Record 0075
| Edition: | P.Oxy. 26, 2451 (E. Lobel, 1961) |
| Inventory: | Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms |
| LDAB: | 3706 |
| Trismegistos: | 62525 |
| Pack: | 1358 |
| Van Haelst: | — |
| Cribiore: | — |
| VRS: | — |
| ASW: | — |
| Gigante: | — |
| CPP: | 0075 |
| Provenance: | Egypt, Oxyrhynchus |
| Date: | AD 1 - AD 2 |
| Bibliography: | B. Snell - H. Maehler, Pindari Carmina cum fragmentis I, pap. 25; G. Calvani, SCO 21 (1972), p. 120-121; P. Angeli Bernardini, QUCC 16 (1973), p. 138-141; G. Calvani Mariotti - G. Derenzini, SCO 26 (1977), p. 159-169; I. Rutherford - J. Irvine, ZPE 72 (1988), p. 43-51 (on fr. B 17); mentioned by VRS p. 102; further bibliography in CPF I.1*, no. 25, 3T [Aristoxenus] and no. 29, 2T [Chamaeleon]. |
| Plates: | ed. princ. pl. XVI, XVII, XVIII; CPF IV.2, pl. 189 (fr. B1 + B2). |
| URL: | http://163.1.169.40/cgi-bin/library?e=q-000-00---0POxy--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4----ded--0-1l--1-en-50---20-about-2451--00031-001-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=search&d=HASH019a0aa0d872cd8e312bb40d |
| Greek text: | Greek text in Unicode |
| Author: | anon. |
| Quoted Author: | [Pindarus, Isthmia 1, 4, 6, 7, 8];Pindarus. |
| Genre: | hypothesis + commentary (selected lemmata) |
| Type: | mythology |
| Contents: | commentary on poems of Pindar: A fr. 1-4 = on Isthmians I, IV, VI-VIII; B fr. 1-17 = on unidentified texts. Mythographic material is to be found in: fr. A 1, col. 1, 1-7 (= hypothesis to Isthmians): on the institution of the games by Theseus; different from manuscript tradition; fr. A 1, col. 2, 24-26: on Amphitryon and his descendants; fr. B 14, col. 1, 8-10: on the judgement of Paris; fr. B 17.1-5: on Helen and the Dioscuri fr.B 17.6- (= oschophoricon): mentions Theseus. |
| Proper names: | fr. A 1, col. 1:Thęseus;Sinis;Learchos;Athamas;Nephelę;Hęrodotos;Apollôn; fr. A 1, col. 2:Onchęstios;Poseidôn;Hęrodotos (2);Asôpodôros;Thębai;Orchomenos (2R);Amphitryôn;Iphiklęs;Iolaos;Hęraklęs;Prôtesilaos (?);Phylakę; fr. A 2:Hęrakleios; fr. A 4, col. 1:Psalychiadai; fr. A 4, col. 2:Kleandros (Q, R); fr. B 2:Minyas (?, R); fr. B 14, col. 1:Megareis;Pelops;Alexandros;Hermęs;Hellęspontos (?);Euxeinos [Euxenos] (?);Ilion (R);Olympos (?);Moisa [Mousa];Pisa;Nemea;Alętęs; fr. B 17:Dioskouroi;Helenę;Pindaros;Athęna Skiras;Thęseus (R);Athęnaioi [Athenians]. |
| Mythological: | fr. A 1, col. 1, 1-7:Thęseus;Sinis;Learchos;Athamas;Nephelę; fr. A 1, col. 2, 24-26:Amphitryôn;Iphiklęs;Iolaos;Hęraklęs; fr. B 14, col. 1, 8-10:Alexandros;Hermęs; fr. B 17:Dioskouroi;Helenę;Athęna Skiras;Thęseus (R);Athęnaioi [Athenians] |
| Material: | papyrus |
| Bookform: | roll |
| Size: | 20.5 x 19.5 (fr. A1);13 x 16.5 (fr. B14); 5.2 x 16.5 (fr. B17); |
| Script: | across the fibres |
| Front / Back: | account book, AD 1 |
| State Preservation: | numerous fragments, numbered A 1-4 and B 1-17; fr. A 1 = substantial remains of two columns; col. 1 = right half of 33 lines, col. 2 = 31 lines, incomplete through damage, but in parts visible almost to full width; fr. B 14 = substantial, but much damaged remains of 32 lines, with a large gap between l. 26 and 27; a few letters from the beginnings of 7 lines of a second column are visible to the right of l. 10-16; fr. B 17 = narrow strip of papyrus with much damaged remains of ca. 35 lines. |
| Number of columns: | 02 (fr. A1+4, B10, 13, 14) |
| Column width: | 12.5 (fr. A1, col. 2) |
| Letters per line: | 40-45 (fr. A1, col. 2) |
| Lectional signs: | several instances of double dot, paragraphos and apparently blank space (cf. fr. A 1, col. 1, 7) used to separate sections; trema (several); many abbreviations. |
| Hand: | small to medium-sized, cursive, leaning forward, irregular and careless, though keeping the lines fairly straight. |
| Last update: | 2003/11/14 Marc Huys, Valerie Van Elst |
| id: | 0075 |