Once upon a Time on Cos: A Banquet with Pan on the Side in Theocritus "Idyll 7"

Clauss, James J.

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“…Gow (1952) 2.131;Wilamowitz (1924) ii.142. Clauss (2003) 289 notes that the parallels Gow adduces support both Wilamowitz' interpretation and his own. 37 Wilamowitz (1924) ii.136.…”

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“…Scholars debate the exact significance of the opening words ἦς χρόνος ἁνίκα ("there was a time when," 7.1), but it seems certain that it "implies that the epoch referred to is closed, or the state of update. Recent discussions include Clauss (2003), Payne (2007), Morrison (2007), Klooster (2011), andFoster (2016). 34 Reitzenstein initiated the theory of the masquerade bucolique (1893).…”

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The Programmatic Idylls of Theocritus

Klooster¹

2021

Brill's Companion to Theocritus

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“…Gow (1952) 2.131;Wilamowitz (1924) ii.142. Clauss (2003) 289 notes that the parallels Gow adduces support both Wilamowitz' interpretation and his own. 37 Wilamowitz (1924) ii.136.…”

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The Programmatic Idylls of Theocritus

Klooster¹

2021

Brill's Companion to Theocritus

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“…The much-debated question of Lycidas’ identity is of little relevance for the purposes of the present paper; see most recently: Hubbard (1998) 24–6; Clauss (2003); Livrea (2004); Moscadi (2007); Payne (2007) 114–45; Ruggi (2011). For Simichidas’ identity see below.…”

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IDYLL 7AND THEHYMN TO HERMES

Rudoni

2015

Camb. class. j.

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Simichidas' self-presentation as a poet at Theocritus 7.37 is modelled on Apollo's self-presentation as a musician atHomeric Hymn to Hermes450. Through this allusion, in his own Dichterweihe as a bucolic poet Simichidas hints at the invention of the bucolic genre by Hermes. The reference is crafted so as to point self-reflexively to its status as reference; in particular, the expression καὶ γὰρ ἐγώ (‘I too’) of line 37 functions as an intertextual signpost. If Simichidas is a literary projection of Theocritus, the allusion has important implications for our understanding of his self-positioning within the poetical tradition.

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Numbers and Acrostics: Two Notes on Jason’s Prayer at Pagasae in Apollonius’ Argonautica

McPhee¹

2017

jhs

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This paper presents two notes relating to Jason’s prayer to Apollo before the launch of the Argo in Apollonius’ Argonautica (1.415–419). In both cases, I examine what may be termed the “subtextual” facets of the passage: textual data that are significant—productive of meaningful interpretation—and yet hardly apparent on a surface-level reading of the poem. The first note concerns the changing total number of crewmembers aboard the Argo, an evolving figure which Apollonius encourages the reader to track as the narrative progresses. The second proposes a new acrostic that “completes” the ΑΚΤΙΑ acrostic that Selina Stewart recently discovered in Jason’s prayer. In each case, I draw different conclusions from these subliminal data, which have ramifications for questions of gender and inclusivity in Jason’s crew and the role of the gods in the poem. Both readings, however, are a testament to the careful design and unity of purpose that runs through the epic.

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Once upon a Time on Cos: A Banquet with Pan on the Side in Theocritus "Idyll 7"

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The Programmatic Idylls of Theocritus

The Programmatic Idylls of Theocritus

IDYLL 7AND THEHYMN TO HERMES

Numbers and Acrostics: Two Notes on Jason’s Prayer at Pagasae in Apollonius’ Argonautica

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