AUFSÄTZE __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Homeric papyri at Oslo, Harvard and Graz University Andrzej Mirończuk (Warsaw) Abstract: Editions (transcription and commentary) of four papyri containing the Iliad of Homer: three unpublished from Oxyrhynchus, briefly described in P.Oxy. III 554 (XIX 251–9); P.Oxy. IV 760 (V 715–8, 720–9), now Graz Universität Ms. I 1911, I 1928; P.Oxy. IV 764 (VIII 109-23), now Harvard University Library MS. Gr. SM 4372; and a re-edition of P.Oslo inv. 1465 (I 411–37, 473–80). The dates range from the 1st to 3rd centuries CE. Keywords: Papyrus, Homer, manuscript, transcription, critical edition In this paper I present 1 four Homeric papyri of Ilias: P.Oslo inv. 1465 (A 411– 437, 473–480), currently stored at Oslo University and published in 2004 by Prof. A. Maravela-Solbakk; P.Oxy. III 554 (T 251–259), P.Oxy. IV 760 (E 715–718, 720–729), now lodged at Graz University as, respectively, Universitätsbibliothek Graz Ms. I 1911, I 1928; and P.Oxy. IV 764 (Θ 109–123), now at Harvard Uni- versity, Houghton Library, MS. Gr. SM 4372; these last three were only briefly described by B.P. Grenfell and A.S. Hunt. I compared the papyri mainly 2 with Martin L. West’s edition (Stutgardiae et Lipsiae 1998 and Monachii et Lipsiae 2000), in the lacunae I give his text and in commentaries I adopt his sigla. I print lectional signs following the scribe’s practice (i.e. as they occur in the papyri). _________ 1 I am extremely grateful and deeply indebted to (alphabetically) Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Universitätsbibliothek Graz, and Professor Erich Renhart; Harvard University, Houghton Library and Peter X. Accardo; Universitetet i Oslo, University of Oslo Library and Gunn Haaland for their kind permission and support to publish the papyri. I would also like to express my special appreciation and thanks to My Ideal Thesis Advisor, Professor Tomasz Derda; and to my anonymous reviewers for sharing their valuable insights. 2 I also used Homer & the Papyri database (<http://www.stoa.org/homer/homer.pl>), older editions of Ilias (e.g. that of Leaf, Allen and van Thiel) and in the most difficult passages I personally examined the photographs of the most important papyri and codices. Brought to you by | University of Calgary Authenticated Download Date | 5/28/15 11:53 AM