Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 124

I 124) is a student's composition, written in Greek and discovered in Oxyrhynchus.

The exercise on the verso is written in a large and sprawling uncial hand.

It is the beginning of a report on Adrastus, a legendary king of Argos.

[2] Adrastus, king of Argos, married one of his own rank and had two daughters, Deïpyle and Aegialia, who, though not ugly, were unlucky as to marriage; for no suitors offered themselves.

Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.