This first volume of papyrus adespota contains: i) a catalogue of hexameter adespota, and ii) critical editions with English translation and commentary of: cosmologies and foundation poems (no. 01тАУ06), astronomical and astrological texts (07тАУ12), didactic and technical poetry (13тАУ16), hymns (17тАУ32), fragments of erotic content (33тАУ38); epithalamia (39тАУ43); and two hexameter anthologies, the Goodspeed papyrus (44) and the so-called Pamprepius codex (45). Future volumes will contain: Encomia and Lamentations (46тАУ67); Bucolic (68тАУ71), and Epic poetry (72тАУ144); assemblages of Homeric verses (145тАУ154); magical verses (155тАУ166); oracles (167тАУ169); fragments of uncertain genre or content (170тАУ204); hexameter quotes from grammatical papyri and ancient commentaries (205тАУ216); ╧А╬▒╬п╬│╬╜╬╣╬▒ (217тАУ219); gnomic hexameters (220тАУ221); pangrams (222тАУ235); texts copied or produced within a school context (236тАУ242).
Marco Perale, University of Liverpool, UK.