The Oreios’ Letter from Myrmekion
Journal: Stratum plus Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology
Year: 2024

The author has republished a lead letter from the excavations at Myrmekion in 2017, dating from the third or fourth quarters of the fifth century BC. The sender, Oreios, addresses greetings to four recipients: his manager Pythocles, the captain of his ship Diodoros, and two companions — Kerkion and Saittines. In the letter, Oreios expresses his troubles and provides a series of instructions. He requests that Pythocles send him a cloak for himself, along with two additional cloaks for sale. He al