Synopses & Reviews
The papyri found in Egypt have yielded fragments large and small of ancient literary authors. We include in this volume from the 5th4th centuries BCE fragments of two tragedies (one a satyr play by Aeschylus); of five by Sophocles; of ten by Euripides; of one by Ion; and of some plays not assignable. From Old Comedy, 5th century, we have fragments of one play each of Epicharmus, Cratinus, Pherecrates, Eupolis, and Plato; some fragments of Aristophanes; and unassignable fragments. From Middle Comedy and New Comedy, 4th and 3rd centuries, are twenty-six items including at least three by Menander and one each by Philemon, Timocles, and Straton. From mimes there are a fragment of Sophron and six unassignable, including 112 lines of clownish doings by the Indian Ocean. The lyric poetry, 7th century BCE4th CE, twenty-one mostly anonymous items, includes some of Sappho, Corinna, Pindar, Philicus, fragments of dithyrambic poetry, hymns, songs and so on. There are seventeen examples of elegiac and iambic, 7th century BCE3rd CE, including some Mimnermus, Amyntas, Leonidas, Antipater of Sidon, and Posidippus. The thirty items of hexameter poetry, 5th century BCE6th CE are mostly unassignable but include Panyasis, Erinna (a lovely fragment of her 'Distaff'), Euphorion, Pancrates, and Dionysius (the 'Bassarica').
The three-volume Loeb Classical Library edition of Select Papyri also includes volumes of public and private documents.
Synopsis
Scraps of verse from the sands of Egypt.
The papyri found in Egypt have yielded fragments large and small of ancient literary authors. We include in this volume from the 5th-4th centuries BC fragments of two tragedies (one a satyr play) by Aeschylus; of five by Sophocles; of ten by Euripides; of one by Ion; and of some plays not assignable. From Old Comedy, 5th century, we have fragments of one play each of Epicharmus, Cratinus, Pherecrates, Eupolis, and Plato; some fragments of Aristophanes; and unassignable fragments. From Middle Comedy and New Comedy, 4th and 3rd centuries, are twenty-six items including at least three by Menander and one each by Philemon, Timocles, and Straton. From mimes there are a fragment of Sophron and six unassignable, including 112 lines of clownish doings by the Indian Ocean. The lyric poetry, 7th century BC-4th AD, twenty-one mostly anonymous items, includes some of Sappho, Corinna, Pindar, Philicus, fragments of dithyrambic poetry, hymns, songs and so on. There are seventeen examples of elegiac and iambic, 7th century BC-3rd AD, including some Mimnermus, Amyntas, Leonidas, Antipater of Sidon, and Posidippus. The thirty items of hexameter poetry, 5th century BC-6th AD are mostly unassignable but include Panyasis, Erinna (a lovely fragment of her "Distaff"), Euphorion, Pancrates, and Dionysius (the "Bassarica").
The three-volume Loeb Classical Library edition of Select Papyri also includes volumes of public and private documents.
Synopsis
Fragments of ancient literature, from the seventh to the third century BCE, found on papyri in Egypt include examples of tragedy; satyr drama; Old, Middle, and New Comedy; mime; lyric, elegiac, iambic, and hexametric poetry.
