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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXXXV

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This volume presents the first editions of 55 Greek papyri, including theological fragments of Genesis and Luke from the third century. It features Egyptian mythology retellings, philosophical text...
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This volume contains the first editions of 55 Greek literary and documentary papyri. The theological texts include fragments of Genesis and Luke, both assignable to the third century. Pride of place among the new literary texts is given to a retelling of Egyptian mythology, in which Isis writes to Arianis, appealing for his help in locating the body of Osiris. Two others are philosophical (Peripatetic and Stoic). Among the extant classical texts, large fragments of Plato's Laches offer readings of particular interest. A paraphrase of Justinian's Digest shows a professor explaining the relationship between written law and custom in a mixture of Greek and Graeco-Latin. The documents include a group of ten private letters and an elaborate first-person account of a failed attempt to buy camels for the state.
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Price: £90.00
Pages: 180
Publisher: Egypt Exploration Society
Imprint: Egypt Exploration Society
Series: Graeco-Roman Memoirs
Publication Date: 15 December 2020
ISBN: 9780856982477
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:

LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Ancient history, HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Ancient, History of religion, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval

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