Oxyrhynchus Papyri, finally intelligible

By on April 18th, 2005

Like vilaine fille and languagehat, I also wasn’t sure if this wasn’t a really elaborate hoax. But since it’s evidently not, holy cow. Lost works by Sophocles and Euripides  and Hesiod and maybe Aeschylus! Lost epics! This makes me want to revive my Greek. Oh, how I envy the classicists…

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One Response to “Oxyrhynchus Papyri, finally intelligible”

  1. Harrison says:
    April 25, 2005 at 2:03 pm

    I *know.*
    I can’t believe this hasn’t gotten more mainstream coverage. Made me wonder for a moment.