Vol. 49 (2023): XLIX - 2023
Articoli

Cinque note al De Mysteriis di Andocide

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  • Lorenzo Ferroni
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/prometheus-14841

Published 2023-06-21

Keywords

  • Andocides,
  • Attic orators,
  • Textual criticism,
  • History of 5th century Athens

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Abstract

The textual tradition of Andocides’ De Mysteriis is simple: codex unicus, almost no papyri, almost no indirect tradition. Editors are therefore bound to rely on their ingenium only. This paper discusses five passages of the oration, thus showing examples of some of the problems scholars have to face in studying it.

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