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On the Aeolic Dialect is a fragmentary papyrus of an anonymous Greek grammatical treatise. Its author and date are unknown. It compares the forms of the Aeolic dialect with Doric. For example, where Doric has endings in long -as, Aeolic adds an iota, giving Persais for Persas, Hermais for Hermas, and participles such as grapsais. The treatise supports its rules with quotations from the Lesbian poets Sappho and Alcaeus, including a passage cited from Alcaeus' ninth book.

Ancient grammarians studied the dialects above all to explain the language of the poets, and Aeolic was the dialect of Sappho and Alcaeus. The papyrus is a direct example of that scholarship. It also preserves quotations from Lesbian lyric, and ancient descriptions like this remain important evidence for how later scholars understood and edited the Aeolic poets.

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On the Aeolic Dialect (papyrus)
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πάσης [ ……… ] εἰς τὸ ας τεταμένον ληγούσης παρὰ Δωριεῦσι μετὰ τοῦ ι ἐκφερομένης παρʼ Αἰολεῦσι κἀπὶ μετοχῶν καὶ ὀνομάτων. [ἐν εὐθ]είαις γὰρ > λέγουσι καὶ ω[ ……… ]ενα. Πέρσης, Πέρσας παρὰ Δωριεῦσι λεγόμενος, Π[έρ]σα〈ι〉ς ὀνομάζεται παρʼ Αἰολεῦσ[ι], Πηλείδας Πηλείδα〈ι〉ς παρʼ Αἰο[λ]εῦσ[ι], ὁ Ἑρμᾶς Ἔρμαϊς, ὁ πᾶς παῖς, ἡ λέξας μετοχὴ λέξαις, 〈ἡ〉 γράψας γράψαις, ἡ ποιήσας ποήσαις. τὰ μέντοι εἰς συνεσταλμέν[ο]ν τὸ α λήγοντα απ .. [ ….. ] εἰς [ .. ] παρʼ Αἰολεῦσι ενο[ …… τὴν νύ]μφα[ς αἰτ]ια[τικήν,] ἅτε δὴ τεταμένον [ἔ]χουσαν τὸ α , μετὰ τοῦ ι φασὶν νύμφ[αις], ὀν[ίας, ὀνίαις,] ταμίας, ταμίαις, τὴν μέντοι ἴστορας οὐκέτι μετὰ τοῦ ι , οὐδὲ τὴν πάντας, οὐδὲ τὰ παραπλησίως γεγραμμέν[α] παρὰ Δωριεῦσι. κα[ …… ]μβε[ …. ]σι λέγουσι καὶ τετε[ ±10 ] . [ . ]ι «πεπάγαισιν δʼ ὐδάτων ῤ[όαι …. ]ος». ἔνθεν τοιγαροῦν ἐπὶ [ ±9 μεταβ]ατέ[ον] τουστατε .. [ ±13 ] …. [πα]ρὰ Δωριεῦσι . [ ±13 ] …. . ἑτοιμασάμ[ενος ±13 ] [ . ]ο[ . ]ν[ .. ] . [ ±16 ] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] χ[ ] … [ ] . μο[ ] ουσ[ ] . θ[ ] . μ . [ ] spatium ρουπ[ ] ραωου[ ] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [ ]ροσα ἵνʼ οἱ πο– [ ]ωιτι [ ]κοτα [ ] . ταμ [ ]λλα [ ]τε αὐτὰ πολ– [ ] . ποθοσπε [ ]αισεν οὐδὲ [ ] .. ε . του … αι [ ]προειρημε[ν ] . δεύτ[ερ]ον [ ] . ανω[ …. ] [ ἀκ]όλουθον ἦν [ ] .. μοι [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [ ]ατε [ ] . [48]
