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Title Philosophical treatise on poetics
Works
  • Critias, Opus incertum
  • Antisthenes, Opus incertum
  • Antiphon Sophista, Opus incertum
Reference Edition 67482. Fabio Massimo Giuliano, "Un dimenticato frammento di poetica: POxy III 414 e l'"enciclopedia del sapere"." in Papiri filosofici. Miscellanea di Studi. II, 115-165.
Previous Edition 95223. B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Volume I (Nos 1-207), (London 1898). https://archive.org/details/oxyrhynchuspapy05huntgooghttps://archive.org/details/oxyrhynchuspapyr01grenuoft414 57-59
Catalog(s) MP3 02564.100
Fragments New York, Columbia University P. Oxy. 414
Support Material papyrus
Date 100 - 299
More from the period between 100 CE and 299 CE
Origin Fundort: Oxyrhynchos (Oxyrhynchites, Egypt); Schreibort: Egypt
More from Fundort: Oxyrhynchos (Oxyrhynchites, Egypt); Schreibort: Egypt
Form and Layout papyrus roll (columns: 4, pagination: 0)
Genre prose; philosophy
Culture literature
Religion classical
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Trismegistos: 59134 [source]

Publications Papiri filosofici. Miscellanea di studi 2 (1998), p. 115-165, esp. p. 162-165 (1998) = P. Oxy. 3 414 (1903)
Inv. no. New York, Columbia University P. Oxy. 414
Date AD 100 - 299
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)[found]; Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)[written]

Catalog Record: columbia.apis.p354 [xml]

Title Philosophical Treatise [II AD]
Summary Philosophical treatise referring to poets and describing poems as legacies of the past
Citations P.Oxy. III 414
Inv. Id Oxy. 414
Support/Dimensions 3 papyrus fragments; frag. (a) 12 x 12.3 cm.; frag. (b) 5.5 x2.8 cm; frag. (c) 2.6 x 3.1 cm
Language In Greek
Date 100 CE – 199 CE
More from the period between 100 CE and 199 CE
Note (general) Written along the fibers; back blank
Note (general) Frag. (a) 2 columns: col. I, 16 lines, col. II, 15 lines; frag. (b) 4 lines; frag. (c) 4 lines: frag. (a) broken except at top; frags. (b), (c) broken on all sides
Note (general) The hand is good-sized and well formed in the Sever Style
Note (general) The ed. pr. describes five fragments. There are now 3 fragments. Fragment (a) is broken but complete; of fragment (b) only lines 38-41 of col. III remain; fragment (d) is complete Fragments (c), (e), (f) (g) and most of frag. (b) are missing
Note (local/note) Conservation: two pieces of frag (a) need to be rejoined
Subjects Philosophical treatise referring to poets; Papyri; Papyri
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

Introduction

This papyrus has been digitally edited by Eleonora Bascherini and revised by Holger Essler as part of the webinar Digital Editions of Greek Literary and Paraliterary Papyri taught by Rodney Ast and Holger Essler.

DCLP transcription: 59134 [xml]

fragment a+f

column 1
τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὖ-
[σα](*) ἢ̣ πονηρὰν ἡ-
[γεῖσ]θαι(*)·˙ ἥκιστα˙ δ' ἄν
[τι]ς νέος ὢν τοιοῦ-
5[τόν] τ̣[ι] ἐπιτηδεύ-
[οι.] περὶ δὲ τῶν ποι-
[ητ]ῶν ἣν ἔχω γνώ-
[μη]ν λέξω.˙ ἤδη γὰρ
[πολ]λῶν ἤκουσα
10[ὥς] ἔστιν ὠφέλιμ[ον]
[το]ῖς ποιήμασιν
[ὁμιλ]εῖν(*) ἃ οἱ πρότε-
[ροι κα]τέλιπον·˙
[κα]ὶ̣ γ̣ὰ̣ρ̣(*) ἀπ' αὐτῶν
15[ὠφ]ελίαν εἶναι
[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣η̣[  ̣  ̣]ι̣δ̣ι̣  ̣  ̣(*)
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- column 2
[κ]αλῶν καὶ αἰσχρῶν,
περὶ τῶν δικαίω[ν]
κα[ὶ ἀ]δίκων, περ̣[ὶ]
τῶν θείων ˙ περ[ὶ τῶν]
5ἐν Ἅιδου,˙ πε[ρ]ὶ γο-
νῆς̣ ἀνθρώ[πων]
περ[ὶ] ἐπ[ι]τ̣ηδ̣[ευ-]
ματων(*)·˙ εἰκ[ὸς γὰρ]
ο̣ὖν̣ [πᾶ]σιν [ὠφελεῖ-]
10σθαι ἀ[νθρώποις εἴ-]
περ τ[αῦτα πάντα οἱ-]
ποιη[ταὶ λέγουσιν.](*)
——
[ἐγὼ](*) δὲ [- ca.10 -]
π̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
15α̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- fragment b

