Canonical URI: https://papyri.info/current/62583
Current Edition: DCLP 62583 (CPF 1.1.3.1 p. 477-480 no. 80 Plato 82); TM 62583
Catalog Record for APIS: oxford-ipap.apis.2160xml
| Title | Plato, Tim. 19c-20a |
|---|---|
| Summary | Fragment of a papyrus roll, written in a calligraphic hand and intended as a good quality copy. The back is blank. Two columns have been well preserved (the first is missing 12 lines at the foot, while the second is preserved from top to foot). Of a third column only single letters at the beginning of three lines can be discerned. |
| Citations | PSI 11 1201 |
| Inv. Id | JE68901 |
| Support/Dimensions | 1 papyrus ; 15 x 23 |
| Origin | Oxyrhynchus |
| Date | 2nd c. AD |
| Note (general) | Special Register: SR3006 |
| Subjects | Literary; Papyri |
| License |  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
DCLP transcription xml
Introduction
This papyrus has been digitally edited by Richard Jakeš and revised by Holger Essler during a course on text encoding taught at the Universität Würzburg.
Column 1
1[ -ca.?- ἀποδι]δοῦσαν
2[τῆι παιδείαι κ]α̣ὶ τροφῆι̣
3[κατά τε τὰς ἐν] τοῖς ἔρ-
4[γοις πράξεις κ]α̣ὶ κατὰ
5[τὰς ἐν τοῖς λό]γο[ι]ς̣ δι-
6[ερμ]ηνεύ̣σ̣ει[ς] πρὸς ἑ-
7[κάσ]τας τῶν πόλεων.
8[τα]ῦτ᾽ οὖν, ὦ Κρ̣ιτία
9[κ]α̣ὶ̣ Ἑρμόκρατες, ἐμαυ-
10[το]ῦ μὲν αὐτὸ̣ς̣ κατέ-
11[γν]ω̣κα μή πο[τ᾽] ἂ̣[ν] δυ̣-
12[να]τὸς γενέ[σθ]αι τοὺς
13[ἄν]δ̣ρας κα[ὶ τὴ]ν πό-
14[λ]ι̣ν ἱκανῶ̣[ς] ἐ̣[γκ]ωμι-
15[άσ]αι. καὶ τ̣[ὸ] μὲν ἐμὸν
16[οὐ]δὲν θαυμαστόν··
17[ἀλλ]ὰ καὶ̣ τὴν αὐτὴν
18[δόξ]αν εἴληφα καὶ πε-
19[ρὶ] τῶν πάλαι γεγονό-
20[τω]ν κ[αὶ] \(hand 2) περὶ·/ (hand 1) τ̣ῶν [ν]ῦν
22[τι -ca.?- ]
22[12 lines missing]
Column 2
1εὖ μιμεῖσθαι.· τὸ δὲ
2τῶν σοφιστῶν γένος
3[αὖ] πολλῶν μὲν [λό]γων
4καὶ καλῶν ἄλλων μά-
6φοβοῦμαι δὲ μή πως,
8τὰ πόλε̣[ι]ς οἰκήσεις
10ωικηκ̣ός, ἄστ̣οχον
11ἅμα φιλοσόφων ἀν-
12δρῶν ἦι καὶ πολιτι-
13κῶν,· ὅσα ἂν’ οἷ̣ά̣ τε ἐ[ν]
14πολέμωι καὶ μάχαις
16καὶ λόγωι προ[σο]μι-
17λοῦ̣ντες ἑκάσ[τ]ο̣ι̣ς
18π̣ράττοιεν καὶ [λ]έγοι-
19εν.· καταλέλειπ[τ]αι
20[δ]ὴ̣ τὸ τῆς ὑμετ[έρ]ας
21[ἕξ]εως γένος, [ἅ]μ̣[α ἀμ-]
22[φοτ]έ̣ρων φ̣ύσ̣[ει καὶ]
23[τ]ρ̣[ο]φῆι με̣τ̣έχο[ν. Τί-]
25νομωτά̣της ὢν π̣[ό-]
27Λ̣οκρίδ̣ο̣ς, οὐσίαι κ[αὶ]
28[γ]ένει οὐδενὸς ὕσ[τε-]
29[ρος] ὢν τῶν ἐκεῖ̣, [τὰς]
30[με]γίστας μὲν ἀρ[χάς τε]
31[καὶ] τιμὰς ἐν τῆι π[ό-]
32[λει] μ̣ε̣[τακεχ]ε̣ίριστ[αι,]
Column 3
0[2 lines missing]
0[ -ca.?- Κρι-]
1τ̣[ίαν δέ που πάντες]
2ο[ἱ τῆιδε ἴσμεν οὐδε-]
3ν[ὸς ἰδιώτην ὄντα]
5.[ -ca.?- ]
6.[ -ca.?- ]
6-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
History
- 2026-03-16T10:58:17-04:00 [Holger%20Essler]: Finalized - Revised text and metadata.
- 2026-03-16T10:58:16-04:00 [Holger%20Essler]: Finalized - Revised text and metadata.
- 2026-03-16T10:30:55-04:00 [Holger%20Essler]: Vote - Accept-Straight-to-Finalization - Do not omit modern punctuation where ancient one is present. Iota mutum is always written. Col. 2.5 ἔμπιρον\$m2 ε/$m1 adjust insertion, 7 πλ̣[ α(`)]ν̣ητον ancient diacritical not in square brackets, 9 τε ἰ(¨)δ add blank space, 15 πράττοντες\$m2 α̣/$m1 adjust correction, 26 ἐν Ἰ(¨)τα add blank space, col. 2-3 lost lines belong to col. 3, col. 3.4 add [.?] and lost.?lin at end.
- 2026-03-16T10:30:55-04:00 [Holger%20Essler]: Vote - Accept-Straight-to-Finalization - Do not omit modern punctuation where ancient one is present. Iota mutum is always written. Col. 2.5 ἔμπιρον\$m2 ε/$m1 adjust insertion, 7 πλ̣[ α(`)]ν̣ητον ancient diacritical not in square brackets, 9 τε ἰ(¨)δ add blank space, 15 πράττοντες\$m2 α̣/$m1 adjust correction, 26 ἐν Ἰ(¨)τα add blank space, col. 2-3 lost lines belong to col. 3, col. 3.4 add [.?] and lost.?lin at end.
- 2026-03-16T02:42:18-04:00 [TheRikusj21]: Submit - Text entered from reference edition.
- 2026-03-16T02:42:18-04:00 [TheRikusj21]: Submit - Text entered from reference edition.
- 2014-12-10 [DCLP]: Crosswalked to EpiDoc XML
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