- PII
- S032103910016377-7-
- DOI
- 10.31857/S032103910016377-7-2
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume 83 / Issue 1
- Pages
- 27-53
- Abstract
The second part of the article deals with those readings in P. Oxy. 2180 that should be considered mistakes. It is argued that the value of the papyrus evidence about the text of Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus is overestimated. Certain papyrus readings accepted by contemporary scholars are in fact incorrect. Despite its age the papyrus does not have any special weight in establishing the text of the tragedy, since majority of variant readings date back to the time preceding the creation of the papyrus. But at the same time, the discussion of the papyrus readings raises some general questions, both palaeographic (about the number of lines in a column of papyrus) and linguistic (about Sophocles' appeal to archaic forms known to him from the epic tradition), and questions about stage conventions (e.g., about the presentation of characters when they appear on stage).
- Keywords
- tragedy, Sophocles, Oedipus, papyrology, textual criticism
- Date of publication
- 29.03.2023
- Year of publication
- 2023
- Number of purchasers
- 12
- Views
- 260
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