Vol. 37 No. 3 (2011): XXXVII - 2011, fascicolo 3
Articoli

Eine in Vergessenheit geratene Konjektur zu Quintus von Smyrna, <em>Posthomerica</em> 1.95

Published 2012-07-11

Keywords

  • textual criticism,
  • greek epic

Abstract

It is suggested to change in Quintus Smyrnaeus Posthomerica 1.95 the difficult phrase νῆας δὲ πυρὸς καθύπερθε βαλέσθαι simply into νῆας δὲ πυρῆς καθύπερθε βαλέσθαι according to a forgotten proposal made by Jakob Theodor Struve: Penthesilea boasts to throw the ships of the Greeks as an additional offering above the funeral pyres of the slaughtered heroes.