Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 8

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 8 (P. Oxy. 8) is a fragment of Greek hexameter poetry. The dialect is a mixture of Aeolic and Doric. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the first or second century.^[1] It is housed in the Houghton Library, Harvard University, with the catalogue number SM2211.^[2] The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.^[1]

P. Oxy. 8

The manuscript was written on papyrus in a form of the roll (probably). The measurements of the fragment are 61 by 109 mm. The fragment contains seven hexameter lines. The text is written in a small neat round uncial hand.^[3]

The authorship of the poem is uncertain. Friedrich Blass attributes the fragment to Alcman;^[4] Maurice Bowra suggests Erinna, and Martin Litchfield West suggests Anyte.^[5]

See also

• Oxyrhynchus Papyri
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 7
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 9

References

1. at the Oxyrhynchus Online. Archived from the original 26 March 2012.
2. Poem in hexameters, (ca. 50–150). Harvard Digital Collections.
3. Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London. pp. 13–14.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
4. Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London. pp. 13–14.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
5. Plant, I. M. (2004). Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome: an Anthology. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 49.

External links

• A recent image of P. Oxy. 8 at the Harvard University Library site.

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: B. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.