Vol. 42 No. 1 (2016): XLII - 2016
Articoli

Un improbabile <em>zetema</em> omerico (Strat. AP 12.4)

Published 2016-09-12

Keywords

  • Strato of Sardis,
  • Homer,
  • Greek epigram

Abstract

In the last line of Strato, AP 12.4, the placement of zetein before a quotation from Homer alludes to the widespread tradition of the Homeric zetemata – while creating a witty paradox, since there was nothing to ‘investigate’ in so trite an epic formula.