Fifty-five New Fragments of Diogenes of Oenoanda

Abstract

This is the second publication of new fragments of Diogenes discovered by participants in the Oenoanda project of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara. Thirteen of the twenty-three fragments which came to light in 1974 have already been published (Smith H). The present work presents the remaining ten fragments (NF 55, 57, 66, 68, 70, 73, 81, 83, 92, 101) found in 1974, forty-four fragments discovered in 1975, and one fragment (NF 94) recorded in 1976. In 1975 we discovered three more fragments recorded in the nineteenth century (HK fr. 4, 23, 25) and a piece broken off the bottom of HK fr. 42.It is a pleasure to acknowledge, with sincere gratitude, the debt which we owe to the Republic of Turkey for generously permitting us to continue our work at Oenoanda. We are extremely grateful to Bay Hikmet Gürçay and his colleagues in the Eski Eserler ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüǧü for their help in securing the renewal of our permit and for their kind interest in our work. We also thank Bay Salih Kütük, Director of the Fethiye Museum, and the local officials in Muǧla, Fethiye, and Seki for their courteous attention and assistance.