Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
February 21
February 21 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated 161 BCE. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
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161 BCE
Life on This Day
Officials Investigate Oil Allowances for Twin Sisters at the Serapeum
On February 21, 161 BCE, the official Mennides wrote to Sarapion concerning an investigation into oil allowances due to the twin sisters Tages and Taues at the Serapeum of Memphis. The letter belongs to the archive of the twins.
Sources
Primary evidence
- UPZ I 38 = P.Lond. I 19 = British Library Papyrus 19, TM 3429
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue
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