Record 0081
| Edition: | P.Oxy. 53, 3711 (M.W. Haslam, 1986) |
| Inventory: | Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms |
| LDAB: | 168 |
| Trismegistos: | 59073 |
| Pack: | M-P 0075.21 |
| Van Haelst: | — |
| Cribiore: | — |
| VRS: | — |
| ASW: | — |
| Gigante: | — |
| CPP: | 0081 |
| Provenance: | Egypt, Oxyrhynchus |
| Date: | AD 2 |
| Bibliography: | G. Liberman, Alcée, fr. 306E; C.A. Faraone, GRBS 28 (1987), p. 261-267; M.W. Haslam, BASP 25 (1988), p. 9-11; W. Rösler, in: Tradizione e innovazione, 1993, p. 227-235; R. Giannatasio Andria, BollClas 16 (1995), p. 55-62; mentioned by VRS p. 102; J. Lightfoot, Parthenius of Nicaea, 1999, p. 497-498; Hellanicus fr. 35A + 160A Fowler; G. Ottone, 'P.Oxy. LIII 3711, fr. 1, I, 17-24: un frammento della Lesbou ktisis?', paper at the Helsinki Congress 2004; Commentaria et Lexica Graeca in Papyris reperta I, 1, 1, Alcaeus 16 (A. Porro, 2004 - re-edition). |
| Plates: | ed. princ. pl. X. |
| URL: | http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/POxy/papyri/vol53/pages/3711.htm |
| Greek text: | Greek text in Unicode |
| Author: | anon. |
| Quoted Author: | [Alcaeus (?)];Hellanicus (?); Alcaeus; Myrtilus [Myrsilus]. |
| Genre: | commentary (selected lemmata) |
| Type: | mythology |
| Contents: | probably commentary on Alcaeus, dealing with matters of early Lesbian history and saga (selected topics rather than continuous commentary): fr. 1, col. 1: the Lesbian "lion-law" (perhaps taken from Hellanicus) and a narrative concerning Macar and a bronze lion made by Hephaestus; fr. 1, col. 2: various accounts of Dionysus Omestes. As to the specific genre of this text, there are two opinions that are commonly adopted among scholars: the text is a commentary stricto sensu (cfr. Rösler 1993 and Liberman 1999, II, p. 127) or it is a learned treatise with the subject of the Lesbiaka or a historiographic work containing citations of Alcaeus (cfr. e.g. Giannattasio Andria 1995) . The problem arises from the fact that the preserved fragments never give any paraphrastic-grammatical information, but only elements of historical-mythological observations, with references to specific auctoritates . A. Porro (CLGP, p. 226) mentions that the parts of the text are arranged as in a hypomnema, still only in one part there is a lemma from Alcaeus at the beginning (Alc. 130b, 9-11 on fr. 1 II 31-33), other references to the work of Alcaeus are integrated within the exegesis: this seems to rule out that, if the work is a commentary on Alcaeus, it comes from a hypomnema with continuous lemmata. Another element unusual for a commentary stricto sensu is the absence of lectional signs as the paragraphos or the coronis. |
| Proper names: | fr. 1, col. 1:Themis; Mitylęnaioi [Mytileneans]; Kadmeiai [adj.] ?; Hellanikos (?);Alkaios; Hęphaistos (2);Makar (2); Pholoę;Lesbos; Myrtilos (?); Męthymnaioi[Methymneans]; Sibyllę;Iônes [Ionians]; fr. 1, col. 2:Krętes [Cretans]; Smintheus; Hellaneikos [Hellanikos] (?); Myrtilos (?); Makar; Dionysos Omęstęs; Dionysos;Mainades; Onymaklęs [Onomaklęs] (Q); Ainos (3); Thraikę [Thrace];Gerôias (?); Alôpekonnęsioi [Alopeconnesians];Thraikes [Thracians]; fr. 2: Lydoi [Lydians]; Alyattęs (?); Alkaios (?). |
| Mythological: | fr. 1, col. 1:Themis; Mitylęnaioi [Mytileneans]; Kadmeiai [adj.] ?; Hęphaistos (2);Makar (2); Pholoę; Lesbos; Męthymnaioi[Methymneans]; Sibyllę;Iônes [Ionians]; fr. 1, col. 2: Krętes [Cretans]; Smintheus; Makar; Dionysos Omęstęs; Dionysos; Mainades;Onymaklęs [Onomaklęs] (Q); Ainos (3); Thraikę [Thrace]; Gerôias (?); Alôpekonnęsioi[Alopeconnesians]; Thraikes [Thracians]; fr. 2: Lydoi [Lydians]; Alyattęs (?). |
| Material: | papyrus |
| Bookform: | roll |
| Size: | 15.5 x 24.5 (fr. 1);3.8 x 9 (fr. 2) |
| Script: | along the fibres |
| Front / Back: | blank |
| State Preservation: | fr. 1: substantial, though much damaged remains from two columns at full height and full width, of 36 lines (only 34 actually visible in col. 1); possibly column number in upper margin (D or ID, i.e. 4 or 14); fr. 2: endings of 16 lines. |
| Number of columns: | 02 |
| Column width: | 06 - 06.5 |
| Letters per line: | 25 |
| Lectional signs: | apostrophe; one trema; iota adscript usually written; chrisms in the margins, which point to a scholar's copy. |
| Hand: | small, informal, round, upright, roughly bilinear, fairly regular, written rapidly and without particular care by a proficient scribe, with many ligatures and cursive elements; the lines are well spaced and straight and contribute to an overall tidy impression. |
| Last update: | 2003/11/14 Marc Huys, Valerie Van Elst |
| id: | 0081 |