Ancient Literacies

Table 10.3.Grenfell and Hunt’s ‘‘Second Great Find’’ of Literary Papyri

Catalogue and
MP^3 Numbers

Date (allA.D. un

less noted) Contents Comments

Scribe, if

Known

1 .MP^355 First Alcaeus At least two later

hands provide

variants. Glosses.

Exegetic notes.

Myrsilus cited,

frg. 12.9.

2 .MP^356 Second Alcaeus (Book

1?)

Corrections by

diorthotes.

A32

3 .MP^359 Late second Alcaeus Exegetic notes,

perhaps by

diorthotes.

4 .MP^361 Late second Alcaeus Exegetic notes,

one on the myth

of Sisyphus.

Didymus cited,

frg. 15.

A20

5 .MP^365 late second Alcaeus Glosses. Exegetic

notes. Myrsilus

cited, frg. 40.^1

A5

6 .MP^3177 Second Bacchylides Sillybosattached^2

7 .MP^3179 First Bacchylides One hand added

variants, a second

exegetic notes.

Ptol(emaeus?)

cited for variant,

frg. 5.

8 .MP^3216 First Callimachus,

Aitia

Corrections by

diorthotes.

9 .MP^3 218 (on

verso)

Second third Callimachus,
Iambi
10 .MP^3237 First Cercidas,
Meliambi

One or two

hands added

glosses, variants,

and exegetic

notes. Hesiod

cited, frg. 1, col.

3.20.

A4

11 .MP^3256 Early second Demosthenes
Olynth. 1 3,Phil.
1,De Pace
12 .MP^3357 Second third Ephorus Book 12
(or 11)
13 .MP^3473 Late second Herodotus
Book 2

5 lines added by

corrector from

another ms.

A5

14 .MP^3474 First early
second

Herodotus

Book 3

At least two later

hands added

variants and per

haps exegetic

notes.

A7

15 .MP^3525 Second third Hesiod,
Catalogue?

Corrections by

diorthotes.