column 3
[π]ροεπι̣[σταμένωι]
τ[ι] περὶ τ̣[ῶν ἀνδρῶν]
τῶν πρὶ[ν τοῦ ποιη-]
τοῦ ἀκοῦσα[ι] καὶ ποι-
5ητής μοι δ[οκ]εῖ ἀ-
πὸ ποι[ητοῦ ἀ]μεί-
νων ἂν γενέσθαι·˙
ἀνὴρ δ[ὲ ἀπ' ἀνδρὸς]
ἂν ἀε̣[ὶ- ca.10 -]
10[  ̣]  ̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- column 4
δε[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
τοπ[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
τοῖς [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
μ[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
5σεισ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
βην̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
γὰρ δ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
ηι π[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
πολλ[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩](*)
10λεγο[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩](*)
(added at left: ξ) ποιε[ι⁦ -ca.?- ⁩](*)
α̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
  ̣ι̣σ̣π̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
καὶ ε[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
15τοιατ[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
ο̣ι̣π̣ο̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩](*) fragment c
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]σισπα[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] χαρίεν ι̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[ἐπίδ]ειξις ἀστ̣[ει-]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩τ]οὺς ξυν[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩](*)
5[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ω̣να[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- fragment d
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]σ̣ε̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]τ̣α˙ εἶναι γ̣ὰ̣[ρ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]σειπερια[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ν̣εισ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- fragment e
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1σι[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
μεν[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
λωνε[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩](*) fragment g
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]˙
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ευ
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Apparatus


^ a+f.1.1-2. Luria : [  ̣  ̣  ̣] ἀνθρώπου ου | [  ̣  ̣] prev. ed.
^ a+f.1.2-3. Luria : η | [  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]θαι prev. ed.
^ a+f.1.3. ˙ papyrus
^ a+f.1.3. ηκιστα˙ papyrus
^ a+f.1.8. ˙ papyrus
^ a+f.1.12. Luria : [ἐν] |[τυχ]εῖν Blass
^ a+f.1.13. ˙ papyrus
^ a+f.1.14. Vitelli : [ε]ἰ γάρ Luria
^ a+f.1.16-17. [οὐ μ]ὴ [πα]ι̣δ̣ί̣[οις] | [μόνοις](?) Giuliano
^ a+f.2.4. ˙ papyrus
^ a+f.2.5. ˙ papyrus
^ a+f.2.7-8. Giuliano : ἐπ[ικ]ηδ̣[ευ] |ματων Luria : ἐπ[ι]κηδ[ευ]|ματων Untersteiner
^ a+f.2.8. ˙ papyrus
^ a+f.2.9-12. or ο̣ὖν̣ [πᾶ]σιν [ὠφελεῖ] |σθαι ἀ[νθρώπους οἵ] |περ τ[αῦτα πάντα] (or τ[ούτων πέρι])(*) [τῶν] (or [ἐκ])(*) |ποιη[τῶν ἐκμάθωσιν] (or [ἀκούωσιν])(*), Giuliano : [ο]ὖ̣ν̣ [πᾶ]σιν [ἐκμιμεῖ] |σθαι ἀ[νθρώποις ἅ] |περ τ[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] | ποιη[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Luria
^ a+f.2.13. or [ἐγὼ εἰ]
^ b.3.7. ˙ papyrus
^ b.4.9. or πολλ[οί (?)⁦ -ca.?- ⁩], or πολλ[ά (?)⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
^ b.4.10. or λέγο[υσιν (?)⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
^ b.4.11. or ποιε[ῖν (?)⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
^ b.4.16. or ο̣ἱ̣ π̣ο̣[ιηταί⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] (?)
^ c.3-4. or ἀστ̣[είων λόγων] | τοὺς ξυν[όντας⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
^ d.2. τ̣α˙ papyrus
^ e.2-3. or μεν[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ὁμι] |λῶν ε[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
^ g.1. ˙ papyrus

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