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Title P.Herc. 908, 0908/1390
Work Epicurus, De natura
Content Epicurus?; peri physeos? (Comparetti)
Reference Edition 83360. Enzo Puglia and Costantina Romeo, "Verso una nuova edizione dell’opera adespota Sulla procreazione conservata dal PHerc. 908/1390" in Proceedings of the XIXth International Congress of Papyrology. Cairo, 2-9 September 1989. Volume I., (Cairo 1992) 179-188. [leer] col. 1 col. 2 col. 3 col. 4 col. 5 col. 6 leer leer leer leer leer leer leer leer leer leer leer leer
Partial Edition 83675. Enzo Puglia, "Altri frammenti del papiro ercolanese sulla procreazione," Papyrologica Lupiensia, 1 (1992), pp. 155-160.
Previous Edition
  • - 83868. Herculanensium Voluminum quae supersunt. Collectio altera, (Napoli 1875).
  • - 83730. Achilles Cosattini, "Frammento ercolanese sulla generazione," RivFil, 20 (1892), pp. 510-515.
Fragments P.Herc. 908; P.Herc. 908 col. 1; P.Herc. 908 col. 2; P.Herc. 908 col. 3; P.Herc. 908 col. 4; P.Herc. 908 col. 5; P.Herc. 908 col. 6; P.Herc. 0908/1390 fr. 1; P.Herc. 0908/1390 fr. 2...
Support Material papyrus
Date -200 v. Chr. - 79 n. Chr.
More from the period between 200 BCE and 79 CE
Origin Herculaneum (Campania, Italy) oder Italy (?)
More from Herculaneum (Campania, Italy) oder Italy (?)
Place Stored (Ancient) Pisones,  Herculaneum,  Italy
Form and Layout papyrus roll (columns: 3+)
Genre prose; philosophy
Culture literature
Religion classical
Images chartes.it/.../931; chartes.it/.../932
Print Illustrations G. Cavallo, Libri scritture scribi a Ercolano, Naples 1983, pl. 11
Availability
Origin
More from Herculaneum (Campania, Italy) oder Italy (?)

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column 1P.Herc. 908 col. 1
Sketched 1804-1806 by Carlo Orazi

της παρα[λαμ]βανόντων
εἰς τὴν το̣[ῦ παρ]ε̣κκειμέ-
νου παρα[λλά]γματος αἰ-
τίαν καὶ [τὸ]ν τόπον τὸν
5[δ]εχόμε[ν]ον τὸ σπέρμα·
——
καὶ γὰρ ἄρρην τις δύνα-
ται πολλὴν ὕλην ἔχειν
ἐν ἑαυτῶ σπ[έρμ]ατος
[γ]εννη[τ]ι[κοῦ ὡς] καὶ αἵ-
10[μ]ατος καὶ χο[λῆς] ἔχου-
[σ]ιν πολλοὶ· δ[ιὸ κα]ὶ κατα
——
[β]άλλειν - ca.18 -α
[κ]αὶ κατὰ τοῦ[τον- ca.9 -]ο̣[ν]
ὀλίγ[ον] διὸ [καὶ κατα]βάλ-
15λειν   ̣  ̣  ̣ον  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ ὀ̣λίγον -
column 2P.Herc. 908 col. 2
Sketched 1804-1806 by Carlo Orazi

εμένου τοῦ δὲ πλέονος
ἀντικοπτομένου καὶ δι-
ὰ τοῦ̣το σκεδασμὸν λαν-
βάνοντος· καὶ παρὰ τὸ
——
5σχεῖσ̣μα δ' ἂν γένοιτο τ[οῦ]
πόρο̣[υ τ]ὸ τοιοῦτο· δῆ[λον]
γὰ[ρ] ὅ[τι εὐ]θυτενῶς μὲ[ν]
κ[είμεν]ος ὁ πόρος τὴν
π̣[ᾶσα]ν ἢ τὴν πλε[ίστ-]
10[ην δυνή]σεται καταβ[άλλ-]
[ειν τ]ὴν ὕλην κατ' [ἀντι-]
[κρὺ(?) ἀ]ντικοπτομένου
[καὶ δ]ιαφερομένου κα-
[τὰ τοὺς] κλασμοὺς   ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣
15  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ π[αρ]έχοντα   ̣  ̣ πᾶσαν
column 3P.Herc. 908 col. 3
Sketched 1804-1806 by Carlo Orazi

