Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

November 20

November 20 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated 246 BC. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.

Across the centuries

On This Day

  1. 246 BC

    Life on This Day

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    A Witness Gives Evidence About a Dispute at a Barber Shop

    On November 20, 246 BC, Euphronius son of Apollonides gave a deposition for Antipater in a dispute with Nicon. He described being at a barber shop when Antipater and his wife Simon arrived and confronted Nicon about their son Theodos.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • Papyrus 3083; Pap.Lugd.Bat. XX 21 = TM 1852

    Modern scholarship

    • British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue

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