Ichneutae: Pearson 1917 critical apparatus, corrected OCR review Alfred Chilton Pearson Alfred Chilton Pearson OCR collation, structural reconstruction, and reference alignment; working transcription prepared for Gregory Crane. Codex Working files prepared for the Perseus Multitext Viewer 2026-09-15

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The Fragments of Sophocles A. C. Pearson 1917 1 233–268; appendix 269 Michigan scan, HathiTrust mdp.39015010446022

Copy text: supplied ichneutae_ocr.txt, printed pp. 234–269. Structural comparison: supplied ichneutae_pearson_scaffold.xml. The opening two verses and opening note survive only in the scaffold; their printed page is inferred as 233. These are two transcriptions of the same edition, not independent textual witnesses. No page-image proofreading has been performed.

Pearson’s fragment 314 is the main play. Pearson’s line numbers remain in n; corresp points to the supplied Hunt/Perseus reference. Short apparatus is separate from discursive commentary. OCR errors are corrected only where supported by the supplied material or unambiguous context. Unresolved readings use sic; OCR gaps differ from ancient losses. Brackets are retained as transcription signs and are not claimed to be a new diplomatic transcription. Dot runs give unspecified loss, not measured character counts. Missing numbered positions follow Pearson’s printed numbering and do not assert an exact papyrus extent.

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αγγελω in αγγελλω corr. pap.2

Pearson 5

a[ in marg. add. pap.2

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διασ[ in marg. add. pap.2

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in marg. adscripta λα[ supra ου ην[ | ἰόντα τῆλε Hunt: fort. ἰόντων

Pearson 9

τέχναισιν· ὡς Hunt: fort. τεχνάσματ· ἀλλ᾽

Pearson 11

τόλμην pap.

Pearson 13

ζητῶ Wilamowitz: στείχω Hunt | ματεύω ex ματεύων corr. pap.

Pearson 14

τάδε: ο (i.e. τόδε) suprascr. pap.2

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εμμανῖς ex εμμανεις corr. pap.

Pearson 16

]του in marg. add. pap.2

Pearson 18 sqq.

cum ex duobus fragmentis confecta sint, de singulorum sede minus constat

Pearson 22

ου (i.e. οὕτως) habet in marg. pap.

Pearson 23

post v. 23 desunt fere quattuor versus

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]θ[ in marg. add. pap.2

Pearson 34

μαριλοκαυτῶν suppl. Wilamowitz | ]ν in marg. add. pap.2

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τὸν φῶρα τῶν (τῶν Wilamowitz) Hunt: fort. τὰ ἕλωρα

Pearson 38

τῷδ᾽ αὐτόχρημα Hunt

Pearson 39

ἔα· τὰ suppl. Mekler

Pearson 45 sq.

supplevi

Pearson 47

οσσοισι ex οσοισι corr. pap.2

Pearson 52

ἀλλ]ότρια τ[ in marg. add. pap.2

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τὰ ἴχν(η) in marg. add. pap.2

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γῆρ[υν pap.

Pearson 66

διανυχ(ια) a Theone primitus scriptum in marg. add. pap.2

Pearson 68

post hunc v. paragraphum habet pap.

Pearson 70

litteras σοφιλοσανετω add. pap.2 et ξυν ex συν corr.

Pearson 72

ἀρίζηλα in fine v. 71 pap.

Pearson 73

ε[..]υντηριε αρ᾽ in marg. add. pap.2

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πράγους ex πραγος corr. pap.2

Pearson 77

[ in marg. add. pap.2

Pearson 78

τ᾽...φράσας Wilamowitz: γ᾽...δράσας pap. | τόδε: α (i.e. τάδε) suprascr. pap.2

Pearson 79

παντελής scripsi: προστελὴς pap., συντελής Hunt

Pearson 93

χρῆσθαι a Theone scriptum in marg. add. pap.2

Pearson 94

α in marg. centesimo versui adscriptum | alterum ea add. Wilamowitz

Pearson 96

βήματα Ρ. Maas: σήματα olim Hunt (littera prima in pap. evanida)

Pearson 97

σιγ add. pap.2 et paragraphum infra positum del.

Pearson 98 sqq.

secundum Wilamowitzium distributi, nisi quod ille chorum trifariam divisit. paragraphos post vv. 98, 99 (bis), 103, 104 habet pap. | ετιδ in rasura pap.2, tum e delevit (ἔτιδρ[..]τιx in marg. add. pap.2) | ἄρ᾽ ἤνομεν Murray: ἐξήνομεν Wilamowitz

Pearson 102

επισιμωμον in marg. add. pap.2

Pearson 104

ἐκμεμαγμένον scripsi: ἐκμετρούμενον Hunt

Pearson 105

δρομωι suprascr. pap.2: χετ[ ]. pap. | κα in και corr. pap.2

Pearson 107

ροιβδημ εαν τις ex ροιβδειαντι corr. pap.2: ροιβδοι primitus pap. | ἔσω πρὸς...μόλῃ scripsi: βοῶν δι'...λάβη Hunt

Pearson 109

στιβ ex στιλβ corr. pap.

