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  <dc:title>Euripides' Medea [Fragment]</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Minute fragment from Euripides' Medea, parchment. From a codex, main body text in brown in a rounded uncial hand. There is text on the recto and verso, but the recto text is less legible.

Recto: vv.1057-1062
ἔασον αὐτούς, ὦ τάλαν, φεῖσαι τέκνω]⸢ν⸣
ἐκεῖ μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν ζῶντες εὐφρανοῦ]σί σε.
μὰ τοὺς παρ᾽ Ἅιδῃ νερτέρους ἀλά]στορας,
οὔτοι ποτ᾽ ἔσται τοῦθ᾽ ὅπως ἐχ]θροῖς ἐγὼ
παῖδας παρήσω τοὺς ἐμοὺς καθυ]⸢β⸣ρίσαι.
πάντως σφ᾽ ἀνάγκη κατθανεῖν:] ἐπεὶ ⸢δ⸣[ὲ χρή,

Verso: vv. 1086-1092
σο⸢φ⸣[ίας ἕνεκεν, πάσαισι μὲν οὔ,
παῦρο⸢ν⸣ [δὲ γένος, – &lt;μίαν&gt;  ἐν πολλαῖς,
εὕροις ⸢ἂ⸣[ν ἴσως – 
οὐκ ἀπό[μουσον τὸ γυναικῶν.
καί φημ⸢ι⸣ [βροτῶν οἵτινές εἰσιν
πάμπαν [ἄπειροι μηδ᾽ ἐφύτευσαν
παῖ]⸢δ⸣ας π⸢ρ⸣[οφέρειν εἰς εὐτυχίαν

[Missing text based on lines given in paper by H.J. Milne.]
</dc:description>
  <dc:date>4th Century - 5th Century?</dc:date>
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