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From an Egyptian mummy has come an exciting discovery of previously unknown Greek literature. The newly-discovered papyrus containing over 100 epigrams by the Hellenistic poet Posidippus is artefactually the earliest known Greek poetry book. This volume contains a new translation of Posidippus' poetry as well as essays about the papyrus by experts in the fields of papyrology, Greek and Roman literature, Ptolemaic history, and visual culture. - ;The Milan Papyrus ( P. Mil. Volg. VIII. 309), containing a collection of epigrams apparently all by Posidippus of Pella, provides one of the most excit

Posidippus, --- Poseidippos, --- Posidippo, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Translations into English --- Manuscripts --- Posidippus Pellensis --- Posidipo de Pela --- Posidippus Epigrammaticus --- Posseidippos van Pella --- Posidippus van Pella --- Posidippus Pellaeus

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Epigrams, Greek --- Greek poetry, Hellenistic --- History and criticism. --- Callimachus --- Posidippus, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- History and criticism --- Criticism and interpretation --- Poésie grecque hellénistique --- Epigrammes grecques --- Histoire et critique --- Callimachus Cyrenaeus --- Callimaco --- Callimaque --- Kallimachus --- Kallimachos --- Kallimachos van Kyrene --- Poseidippos, --- Posidippo, --- Kallimakh --- Kālīmākhūs al-Qūrīnī --- Qūrīnī, Kālīmākhūs --- Calímaco --- Kallimach --- Καλλίμαχος

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For the past hundred years, much has been written about the early editions of Christian texts discovered in the region that was once Roman Egypt. Scholars have cited these papyrus manuscripts--containing the Bible and other Christian works--as evidence of Christianity's presence in that historic area during the first three centuries AD. In Early Christian Books in Egypt, distinguished papyrologist Roger Bagnall shows that a great deal of this discussion and scholarship has been misdirected, biased, and at odds with the realities of the ancient world. Providing a detailed picture of the social, economic, and intellectual climate in which these manuscripts were written and circulated, he reveals that the number of Christian books from this period is likely fewer than previously believed.Bagnall explains why papyrus manuscripts have routinely been dated too early, how the role of Christians in the history of the codex has been misrepresented, and how the place of books in ancient society has been misunderstood. The author offers a realistic reappraisal of the number of Christians in Egypt during early Christianity, and provides a thorough picture of the economics of book production during the period in order to determine the number of Christian papyri likely to have existed. Supporting a more conservative approach to dating surviving papyri, Bagnall examines the dramatic consequences of these findings for the historical understanding of the Christian church in Egypt.

Christian literature, Early --- Manuscripts. --- Egypt --- Church history. --- Antinoopolis papyrus. --- Antoninus Pius. --- Apamea (Syria), church of. --- Apocalypse of John. --- Arian controversy. --- Arsinoe (city). --- Bilabel, Friedrich. --- Bonner, Campbell. --- Callimachus. --- Cassiodorus. --- Charlesworth, Scott. --- Christianity, Egyptian. --- Christianity. --- Church History (Eusebius). --- Coptic marginal glosses. --- Cyrenaica. --- Decius, emperor. --- Demotic. --- Egyptians, hellenized. --- Eusebius. --- Fayyum papyri. --- Gascou, Jean. --- Giessen papyrus. --- Gnosticism and Gnostics. --- Gospel of Thomas. --- Hadrian. --- Hermopolis. --- Hipponon. --- Jakab, Attila. --- Jesus Seminar. --- Kenyon, Frederic. --- Lollianus. --- Manichaeism. --- Menander. --- New Testament. --- Oxyrhynchus. --- Panopolis. --- Philodemus. --- Poseidippos. --- Schmelz, Georg. --- Stark, Rodney. --- Torah. --- Trajan. --- Turner, Eric. --- Wachtel, Klaus. --- Williams, Megan. --- Wipszycka, Ewa. --- book rolls. --- codex/codices. --- papyri. --- van Minnen, Peter.