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Hellenic Studies #43: Multitextuality in the Homeric "Iliad": The Witness of Ptolemaic Papyri

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Graeme Bird examines a small group of early papyrus manuscripts of Homer's Iliad, known as the Ptolemaic papyri, which, although fragmentary, are the oldest surviving physical evidence of the text of the Iliad, dating from the third to the first centuries BCE.

These papyri have been described as "eccentric" or even "wild" by some scholars. They differ significantly from the usual text of the Iliad, sometimes showing lines with different wording, at other times including so-called "interpolated" lines that are completely absent from our more familiar version.

Whereas some scholars denigrate these papyri because of their "eccentricity," this book analyzes their unusual readings and shows that in fact they present authentic variations on the Homeric text, based on the variability characteristic of oral performance.

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About the Author

Graeme D. Bird is Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Classics at Gordon College.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780674053236
Author:
Bird, Graeme D.
Publisher:
Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studie
Subject:
Ancient and Classical
Subject:
Ancient - Greece
Subject:
Homer--Criticism, Textual
Subject:
Epic poetry, Greek -- Criticism, Textual.
Subject:
Ancient & Classical
Subject:
Literary Criticism : General
Series:
Hellenic Studies
Series Volume:
43
Publication Date:
20101131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
200
Dimensions:
9 x 5.5 in
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