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— The classification and numeration of MSS. here followed is that of Rzach (1913). It is only necessary to add that on the whole the recovery of Hesiodic papyri goes to confirm the authority of the mediaeval MSS. At the same time these fragments have produced much that is interesting and valuable, such as the new lines, Works and Days 169 a-d, and the improved readings ib. 278, Theogony 91, 93. Our chief gains from the papyri are the numerous and excellent fragments of the Catalogues which have been recovered.


 * Works and Days : —

These MSS. are divided by Rzach into the following families, issuing from a common original: —

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