Fragments of two pages from a codex (bound book) containing Homer’s Iliad, in Greek

The school curriculum includes the study of Greek and classical Greek texts, especially in Egyptian cities. Homer’s epic poems (12) played an important role in this. Oxyrhynchos, once the prosperous capital of a province in Middle Egypt, is known for the discovery of numerous papyri . The majority are administrative documents written in Greek, but there are also letters, as well as literary and bi…