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DIDYMOS
on Demosthenes
Introduction, Text, Translation,
and Commentary
by
Phillip Harding
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PREFACE
Work on this book began almost a decade ago. The original plan
was to produce a volume consistent with others in the Clarendon
Ancient History Series: a translation, with introduction and com-
mentary, of the fragmentary papyrus that contained Didymos'
work On Demosthenes. At the time there was no translation of the
entire papyrus, though I had rendered some parts in From the End
of the Peloponnesian War to the Battle of Ipsus (Cambridge, 1985) and
Androtion andtheAtthis (Oxford, 1994), and there never had been an
attempt at a complete commentary, either of the text or its histori-
cal context. Furthermore, although there was a fairly recent new
edition of the text by Pearson and Stephens (Stuttgart, 1983), suffi-
cient dissatisfaction had been found with it—especially by Wankel
(1987)—to warrant a fresh new look at the papyrus. The idea was
to include any resultant text as an appendix at the end of the book.
Then, as so often happens in academic life, administrative responsi-
bilities intervened.
But the resultant delay has a positive side. In the meantime several
studies of individual topics related to the papyrus and its contents
have appeared, by which my own thoughts were either confirmed
or challenged. In particular, Craig Gibson's study of the ancient
commentators on Demosthenes, Interpreting a Classic (Berkeley, Los
Angeles, and London, 2002), forced me to rethink many issues. My
work has been able to benefit from the insights and contributions of
all these scholars. Nevertheless, in both focus and scope it is distinc-
tive.
First, it provides a new text, which now accompanies the trans-
lation in a face-to-face format. Such a combination is unavailable
elsewhere. This text is based upon my own study of the papyrus.
Whilst I would not claim any greater expertise in palaeography
than the great scholars who have preceded me, I felt there was value
in taking a fresh look with new eyes. As I did so, I found myself not
infrequently unable to substantiate the readings of the most recent
editors and quite unwilling to accept many of their very speculative
restorations. In fact, those who compare my text with earlier edi-
tions will find that it is closer to that of Diels and Schubart and more
conservative than Pearson and Stephens'.
Next, the translation sets out to replicate the state of the text,
VI PREFACE
using square and round brackets to indicate restored or partially
restored words. This may be less attractive to read than one that
conceals the textual difficulties, but it is hoped that it will be more
useful to serious students of ancient history who lack Greek in that
it will not mislead them into thinking that there is more certainty
about what can be read than is the case. The facing text will enable
readers with Greek to check the translation for themselves.
Finally, the commentary is both textual and historical, much as
would be expected for an epigraphic publication. In the case of the
text, I have tried to discuss most serious attempts at recreating or
restoring what Didymos wrote, in essence translating and interpret-
ing the apparatus criticus, even when I had to guess what motivated
a given scholar to put forward the proposal he made. The discus-
sion of the historical context of Didymos' comments is as complete
as I could make it. No doubt some will find something missing, but
I hope that will not be the case too often.
I owe an apology to the editors of the Oxford University Press
for the long delay in finishing this work and many thanks for their
patience. The careful work of the staff at OUP, particularly Enid
Barker and Susan Milligan, has helped bring some consistency to
a difficult text. I feel an especial debt to Brian Bosworth, who took
time from his own busy schedule to read the whole typescript and
to offer many useful suggestions for improvement. But the greatest
gratitude is to my wife, who has stood by my side throughout my
whole academic career. She alone knows what that has meant. Mine
pede libero pukanda tellus.
Vancouver, 2004 P. H.
CONTENTS
Illustrations viii
Abbreviations ix
INTRODUCTION i
1. Didymos i
2. The Papyrus 4
3. The Scribe and his Work 7
4. Content 9
5. Commentary or Monograph? 13
6. Sources 20
7. Didymos the Scholar 31
8. Didymos and the Text of Demosthenes 39
9. Conclusion 41
TEXT AND TRANSLATION 42
COMMENTARY 101
References 257
Indexes 269
ILLUSTRATIONS
1. The Papyrus: cols, i—3 xi
2. The Papyrus: cols. 4-5 xii
3. The Papyrus: cols. 6-10 xiii
4. The Papyrus: cols. 11-15 xiy
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1989)
APF J. K. Davies, Athenian Propertied Families 600-300 BC
(Oxford, 1971)
ATL B. D. Meritt, H. T. Wade-Gery, andM. F. McGregor,
The Athenian Tribute Lists, 4 vols. (Cambridge and
Princeton, NJ, 1939-53)
Barrington Atlas R. Talbert (ed.), Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman
World (Princeton and Oxford, 2000)
CAH2, CAN* The Cambridge Ancient History, and/3rd edn (Cam-
bridge, 1970-)
D-S1 H. DielsandW. Schubart(eds.),DidymosKommentarzu
Demosthenes. Berliner Klassikertexte I. Berlin, 1904
D-S2 H. Diels and W. Schubart (eds.), Volumina Aegyptiaca
(Minis IV, Grammaticomm Pars I, Didymi de Demosthene
Commenta cum Anonymi in Aristocratem Lexico (Leipzig,
1904)
D-S D-S1 and D-S2
FOrHist F. Jacoby, Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker (B erlin
and Leiden, 1923-)
GHI R. Meiggs and D. M. Lewis, A Selection of Greek Histori-
cal Inscriptions to the End of the Fifth Century BC (Oxford,
1969)
Gibson C. A. Gibson, Interpreting a Classic: Demosthenes and
his Ancient Commentators (Berkeley, Los Angeles, and
London, 2002)
Harpokration J. J. Keaney (ed.), Harpocration: Lexeis of the Ten Orators
(Amsterdam, 1991)
HCT A. W. Gomme, K. J. Dover, and A. Andrewes,
A Historical Commentary on Thucydides, 5 vols. (Oxford,
1957-8:)
IG Inscriptions Graecae (Berlin, 1873-)
Jacoby, Atthis F. Jacoby, Attiiis (Oxford, 1949)
Jacoby, Text F. Jacoby, Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker, vol.
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