Homeric papyrus (Odyssey 23.8-16, 34-49 (om. 48) |
Homer |
Homer, Odyssey 23.8-16, 34-49 (om. 48). ;The text gives one previously unreported
variant from the vulgate in l. 12; "EOUSAN"; vulg. "EONTA". The use of the feminine
participle in place of the vulgate's masculine is the result of too specific interpretation
of lines 11 and 12. At the beginning of 11, Penelope addresses the nurse directly.
But the rest of 11 and all of 12 and 13 contain a general reflection on the power
of the gods to affect men's wits, and so the masculine participle is used. But the
Michigan text has taken 11-13 to refer specifically to the nurse; thus the use of
the feminine. If the place were preserved, we would undoubtedly find "CHALIPHRONEOUSAN"
for "CHALIPHRONEONTA" in l. 13.;40: "o]uk idon" rec. ou idon. The Michigan reading
is vulgate. All codices and the lemma of sch. Q read "ouk". The vulgate ignores the
digamma which begins "idon". Cf. P.Cornell XII (Il. 9.270).;41 "kteinomenon": The
first letter of the word is broken, but there appears to be ink, unrelated to kappa,
to its left, in the margin, of which only a very small portion is preserved. It appears
to be a mark; the significance is unclear. |
Traianos Gagos, Nikos Litinas, Nancy E. Priest, BASP 41, 2004, 77-78 Priest NE, Homeric
Papyri in the Michigan Collection (Diss.), 194-198, no 40, 1975 |
P.Mich.inv. 1589 |
2 papyri ; a: 10.2 x 15.1 cm; fr. b 1.8 x 2.2. cm |
Parts of the first two columns of a roll. The first column contained 33 lines. Line
12 in column 1 and line 49 in column 2 are on a level, leaving a difference of 37
lines. The papyrus is medium-brown. |
Source of description: Recto |
The text is written in dark brown or black ink. Intercolumniation: 4.7 cm. Letter-height
averages between 2 and 3 mm. The hand is slightly rounded, upright uncial. Only occasionally
are vertical strokes allowed to extend above or below the line. Very few diacritical
marks: diaeresis [not aphaeresis, as ed.princ. (NL)], in l. 36. |
Unknown
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Greek |
IInd century A.D.
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Location: Ann Arbor |
Pub. status: Recto; Verso is unpublished |
Homer--Odyssey--23, 34-49.; Literary; Epic; Papyrus |
Recto thumbnail |
Recto medium |
Recto large |
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