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διὰ τοῦ [ ]α καὶ πρα– [ ]υτεραετι [ ]τοραν [ ]ονα [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] –ατο καὶ λεγοία[τ]ο ἀντὶ [τ]οῦ λέγ[οιντο] 〈καὶ〉 φέροιντο, ωπερ οἱ γρα[μμ]ατι[κοὶ μό]νως Ἰακὸν ἐνθυμοῦνται [εἶναι, ἀπ]εδείξαμεν δʼ αὐτὸ ἡμεῖς κ[αὶ Αἰολικόν, ὥς] φησιν Ἀλκαῖος ἐν δεκάτω[ι ±5 ] . σαιατο καὶ λάβοιεν» κἀν τε[τάρ?]τωι κἀν ἕκτωι «οἴνω ταγγε[ ±5 ] α δεχοίατο», καὶ τὰ πολλὰ τ[ῶ]ν ἐν τ[ῷ] πλεονασμῷ ἐκκειμένων. π[α]ραθετέ[ο]ν δʼ ὡς σπανίως χρωντ .. ς καθʼ ἡμᾶς. ἐν δεκάτωι «οὔ κε γένο〈ι〉ντο . αγυιοι», ὅπερ ὤφειλεν κατʼ Αἰολεῖς ε[ἰπ]εῖν γενοίατο. τἀπαρέμφατα δὴ ἄχ[ρι]ς κλίσεως ὑπάρχει. ἥ τε γὰρ μετά[λη]ψις τοῦ ει εἰς τὸ η προφανὴς καὶ ἡ ἔνδεια τοῦ αι ἐπὶ τῶν εἰς ναι ληγόντων [ἤ]δη εἴρηται. διόπερ ἑξῆς ἐπὶ τὰ περισ[π]ώμενα χωρητέον. τὸ μὲν οὖν πρῶ[τ]ον σχηματιστέον ἕν τι τοῦ [εἴδους], [δε]ύτερον ἐκθετέον τὰ μαρτύρια. τὸ δὴ ποιῶ κλιθείη ἂν οὕτως κατʼ Αἰολεῖς πόημι, πόεις, πόει . [ἀντὶ] π[όης] ἀμ[είβουσι] πόησθα, καθάπερ ἤδη παρε[στη]σάμεθα. ὅτι δὲ πόης λέγοντες τὸ δεύτερον, πόει φασὶ τ[ὸ] τρίτον εἴπομεν ἐν ταῖ[ς] μεταλήψ[ε]σι τοῦ ει εἰς τὸ η > [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] τ[ ] νοι[ ] ταν[ ] spatium γο[ ] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] χρη[ ] οισμα[ ] νικησ[ ] π[ ] ναισθε[ ] .. κπε[ ] τω[ ] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [ ] . αδης ληγέτω [ ] [ εἰς . ] ς καθὼς ἐν τ[οῖ]ς πε[ρι ] [ ἐκκε]ιμένοις πε[ ] [ ] . νζ . ωντ ……. σ[ ] [ ] . κλεισἀυξ[ .. ] . [ ] [ ]τονοη ……. [ ] [ ]νοκλεαωλιτωνολι[ ] [ «χ]άριν κε φαμ[ . ]ντεο . » [ ] [ ἐλ]πίδας προφερε . [95]
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….. [ ] [ πρ]υτάνεσιν υ …… [ ] [ ] «κατέκταν[ε»] .. [ ] [ μεταπλασμ?]ῶι καὶ τὰς θέ[μιστας ] [ ]εδενειχε[ ] [ ]τοραϊδευ . [ ] [ ]παλ . ε … [ ] [ ]ιδοσπλεα . [ ] [ ]πόρτειον[ ] [ ] . ου …. [ ] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] –στα δʼ ἐν τοῖ[ς π]ερὶ [τῆς] ἐνδείας τοιαῦτʼ ἐξεθέμεθα. ἑξῆς ἐπὶ τὸ ε[ . ] .. [ … ] εἶδος τῆς κλίσεως τῶν [εἰς] ϊς ληγόν[των .. ] μεταβατέον. Σαπφὼ ἐν [ ……. ]και[ ±7 ] «τὰν δὲ φυλάσσετε ἐννε– [ .. ]οι γάμβροι [ ….. ]υ πολίων βασίληες». Ἀλκαῖος ἐν ἐνάτωι «[ .. ] .. ν . [ . ] τʼ ἀλίσκονται > » [ ±21 ] … εν[ ±4 ] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] σμ[ ] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [117]
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Text: Perseus Digital Library, licensed CC BY-SA. Dictionary: Liddell, Scott & Jones (Perseus, CC BY-SA). Morphology: odyCy — machine parsing, corrected against the AGDT & PROIEL treebanks and Morpheus.
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