| 词条 | Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 222 |
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DescriptionThe document was written by an unknown copyist. The recto side contains a List of Olympic victors from the years BC 480 to 468 and 456 to 448. The verso side contains an accounting of money. The measurements of the fragment are 180 by 95 mm. The text is written in a small semi-cursive hand.[2] It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1899.[2] SignificanceAccording to Grenfell and Hunt, "the number of interesting points upon which the papyrus throws new light is very considerable." A few examples of these points are as follows: The manuscript allowed the dating of Pindar's victory odes on the Pythian Games to be definitively confirmed at 582 BC. It also allowed the dates of three of Pindar's odes, which had previously been disputed, to be determined precisely. The papyrus also dated Pindar's First Olympian Ode and the Fifth ode of Bacchylides. This papyrus proved that Bacchylides was alive as late as 452 BC, when the latest previously known date was 468 BC. It showed that Polykleitos and Pythagoras of Rhegium flourished in the fifth century BC. It also cleared up a long-disputed point of interpretation of a passage in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (vii 4.2). The more general value of the papyrus lies in its bearing on the wider question of the credibility of early scholiasts and commentators on matters of fact of the sort discussed in the manuscript. Because it was found at a remote and relatively unimportant center of Hellenic culture, it shows that such information was widely diffused and easily accessible throughout the Hellenic world. Given such diffusion, false statements of fact by ancient authors would have been easily detected, which makes it very unlikely that such authors would risk exposure by making things up. Thus this manuscript supports an assumption of the trustworthiness of ancient tradition as a sound principle of modern textual criticism. See also
References1. ^P. Oxy. 222 at the Oxyrhynchus Online {{Oxyrhynchus Papyri}}{{P.Oxy.II.source}}2. ^1 {{Cite book | last = Grenfell | first = B. P. | authorlink = Bernard Pyne Grenfell | last2 = Hunt | first2 = A. S. | authorlink2 = Arthur Surridge Hunt | title = Oxyrhynchus Papyri II | publisher = Egypt Exploration Fund | year = 1898 | location = London | pages = 85–95 | url = https://archive.org/stream/oxyrhynchuspappt02grenuoft#page/84/mode/2up | doi = | isbn = }} 3 : Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. II|3rd-century manuscripts|British Library collections |
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