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Graeco-Roman Memoirs Volume 109 This volume presents the first fruits of the research project Hexameters Beyond the Canon: New Poetry on Papyri from Roman and Byzantine Egypt, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The new texts illustrate the great variety and interest of hexameter composition in this period, with categories including fable, ethical instruction, mythological narrative, ethopoea, and magical hymn. Earlier periods are represented by new pieces of the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women and Callimachus’ Hecale. The extant literary texts include discourses of Musonius Rufus, Dio Chrysostom, and Favorinus, three figures rarely encountered in the papyri. On the theological side, there are fragments of the Septuagint (Genesis and Exodus) and two new manuscripts of the sermon On Pascha by Melito of Sardis. The documentary section offers texts from a very wide chronological range, from the late Ptolemies to Maurice. Highlights include a petition to Cleopatra and Caesarion and a letter mentioning a prefectural decree on ‘days of purity’. There are two small thematic units: three leases of fishing rights, and a handful of documents relating to Heptanomia in the fourth century. The usual indexes and a selection of photographs are provided.

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Author:   A. Benaissa ,  W. B. Henry
Publisher:   Egypt Exploration Society
Imprint:   Egypt Exploration Society
Dimensions:   Width: 19.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 26.20cm
Weight:   0.918kg
ISBN:  

9780856982668

ISBN 10:   0856982660
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   14 May 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Preface Table of Papyri List of Plates Numbers and Plates Note on the Method of Publication and Abbreviations TEXTS I. Theological Texts (5632–5) II. ‘Hesiod’ (5636–9) III. Hellenistic and Imperial Poetry (5640–49) IV. Imperial Prose (5650–53) V. Magic (5654–5) VI. Documentary Texts (5656–81) INDEXES I. New Literary Texts (5637–9, 5641–2, 5644–50) II. Magic III. Rulers IV. Consuls V. Indictions and Eras (a) Indictions (b) Eras VI. Months VII. Days VIII. Dates IX. Personal Names X. Geographical XI. Religion XII. Official and Military Terms and Titles XIII. Professions, Trades, and Occupations XIV. Measures: (a) Weights and Measures (b) Money XV. Taxes XVI. General Index of Words XVII. Corrections to Published Papyri

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