Table of Contents
Preface
Aids To The Reader
Tragedy, 5th And 4th Centuries BCE
1. Aeschylus, Niobe
2. Aeschylus, Dictyulci
3. Sophocles, Gathering Of The Achaeans
4. Sophocles, Eurypylus
5. Sophocles, Scyrians
6. Sophocles, Inachus
7. Sophocles, The Searchers
8. Euripides, Alcmeon Through Corinth
9. Euripides, Alexander
10. Euripides, Antiope
11. Euripides, Cretans
12. Euripides, Hypsipyle
13. Euripides, Melanippe Captive
14. Euripides, Melanippe The Wise
15. Euripides, Pirithous
16. Euripides, Stheneboea
17. Euripides, Telephus
18. Euripides, Fragments
19. Ion, Omphale
20. Anonymous ? Aeschylus, Myrmidons
21. Anonymous ? Sophocles, Gathering Of The Achaeans
22. Anonymous ? Sophocles, Niobe
23. Anonymous ? Sophocles, Tantalus
24. Anonymous ? Sophocles, Tereus
25. Anonymous ? Sophocles, Tyro
26. Anonymous ? Euripides, Alexander
27. Anonymous ? Euripides, Meleager
28. Anonymous ? Euripides, Oeneus
29. Anonymous ? Hector
30. Anonymous ? Hecuba
81. Anonymous ? Oeneus, Or Schoencus, Or Phoenix
32. Anonymous ? Phrixus
33. Anonymous ? Seven Against Thebes
34. Anonymous Speech Of A Heroine
35. Anonymous Fragment
36. Anonymous Maxim
Old Comedy, 5th Century BCE
37. Epicharmus, Probably Odysseus The Deserter
38. Cratinus, The Plutuses
39. Pherecrates, Fragment
40. Eupolis, The Demes
41. Anonymous: ? Eupolis, Prospaltians
42. Aristophanes, Fragments
43. Plato, Fragment
44. Anonymous : Women Conversing
45. Anonymous : Fragments
46. Anonymous : Fragment
Middle Comedy And New Comedy, 4th And 3rd Centuries BCE
47. Anonymous : ? Philiscus, Birth Of Zeus
48. Anonymous : ? Alexis
49. Anonymous : A Feast
50. Philemon, Sculptor, And A Fragment
51. Timocles, Heroes, And Icarians
52. Menander, Unpopular
53. Menander, ? The Changeling
54. Menander, Smicrines, Chaereas
55. ? Menander, ? Theophoroumene
56. Menander, Maxims
57. Straton, Phoenicides
58. Apollodorus, Fragment
59. Anonymous : Cooks
60. Anonymous : Prologue
61. Anonymous : Moschion, Laches
62. Anonymous Youth, Daos, Simon
63. Anonymous Youth, Demeas, Slave
61. Anonymous Strobilus
65. Anonymous Phaedimus, Niceratus
66. Anonymous Father, Mother, Daughter
67. Anonymous Slave, Master
68. Anonymous Youth, Slave
69. Anonymous Sympathetic Slave
70. Anonymous Numenius, Slave
71. Anonymous Fragments
72. Anonymous Two Prologues
Mime
73. Sophron, Fragment Of A Mime (V. BCE)
74. Anonymous "Drunkard " (? II.-I. BCE)
75. Anonymous Lament For A Cock (? I. CE)
76. Anonymous Charition (? II. CE)
77. Anonymous Adulteress (? II. CE).
78. Anonymous A Quarrel (? II. CE)
79. Anonymous Damsel In Distress (? III. CE)
Lyric Poems
80. Anonymous, Probably Archilochus (Early VII. BCE)
81. Sappho, Book I (Early VI. BCE)
82. Corinna, Orestes (Late VI. BCE)
83. Pindar, Fragments Of Two Poems (VI.-V. BCE)
84. Anonymous : Perhaps Bacchylides (Or Possibly Simonides) (Early V. BCE ?)
85. Anonymous : Divers Fragments Of Early Lyric Poetry (Uncertain And Various Dates, VI.-IV. BCE)
86. Anonymous : Scolia, Perhaps Attic (V.-IV. BCE)
87. Anonymous : Fragments Of Dithyrambic Poetry (V.-IV. BCE)
88. Anonymous : Fragments Of Dithyrambic Poetry (? IV. BCE)
89. Anonymous : ? Dithyrambic Poem (? IV. BCE)
90. Philicus, Hymn To Demeter (III. BCE)
91. Anonymous : Hymn To Demeter (III. BCE)
92. Anonymous : Four Hellenistic Fragments (? III.-II. BCE)
93. Anonymous : Late Hellenistic Anapaests (? II.-I. BCE)
94. Anonymous : A Visit To The Underworld (? II.-III. CE)
95. Anonymous : Metamorphoses (? II.-III. CE)
96. Anonymous : Record Of A Cure By Sarapis (? III. CE)
97. Anonymous : Sailor's Song (? II.-III. CE)
98. Anonymous : Sailor's Song (? III. CE).
99. Anonymous : Hymn To Fortune (? III. CE)
100. Anonymous : A Schoolboy's Recitation (IV. CE)
Elegiac And Iambic Poems
101. Mimnermus, Smyrneis (Late VII. BCE)
102. Epicharmea, Probably By Axiopistus (About 300 BCE)
103. Anonymous : Epigram For A Merry Company (III. BCE)
104. Poseidippus, Two Epigrams (III. BCE)
105. Anonymous : Two Epigrams (III. BCE)
106. Anonymous : Epigram On The Death Of Philicus (III. BCE)
107. Amyntas, Leonidas, Antipater Of Sidon (III.-II. BCE)
108. Anonymous : Epigram (III. BCE)
109. Anonymous : Two Epigrams (III. BCE)
110. Anonymous : Elegy About A War (III. BCE)
111. Anonymous : Poem In Praise Of An Officer (III. BCE)
112. Anonymous : Preface To An Astronomical Treatise (II. BCE)
113. Anonymous : Epigram (Late I. BCE).
114. Poseidippus : Elegy On Old Age (? I. CE)
115. Anonymous : Moral Fable (? II. CE)
116. Anonymous : Moral Maxims (Uncertain Date)
117. Anonymous : Epitaphs For Euprepius, By His Daughter (? III. CE)
Hexameter Poems
118. Panyasis, Heracles (Early V. BCE)
119. Anonymous: Fragment (? IV. BCE)
120. Erinna, The Distaff (IV. BCE)
121. Euphorion, Three Fragments (III. BCE)
122. Anonymous : Old Woman's Lament (? III.-II. BCE)
123. Anonymous : Bucolic (? III.-II. BCE)
124. Anonymous : Georgic (? III.-II. BCE)
125. Anonymous : Drinking-Song (? I. CE)
126. Anonymous : Hero And Leander (? I. CE)
127. Anonymous : Sayings Of The Seven Wise Men (Uncertain Date)
128. Pancrates, Antinous (II. CE)
129. Anonymous : Dionysus And Lycurgus (III. CE)
130. Anonymous : Praise Of Theon (? III. CE)
131. Anonymous : Treatise On Metres (III. CE)
132. Anonymous : Praise Of Maximus (III. CE)
133. Anonymous : ? Astyoche (? Iii. CE)
134. Dionysius, Bassarica (III.-IV. CE)
135. Anonymous : Persian War Of Diocletian and Galerius (Early IV. CE)
136. Anonymous : Creation Of The Universe (Early IV. CE)
137. Anonymous : Odyssey (III.-IV. CE).
138. Anonymous: Epicedeion For A Professor Of The University Of Berytus (IV. CE)
139. Anonymous : Epithalamion (? IV. CE)
140. Anonymous, Perhaps Pamprepius Of Panopolis, Two Poems (About 500 CE)
141. Anonymous : Praise Of A Roman General (Early V. CE)
142. Anonymous : Praise Of Germanus (Early V. CE)
143. Anonymous : Appeal To A Roman General(V. CE)
144. Anonymous : Victory Of A Roman General (V. CE)
145. Anonymous : Fragment (? V. CE).
146. Anonymous : Incantation To Cure Headache (? V. CE)
147. Anonymous : Address To The Nile (V.-VI. CE)
Index Of Proper Names
Index Of Editiones Principes