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Teaching Delivery: This module is taught in 10 weekly classes.
Content: An introduction to the study of Greek papyri, documentary as well as literary, each class will focus on a small number of texts, one or two of which will be studied in detail on a photograph. The texts are chosen to illustrate the development of Greek book hands and cursive scripts; to examine formal aspects of the transmission of Greek literature on papyrus; and to give an idea of the range of documentary types available as sources for the history of Graeco-Roman Egypt.
Skills: By the end of the module students should have acquired a good idea about the development of Greek writing across six centuries and techniques for deciphering it; become familiar with several varieties of non-literary post-classical Greek; and gained an understanding of the pitfalls and materiality of transmission of Greek literature.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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