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title: Euripides, Orestes, 338-44: Musical Fragment
author: World Digital Library
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3884/euripides-orestes-338-44-musical-fragment/
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Euripides, Orestes, 338-44: Musical Fragment
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3884.png)
## Image Caption
This papyrus was written around 200 BCE in Hermopolis, [Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/egypt/), and contains seven fragmentary lines (338–344) from the first chorus of [Euripides](https://www.worldhistory.org/Euripides/), Orestes. The fragment contains vocal and instrumental symbols written above the lines of the lyrics. The papyrus, which was recovered from mummy cartonnage at the end of the 19th century CE, belongs to the Papyrus Collection of the Austrian National Library, which was assembled in the 19th century by Archduke Rainer.
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Library, W. D. (2015, May 24). Euripides, Orestes, 338-44: Musical Fragment. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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