Papyrus with Euripides fragmentsCourtesy Yvona Trnka-Amrhein
Posted on 09/06/2024 1:37:12 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Artnet News reports that the Euripides Papyrus, which was discovered in Egypt in 2022, has been translated by Yvona Trnka-Amrhein and John Gilbert of the University of Colorado Boulder. The papyrus was found in a clump in a corner of a pit grave at the necropolis of Philadelphia by archaeologist Basem Gehad of Egypt's Ministry of State for Antiquities, and has been dated to the third century A.D. based upon its writing style and archaeological context. The translation has revealed some 100 previously unknown lines written by the Greek playwright Euripides in the fifth century B.C. The lines come from two lost plays: Ino, a revenge tragedy involving two wives of the Thessalian king Athamas; and Polyidos, a moralistic tragedy on the nature of power, money, and governance featuring King Minos. "Ino and Polyidos were known only by plot summaries and a handful of quotations before," Trnka-Amrhein said. This text may have been used to teach new readers, since some of the words had been broken into their component syllables, the researchers explained.
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Papyrus with Euripides fragmentsCourtesy Yvona Trnka-Amrhein
Very cool. Now if only there was a way to unroll and read the charred scrolls of Pompeii.
Euripedes pants, Eumenides pants.
There is. They use computer technology and advanced artificial intelligence.
Oops didn’t see you already got it.
This text may have been used to teach new readers, since some of the words had been broken into their component syllables,
Think I see the problem: they learned to read classic Greek works and we had Fun With Dick and Jane...
OK, you cracked me up with that one.
🤣🤣🤣
Man I love papaya maybe more than peaches.
Man I love papaya maybe more than peaches.
Still Greek to me.
Be careful: Euripedes, you pay for these.
...”The lines come from two lost plays: Ino, a revenge tragedy involving two wives of the Thessalian king Athamas; and Polyidos, a moralistic tragedy on the nature of power, money, and governance featuring King Minos.”...
Sounds like Hollywood and Washington DC...................
Alcibiades pants.
First saw this gag as a graffito in a stall in a men’s room in the poli sci building at the University of Chicago 40+ years ago. I imagine it is much older than that.
Thanks for the unexpected chuckle.
As a kid in the 50's, the knock-knock joke was:
Knock-Knock!
Who's there?
Euripedes!
Euripedes who?
Euripedes pants, and I'm a gonna' kill you!!
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