Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 8

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P. Oxy. 8

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 8 (P. Oxy. 8) is a fragment of Greek hexameter poetry. The dialect is a mixture of Aeolic and Doric. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the first or second century. [1] It is housed in the Houghton Library, Harvard University, with the catalogue number SM2211. [2] The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898. [1]

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The manuscript was written on papyrus in a form of the roll (probably). The measurements of the fragment are 61 by 109 mm. The fragment contains seven hexameter lines. The text is written in a small neat round uncial hand. [3]

The authorship of the poem is uncertain. Friedrich Blass attributes the fragment to Alcman; [4] Maurice Bowra suggests Erinna, and Martin Litchfield West suggests Anyte. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 P. Oxy. 8 at the Oxyrhynchus Online. Archived from the original 26 March 2012.
  2. ↑ Poem in hexameters, (ca. 50–150). Harvard Digital Collections.
  3. ↑ Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London. pp. 13–14.
  4. ↑ Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London. pp. 13–14.
  5. ↑ Plant, I. M. (2004). Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome: an Anthology. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 49.

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