09. P.Oxy. XXX 2521. Fabricating Constellations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Publication Plan xvii
6. Introduction
7. Structure and Content of the Work 1
8. Anonymized Authorities? 5
9. Doing Adespota in the Age of Technology 12
10. When Attribution Fails 16
11. Limits to Interpretation and the Challenges of Attribution 22
12. Some Concluding Remarks 28
13. Fragments of Cosmogonic Content and Foundation Poems
14. 01. P.Strasb. 481. Hermes Founder of the Cosmos (and Hermoupolis Magna?) 33
15. 02. (a, b) P.Lond. Lit. 178 = P.Oxy. 221. Achelous, Origin of the Sea 84
16. 03. P.Oxy. XXXVII 2816. Invocation to the Muses/Cosmogony 91
17. 04. P.Berol. inv. 9564. Aphrodite Urania and the Birth of the Cosmos 102
18. 05. P.Oxy. XXX 2515. Anger of Poseidon, Turmoil of the Elements 111
19. 06. P.Vindob. G 29805. Poseidon’s Trident: the Foundation of Thasos? 119
20. Didactic and Technical Poetry: Astronomical and Astrological
21. 07. SP.Oxy. XV 1822. On Comets 125
22. 08. P.Oxy. XX 2258. C fr. 1 (‘back’) marg. 29-33. Coma Berenices 134
23. 09. P.Oxy. XXX 2521. Fabricating Constellations 140
24. 10. P.Oxy. LXXXIII 5349. The Arrival of Autumn 148
25. 11. P.Ryl. III 488. Astrological Poem 153
26. 12. PSI III 157. The Lot of Fortune? 157
27. Didactic and Technical Poetry: Other
28. 13. VP.Köln VI 244. Viperids 171
29. 14. P.Oxy. XV 1796. The Sycamore and the Persea during the Nile Flood 177
30. 15. P.Oxy. L 3536. The Glassblower 194
31. 16. P.Berol. inv. 9734.5-6, 8-10 = BKTV₂, pp.140-2. Hexametrical Treatise on Metre 200
32. Hymns
33. 17. P.Köln I 6. Hymn to a Universal God (Sarapis?) 207
34. 18. P.Berol. inv. 9779 = P.Schubart 12.1-11. Hymn to Sarapis 213
35. 19. PSI VII 844. Hymn to Isis 218
36. 20. PSI XV 1482. Hymn to Eirene 224
37. 21. P.Ross. Georg. I 11. The Punishment of Lycurgus: Hymn to Dionysus 233
38. 22. P.Oxy. IV 670. Hera Enchained on Her Throne: Hymn to Dionysus? 253
39. 23. P. Berol. inv. 21167 = BKTIX 70. (Hymn to?) Bacchus (and Persephone?) 262
40. 24. P.Ryl. III 494. The Return of Persephone? Hymn to Demeter 266
41. 25. P.Amh. II 16. Triptolemus: Hymn to Demeter? 268
42. 26. P.Ant. II 59. The Barren Land (Hymn to Demeter?) 273
43. 27. P.Harr. I 6. Hymn (?) to Demeter or the Mother of the Gods 276
44. 28. P.Mich. III 139. Hymn to Gaia or the Mother of the Gods? 280
45. 29. P. Köln VI 242. Hymn to Aphrodite. Seafaring 290
46. 30. P.Lond. Lit. 37. Hermes, Zeus (and Athena?) 305
47. 31. P.Berol. inv. 5227 = BKTV₂, p147(b). Apollo Setting Foot on Delos: Hymn to Apollo? 308
48. 32. P.Berol. inv. 21139 = BKTIX 40. Leto and Asteria: Hymn to Apollo? 311
49. Erotic Poetry: Hero and Leander
50. 33. P.Ryl. III 486. Speech of Hero 317
51. 34. P.Berol. inv. 21249 = BKTIX153. Leander at Sea 323
52. Erotic Poetry: Other
53. 35. PSI XIV 1389. The Unsuccessful Wooer 335
54. 36. P.Köln II 63. The Sorrowful Woman (Medea to Jason?) 343
55. 37. PSI XV 1468. Seduction Scene (Theseus and Ariadne?) 352
56. 38. P.Ant. III 117. The Malady of Love 357
57. Epithalamia
58. 39. P.Lond.Lit. 38. Apollo, Galatea 363
59. 40. P.Ryl. I 17. Wedding Card to the Bride 371
60. 41. P.Hal. 2. The Herculean Bridegroom 374
61. 42. P.Oxy. III 423. The Wedding of the Nile and Egypt 380
62. 43. PSI VII 845. (a) Address to the Nile, Bridegroom of Egyptian Land + (b) Hymn to the Muse/Orpheus? 383
63. Two Hexameter Anthologies
64. 44. P.Lit. Goodspeed 2 393
65. 45. P.Vindob. G 29788 A-C 422
66. Bibliography 463
67. Images and Plates
68. Digital Reproductions of Papyri Online 497
69. List of Plates 499
70. Indexes and Concordances
71. Index Papyrorum 503
72. Index Nominum 508
73. Index Verborum 511
74. Tables of Concordances 540