Greek readers' digests? : : studies on a selection of subliterary papyri / / by Monique van Rossum-Steenbeek.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 175
• Author: Rossum-Steenbeek, Monique van.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : Brill,, 1998.
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English; Ancient Greek
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 175.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 361 pages)
• Notes: English and Greek.; Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D., University of Groningen).

This volume discusses Greek subliterary papyri containing mythical catalogues, stories of the Mythographus Homericus, and summaries of Iliad, Odyssey , tragedies, comedies, and poems of Callimachus. The first part of the book explores the following questions: what kind of knowledge is transmitted in the papyri and how is this done? How is the knowledge related to that found in other literature? What do we know about the function and readership of these papyri? Although comparable questions have been asked before regarding some papyri, this study attempts to present a more precise and comprehensive picture based on a systematic examination of all the relevant papyri. The second part contains all the papyrus texts discussed in the first part, thereby offering a convenient aid to the reader and a useful instrument for future research.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Monique van Rossum-Steenbeek -- Introduction / Monique van Rossum-Steenbeek -- Hypotheses to tragedies and comedies / Monique van Rossum-Steenbeek -- Homeric hypotheses and callimachean diegeses / Monique van Rossum-Steenbeek -- Mythographus homericus / Monique van Rossum-Steenbeek -- Catalogues / Monique van Rossum-Steenbeek -- Conclusions / Monique van Rossum-Steenbeek -- Notes on three mythographic writings / Monique van Rossum-Steenbeek -- Tabula Iliaca Capitolina and Apd. Epit. 4, 3-7 / Monique van Rossum-Steenbeek -- Note on the Texts / Monique van Rossum-Steenbeek -- Papyri / Monique van Rossum-Steenbeek -- Bibliography / Monique van Rossum-Steenbeek -- Index of papyri / Monique van Rossum-Steenbeek -- Index of passages / Monique van Rossum-Steenbeek -- Index of names and subjects / Monique van Rossum-Steenbeek.