Vol. 25 No. 2 (1999): XXV - 1999, Fascicolo 2
Articoli

Il proemio di Theocr. 17 e Simon. <i>IEG<sup>2</sup></i> fr. 11 W.: eroi, discendenti di semidei

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  • Marco Fantuzzi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14601/prometheus-16681

Published 2015-09-10

Keywords

  • Simonides,
  • Theocritus,
  • Ptolemy II
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Abstract

Defining heroes as ‘descended from demigods’, Theocritus (17.5) seems to have in mind the Simonidean phrase ἡμιθέων ὠκύμορον γενεήν (fr. 11.17 West2), while slightly changing its meaning. On a broader level, Simonides’ elegy appears to be Theocritus’ main model for the proem of his Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus.
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