Pearson 113

εἰς pap. et saepius | αὖ pap., unde δέδορκεν αὖ· τάδ᾽ Hunt

Pearson 114

τουτί: α (i.e. ταυτί) suprascr. pap.2 | πράγματος in marg. add. pap.2

Pearson 118

εῦρες pap.

Pearson 119

κεκλιμένον Hunt, interrogatione intra v. 118 terminata

Pearson 122

κύβδα θυμαίνεις olim Hunt

Pearson 123

τροπωι pap.: corr. Wilamowitz

Pearson 128

vid. comm. | ειμειρει[.] pap., primum e del. pap.2

Pearson 129

σιγᾶθ᾽ οἱ Theonem legisse testatur pap.2: [σιγ]ᾶτ᾿ pap.

Pearson 137

᾿κπλαγ(έντες) Aristophanem, ἐνθάδ᾽ ἐξενίσμεθα Theonem legisse testatur pap.2: π[λ]αγεντες . . ἐξ[.]. γισμεθα (ἐξωργίσμεθα ?) pap.

Pearson 139

post ψόφον interpunxit pap.

Pearson 140

ἐκμεμαγμένα Aristophanem legisse testatur pap.2

Pearson 144

σχήματ᾽ malim

Pearson 150

δειλουμένου in marg. Ni(candro) adscriptum: δουλουμένου pap.

Pearson 152

αἰχμαῖσιν scripsi: ἀκμαῖσιν Hunt | ἐξειργασμένου ex ἐξειργασμένα corr. pap.2

Pearson 153

ὑμῶν ex ἡμῶν corr. pap.2 | ὑπορρυπαίνεται praetulit Hunt | post hunc v. lacunam indicat Wilamowitz

Pearson 155

τί supplevi: ov Wilamowitz

Pearson 159

ἀφέντες ex αφαντες corr. pap.2

Pearson 165

λόγων, ut videtur, pap.2

Pearson 168

ιει in εἶ᾽ corr. pap. | ἀφίστω scripsi: ἐφίστω Hunt | οἵμου pap.

Pearson 172

ὑπό μ᾽ ἴδες ex ὑπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἴδες corr. pap.2

Pearson 173

ἐν ex è corr. pap.2

Pearson 174

έλελυθεν (bis) pap.: corr. pap.2

Pearson 176

δεῦτε ὦ in marg. pap.2: δευτερῳ pap.

Pearson 180

νόμος νόμον Theonem legisse testatur pap.2

Pearson 186

με ex δε corr. pap.2

Pearson 192

ἤ: η supra ει scr. pap.2

Pearson 193

ολβ legi posse negat Hunt

Pearson 197

β in marg. ducentesimo versui adscriptum

Pearson 199

τί ἔστιν; etiam Sileno, οὐ μενῶ choro, μέν᾽ εἰ δύνᾳ (quod ex v. 200 eiecto θέλεις huc transtulit Wilamowitz) Sileno tribuit Hunt

Pearson 200 sqq.

choro tribuit Hunt | ὅπῃ δύνᾳ scriptum fuisse, sed βέλτιον esse ὅπῃ θέλεις in marg. testatur pap.2

Pearson 204 sqq.

Sileno tribuit Hunt

Pearson 208

φθεγγμα αφυσ[ε]ις in marg. add. pap.2

Pearson 214

εἰ pap.: ᾗ Hunt

Pearson 211

ὁ δ᾽ Hunt qui hunc et sequentes versus Sileno tribuit

Pearson 215

χωρον legisse Aristophanem testatur pap.2

Pearson 217

μετάστασις ex μετασις corr. pap.2

Pearson 218

εἶχες Wilamowitz: ειπες pap.

Pearson 219

υμειν pap.

Pearson 221

εὐιάζετ᾿ pap.: εὐίαζες pap.2 | ζή(τει) in marg. add. pap.2

Pearson 222

παίδων Wilamowitz

Pearson 223

νέον coni. Hunt, quia νέων spatium vix continet

Pearson 224

post γάρ interpunxit Hunt | κατήλυθεν legisse Theonem testatur pap.2

Pearson 237

νύμφη pap.

Pearson 238

supplevit Diehl | υ inseruit pap.2

Pearson 239 sq.

supplevit Murray

Pearson 241

μή pap.2: μηδέ pap.

