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This is a small, badly damaged scrap of an ancient commentary on the Phaenomena of Aratus of Soli, the didactic poem of the third century BC that describes the constellations and the signs of the weather. The source does not record which papyrus it comes from. What can be read is a series of broken notes on the northern sky, touching on Helice (the Great Bear), Cassiepeia and the half-figure of the Horse, with glosses on individual words.
The Phaenomena was among the most widely read poems in antiquity, and it attracted commentary from astronomers and grammarians alike. Even a fragment like this shows how readers worked through the poem line by line, explaining star positions and rare vocabulary. The transcription keeps the papyrus as it stands, gaps and unaccented letters included, so it is best read alongside the poem itself.
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