Teuthis and Callimachus, Aetia Book 1

A most pleasing recent advance in our knowledge of Callimachus’ fragmentary poems has been the recognition that an elegiac piece, part of which appeared as P. Oxy . vol. 1 no. 14, belongs to him and, one presumes, to the Aetia . Powell ( Collectanea Alexandrina , p. 131) already thought of Callimachus as the author, others of Nicander (hence Gow-Scholfield doubtfully included the fragment in their edition, p. 220). Evidence that the author was of some standing is provided by the fact that a scholiast on Nicander, Theriaca 386 ( P. Oxy . 2221 col. 11, 17–20) quoted line 4 of the fragment 1 (though the additional letters at the start of the line have defied restoration and may be corrupt). 2 Great progress came with the publication by M. Gronewald ( ZPE 15 [1974], 105 ff.) of P. Mich . 4761, which preserves, almost though not quite perfectly, the beginning of lines 5–15 (underlined on the accompanying text), wherein P. Oxy

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