28/06/2021
Check out the attitude. This is letter from a boy named Theon to his father (also named Theon), dating back to 2nd- or 3rd-century Roman Egypt. The papyrus was discovered in the early 1900s at the site of city of Oxyrhynchos, 124 miles from present day-Cairo.
Theon to his father Theon.
Greetings. It was so nice of you not to take me with you to the city. If you refuse to take me with you to Alexandria, I won’t write you a letter or speak to you or wish you good health. So, if you go to Alexandria I won’t take your hand or greet you ever again. If you refuse to take me, this is what will happen. My mother said to Archelaos that he is upsetting me, take him away! It was so nice of you, sending me these great presents, just rubbish. They put me off the track on the 12th, the day when you sailed. Well then, send for me, I beg you. If you don’t, I won’t eat, I won’t drink; there! I pray for your health. Tybi 18th.
