. Light from the ancient East; the New Testament illustrated by recently discovered texts of the Graeco-Roman world. d do to its parents—wishingthem good-day, shaking hands, wishing them health,writing nice letters. Worst threat of all, he willstarve to death of his own fi:ee will. That wiU bringdaddy round, the device has never failed yet. Andstill with aU his defiant naughtiness Theon can con-trive a tolerable joke. His mother had cried indesperation to (his brother ?) Archelaus, He drivesme mad, away with him, and Theon is quick-wittedenough to turn this into an argument with his fatherfor
. Light from the ancient East; the New Testament illustrated by recently discovered texts of the Graeco-Roman world. d do to its parents—wishingthem good-day, shaking hands, wishing them health,writing nice letters. Worst threat of all, he willstarve to death of his own fi:ee will. That wiU bringdaddy round, the device has never failed yet. Andstill with aU his defiant naughtiness Theon can con-trive a tolerable joke. His mother had cried indesperation to (his brother ?) Archelaus, He drivesme mad, away with him, and Theon is quick-wittedenough to turn this into an argument with his fatherfor travelling to Alexandria after all! The samederisive artfulness is apparent in the address. Onthe outside of a letter bristling with impudence hehas mischievously written as the name of the senderTheonas, the fathers pet name for his pampered Theon the elder, to whom such a letter couldbe written, do what the naughty boy wanted at last ?The outlines which the son has unconsciously drawnof his fathers portrait certainly do not encourage usto answer the question in the negative. ? Cf. Blass, p. Fig. 30.—Letter from Pacysis, an Egyptian, to his son, about the 3rd cent. Ostracon fromThebes. Now ia the Authors collection. ILLUSTRATED BY THE NEW TEXTS 191 15 Letter from Pacysis, an Egyptian, to his son, about the3rd cent. , os1;racon from Thebes, now in the authorscollection, deciphered by U. Wilcken^ (Figure 30). IlaKva-K IIaTa-e0dio{<s) tw VIM fwv ?xfaipetv).Mr] avTCKo^ri<rr)<s. fiera arpariosTov ^[m ?\KT)craTe <(i)rKet. fi\r)S\ik TrapaSe-[^t) avTo\v, 60)? e\0(o irpo<} f ** 3IJ/Wl? 5 [ ] eppcocro. Pacysis, the son of Pat-sebthis, to my son, not. Ye have dweltthere with a soldier. But re-ceive him not till I come toyou. Farewell. In its wretchedly sorry state this greatly fadedostracon is a typical example of a poor mansletter in ancient times. Theon, the father whosea,cquaintance we made in the last letter, wasobviousl
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