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he JOHNS HOPKINS Pe ‘American Philological Association ‘A Yale Fragment of the Acts of Appian ‘Awthorish ©. Bradford Welles Source: Transactions and Proceedings of the American Phiologcal Association Vol. 67 (1936, pp. 1-23 Published by: The Jos Hopkins Universi Pas Stable URL: hap’ fowi orang SIS TETET ‘Accossed: 15/11/2013 0300 Yours oft ISTOR ahve nde your apnea th Ta & Coton of Ue alee pe op pasfniplcaeme op {STOR i or gro seit np schol sere and sens over, an bl pn wie age ‘con inated tal ace. We we nfoatn cig snc snr rd ae new oe ‘tsk. Forsarinmtn sou STOR pes Sn spear Amaia Poin Asxaon The os Hoping Unversity rsa slang with STOR 2 ‘i psec ace rato nd Prac ane Pas bge Vol iil] A Yale Fragment ofthe Acts of Appian 1s scene shows him subjected to torture, peshaps to prove the ‘ruth of bis allegations "and still defant atthe point of dest. ‘The latest of the Aca ae those of Appian, known hitherto, ‘only from a papyrus excavated at Behnesa in 1897 by Grenfell and Hunt and published by them inthe first volume of The Oxyrhynckus Papyri the next year Now, unaecountably, ‘there has come into the Yale papyrus collection by purchase from an Egyptian dealer in Paris in 1933 a dirty and ragged ferap which, at Mr. Bell and Mr. Skeat have been kind enough to ascertain for me, was originally part of the same rol, and actually adjoins it at the beginning. P, Yole ma 1536, 145 15 cm. contains parts of three columns of text ina semi-uncal hand writen on the verso of rexistry-ofice roll, containing at this point an abstract of a dovument telating to confiscated land and dated under Commodus ‘The Oxyrhynchus roll began with Appian already con The true ca try Have ben paint Weer of Pay. 3. CL Drm, Tha LZ 99, (2-2; Bs, Jude tne (O05). 12h, Wiens bh ab Lee Prenatal Pope upp ce ae " ‘seme sm len ey vee fl an PO. 3 et Set ote tno ped yo” Th the eso ey of he Act Apne i it of dea ‘nt Th et eran deca Py. ea 108 out are ‘Sy te arlene oth 5 yar Common (c189) oe Fe, ‘Saeed bere such repary fe seers wre dened (Wr Scuba Bie ‘roe ie Porn (918 td tc ant ea a 35a ms rmared ht the pia sete ave Oy tm ia mer ete hyped mas hata i pr at he fe ee ‘Sayre tha Aus Pal Soi ded oe 16 . Bradford Waller i936 emned to death. "As he said thi, be tne # and saw elon, and said to him: Heiodors, have you nothing to say as am led away?" (That is, ‘do you not intercede with the Emperor for me") Helodoris replied: ‘To whom can we weak, having no one who will Este?) Go to your death, my on, ts glorious for you to de for your beloved city. ‘Do not be dstemed, for T yet shall follow you 4 The Emperor called. Appian back and sid: “Now 4o you not know with whom you are speaking?” Appian replied: ‘Yes, I ow. Ty Appian, with » tyrant! "Noy seid. the Emperor, ‘with a king” ‘Don't aay that sid ‘Appian, “Your father, the divine Antonina, was fit to call inset rule For listen, fist he was a philooper, then the was feee from avarice, in the thir! place he was @ lover of good. You have the opositeof al ehese quate, tyranny, love of evil fgnorane.’ The Emperor ordered him to beled sway: Ashe was going, Appian sid: "Grant me ® this favor, Lord Cars? "What said the Emperor. “Order me to be led away wearing my ornaments of rank” “Take them, sald the Emperor. Appian took the file and placed fe on his Cr 2017 ht re Moo reli ein We ‘a eter to Rani th gent sts flowed bys conte we ‘ve smay su amcnson afar (eG A rat “Smeaton x ie elt ‘vine ncurgenen regaled tha Chena marty, CF Marae Srosann birt looting dado ttn fh soot oe {eq Harare Holy New Safes a, Sesh ie ct he aps, ht of ‘Tiartion ome es dee drone een (O'PhandCewire agr whe he Bagh en ee ‘necro bor Vol. vi] A ole Fragment ofthe Acts of Appian a head, and put on his feet his white shoes and when he had come into the middle of Rome, he shouted: ‘Assemble, Romans, behold one fed away’ out of ie, a gymansiarch and ‘envoy of the Alexandvines’ At once an attendant ® came running to the Emperor and said: "My Lord, you st here while Rome isin an prose “Over what?” atid the Emperor ‘The consul (a member of the imperial council) sid: “Over the sentencing ofthe Alexandrine” The Emperor sid: "Let him bbe brought back.” Appian returned and said: “Who has called me back, a I greeted for the second time the God of the Dead and those who died before me, Theon and Teidores and Lampon? "Was it the Senate of you, Brigand chit?” ‘The Emperor replied: ‘Appian, we also (ike the god Hades) are accustomed to cure mad and abendoned persons, You speak only as Jong as I am willing to have you.” Appian sti I swear by that Fortune" of yours, Tam neither tad for abandoned, but T declare my noble origin and rank! sna Tay emperor i Rds fica od ‘el Figen Pay. iowa eGo] YA, Te aco ‘ise orth prone Yarn were Sa ‘opr mor tv uty terse Pera ep oh coe, {Se Semis ad comin tn the Hopes taal cot Involving eon of han tee as Ae sah ea olor le ‘7h cath bt Epon’ Rete wat, of sume, ms (0B De idm ochepcesProeie ha ik in youie tt Apna empoed easy ter Iter of nu totaly i ean "The tn gi ret be tment Caw 5 COLYE Geto 1 Lute yar Hl smear Se) ‘raed nos 8 et rl ene ot ed ore luo36 C: Bradford Wels meme, mr ey a 3 sit st cs 1 pane SSI “ANI TIVA “a ‘Transaction of the American Phisogcal Auocation, Vol. LEVI Plate 1 Vol. lvl] A Ye Frogment of he Acts of Appion » ‘What do you mean?” said the Emperor. ‘That 1 am of a noble family and gymnasiarch,’ sid Appian. The Emperor said: ‘Do you imply that Iam ignoble?” Appian: “As to this I do aot know, but T do deciare my own nobility and rank’ ‘The Emperor seid: "Do you not know now that 1 am free from avarice?’ “This then,” said Appian, ‘since you lo not Know it, Y aba tell you. Julius Caesar, fist, saved Cleopatra, her who held the Kingdom with her brother, and as some say, he borrowed. . "With this the papyrus ‘reas of ‘This reference to avarice or greed, coming a second tine fat the end, is interesting. Te is immediately taken up by Appian, who begins, asi seems, to expound the history of Roman profiteering in Egypt from the time of Julius Caesar down. We may lament the los of the rest of his pesch, but, curiously enough the Yale fragment contains a reference ‘he same sject. T translate what is substantially complete. “Sending t0 the other tie they sell at four times. the mont an that they may save (ca. recover) what they have fiven The Emperor sid: "And who is it-who gets the ‘ee tnabibih denen? Tainted te ne 1 undetntng fhnpmge ne wht Emperor tins “De Zeta fan a Von el ee lps un aye rept" et aa oat Ido oy gin Wor no th ttn thang te eZee ia te ‘eel anh ithe en” be cots, 900 eee mo ‘Sc én eer tne or bt ang) man mae by Pema eg met SPD Al ee BEFORE A PRABPECT BEFORE A PRAEFECT wv varépa ‘mpowos pnb hs mails rye debebo- $5.1 dropaetan 8 For SELECT PAPYRI *adene efovotan Sear. 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