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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 413

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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 413 (P. Oxy. III 413 or P. Oxy. 413) is stage notes of an adaptation of Euripides' Iphigeneia in Tauris (Iφιγένεια ἡ ἐν Ταύροις). The setting is shifted from Greece to India. The anonymous adaptation is known as the Charition mime after the main character.[1] It is of interest for some dialogue in an Indian language. The verso of the papyrus features an unrelated mime involving a noblewoman plotting with her two slaves to poison an old man (possibly her husband).

The manuscript is held by the Bodleian Library as Ms. Gr. Class. b 4 (P). The manuscript is dated to the second century, possibly the Antonine period.

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  1. ^ Nasrallah, Laura; Bakirtzis, Charalambos; Friesen, Steven J. (2010). From Roman to Early Christian Thessalonikē: Studies in Religion and Archaeology. Harvard University Press. p. 407. ISBN 978-0-674-05322-9.

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