Greek Papyri Collection (6 vols.)

by Arthur S. Hunt; C. C. Edgar; D. L. Page

Publishers:

Harvard University Press; William Heinemann

, 1932–1970

Overview

Select Papyri contains hundreds of documents revealing the public and private written culture of ancient Greece. Salvaged from rubble, ancient homes, and tombs, these papyri range from personal documents to public records and literature. With these texts, you can examine ancient Greeks’ noteworthy experiences and day-to-day lives. Study what ancient Greeks bought, how they proceeded in court, and how they handled personal disputes or agreements. Read nearly 150 poems, tragedies, and comedies by known and unknown authors, including Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus, Plato, and others.

This collection contains the complete texts in their Loeb Classical Library editions. Each volume is included in its original Greek with an English translation for easy side-by-side comparison. Logos’ language tools help you to go deeper into the Greek text and explore each writer’s elegant language. Use the dictionary lookup tool to examine difficult Greek words and find every occurrence in your library. There’s never been a better way for students of history, culture, and Greek literature to absorb these works.

Key Features

• Personal writings of ancient Greek civilians
• Public accounts of business and legal transactions
• Nearly 150 poems, tragedies, and comedies by known and unknown authors
• Loeb Classical Library editions

Product Details

• Title: Greek Papyri Collection
• Translators: A. S. Hunt, C. C. Edgar, and D. L. Page
• Editors: T. E. Page, E. Capps, L. A. Post, E. H. Warmington, and W. H. D. Rouse
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publishers: Harvard University Press, Macmillan Co. and G. P. Putnam’s Sons
• Volumes: 6
• Pages: 1,706

Select Papyri, vol. 1: Non-Literary Papyri, Private Documents

• Translators: A. S. Hunt and C. C. Edgar
• Editors: T. E. Page, E. Capps, L. A. Post, E. H. Warmington, and W. H. D. Rouse
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1932
• Pages: 240

This volume contains A. S. Hunt and C. C. Edgar’s English translations of personal correspondences, invitations, agendas, accounts, prayers, horoscopes, and wills, as well as papers concerning marriage, divorce, adoption, apprenticeship, sales, leases, employment, and receipts.

Select Papyri, vol. 1: Non-Literary Papyri, Private Documents: Greek Text

• Editors: T. E. Page, E. Capps, L. A. Post, E. H. Warmington, and W. H. D. Rouse
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1932
• Pages: 240

This volume contains the Greek text of personal correspondences, invitations, agendas, accounts, prayers, horoscopes, and wills, as well as papers concerning marriage, divorce, adoption, apprenticeship, sales, leases, employment, and receipts.

Select Papyri, vol. 2: Non-Literary Papyri, Public Documents

• Translators: A. S. Hunt and C. C. Edgar
• Editors: T. E. Page, E. Capps, L. A. Post, E. H. Warmington, and W. H. D. Rouse
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1934
• Pages: 304

This volume contains A. S. Hunt and C. C. Edgar’s English translations of public announcements, codes and regulations, reports of meetings, contracts, court documents, and more. The included documents span nearly 1,000 years.

Select Papyri, vol. 2: Non-Literary Papyri, Public Documents: Greek Text

• Editors: T. E. Page, E. Capps, L. A. Post, E. H. Warmington, and W. H. D. Rouse
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: Macmillan Co.
• Publication Date: 1934
• Pages: 304

This volume contains the Greek text of public announcements, codes and regulations, reports of meetings, contracts, court documents, and more. The included documents span nearly 1,000 years.

Select Papyri, vol. 3: Literary Papyri, Poetry

• Translator: D. L. Page
• Editors: T. E. Page, E. Capps, L. A. Post, E. H. Warmington, and W. H. D. Rouse
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
• Publication Date: 1941
• Pages: 309

This volume contains D. L. Page’s English translations of literary papyri, including tragedies by Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus, and others. Many of these works have unknown authors.

Select Papyri, vol. 3: Literary Papyri, Poetry: Greek Text

• Editors: T. E. Page, E. Capps, L. A. Post, E. H. Warmington, and W. H. D. Rouse
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
• Publication Date: 1941
• Pages: 309

This volume contains the Latin text of literary papyri, including tragedies by Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus, and others. Many of these works have unknown authors.

About the Translators

Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871–1934) was an English papyrologist who recovered a number of papyri from excavation sites in Egypt.

Campbell Cowan Edgar (1870–1938) was a Scottish Egyptologist. He contributed to articles in General Catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities Museum in Cairo on art and Greek culture in Egypt.

D. L. Page was a translator of ancient Greek, known for his translation of Select Papyri, vol. 3.