Current Edition: DCLP 59893 (P.Ant. 1 24); TM 59893

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Title Codex Fragments of Bacchae with Portions of 22 New Lines
Work Euripides, Bacchae 459-471.and.496-508
Principal Edition P.Ant. 1 24
catalogue 21231. Paolo Carrara, Il testo di Euripide nell'Antichità. Ricerche sulla tradizione testuale euripidea antica (sec. IV a.C. - sec. VIII d.C.)., (Firenze 2009). 150
study 4134. E.R. Dodds, Euripides, Bacchae. Edited with Introduction and Commentary., (Oxford 1944). liv-lv 229-230
Catalog(s) MP3 00385.000
Fragments Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Ant. 24
Support Material papyrus
Date 400 - 599
More from the period between 400 CE and 599 CE
Origin Fundort: Antinoopolis (Hermopolites, Egypt); Schreibort: Egypt
More from Fundort: Antinoopolis (Hermopolites, Egypt); Schreibort: Egypt
Form and Layout papyrus codex (2 fol.) (columns: 1, written lines: [37], pagination: 0)
Script Type sloping uncial with cursive elements
Genre poetry; tragedy
Culture literature
Religion classical
Print Illustrations G. Cavallo - H.Maehler, Greek Bookhands, pl.27b
Availability © Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri and LDAB (Trismegistos). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License .

DCLP transcription xml

Fragment a

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1[τὴν Ἀ]φροδίτη[ν καλλονῇ θηρώμενος.]
2[πρῶτο]ν μὲν οὖ[ν μοι λέξον ὅστις εἶ γένος.]
3[οὐ κόμπο]ς οὐδ[είς· ῥᾴδιον δʼ εἰπεῖν τόδε.]
4[τὸν ἀ]νθεμώδ[η Τμῶλον οἶσθά που κλύων.]
5[οἶδʼ, ὃ]ς τὸ Σάρδεω̣[ν ἄστυ περιβάλλει κύκλῳ.]
6[ἐντ]εῦθέν εἰμ[ι, Λυδία δέ μοι πατρίς.]
7[πόθ]εν <δὲ> τελετὰς [τάσδʼ ἄγεις ἐς Ἑλλάδα;]
8[Διό]νυσος αὐτό̣ς̣ μ̣’ ε̣ἰ[σέβησʼ, ὁ τοῦ Διός.]
9[Ζεὺ]ς̣ δʼ’ ἔστʼ’ ἐκεῖ τις, ὃς ν[έους τίκτει θεούς;]
10[οὔκ,] ἀ̣λλὰ Σεμέλην ἐνθ[άδ ἐζεύξεν γάμοις.]
11[πότερ]α δὲ νύκτωρ ἢ κα[τʼ ὄμμʼ ἠνάγκασεν;]
12[ὁρῶν ὁ]ρῶντα, καὶ δ[ίδωσιν ὄργια.]
13[τὰ δʼὄργ]ι̣[α][ἐ]σ̣τὶν τίνʼ’ ἰ̣δ̣[έαν ἔχοντά σοι;]
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1[αὐτός μʼ ἀφαιροῦ· τόνδε Διονύσ]ο̣υ̣ φ̣ο̣ρ̣[ῶ.]
2[εἱρκταῖσί τʼ ἔνδον σῶμα σὸ]ν φυλάξο̣[μεν.]
3[λύσει μʼ ὁ δαίμων αὐτός,] ὅ̣ταν ἐ̣[γὼ θέλω.]
4[ὅταν γε καλέσῃς αὐτὸν ἐν β]ά̣κχ̣αις στα̣[θείς.]
5[καὶ νῦν ἃ πάσχω πλησίο]ν̣ π̣αρὼν ὁ̣[ρᾷ.]
6[καὶ ποῦ ʼστιν; οὐ γὰρ φανερὸς ὄ]μμα̣σ̣ίν γʼ’ ἐμ̣[οῖς.]
7[παρʼ ἐμοί· σὺ δʼ ἀσεβὴς αὐτὸς] ὢ̣ν οὐδʼ’ εἰσορ[ᾷς.]
8[λάζυσθε· καταφρονε]ῖ μ̣ε̣ καὶ Θήβας [ὅδε]
9[αὐδῶ με μὴ δεῖν σ]ω̣φρονῶν οὐ σώφρ[οσιν.]
10[ἐγὼ δὲ δεῖν γε, κ]υ̣ριώτερος σέ[θεν.]
11[οὐκ οἶσθʼ ὅ τι ζῇς,οὐ]θ’· ὃ δ̣ρᾷς, οὐθʼ’ ὅστ̣[ις εἶ.]
12[Πενθεύς, Ἀγαύης] π̣αῖς, πατρὸς δʼ’ Ἐ̣χ[ίονος.]
13[ἐνδυστυχῆσαι τοὔ]νομʼ’ ἐπι[τήδειος εἶ.]
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Fragment b

v

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1[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩].θ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
2[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]εσθαλ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
3[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ροσε[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
4[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]\ηλωκ̣.σ̣μ̣ε̣ν̣/[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
5[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]κ̣ων ἴσθι κη̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
6[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]π̣ως ἐκδιδαχ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
7[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ο Ζευς ἐστιν ο[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
8[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]τ̣ε και τις η τ[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
9[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]σ̣.[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
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r

9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]θ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
11[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ισθια̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
12[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ι̣ τὸν δυ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
13[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]η̣ σαῖς ἐβουλ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
14[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]υς τοὺς δʼ’ α[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
15[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ν γε δυσσεβε̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
16[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ν̣ εἴργει νοστιμ[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
17[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]...[.]φ̣.[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
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Fragment c

v

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1[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]φηδ[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
2[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ο̣ντι.[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
3[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]νσοιτ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
4[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ι̣αι̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
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r

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5[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]..[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
6[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]οφε[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
7[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩].ο̣μ̣ε̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
8[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ε̣μ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
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History

  • 2026-03-30T16:12:19-04:00 [Mike%20Sampson]: Finalized - This is good to go.
  • 2026-03-30T16:02:25-04:00 [Mike%20Sampson]: Vote - Accept-Straight-to-Finalization - Looks good. Remove the scribal apostrophe in v.8 and check the form of the first apostrophe; remove the extra whitespace in v.10 |ed| tags and add diacriticals; remove the apostrophe on νύκτωρ in v.11; add accents and breathings to the certain forms of the smaller fragments. Review metadata before finalization.
  • 2026-03-30T15:37:15-04:00 [Noah%20Adam]: Submit - Encoded as part of coursework for C.M. Sampson at the University of Manitoba. Metadata has not been updated
  • 2026-03-30T16:12:19-04:00 [Mike%20Sampson]: Finalized - This is good to go.
  • 2026-03-30T16:02:25-04:00 [Mike%20Sampson]: Vote - Accept-Straight-to-Finalization - Looks good. Remove the scribal apostrophe in v.8 and check the form of the first apostrophe; remove the extra whitespace in v.10 |ed| tags and add diacriticals; remove the apostrophe on νύκτωρ in v.11; add accents and breathings to the certain forms of the smaller fragments. Review metadata before finalization.
  • 2026-03-30T15:37:15-04:00 [Noah%20Adam]: Submit - Encoded as part of coursework for C.M. Sampson at the University of Manitoba. Metadata has not been updated

  • 2014-12-10 [DCLP]: Crosswalked to EpiDoc XML

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