Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
October 11
October 11 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated 257 BC. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
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257 BC
Life on This Day
An Estate Manager Is Reprimanded Over Neglected Canal Works
On October 11, 257 BC, Panacestor wrote to Cleon about irrigation works on the estate of Apollonius. He had requested a crew to construct bends in a canal and reprimanded Cleon for failing to supervise the work. The Greek letter preserves the managerial friction behind large agricultural infrastructure.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Petrie Kleon 17 = TM 2492; British Library Papyrus 534
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue
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