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P.Oxy. 78 5135 = Trismegistos 171881 = LDAB 171881



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Title Isocrates, Ad Nicoclem 48-49, 51-52
Work Isocrates, Ad Nicoclem 48-49.51-52
Content
Principal Edition P.Oxy. 78 5135
Catalog(s) MP3 1258.003
Fragments Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 105/77(c)
Support Material papyrus
Support Dimensions 4.8 cm wide x 10.8 cm high
Date 200 - 299
More from the period between 200 CE and 299 CE
Origin Fundort: Oxyrynchos (U, Egypt); Schreibort: Egypt
More from Fundort: Oxyrynchos (U, Egypt); Schreibort: Egypt
Form and Layout papyrus roll (columns: 2, written lines: [38])
Script Type severe style, sloping
Genre prose; oratory
Culture literature
Religion classical
General Notes In the intercolumnium, at the level of l. 3, there are traces of letters written perhaps by the same second hand that also added the paragraphos. At the level of line 1, on the edge, there is a short stroke, 1 mm long, more or less horizontal, in the same ink as the main text.
Images 163.1.169.40/.../HASH011194f143d2fc5e7d6af1d7
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More from Fundort: Oxyrynchos (U, Egypt); Schreibort: Egypt

DCLP Transcription [xml]

column i
[3 lines missing]
4[ -ca.?- ποίησι]ν̣ κ̣[αὶ]
5[τοὺς πρώτους εὑρόντας] τ̣ρα-
[γωδίαν ἄξιον θαυμάζει]ν,
[ὅτι κατιδόντες τὴν φύσι]ν
[τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀμ]φ̣ο̣-
[τέραις ταῖς ἰδέαις ταύταις κ]α̣-
10[τεχρήσαντο πρὸς τὴν ποί]η-
[σιν· ὁ μὲν γὰρ τοὺς ἀγῶνα]ς̣
[καὶ τοὺς πολέμους τοὺς τῶ]ν
[ἡμιθέων ἐμυθολόγησεν, οἱ]
[δὲ τοὺς μύθους εἰς ἀγῶνας]
15[καὶ πράξεις κατέστησαν,]
[ὥστε μὴ μόνον ἀκουστο]ὺ̣ς̣
[ἡμῖν ἀλλὰ καὶ θεατοὺς γεν]έ̣-
[σθαι. τοιούτων οὖν παραδει-]
[γμάτων ὑπαρχόντω]ν
20[δέδεικται τοῖς επιθυμοῦ-]
[σιν τοὺς ἀκροωμένου]ς̣
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column ii
οἱ μὲν δ[ιὰ τῶν ἐριστικῶν]
λόγων, ο[ἱ δὲ διὰ τῶν πολι-]
(hand 2?) (added at left: [ -ca.?- ]  ̣α̣  ̣) τικῶν, οἱ δ̣[ὲ δι’ ἄλλων τινῶν]
φρονιμω̣[τέρους ἔσεσθαι τοὺς]
5αὐτοῖ̣ς̣ π̣[λησιάζοντας, ἐκεῖ] (hand 2) -
——
νοι δὲ πά[ντες ὁμολογοῦσιν]
ὅτι δεῖ τὸ[ν καλῶς πεπαιδευ-]
μένο̣ν ἐ̣[ξ ἑκάστου τούτων]
γεν[έσθαι βουλεύεσθαι δυνά-]
10μεν̣[ον. χρὴ τοίνυν ἀφέ-]
μεν̣[ον τῶν αμφισβη-]
τουμ̣[ένων ἐπὶ τὸ ὁμολογού-]
μενο[ν ἐλθόντα λαμβά-]
νειν [αὐτῶν τὸν ἔλεγχον,]
15καὶ μ[άλιστα μὲν ἐπὶ τῶν]
καιρ̣[ῶν θεωρεῖν συμβου-]
λεύ̣[οντας, εἰ δὲ μὴ, καὶ καθ’ ὅ-]
λων̣ [τῶν πραγμάτων λέ-]
γον̣[τας. καὶ τοὺς μὲν μηδὲν]
20γι̣[γνώσκοντας τῶν δεόν-]
τ[ων ἀποδοκίμαζε· δῆλον]
γ̣[ὰρ ὡς ὁ μηδὲν ὢν αὐτός]
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