The stylistic and rhetorical aspects of private letters transmitted on papyri from Egypt have been the subject of a fair number of scholarly studies from Koskenniemi’s seminal monograph of 1956 to recent studies which ...

This is a study of the literary modes and transformations of the narratorial νήπιος-comment in Greek epic from Homer to Nonnus. It explores the narrative settings, the typology, and the literary effects of this narrative ...

This article argues that the name of the aggresive female character mentioned by the sender of the private letter SB VI 9121 is Seraeus, and proposes further that through her this letter connects the family of the veteran ...

In this article we suggest a new interpretation of the private letter first published as P.Yale 1.78. Improved readings of ll. 1-2 and 6-9 and the address on the verso provide a more coherent grammatical structure and allow ...

The interrelated aims of this paper are twofold: first, to explore the position and role of Classical Greek paideia within Egyptian monasticism as illuminated by textual finds from the monasteries in the region of Western ...

Edition with philological, theological and liturgical commentary of a Coptic prayer preserved on a papyrus from the seventh or eighth century in the collection of the University of Oslo Library. The prayer, which accompanied ...

This paper reviews artefacts from monastic dwellings in Western Thebes, Upper Egypt, that transmit forms and variations of the alphabet, in an attempt to contribute to an ongoing scholarly discussion about the forms, aims ...

The relationship between the Hymn to Aphrodite (Aphr) and the Hymn to Demeter (Dem) has attracted scholarly attention at least since the late 19th century. 1 An extensive list of verbal parallels has provided the basis for ...

P.Würzb. 32 transmits two intercessory prayers, each consisting of a string of requests and topics prayed for. The question of who is prayed for at r.14–17 of the papyrus has generated scholarly controversy. In a contribution ...

The presence of mythological examples in Aphrodite’s speech to Anchises is one of the traits which impart to the (fifth Homeric) Hymn to Aphrodite its distinctive character as the ‘most Homeric’ of the early hexametric ...

A rectangular parchment strip which bears writing in brown ink by the same hand on both sides. The quality of the writing surface is low. It is so thin that the ink has at places penetrated through to the other side affecting ...