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Sophocles’ Eurypylus and other tragic fragments in P.Oxy. IX 1175 + XVII 2081(b)
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This book contains a re-edition, with translation and commentary, of all the fragments contained in the Oxyrhynchus papyrus 1175 + 2081(b), now frr. 206 to 222b18 in Radt’s Tragicorum Graecorum Fra...
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19 November 2026
This book contains a re-edition, with translation and commentary, of all the fragments contained in the Oxyrhynchus papyrus 1175 + 2081(b), now frr. 206 to 222b18 in Radt’s Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta IV, and generally attributed to a lost tragedy by Sophocles, Eurypylus. The myth of the Mysian prince, son of Telephus, sent to the rescue of the besieged Troy by his mother Astyoche, allegedly corrupted by her own brother Priam, and his death by the hand of Neoptolemus, was probably at the core of the plot. Of all the fragmentary tragedies of Sophocles, this Eurypylus is the most substantial in terms of lines preserved. A re-assessment of the fragments from a papyrological and philological standpoint has provided new clues as to their the position within the original roll and their placing within the tragedy in question: it transpires that only half of the surviving fragments actually belonged to Eurypylus, and that most of what we have represents the exodus—the final episode of the play. Comparisons with the extant Greek tragedies, mostly Persians, Ajax and Women of Trachis, put in context with the most recent scholarly treatments of Sophocles’ poetics, style and production, gives new insights on the significance of this tragedy, and locates it within the playwright’s early stage.
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Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements
Publication Date:
19 November 2026
ISBN: 9789004773509
Format: Hardcover
Giulio Iovine, Ph.D. (1987), is Professor of Papyrology at Università di Bologna ‘Alma Mater Studiorum’ since 2024. He has published articles on Greek literary and philosophical papyri, several Latin texts on papyrus and ostrakon, and a monograph on the Latin military papyri from Dura-Europos (Cambridge University Press, 2023).