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Title Geography of the Odyssea: the Aeolian Islands, Sicily, and myth
Principal Edition P.Mich. 18 760
Reference Edition 71253. Wolfgang Luppe, "Zur Geographie der Irrfahrten des Odysseus. P. Mich. inv. 1591.," ZPE, 139 (2002), pp. 47-53. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20191414
Catalog(s) MP3 02274.500
Fragments Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 1591
Support Material papyrus
Date 1 - 199
More from the period between 1 CE and 199 CE
Origin Fundort: Egypt; Schreibort: Egypt
More from Fundort: Egypt; Schreibort: Egypt
Form and Layout papyrus roll (columns: 2, pagination: 0)
Script Type formal book hand
Genre prose; geography; mythography
Culture literature
Religion classical
Images relicta.org/.../0135
Print Illustrations ed. princ. pl.I; BASP 39, pl.
Availability © Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License .

Trismegistos: 63273 [source]

Publications P. Mich. 18 760 (1996) = Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists (BASP) 39 (2002), p. 139-147 (2002)
Inv. no. Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 1591
Date AD 1 - 199
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt[found & written]

Catalog Record: michigan.apis.1483 [xml]

Title Geography
Author Polybius (?)
Summary Fragment of a geography of the Aeolian Islands (col. I) and of Sicily (col. II), mentioning also Kyme in Campania (Italy); it combined mythological geography (in part. the geography of the Odyssey) and an interest for natural (volcanic) phenomena, and gave distance figures betweenplaces
Citations Renner TT, PMich XVIII, 760, 1996, Pl. I Williams M F, BASP 39, 140-141, 2002
P.Mich.:18:760
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 1591
Support/Dimensions 2 papyri ; 8.5 x 12.3 cm
Condition broken off at the top, left, right, and bottom
Lines Col. I - 17;;col. II - fragment A: 15; fragment B: 11
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto
Hands The professional character of the writing together with the evenness of the lines and the seeming absence of spelling mistakes are evidence of a painstaking, experienced scribe. Small, rather formal book hand, employing decorative finials on a number of latters. Punctuation (high stops in I, 5; II, 14; paragraphi (II, 3-4; 9-10; 20-21). (Renner)
Origin Unknown
More from Unknown
Language Greek
Date Later Ist - IInd century A.D.
More from the period between 100 CE and 199 CE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Recto
Subjects Volcanoes--Mediterranean Region.; Lipari Islands (Italy); Sicily (Italy); Mediterranean Region.; Homer.--Odyssey.; Literary: geographical; Papyrus
Images Recto thumbnail
Images Recto medium
Images Recto large
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

Introduction

This papyrus has been digitally edited by Chaya Cassano, Holger Essler and Gaia Fanelli as part of a workshop on digital editions of papyri within the Encode project. Revision by Holger Essler.

DCLP transcription: 63273 [xml]

column 1
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1[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]σαν [τε]ράτων(*)
[δὲ θετέον τὸ](*) χαλκοῦν τεῖχος
[Στρογγύλη δ’](*) ἡ̣ πλω̣τὴ νῆσος
5[ἐστιν, ἡ ἑβδ]ό̣μη·(*)· ἑπτὰ γὰρ
[νῆσοί εἰσιν.] ταῦτα μὲν εἴ-
[ρηκε, περὶ δὲ](*) τῶν τοῦ πυρὸς
[ἐκφυσημάτ]ω̣ν(*) κ̣αὶ τ̣[ο]ῦ̣ β̣ρό-
[μου ὑπ’ ἀνέ]μων(*) τῶν ἐν αὐ-
10[τῇ ἐγκλειο]μένων(*) οὐκ εἴρη-
[κεν οὐδ’ ὡς ἐκ]ε̣ῖ(*) ὑπὸ τού[το]υ(*)
[νέφος κυαν]ο̣ῦν ποιεῖτα[ι].(*) δ̣ι̣-
[ελθὼν δ’εἰς] τοὺς Λαιστρυγό-
[νας,](*) [δι’ αὐ]τ̣οὺ[ς] δ̣’ ἀπολέ[σ]α̣ς̣(*)
15[τὰς ναῦς πλ]ὴ̣ν̣ μιᾶς ἀφείς τ[ε] κ̣[αὶ](*)
[ὁρμῶν τὸν π]λ̣οῦν εἰς [τὴν] τ̣[ῆς](*)
[Κίρκης νῆσον ἀφίκετο](*)[]
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- column 2
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1Σκύλ̣λ̣α̣ν̣ [καὶ Χάρυβδιν ἐν τῷ](*)
μεταξὺ Π̣[ελώρου καὶ Καίνους](*)
πορθμῷ   ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ φη-]
——
σι(*) νῆσον τ̣[ῶν βοῶν καὶ οἰῶν ʽΗ-]
5λίου(*) τὴν Σι̣[κελίαν, κειμένην](*)
πλησίον τ̣[ῆς ἠπείρου.](*) [ὁ δὲ στα-]
δίοις(*) λ τὰς ἠ̣[ιόνας διαιρεῖ.](*) [καὶ](*)
τυπώσει Σι̣[κελίαν οὕτως εἰ-]
κάζει(*) ⁦ vac. 1⁩ καὶ [τὸ αὐτὸ ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ εἴρηκε](*)
——
10καὶ ἔτι πρό[τερον ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩](*)
τὸν μὲν Αἴ̣[ολον ἐν νήσῳ πρὸ](*)
Κύμης̣ κ̣α̣τ̣[οικῆσαι, ʼ Ιταλίας](*)
δὲ πλησίον, [ἀλλ’ οὐ κατὰ τὸν ʼ Ωκε-]
ανον·(*)· χαλκ[οῦν δὲ τεῖχος καὶ](*) [ἀ-]
15ποτόμους π̣[έτρας ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
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16   ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣]σε̣ -2-3- [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩](*)
μ̣[έ]νας, τὴν δ̣[ὲ ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩](*)
παρασιωπήσ[αι ἂν ἀγνοῶν](*)
ὅ τι εἴπῃ. ⁦ vac. 1⁩ παρ̣[αλόγοις δὲ δόγ-]
20μασιν(*) ἐνέχετ̣[αι· τοὺς γὰρ](*)
——
Κύκλωπας κα̣[ὶ Λαιστρυγόνας](*)
ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖ̣ς̣ [τόποις τίθησι](*)
καὶ παρὰ τούτ̣[οις καὶ τὸν Αἴ-]
ολον(*) ⁦ vac. 1⁩ κ̣ομ̣ιο̣μ̣̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
25  ̣[  ̣  ̣]  ̣ν πορθμο[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩](*)
[  ̣  ̣]  ̣ι̣ν  ̣  ̣  ̣[  ̣]  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩](*)
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Apparatus


