When we read about the Greco-Roman world, we often hear the stories of famous and wealthy men and women. But the letters of ordinary people, preserved on papyri in Egypt, show us what they were thinking and doing. Human nature, their contents suggest, hasn’t changed much.
Sometime in the 3rd century AD, in Egypt, a man called Zoilus wrote a letter to his mother Theodora about family news. He had just visited his sister Techosous, who was sick:
Zoilus to my mother Theodora, greetings. When I arrived in Thallou today, I found everyone at my brother’s house in good health. But my sister Techosous is fearfully ill, and I expect that she will give birth today to a seven months’ baby. If then she comes through it successfully, I will let you know what happened…
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- Scris de: Konstantine Panegyres
- Categorie: Ştiri ştiinţă - engleză
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