P.Oxy. 2162

The Riddles of Aeschylus' Theoroi or Istmiasthai

On Aeschylus' Theoroi fr. 78a Radt (= P.Oxy. 2162). The author suggests: a) how to reconstruct several lost sections, and fill gaps; b) that satyrs were not fixing masks or tablets on the front of the temple of Poseidon, as is commonly believed, but nailing a βασκάνιον, a particular kind of statue used as charm against the evil eye; c) that vv. 11-12 should be assigned to the same character speaking vv.

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