19. Posidippus’ Iamatika [1] Peter Bing, Emory University The Milan papyrus confronts its modern readers with many surprises, among them—due to its singular subject matter—the short section entitled ἰαματικά (AB 95–101). To help us get our bearings in the terrain of this extraordinary new text, I want in this paper to pose some rudimentary questions such as the following: … Read more
20. ‘Tropoi’ (Posidippus AB 102–103) Dirk Obbink, University of Oxford The section comprising the eight poems following col. xv 23 in P.Mil.Vogl. VIII 309 (Posidippus AB 102–109) is headed by the sub-title Τρόποι. It comes late in the collection as preserved, but it was not its final one: the blank space left after AB 109 originally contained the heading of another section, now lost, but which may have… Read more
Afterword. An Archaeologist’s Perspective on the Milan Papyrus (P.Mil.Vogl. VIII 309) Gail Hoffman, Boston College When I was asked to participate in a workshop on the new Milan papyrus (P.Mil.Vogl.VIII 309) with epigrams attributed to Posidippus, I wondered how an archaeologist, who generally works in the Early Iron Age (ca. 1100–700 BCE), could possibly contribute to a discussion about Hellenistic epigrams. However, as I have come… Read more
Posidippus Concordance Milan Papyrus Lithika AB 1 I 2–5AB 2 I 6–9AB 3 I 10–13AB 4 I 14–19AB 5 I 20–23AB 6 I 24–29AB 7 I 30–35AB 8 I 36–II 2AB 9 II 3–6AB 10 II 7–16AB 11 II 17–22AB 12 II 23–28AB 13 II 29–32AB 14 II 33–38AB 15 II 39–III… Read more
Bibliography Abbenes, J. G. J. 1996. “The Doric of Theocritus. A Literary Language.” In Harder, Regtuit, and Wakker 1996:1–17. Accorinti, D. and Chuvin, P., eds. 2003. Des Géants à Dionysos: Mélanges offerts à Francis Vian. Hellenica 10. Alessandria. Acosta-Hughes, B. 2002. Polyeideia—The Iambi of Callimachus and the Archaic Iambic Tradition. Berkeley. Acosta-Hughes, B., and… Read more
Figures Figure 1: Charioteer by Polyzalos. Delphi Museum. Fifth century BCE. Photo: courtesy of the Greek Archaeological Receipts Fund. Figure 2. Artemision Horse and Jockey. Second century BCE. Athens, National Museum, Br 15177. Photo: G. Hellner. Courtesy DAI Athens 1980/59 (height of jockey 84 cm; length of horse 250 cm). Figure 3. Emaciated man in bronze. Late Hellenistic period. Dumbarton Oaks 47.22. Photo: courtesy… Read more
Contributors Benjamin Acosta-Hughes is Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. He specializes in Archaic and Hellenistic poetry, and in the translation of erotic epigram. His publications include Polyeideia—The Iambi of Callimachus and the Archaic Iambic Tradition (Berkeley 2002). He is currently writing a book on the Hellenistic reception of Archaic lyric. Manuel Baumbach is Wissenschaftlicher Assistent of Greek at the University… Read more
14. Vision and Visibility: Art Historical Theory Paints a Portrait of New Leadership in Posidippus’ Andriantopoiika [1] Elizabeth Kosmetatou, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven μιμ̣[ή]ϲαϲθε τάδ᾿ ἔρ̣γ̣α, πολυχρονίουϲ̣ δὲ κολοϲϲῶν, ὦ ζ̣[ωι]ο̣πλάϲται, ν̣[αί,] π̣αραθεῖτε νόμουϲ·εἴ γ̣ε μὲν ἀρχαῖαι .[..].πα χέρεϲ, ἢ Ἁγελάιδηϲ ὁ πρὸ Πολυκ<λ>είτο[υ πά]γχυ παλαιοτέχν̣ηϲ,ἢ οἱ Διδυμίδου ϲκληρ̣[οὶ τύ]ποι εἰϲ πέδ̣ο̣ν ἐλθεῖν … Read more
15. The Structure of the Hippika in P.Mil.Vogl. VIII 309 Marco Fantuzzi, University of Macerata and Graduate School of Greek and Latin Philology of the University of Florence In their introduction to the editio princeps, Bastianini and Gallazzi already noted the complexity of artistic structuring in the Hippika section of the new Milan papyrus (AB 71–88). Their discussion is part of their valuable analysis of the… Read more
8. Notes on the Lithika of Posidippus [1] Richard Hunter, University of Cambridge The first group of epigrams is one of many surprises on the Milan papyrus, though perhaps it should not have been so. Lithika is indeed a genre not previously well attested at so early a date, [2] although the considerable interest in precious… Read more
