Petition [between 261 and 229 BC]
Fragmentary petition of someone who asks to be released from some obligation, alleging his old age and bad health
One text, 3 sources
Trismegistos-Text 1815
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p.col.4.102
μ βοηθη ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ὁ βασιλεὺς δέδεικται ἀεὶ τὴν μεγίστην φιλανθρωπίαν τοῖς πρεσ βυτέροις εἰς τοὺς ἀδυνάτους πόνον αηι τῶν ἡμ ετέρων ρησει. ἐγὼ μὲνμὲγ γὰρ οὐ ἄλλον τινὰ εὕρειν ι αὐτῶι ἀλλʼ εἰς σὲ ἀπο φεύγων μὲν οὖν σοι καὶ τοῦτο τι σοι. εἰ δὲ μὴ ἐκεῖνο ὅπως ἂν ἀπολυθῶ καυ τα ὀστᾶ …