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DIOSCORUS OF APHRODITO

Man and Circumstance

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I. Primary Sources; II. Dictionaries, Lexicons, Prosopographies, Encyclopedias;

III. Secondary Sources: Papyrus and History; IV. Secondary Sources: Poetry and Literature

Clement A. Kuehn

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An earlier version of this material appeared as the Bibliography of Clement A. Kuehn, Channels of Imperishable Fire: The Beginnings of Christian Mystical Poetry and Dioscorus of Aphrodito (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1995). The reader is invited to look there for a more complete treatment of some of the subjects.

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I. PRIMARY SOURCES Greek papyri are abbreviated according to John F. Oates, Roger S. Bagnall, William H. Willis, and Klaas A. Worp, “Checklist of Editions of Greek and Latin Papyri, Ostraca and Tablets,” 4th edn., Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists: Supplements Number 7 (1992). Updated versions are now available on the web: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/papyrus/texts/clist.html. Abbreviations for journals follow the conventions of L’Année philologique: http://www.annee-philologique.com/aph/ (by subscription). For a complete list of Dioscorian papyri and their collections, see J.-L. Fournet, “Liste des papyrus édités de l’Aphrodité byzantine,” in Les archives de Dioscore d’Aphrodité cent ans après leur découverte: histoire et culture dans l’Egypte byzantine: actes du Colloque de Strasbourg, 8-10 décembre 2005, Paris, 307-343. Abbott, Nabia 1938 The Kurrah Papyri from Aphrodito in the Oriental Institute. Chicago. Arjava, Antti, Matias Buchholz, and Traianos Gagos P.Petra III The Petra Papyri III. Amman, 2007. Arjava, Antti, and Matias Buchholz P.Petra IV The Petra Papyri IV. Amman, in press. Austin, Colin 1973 Comicorum Graecorum Fragmenta in Papyris Reperta. Berlin. Bell, H. I. P.Lond. IV Greek Papyri in the British Museum, Vol. IV: The Aphrodito Papyri, with

appendix of Coptic papyri ed. W. Crum. London, 1910. P.Lond. V Greek Papyri in the British Museum, Vol. V. London, 1917. Bell, H. I., and W. E. Crum 1925 “A Greek-Coptic Glossary.” Aegyptus 6: 177-226. Casson, Lionel, and Ernest L. Hettich. 1950 Literary Papyri. Princeton. Dietrich, A. P.Hamb. III Griechische Papyrusurkunden der Hamburger Staats- und

Universitätsbibliothek, Vol. III: Arabische Briefe. Hamburg, 1955.

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Fournet, J.-L. 1999 Hellénisme dans l’Égypte du VIe siècle. La bibliothèque et l’œuvre de Dioscore

d’Aphrodité. MIFAO 115. 2 vols. Cairo 1999. Frösén, Jaakko, Antti Arjava, and Marjo Lehtinen P.Petra I The Petra Papyri I. Amman, 2002. Gascou, Jean P.Sorb. II 69 Un codex fiscal hermopolite. In American Studies in Papyrology. Atlanta, 1994. Heisenberg, A., and L. Wenger P.Monac. Byzantinische Papyri in der Königlichen Hof- und Staatsbibliothek zu München.

Leipzig-Berlin, 1914. Heitsch, Ernst 1963 Die griechischen Dichterfragmente der römischen Kaiserzeit. Vol. 1, 2nd edn.

Göttingen. 1964 Die griechischen Dichterfragmente der römischen Kaiserzeit. Vol. 2. Göttingen. Kraemer, Casper J. 1958 Non-literary Papyri. Princeton. Kramer, John 1983 “Lateinisch-Griechisch-Koptisches Gesprächsbuch, (P.Berol.Inv. Nr. 10582).”

Text 15 in Glossaria Bilinguia in Papyris et Membranis Reperta. Bonn. Kuehn, Clement A. 1993a “A New Papyrus of a Dioscorian Poem and Marriage Contract: P.Berol.Inv.No.

21334.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 97: 103-15; plates 2-3. Kuehn, Clement A., and Antti Arjava 2002 “P.Petra 1: Agreement Concerning Family Property.” In The Petra Papyri I,

Amman, 23-33; plates I-IX. Kuehn, Clement A., and John Baggarly 2007 Anastasius of Sinai. Hexaemeron. Forward by Joseph Munitiz. Rome. Kuehn, Clement A., and Traianos Gagos in press “P.Petra 42: Marriage Contract.” In The Petra Papyri IV, Amman, n.p. in press “P.Petra 43: Agreement on Marital Property.” In The Petra Papyri IV, Amman,

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Lefebvre, Gustave 1907 Fragments d’un manuscrit de Ménandre. Cairo. 1911 Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, No. 43227:

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Philology 60 (1939): 170-77. Mandilaras, Basil G. P.Sta.Xyla The Byzantine Papyri of the Greek Papyrological Society, vol. 1. Athens, 1993. Maspero, Jean 1911 “Un dernier poète grec d’Égypte: Dioscore, fils d’Apollôs.” Revue des études

grecques 24: 426-81. P.Cair.Masp. Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire: Papyrus grecs d’époque byzantine. 3 vols. Cairo, 1911-16. Milne, H. J. M. P.Lond.Lit. Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum. London, 1927. Mitteis, Ludwig Chrest.Mitt. Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. Zweiter Band: or M.Chr. Juristischer Teil; Zweite Hälfte: Chrestomathie. Leipzig, 1912; reprint, Hildesheim, 1963. Pack, R. 1965 The Greek and Latin Literary Texts from Greco-Roman Egypt. 2nd edn. Ann

Arbor. Pintaudi, Rosario 1980 I papiri vaticani greci di Aphrodito. Città del Vaticano. Preisendanz, Karl, Ernst Heitsch, and Albert Henrichs Pap.Graec. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die griechischen Zauberpapyri. 2 vols. Mag. and 1 manuscript. Leipzig and Berlin, 1928-31. Reprint with revisions, 1974. Roberts, C. H. P.Ryl. III Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, Vol.

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Schubert, W., and U. von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff BKT V Berliner Klassikertexte, Vol. V: Griechische Dichterfragmente. Berlin, 1907. Select Papyri Sel.Pap. Vol. I: Private Affairs, edited by A. S. Hunt and C. C. Edgar. Vol. II: Official Documents, edited by A. S. Hunt and C. C. Edgar. Vol. III: Literary Papyri, Poetry, edited by D. L. Page. Loeb Classical Library. London and Cambridge, MA, 1932-52. Sijpesteijn, P. J. P.Mich. XIII Michigan Papyri, Vol. XIII: The Aphrodite Papyri in the University of Michigan

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