ground.
εδ κεραμείωι ἐνέβαλον θεμέλιον κατὰ χειμῶ να. οἰκοδομοῦντος δέ μου νῦν παραγενό μενος Κοροιβίδης ἀπεῖπε τῶι οἰκοδό μωι μὴ οἰκοδομεῖν, φάμενος αὑτοῦ εἶναι πάντα τὸν τόπον καὶ τὰ οἰκή ματα τὰ ἐν τῶι βα λανείωι φάμενος αὑτοῦ εἶναι. ἐμοὶ οὖν οὐ μέλει ὅτι ἐκωλύθην· εἴδεινεἴδην γὰρ ὅτι…
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