Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
January 24
January 24 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated 255 BC. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
Across the centuries
On This Day
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255 BC
Life on This Day
A Chisel Dispute Ends in a Formal Complaint
On January 24, 255 BC, Demetrius wrote to the engineer Cleon after a dispute that began when he picked up another man’s chisel. He reported being attacked while distributing loaves and asked Cleon to intervene.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Lond. III 515
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue
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