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Funeral Oration

By HyperidesEdited and translated by Judson Herrman (NHC Fellow, 2006–07) Hyperides' Funeral Oration is arguably the most important surviving example of the genre from classical Greece. The speech stands apart from other funeral orations (epitaphioi) in a few key respects. First, we have the actual text as it was delivered in Athens (the other speeches, with the … Continued

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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXV, Nos. 4442-4493

Edited by M. W. Haslam (NHC Fellow, 1994–95) Known in the Dynastic period as Per-medjed, Oxyrhynchus (City of the Sharp-nosed Fish) rose to prominence under Egypt's Hellenistic and Roman rulers. It was a prosperous regional capital, reckoned the third city of Egypt, lying roughly 300km south of Alexandria. In 1896-97 two British archaeologists began to dig around … Continued