Five fragments of a codex of Demosthenes from Hermopolis Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri 59582 59582 684 59582 bkt;9;185 00258.100

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Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum P. 21280 papyrus

papyrus codex (columns: 2, pagination: 0)

 Fundort: Hermopolis (Hermopolites, Egypt); Schreibort: Egypt 100 - 299

Hermopolites Egypt Hermopolis

Egypt

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δεν σεμνοτέραν οὖσαν· οὐ γὰρ εἰς περιουσίαν ἐπράτ τετ’ αὐτοῖς τὰ τῆς πόλεως, ἀλλὰ τὸ κοινὸν ἕκαστος αὔξειν ᾤετο δεῖν. ἐκ δὲ τοῦ τὰ μὲν Ἑλληνικὰ πιστῶς, τὰ δὲ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὐσεβῶς, τὰ δ’ ἐν αὑ τοῖς ἴσως διοικεῖν μεγά λην εἰκότως ἐκτήσαν τ’ εὐδαιμονίαν
νιων μὲν ἀπολωλότων, Θη βαίων δ’ ἀσχόλων ὄντων, τῶν δ’ ἄλλων οὐδενὸς ὄντος ἀξιόχρεω περὶ τῶν πρωτείων ἡμῖν ἀντιτάξασθαι, ἐξὸν δ’ ἡμῖν καὶ τὰ ἡμέτερ’ αὐτῶν ἀσφαλῶς ἔχειν καὶ τὰ τῶν ἄλλων δίκαια βραβεύειν, ἀπ εστερήμεθα μὲν χώρας οἰκείας, πλείω δὲ χείλια καὶ πεντακόσια τάλαντ’ ἀνη λώκαμεν εἰς οὐδὲν δέον, οὓς δ’ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ συμμά χους ἐκτησάμεθα, εἰρήνης οὔσης ἀπολωλέκασιν οὗτοι, ἐχθρὸν δ’ ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς τηλικοῦτον ἠσκήκαμεν. ἢ φρασάτω τις ἐμοὶ παρ ελθών μὲν ἐκ πτωχῶν πλούσιοι γεγόνασιν, οἱ δ’ ἐξ ἀδόξων ἔντιμοι, ἔνιοι δὲ τὰς ἰδίας
ασμενοι, ὅσῳ δὲ τὰ τῆς πό λεως ἐλάττω γέγονεν, το σούτῳ τὰ τούτων ηὔξηται. τί δὴ τὸ πάντων αἴτιον τού των, καὶ τί δή ποθ’ ἅπαντ’ εἶχε καλῶς τότε, καὶ νῦν οὐκ ὀρθῶς; ὅτι τὸ μὲν πρῶ τον καὶ στρατεύεσθαι τολμῶν αὐτὸς ὁ δῆμος δεσπότης τῶν πολιτευομέ νων ἦν καὶ κύριος αὐτὸς ἁπάντων τῶν ἀγαθῶν, καὶ ἀγαπητὸν ἦν παρὰ τοῦ δήμου τῶν ἄλλων ἑκάστῳ καὶ τιμῆς καὶ ἀρ χῆς καὶ ἀγαθοῦ τινος με ταλαβεῖν· νῦν δὲ τοὐν αντίον κύριοι μὲν οἱ πο λιτευόμενοι τῶν ἀγα θῶν, καὶ διὰ τούτων τὸ πάντων ἀνδρειότατον, τῶν ὑμετέρων αὐτῶν χά ριν προσοφέλειτε. οἱ δ’ ἐν
ταῦτα μὰ τὴν Δήμητρ’ οὐ κ ἂν θαυμάσαιμ’ εἰ μείζων εἰπόντι μοι γένοιτο παρ’ ὑμῶν βλάβη τῶν πεποι ηκότων αὐτὰ γενέσθαι· οὐδὲ γὰρ παρρησία περὶ πάν των ἀεὶ παρ’ ὑμῖν ἐστιν, ἀλλ’ ἔγωγ’ ὅτι καὶ νῦν γέ γονεν θαυμάζω. ἐὰν οὖν ἀλλὰ νῦν γ’ ἔτι ἀπαλλαγέν τες τούτων τῶν ἐθῶν
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The ny at the end of the line was written as an episema, in the form of a dash above omega.
Demosthenes Olynthiaca 26-33
Scritti Montevecchi, p.204-205 BKT 9, pl.77
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fr.1: 5.6 x 7.4 cm; fr.2: 3.2 x 3.2 cm; fr.3: 2.0 x 1.9 cm; fr.4: 3.1 x 2.0 cm; fr.5: 1.4 x 1.4 cm