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Title Sayings of Diogenes the Cynic
Work Diogenes Cynicus, sententiae
Principal Edition 95353. Corpus dei Papiri Filosofici greci e latini (CPF). Testi e lessico nei papiri di cultura greca e latina. Parte II.2: Sentenze di Autori Noti e «Chreiai» (Unione Accademica Nazionale. Accademia Toscana di Scienze e Lettere "La Colombaria") , (Firenze 2015). 415-416
catalogue 14384. Raffaella Cribiore, Writing, Teachers, and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt., (Atlanta, Georgia 1996). 215 descr.
Previous Edition 95410. Herbert Thompson, "A Greek Ostracon," PSBA, 34 (1912), pp. 197-197.
Catalog(s) MP3 01988.000
Fragments Cambridge, University Library O. Sup. number unknown
Support Material pottery
Date 200 - 399
More from the period between 200 CE and 399 CE
Origin Fundort: Dios Polis (Peri Thebas, Egypt); Schreibort: Dios Polis (Peri Thebas, Egypt)
More from Fundort: Dios Polis (Peri Thebas, Egypt); Schreibort: Dios Polis (Peri Thebas, Egypt)
Form and Layout ostracon: pottery sheet (columns: 0, pagination: 0)
Genre prose; biography; wisdom
Culture literature
Religion classical
General Notes Editors of CPF 2.2 argue for a date in I p.; earlier editions suggest III/IV p.
Print Illustrations PSBA 34, pl.22
Availability © Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License .

Trismegistos: 59681 [source]

Publications Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology (PSBA) 34 (1912), p. 197 (1912) = SB 1 5730 (1915) = Gallo, Frammenti biografici da papiri 2 p. 369-375 (1980) = Corpus dei papiri filosofici (CPF) 1.1.2 48 p. 95-96 [Diogenes 5 T] (1992) = Hock / O'Neil, The chreia and ancient rhetoric 2 10 (p. 45-47) (2002) = Corpus dei papiri filosofici (CPF) 2.2 p. 415-416 [Chr 10] (2015)
Inv. no. Cambridge, University Library O. Sup. number unknown; . formerly: Cambridge, Private collection Thompson number unknown
Date AD 1 - 99 (CPF, p. 415)
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, U04b - Thebes[found & written]

DCLP transcription: 59681 [xml]

Διογένης ὁ κυνικὸς φιλό-
σοφος ἐρωτηθεὶς ὑπό τινος(*)
ἰδὼν(*) Αἰτίοπα(*) καθάριον
ἐσθοντα(*), εἶπεν· ἡ νὺξ τὴν
5ἡμέραν τρώγει. ((filler))
Διογένης ὁ κυνικὸς φιλό-
σοφος ἐρωτηθεὶς ὑπό τινος
ποῦ αἱ Μοῦσαι κατοικοῦσιν,
εἶπεν· ἐν ταῖς τῶν πεπ[αι-]
10δευμένων ψυχαῖς

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^ 2. {ἐρωτηθεὶς ὑπό τινος} CPF 2.2 after Oldfather
^ 3. l. ἰδόντος ed.pr.
^ 3. l. Αἰθίοπα
^ 4. l. ἐσθίοντα

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