Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 8

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 8 (P. Oxy. 8) is a fragment of Greek hexameter poetry. The dialect is a mixture of Aeolic and Doric. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the first or second century.^[1] It is housed in the Houghton Library, Harvard University, with the catalogue number SM2211.^[2] The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.^[1]

P. Oxy. 8

The manuscript was written on papyrus in a form of the roll (probably). The measurements of the fragment are 61 by 109 mm. The fragment contains seven hexameter lines. The text is written in a small neat round uncial hand.^[3]

The authorship of the poem is uncertain. Friedrich Blass attributes the fragment to Alcman;^[4] Maurice Bowra suggests Erinna, and Martin Litchfield West suggests Anyte.^[5]

See also

• Oxyrhynchus Papyri
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 7
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 9