Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
October 26
October 26 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 128. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
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AD 128
Life on This Day
A Priest and Priestess Declare Their Intention to Free a Slave
On October 26, AD 128, the priest Herodes, also called Petenephies and a priestess who was both his sister and wife formally declared their intention to free a male slave. Their Greek statement was directed to former gymnasiarchs associated with the public archives. The record preserves a legal step toward manumission.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Lond. II 299 = TM 11681; British Library Papyrus 299
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue
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