Hilarion Ἱλαρίων
worker away from home · Oxyrhynchus, Roman Egypt · 1st century BC
A man of Oxyrhynchus who wrote to his wife Alis at home while he was away working in Alexandria. His letter promises to send his wages up to her as soon as he is paid.
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1 BC · From Hilarion, away working in Alexandria, to his wife Alis at home. In the same letter he tells her, if she bears a child, to keep it if it is a boy and to cast it out if it is a girl. Exposing new-born babies was not rare at the time.
You told Aphrodisias, “Do not forget me.” How can I forget you? So I ask you not to worry.
εἴρηκας δὲ Ἀφροδισιάτι ὅτι μή με ἐπιλάθῃς· πῶς δύναμαί σε ἐπιλαθεῖν; ἐρωτῶ σε οὖν ἵνα μὴ ἀγωνιάσῃς.
Oxyrhynchus Papyri IV 744 (P.Oxy. IV 744)
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