The structure of Sappho's books: metre, page layout, and the Hellenistic and Roman poetry book

The paper argues that the edition of Sappho that surfaces in book fragments from antiquity is coherent and was coherently designed. This coherence is evident not only in the metrical arrangement but also in the editorial layout (especially in the use of \u3c0\u3b1\u3c1\u3ac\u3b3\u3c1\u3b1\u3c6\u3bf\u3b9); this in turn allows us to draw conclusions on the authorship of fragment 44a Voigt and on the metrical arrangement of Book 4. The first section of the paper discusses evidence about ancient editions, starting from P.Colon. inv. 21351 + 21376. It analyses layout and metre in Sappho\u2019s Books 1\u20133 as known to us from papyrus evidence and ancient discussions. The section argues that our papyrus evidence matches statements by Hephaestion on the evolution of editorial layout in antiquity. The second section discusses the attribution of P.Fouad 239 (Sappho F 44a Voigt = Alcaeus fr. 304 in Lobel and Page 1955).4 Metre, content and language suggest an attribution to either Alcaeus (as argued by Lobel and Page) or Sappho (as argued by, e.g., Voigt and Bonanno). The editorial layout provides a new strong argument in favour of the hypothesis that P.Fouad 239 was part of Book 2 of an ancient edition of Sappho. The third section of the paper discusses metre and layout of Book 4 in Sappho\u2019s ancient edition(s). On the basis of editorial layout, it argues that Book 4, in the standard edition reflected in the surviving post-Alexandrian papyri, was not metrically homogeneous. Section 4 discusses the arrangement of Books 5\u20137; section 5 analyses the evidence on the order of poems in Book 8 and/or in the book of Epithalamia, with special attention to P.Oxy. 2294 = Sappho F 103. The final section (section 6) discusses the ordering of poems in ancient editions of Archilochus, Hipponax and Theocritus, especially in relation to metrical criteria. It claims that Theocritus, Callimachus and Horace imitated Hellenistic ordering criteria of poetry books of archaic poetry, and in particular the ordering criteria used in Sappho\u2019s books; this is especially clear in Horace\u2019s collection of Epodes

The Getty hexameters and Greek tragedy

The present article aims to show that several passages of Greek tragedy make use of language present in the Getty Hexameters, especially in contexts where incantations and protection of the city are mentioned. The Getty Hexameters were written on a lead tablet at the end of the fifth century BC in Sicily (Selinus or, more likely, Himera). The article argues that the composition of the text predates the lead tablet by several decades (section 2). It focuses on similarities in structure and language that involve Soph. fr. 535 (section 4), Aeschylus' Oresteia (section 5), Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus (section 6) and Euripides' Hecuba (section 8). It also suggests that Plato (section 7) and late antique poetry and prose (section 9) reuse some of the linguistic elements of the incantatory tradition of the Getty Hexameters.Il presente articolo si propone di mostrare che vari passi della tragedia greca fanno uso del linguaggio presente negli esametri Getty, soprattutto in contesti in cui si parla di incantesimi e di protezione della città. Gli esametri Getty furono scritti su una tavoletta di piombo alla fine del V secolo a.C. in Sicilia (Selinunte o, più probabilmente, Imera). L'articolo sostiene che la composizione del testo precede di diversi decenni la trascrizione a noi giunta (sezione 2). L’articolo discute le somiglianze strutturali e linguistiche che coinvolgono il fr. 535 di Sofocle (sezione 4), l’Orestea di Eschilo (sezione 5), l’Edipo Re di Sofocle (sezione 6) e l’Ecuba di Euripide (sezione 8). Suggerisce inoltre che Platone (sezione 7) e la poesia e la prosa tardoantica (sezione 9) riutilizzino alcuni degli elementi linguistici della tradizione incantatoria degli esametri Getty

Zeus e il letto di Ares: Nonno, Dionisiache VIII 70

L’articolo discute l’espressione ἐμῆς τιμήορος εὐνῆς, usata in Nonn. Dion. VIII 70. Interpreti recenti hanno proposto di correggere il passo, o hanno offerto spiegazioni che si allontanano dall’uso normale di εὐνή in poesia greca. L’espressione può essere intesa solo se si coglie l’allusione a un passo del libro V, in cui si menziona una rara versione mitica dell’amore incestuoso di Zeus per Afrodite.The paper discusses the phrase ἐμῆς τιμήορος εὐνῆς, occurring in Nonn. Dion. VIII 70. In recent times, philologists have suggested that the passage must be emended, or have offered interpretations that diverge from the normal usage of εὐνή in Greek poetry. The phrase can be understood only if one detects the allusion to a passage in Book 5 that mentions a rare myth involving the incestuous love of Zeus for Aphrodite

Change of mind, persuasion, and the emotions: debates in Euripides from Medea to Iphigenia at Aulis

the paper discusses the failure of persuasion in the agones of Euripides, in spite of the fact that several characters in Euripides complain about the dangers of overpersuasive speech. In the plays of Euripides charac- ters do change their minds, but not in the course of agones. \u2018Anger\u2019, \u2018shame\u2019, and \u2018autonomy\u2019 are three crucial factors in blocking the persuasive effects of persuasive language. Characters explain their change of minds not on the basis of persuasion but as a consequence of autonomous deliberation. The change of mind of Iphigenia in Iphigenia at Aulis is in keeping with the ethical development and self-definition of many characters in Euripides

