Papyri decoded

**Gregoshi** · 04-21-2005, 04:36

I love this kind of stuff. Five million words...

**Browning** · 04-21-2005, 12:02

Wow. Second Renaissance - a little exagerated.

But it will be nice to learn of the "events leading to the Troian War".

I just wonder what kind of moron threw these writtings into rubbish back then.

"Please Klemendra, calm down now, it's no use..."
"Calm down!? [a jar thrown against the wall] You are of no use! You do nothing but drink and write!"
"But writing is my job..."
"Job! [another jar] You have just lost one at the Aligator Temple! Even the blind priest Epakhochmenes sees that you are worthless!"
"Oh, why do I have to listen to this..."
"Prostatomes, where are you going? If you visit this [cenzored] Pulcheria once more, you will never see your library again, I warn you [this time a vase goes to Hades]!!!!"

**cunctator** · 04-21-2005, 15:06

Excellent news indeed. I`ve found some links to Oxyrhynchus Papyri sites

http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk/

http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/oxy.asp

http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/researc...cts/papyri.asp

**GoreBag** · 04-21-2005, 15:35

This is good news, but the idea of a second Renaissance is both silly and singes the hairs on my backend. It is about time that the truth about Troy was revealed, though, and I can't wait to hear how this will help.

**Butcher** · 04-21-2005, 15:44

Or, most intriugingly, new gospels.. that should set the cat among the pigeons.

**Adrian II** · 04-21-2005, 20:35

Originally Posted by Butcher

Or, most intriugingly, new gospels.. that should set the cat among the pigeons.

There's a note of caution on the Oxford Classics Department site: 'About 10% is literary, i.e. the fragmentary remains of ancient books; the rest documents public and private (codes, edicts, registers, official correspondence, census-returns, tax-assessments, petitions, court-records; sales, leases, wills, bills, accounts, inventories, horoscopes, private letters).'

**The Wizard** · 04-21-2005, 21:10

So intriguing a find is very rare -- it should certainly give us new source material to ponder for years to come!

~Wiz

**Ironside** · 04-26-2005, 18:07

Originally Posted by Butcher

Or, most intriugingly, new gospels.. that should set the cat among the pigeons.

Too many pigeons for the cat already.

nag-hammadi texts

Quite a few other gospels was found for 60 years ago.

**Sigurd** · 05-03-2005, 20:13

Yes, what became of Troy? There are already Caucasian/ Norse texts that speaks of a remnant of Troy; refugees if you want, that settled by the Tanais river at the back of the Black Sea. They later fled the Roman expansion and travelled North-west and became the Royal family of Northern Europe.

I would hope this text will confirm the royal line of Troy and shed some more light on this issue.