0[ -ca.?- ἀ-]
ποδιδ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ τ̣ὴ̣ν [σώ-]
ματος παντὸς ἀπόκρι-
σιν· εἰς τα<ὐ>τὸ δὲ παρα-
λανβάνεσθα̣ι δ[ύν]αται
5καὶ τὸ ἐν τῇ θηλεία<ι> ἀν-
γεῖον· εἰ γὰρ [σ]τε[ν]ὸν ὀλί-
γον πέφυκε δέ[ξ]ασθαι,
μέγα δὲ πο[λύ, σύ]νμετρον
ἐὰν ἔχη<ι> τὸ [μ]έγε[θ]ος· ἂν
10δὲ   ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ μ[έ]γ̣α   ̣  ̣  ̣ δέ-
ξητ  ̣  ̣  ̣ ὀλίγ̣ου   ̣  ̣  ̣ ἢ
τὴν   ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ το[ῦ δ]εχ[ο-]
μένου [π]άν[τ]ως   ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣
- ca.17 -
15αἰτί[α]ν ὡς ἐν ὀπι[σ]θορ-
ροία[ι λ]αν[β]άνοντος   ̣  ̣
column 4P.Herc. 908 col. 4
Sketched 1804-1806 by Carlo Orazi

τὴν ἀνάλογον παραλ-
λαγὴν ποιήσουσιν· καὶ
——
ἐξεναντ[ίω]ς μὲν [κ]ειμέ-
νου πρὸς [πα]ραδοχὴν
5τὴν παντὸς εὐθέ[του] ἔ-
χον[τ]ος του  ̣ανα  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣
τὴν θέσιν ἔχοντ[ος] κα-
ταντῆ<ι> πρὸς τοῦ[τ' ἐν]πο-
δίζοντος κ  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ ἀντικο-
10[πὴν] - ca.13 -
- ca.13 - τά
——
τε φυσ[ικὰ τῆ]ς γυναικὸς
πρὸς [ἀμφότ]ε[ρ]α δύναται
εὐθε[τεῖ]ν κα[ὶ] πάλιν ἐναν-
15τ[ι]οῦσθαι· κ[ᾶὶ] γὰρ κατὰ τὸ
[εῖ]ναι [τ]όπον [τῷ ἄ]ρρενι
column 5P.Herc. 908 col. 5
Sketched 1804-1806 by Carlo Orazi

καταβαλλόμενο[ς π]ρὸς
τά, ποτὲ μὲν δι' ἡδονῆς
τ' ε̣ἰ̣[σφέρ]εσθαι, ποτὲ δὲ
πρὸς [τ]ὸ [μ]ὴ πολὺ μηδὲ
5πάν[τ]ως· [ἀ]πό ταύτη[ς]
τῆς [πα]ρα[λ]λαγῆς [τὴν]
διαφορὰν γείνεσθα[ι]
τῶν [μ]εγάλων ἀπο̣[τε-]
λεσ[θέν]των σωμάτ[ων]
10τελ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ [γυναι(?)]κῶν κα  ̣  ̣
  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ [μι]κρῶ[ν]   ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣
τελην̣   ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ [τ]ούτου π  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣
  ̣  ̣εν  ̣  ̣  ̣[π]αρὰ τὸ φ  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣
κας   ̣  ̣  ̣ [πε]ριέ̣χεσ[θαι]  ̣  ̣
15φύσ[ει]ς   ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣νε  ̣ηξ  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣
τιη- ca.9 -[κλ]ασμῷ τῶ̣[ν]
column 6P.Herc. 908 col. 6
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Sketched 1804-1806 by Carlo Orazi

  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ δι' ἁφῆς
[2 lines missing]
4ἐνποδίζοντος διὰ ἀκει-
5νησίας εἰς τὴν τῶν   ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣
[1 line missing]
7  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ δὴ τῷ τρόπ[ῳ]
[1 line missing]
9ἔσται   ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣
10μεικρὸς   ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣
  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ οὐ τὸν τρό-
πον [ -ca.?- ]
fragment 1P.Herc. 908
Sketched 1804-1806 by Carlo Orazi

κ[α]θ' ὃν τ̣ρό[πον]  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣
[2 lines missing]
4τῶν ἐχο- ca.12 -
5[τ]ὴν ὅτι πέφυ[κ]εν   ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣

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