Euripides' Hecuba and the Iliad : ancient commentaries, Virgil, and Ovid

The paper focuses on two interpretive problems in the Hecuba of Euripides, and on theirreception in Virgil and Ovid: the location of the tomb of Achilles (section 2) and the fate of Trojan women, especially Andromache and Polyxena, after the fall of the city (section 3). The paper argues that Virgil and Ovid, in imitating these passages of tragedy, took into account ancient critical reactions, refected in the medieval scholia. It also argues that Virgil and Ovid combined the tragic model with a passage from Iliad 6, also read through the lens of ancient critical approaches and commentaries.Il contributo si sofferma su due problemi interpretativi nell'Ecuba di Euripide e sulla sua ricezione in Virgilio e Ovidio: l'ubicazione della tomba di Achille (sezione 2) e la sorte delle schiave troiane, in particolare Andromaca e Polissena, dopo la caduta della città (sezione 3). L'articolo sostiene che Virgilio e Ovidio, nell'imitare questi passaggi della tragedia, tennero conto di antiche reazioni critiche, riflesse negli scoli medievali. Sostiene inoltre che Virgilio e Ovidio combinarono il modello tragico con un passo del sesto libro dell'Iliade, letto anche attraverso la lente di antichi approcci critici e commenti

The Vienna epigrams papyrus: another footnote

The paper discusses tragic and epic models of a Greek epigra

Sun follower with parallel kinematics and process for controlling such follower

Il brevetto riguarda un inseguitore solare a cinematica parallela e il relativo sistema di controllo

Una congettura a Pseudo-Senofonte, Costituzione degli Ateniesi 2.17

Il testo di [X.] Ath. 2.17, come riportato dai manoscritti, e\u300 impossibile per motivi sin- tattici e di senso: \u1f20\u300\u3bd \u3b4\u3b5\u300 \u3bc\u3b7\u300 \u3b5\u313\u3bc\u3bc\u3b5\u301\u3bd\u3c9\u3c3\u3b9 \u3c4\u3b1\u3b9\u342\u3c2 \u3c3\u3c5\u3bd\u3b8\u3b7\u301\u3ba\u3b1\u3b9\u3c2, \u2020\u1f20\u300 \u3c5\u314\u3c6\u2019 \u1f41\u301\u3c4\u3bf\u3c5 \u3b1\u313\u3b4\u3b9\u3ba\u3b5\u3b9\u342\u2020. La nota discute proposte precedenti, sostenendo che sono insoddisfacenti, e congettura come il testo originario \u1f20\u300\u3bd \u3b4\u3b5\u300 \u3bc\u3b7\u300 \u3b5\u313\u3bc\u3bc\u3b5\u301\u3bd\u3c9\u3c3\u3b9 \u3c4\u3b1\u3b9\u342\u3c2 \u3c3\u3c5\u3bd\u3b8\u3b7\u301\u3ba\u3b1\u3b9\u3c2, \u1f20\u300 \u3c5\u314\u3c6\u2019 \u1f41\u301\u3c1\u3ba\u3bf\u3c5 \u3b1\u313\u3b4\u3b9\u3ba\u3c9\u342\u3c3\u3b9 \u201cqualora non rispettino i patti, oppure, vincolati da giuramento, commettano ingiustizia\u201d. The manuscript text of [X.] Ath. 2.17 gives impossible syntax and meaning: \u1f20\u300\u3bd \u3b4\u3b5\u300 \u3bc\u3b7\u300 \u3b5\u313\u3bc\u3bc\u3b5\u301\u3bd\u3c9\u3c3\u3b9 \u3c4\u3b1\u3b9\u342\u3c2 \u3c3\u3c5\u3bd\u3b8\u3b7\u301\u3ba\u3b1\u3b9\u3c2, \u2020\u1f20\u300 \u3c5\u314\u3c6\u2019 \u1f41\u301\u3c4\u3bf\u3c5 \u3b1\u313\u3b4\u3b9\u3ba\u3b5\u3b9\u342\u2020. The paper discusses previ- ous emendations, arguing that they are unsatisfactory, and conjectures that the original text was \u1f20\u300\u3bd \u3b4\u3b5\u300 \u3bc\u3b7\u300 \u3b5\u313\u3bc\u3bc\u3b5\u301\u3bd\u3c9\u3c3\u3b9 \u3c4\u3b1\u3b9\u342\u3c2 \u3c3\u3c5\u3bd\u3b8\u3b7\u301\u3ba\u3b1\u3b9\u3c2, \u1f20\u300 \u3c5\u314\u3c6\u2019 \u1f41\u301\u3c1\u3ba\u3bf\u3c5 \u3b1\u313\u3b4\u3b9\u3ba\u3c9\u342\u3c3\u3b9 \u201cin case they do not respect the agreements, or vio- late justice when under oath\u201d

Espunzioni e congetture antiche ad Euripide, Ecuba (vv. 1155-1156)

L'articolo mostra che gli scoli ad Euripide Ecuba 1156 ci attestano l'esistenza di una espunzione antica del v. 1155, e di una probabile congettura antica al v. 1156; l'espunzione non viene menzionata negli apparati delle edizioni pi\uf9 recenti

I codici Laur. C.S. 66 + C.S. 139, Urb. gr. 141 + Ambr. 441 (H 77 sup.) e la tradizione manoscritta di Sofocle

These four Sophoclean codices are the result of the dismemberment of two manuscripts, whose model(s) probably date from the late twelfth or thirteenth century