Record 0037
| Edition: | P.Oxy. 61, 4096 (P. Schubert, 1995) | ||
| Inventory: | Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms | ||
| LDAB: | 2758 | ||
| Trismegistos: | 61609 | ||
| Pack: | M-P 1201.11 | ||
| Van Haelst: | — | ||
| Cribiore: | — | ||
| VRS: | 53 | ||
| ASW: | h122 | ||
| Gigante: | — | ||
| CPP: | 0037 | ||
| Provenance: | Egypt, Oxyrhynchus | ||
| Date: | AD 2 | ||
| Bibliography: | M. Haslam, ZPE 110 (1996), p. 115-117 (notes on various fr.); W. Luppe, Anal. Pap. 7 (1995), p. 15-18 (fr. 5 + 6 col. 1); idem, Glotta 73 (1995-1996), p. 208-209 (fr. 2 + 59); idem, Eikasmos 7 (1996), p. 207-210 (fr. 3); idem, Hyperboreus 2 (1996), p. 189-193 (fr. 11); idem, Prometheus 22 (1996), p. 97-100 (fr. 8); idem, ZPE 112 (1996), p. 25-28 (fr. 10) + p. 29-33 (fr. 5, 7, 52); idem, WJA 21 (1996-1997), p. 153-159 (fr. 2, 17, 36, 48); idem, APF 43 (1997), p. 1-6 + 238 (fr. 1, 2, 27); idem, APF 44 (1998), p. 128 (fr. 10); M. Van Rossum-Steenbeek, ZPE 113 (1996), p. 24-26 [= corrected reprint of ZPE 112 (1996), p. 34-36] (notes on various fr.); T. Gärtner, ZPE 122 (1998), p. 6 (fr. 10); idem, ZPE 124 (1999), p. 22-24 (fr. 2 + 27); cf. F. Montanari, in: Greek Lit. Theory after Aristotle, Amsterdam, 1995, p. 135-172; Acusilas fr. 39c Fowler (+ cf. Hellanicus fr. 90b-c Fowler). | ||
| Plates: | ed. princ. pl. V-VII. | ||
| URL: | http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/POxy/papyri/vol61/pages/4096.htm | ||
| Greek text: | base edition: Greek Readers' Digests?, Leiden, 1998, no. 53 (M. Van Rossum-Steenbeek)
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| Author: | Mythographus Homericus | ||
| Quoted Author: | [Homerus, Ilias 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24]; Theopompus;Socrates Argivus;Acusilaus;Apollodorus. | ||
| Genre: | commentary (selected lemmata) | ||
| Type: | Homerica, mythology | ||
| Contents: | mythological stories relating to Homeric lemmata from Iliad18-24: 18.319: epithet "elaphêbolos" (fr. 2); 18.432: Phocus (fr. 1); 18. 486: Pleiades (fr. 1 + 2); 20.53: Callicolone (fr. 16); 20.403-404: epithet "Helikônios" (fr. 3); 21.194: horn of Amalthea (fr. 4); 21.448: epithet "nomios" (fr. 5 + 6); 22.29: Icarius, Erigone (fr. 5 + 7 + 52); 22.126: ? (fr. 24); 23.92: Achilles' golden vase (fr. 8 + 9?); 23.141-142: sacrifice of Achilles' hair (fr. 10); 23.346-347: Arion (fr. 10); 23.683: origin of running naked (fr. 11); 24.24: Hermes (fr. 11); 24.602: Niobe (fr. 12). Several stories (fr. 1, 2, 11) do not occur in the scholia. | ||
| Proper names: | fr. 1: Phôkos; Theopompos; Plêiades (Q); Atlas; Gigantes; Plêionê; Ôkeanos; Meropê; Êlektra (?); fr. 2: Artemis; Sôkratês; Zeus (2); fr. 3: Akousilaos (R); Nêleus; Kodros; Apollôn; Athênaioi [Athenians]; Helikê; Milêtos; Poseidôn; Helikônios (Q + 1); fr. 4: Amaltheia; fr. 5 + 6 + 52: Phoibos (Q, R); Apollôn (R); Apollodôros; Homêros; Êrigonê (R); fr. 7: Ôriôn (Q); fr. 8: Hêphaistos; Thetis; Dionysos (R); Achilleus (R); fr. 10: Achilleus; Pêleus (R); Pharsalos; Ariôn (Q + 1); Adrêstos [Adrastos] (Q); Poseidôn; Tilphôsaiê; Erinys; Haliartos (2); Boiôtia [Boeotia]; Kopreus (2); fr. 11: Orsippos (R); Argeiphontês (Q); Zeus; Maia; Atlantides; Hêra (R); Hermês; Kyllênê; Arkadia; Kronios (?); fr. 12: Phrygia; fr. 16: Simoeis (Q); Kallikolônê (Q). | ||
| Mythological: | fr. 1: Phôkos; Plêiades (Q); Atlas; Gigantes; Plêionê; Ôkeanos; Meropê; Êlektra (?); fr. 2: Artemis; Zeus (2); fr. 3: Nêleus; Kodros; Apollôn; Athênaioi [Athenians]; Helikê; Milêtos; Poseidôn; Helikônios (Q + 1); fr. 4: Amaltheia; fr. 5 + 6 + 52: Phoibos (Q, R); Apollôn (R); Êrigonê (R); fr. 7: Ôriôn (Q); fr. 8: Hêphaistos; Thetis; Dionysos (R); Achilleus (R); fr. 10: Achilleus; Pêleus (R); Pharsalos; Ariôn (Q + 1); Adrêstos [Adrastos] (Q); Poseidôn; Tilphôsaiê; Erinys; Haliartos (2); Boiôtia [Boeotia]; Kopreus (2); fr. 11: Orsippos (R); Argeiphontês (Q); Zeus; Maia; Atlantides; Hêra (R); Hermês; Kyllênê; Arkadia; Kronios (?); fr. 12: Phrygia; fr. 16: Simoeis (Q); Kallikolônê (Q). | ||
| Material: | papyrus | ||
| Bookform: | roll | ||
| Size: | 5.1 x 7 (fr. 1)7.5 x 8.3 (fr. 2)6.7 X 12.7 (fr. 10) | ||
| Script: | along the fibres | ||
| Front / Back: | blank | ||
| State Preservation: | 75 or 76 fragments from one roll (cf. VRS, p. 98), of which fr. 1-12, 16, 24 and 52 show identifiable remains. The lemmata consist either of part of a verse, of one entire verse or of two verses. Indications of books in fr. 7, 11, 16. | ||
| Number of columns: | 02 (fr. 2 + fr. 16) | ||
| Column width: | 06.5 - 07 | ||
| Letters per line: | 24-26 | ||
| Lectional signs: | forked paragraphos used to separate sections (several cases), sometimes in combination with blank space of one line; trema; line-fillers; corrections. | ||
| Hand: | small, relatively formal, round, flattened, upright, strictly bilinear and regular, neat and handsome, written with great care by a proficient scribe, without decorations, separating all letters; the lines are quite closely spaced. | ||
| Last update: | 2003/11/04 Marc Huys, Valerie Van Elst | ||
| id: | 0037 |