Pearson 242 sq.

supplevit Wilamowitz

Pearson 244

in textu omissum, in marg. superiore add. pap.2

Pearson 245-249

suppleverunt Murray et Hunt

Pearson 247

λακασμάτων coni. Wilamowitz

Pearson 254

τοῦτο πῶς φωνεῖ legisse Theonem testatur pap.2, τοῦθ᾽ ὁ περιφωνεῖ H. Richards

Pearson 268

κἄδεσμα Bucherer: κἀδεστὰ Wilamowitz

Pearson 272

ἄπαυστος supplevi: μέγιστος Hunt

Pearson 273

ἡμέρας πεφασμένος in marg. add. pap.2

Pearson 274

τύπους supplevi: γυίοις Wilamowitz

Pearson 275

ἐπισχολάζεται Athenaei et Eustathii codd.: correxerat Meineke

Pearson 276

στέγει ex τέγει corr., etiam τρέφει in marg. add. pap.2

Pearson 277

κατάσχετος supplevi: δυσεύρετος Murray

Pearson 278

φθεγγμ pap.

Pearson 283

βοης pap.

Pearson 288

τὼς pap.

Pearson 290

γήρυν pap.

Pearson 292

γ in marg. trecentesimo versui adscriptum

Pearson 293

τῶν δ᾽ ἄναυδος pap., ζῶν δὲ νη[ῦδος?] in marg. add. pap.2

Pearson 295

χυτροιδης pap., τροχοιδη[ς] in marg. pap.2

Pearson 298

ιχνευμ[ο]νι pap. secundum ed. pr.: corr. Zielinski, ἰχνευτῇ in pap. iam invenit Hunt

Pearson 303

ορεινη (ε postea deleto) pap. | τωστρακρεων pap. : συγγονους οστρα[ legisse Theonem in marg. testatur pap.2

Pearson 307

κώστρακον coni. Wilamowitz

Pearson 311

κοιλάδος supplevit Mekler

Pearson 313

o supra primum a add. pap.2

Pearson 318

ἀλυίων pap.

Pearson 321

ὀρθοψάλακτος Murray: οψαλακτος pap., ἀπροψάλακτος Wilamowitz | ὀμφὴ pap.

Pearson 322

πρεπτὰ δ᾽ αὖ Hunt: πρὲπτᾶ (sic) pap., sed πρ reformavit pap.2

Pearson 323

ἐπανθεμίζεται legisse Theonem in marg. testatur pap.2

Pearson 324

οἶπερ coni. Hunt: οὗπερ pap. sed litteram υ seclusit pap.2

Pearson 329

ἐμοὶ μηδὲ coni. Hunt: εμοι δε pap., μηδὲ Wilamowitz

Pearson 332

supplevit Mekler | φιλητην pap.

Pearson 336

quatenus processerit stichomythia non liquet

Pearson 340

δορα[ pap.: corr. Robert

Pearson 350

supplevi

Pearson 352 sqq.

initia supplevi

Pearson 354

δ᾽ οὗ πλανᾷ δόμους scripsi: τουπαναι δομος pap., δ supra et spiritum asperum supra ου add. pap.2, δ᾽ οὐ πεινῇ δόμος Wilamowitz

Pearson 355

ἄθρει Wilamowitz

Pearson 356

δ᾽ ex τ᾽ corr. pap.2

Pearson 357

εισι pap.

Pearson 358

κνικωι pap.

Pearson 360

εἰς θεοὺς Wilamowitz | λοια χρη in ras. pap.2

Pearson 361

υστερωιτεγωγελω pap., η supra prius γ et υστερωσεγω in marg. add. pap.2, ὕστερ᾽; ὣς ἐγὼ λέγω Hunt, ὑστέρως, ἐγὼ λέγω Wilamowitz

Pearson 362 sq.

μύθοις | ὁποίαν pap.

Pearson 363

θέλεις ex θέλοις corr. pap.2

Pearson 365

ὅπως Wilamowitz et Murray: πως pap. | χρῆμα οὗτος legisse Theonem testatur pap.2: χρηματουτεσ pap.

Pearson 390

ὃς Wilamowitz et Murray: τον pap., ὅδ᾽ pap.2 | ἐστὶν supplevit pap.2

Pearson 391

ου supra παυσαι (i.e. παύου) add. pap.2 | τὸν Διὸς Wilamowitz

Pearson 392

δ in marg. quadringentesimo versui adscriptum

Pearson 393

πνε[.]γεις pap.

Pearson 394

ἀπολεῖ σε coni. Murray

Pearson 414

columna omnino periit, nisi quod verba π]ελέθοις βοῶν Theonem legisse in marg. testatur pap.2

Pearson 431

post ἰοὺ ἰοὺ litterae π[.]γ. deletae sunt

Pearson 432

τ ex δ corr. pap.2