Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Papyrologists

This volume presents over ninety papers in English, French, German and Italian from the Congress held at Copenhagen in 1992. The papers are divided into 15 sections: The history of papyrology and directions for the future (3 papers); Papyrology and the study of Greek language (5); The contribution of the papyri to the study of Greek literature (4); Papyrology and archaeology (4); Literacy and education (5); Documentary texts (11); Literary texts (10); Papyri from Herculaneum (10); Palaeograph…