^ 1.2. Luppe : [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]σα π̣[α]ρὰ τῶν Renner
^ 1.3. Luppe : prev. ed.
^ 1.4. Luppe : prev. ed.
^ 1.5. Luppe : [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣ν̣η· Renner
^ 1.5. · papyrus
^ 1.6-7. Luppe : [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]τ̣αῦτα μενει | [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 1.8. Luppe : [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]η̣ν Renner
^ 1.9. Luppe : [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣μ̣ων Renner
^ 1.10. Luppe : [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]μένων Renner
^ 1.10-11. Luppe : ειρη | [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣  ̣σι Renner
^ 1.11. Luppe : του[  ̣]ο̣υ Renner
^ 1.12. Luppe : [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣υν ποιεῖτα̣[ι] Renner
^ 1.12-14. Luppe : δ̣ια̣ | [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] τοὺς Λαιστ̣ρ̣υ̣γό |[νας⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 1.14. Luppe : [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]π̣ου.2̣απ̣ολεθρ̣  ̣ Renner
^ 1.15. Luppe : [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣μιασαφειστε̣.2̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 1.16. Luppe : [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]λ̣ουνει  ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 1.17. Luppe : [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 2.1. Luppe : prev. ed.
^ 2.2. Luppe : τ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 2.3-4. or [τίθη] |σι, Luppe : [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] | σι Renner
^ 2.4-5. Luppe :   ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] | λίου Renner
^ 2.5. Luppe : τὴν σ  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 2.6. Luppe :   ̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 2.6-7. Luppe : [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ στα] |δίοις Renner
^ 2.7. or ἠ̣[όνας], Luppe :   ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 2.7. Luppe : prev. ed.
^ 2.8-9. Luppe : τυπωσεισ̣   ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ ἀναγ] |κάζει Renner
^ 2.9. Luppe : prev. ed.
^ 2.10. or πρό[τερον ἤδη ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩], Luppe : προ  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 2.11. Luppe : α  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 2.12. Luppe : Κύμη ε̣ιν̣α̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 2.13-14. Luppe : [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] | ανον· Renner
^ 2.14. · papyrus
^ 2.14. Luppe : prev. ed.
^ 2.16. Luppe : δ̣[  ̣]  ̣  ̣σε̣κ̣  ̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 2.17. Luppe : μ[  ̣]νας την   ̣ [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 2.18. Luppe : prev. ed.
^ 2.19-20. Luppe : πα  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] | μασιν Renner
^ 2.20. Luppe : ἐν ʼΕχετ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 2.21. Luppe : κα̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 2.22. or [ἵστησι], Luppe : prev. ed.
^ 2.23-24. Luppe : του  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] | ολον Renner
^ 2.25. Luppe : λ̣ τ̣ὸ̣ν πορθμὸ[ν ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner
^ 2.26. Luppe : [πά]λ̣ιν ρ̣ν̣β̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Renner

Editorial History; All History; (detailed)

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APIS Translation (English)

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