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]
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]
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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]
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]
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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.