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P.Oxy. 42 3008 = Trismegistos 63878 = LDAB 5092



Introduction

This papyrus has been digitally edited by Ilaria Andrea Serra during a workshop organized at the University of Florence by Valeria Piano (Univ. of Florence) with James Cowey (instructor; Univ. of Heidelberg) and Claudio Vergara (assistant; Univ. of Naples Federico II) within the project PRIN2022-INTEGRATION. INTEllectual miGRATION: circulation of philosophical books and ideas around the ancient Mediterranean through the evidence of Graeco-Romani papyri (CUP: B53D23023140006; P.I. Valeria Piano)

DCLP transcription: 63878 [xml]

[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣[ -1-2- ]  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣αμ  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣[  ̣]  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]-
σαι δ’ εἶναι(*), τῆς περὶ ἕκαστο(ν)
λεγομένης τῶν σωμάτων
δυάδος ἀδιάγνωστον αἰσθή-
5σει τὴν δ[ι]αφορὰν ἐχούσης.
εἰ γὰρ σῶμα μὲν ἰ(*)δίως ποι-
ὸν οἷον Πλάτων, σῶμα θ̣’ ἡ(*)
οὐσία τοῦ Πλάτωνος, διαφορὰ
δὲ φαινομένη τούτων οὔκ ἐ-
10στιν οὔτε σχήματος οὔτε ((filler))
χρώματος οὔτε μεγέθους οὔ<τε>
μορφῆς, ἀλλὰ καὶ βάρος ἴ(*)σον
καὶ τό̣πος(*) ὁ αὐτὸς ἀμφοτέ-
ρων, τίνι διαιροῦντες ὅρῳ
15κ[αὶ] χαρακτῆρι νῦν μὲν ((filler))
φήσ[ο]μεν αὐτοῦ Πλάτωνος
νῦν δὲ τῆς οὐσίας ἀντιλαμ-
βάνεσθαι τῆς Πλάτωνος;·
εἰ μὲν γάρ ἐστί̣ν τις διαφο-
20ρά, λεγέσθω με̣τὰ ἀποδεί-
[ξεω]ς· εἰ δὲ μηδὲ λέγειν

Apparatus


^ 2. or σαι δειναί
^ 6. ϊδιωσ papyrus
^ 7. Long-Sedley :   ̣  ̣  ̣ ed.pr.
^ 12. ϊσον papyrus
^ 13. τ[ό]πος Irwin : τ[ύ]πος ed.pr.
^ 18. · papyrus

Editorial History; All History; (detailed)

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Notes

  • 2.

    There is a top line above the omicron of ἕκαστο(ν) to indicate the abbreviation

  • 13.

    The papyrus reports the harsh spirit of ὁ αὐτὸς