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Taking its cue from two recent articles on Euripides� Oedipus (Liapis 2014, Finglass 2017), this paper addresses neglected evidence on fragments attributed to that play and reconsiders the question of their authenticity. A distinct dichotomy emerges between, on the one hand, fragments transmitted in authors relying on florilegia and, on the other, fragments ultimately deriving from non-florilegic sources. While the latter are above suspicion, there is reason to doubt the authenticity of the former. The paper also argues that there was no cross-pollination between the transmission of the authentic and the spurious Oedipus in antiquity, and that the latter�s reader-ship was limited to milieus with links to rhetoric and education. Finally, the paper offers some general remarks which should be of consequence not only for the fragments of Euripides� Oedipus, but also for the study of fragmentary Greek tragedies in general. � Vayos Liapis.