Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

November 7

November 7 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated 127 BC. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.

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On This Day

  1. 127 BC

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    Apollonia Lends 10,000 Drachmas

    On November 7, 127 BC, Apollonia, acting with her husband Dryton as guardian, lent 10,000 drachmas to three borrowers at Pathyris. The sum included interest and was due five months later with a penalty for default.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • Papyrus 616; P.Dryton 19 = P.Grenf. I 20 = P.Lond. III 616 descr. = TM 257

    Modern scholarship

    • British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue

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