Parthenius and Erycius

Sofrimentos de Amor

“…Clausen 1987: 5-8;Dyer 1996: 19-24. 14 Das escassas alusões a Parténio, destaca-se um epigrama nada abonatório, pertencente a Eurícion (AP 7.377). A controvérsia ganha relevo perante a associação do poeta referido, de nome Parténio, ao autor neotérico ora em apreço -evidência que críticos como Giangrande 1966 tentam provar. εἰ καὶ ὑπὸ χθονὶ κεῖται, ὅμως ἔτι καὶ κατὰ πίσσαν/ τοῦ μιαρογκώσσου χεύατε Παρθενίου,/ οὕνεκα Πιερίδεσσιν ἐνήμεσε μυρία κεῖνα/ φλέγματα καὶ μυσαρῶν ἀπλυσίην ἐλέγων./ ἤλασε καὶ μανίης ἐπὶ δὴ τόσον, ὥστ᾽ ἀγορεῦσαι/ πηλὸν Ὀδυσσείην καὶ βάτον Ἰλιάδα./ τοιγὰρ ὑπὸ ζοφίαισιν Ἐρινύσιν ἀμμέσον ἧπται/ Κωκυτοῦ κλοιῷ λαιμὸν ἀπαγχόμενος.…”

Catullan Recycling? <I>Cacata carta</I>

“…Cf. also S. 14) See Giangrande 1966, Seth-Smith 1981, Lightfoot 1999) Pãton is an emendation of Guyet for the nonsensical botÚn or bãton of the MSS but the reading has gained general acceptance; Skiadas (1965, 159-64), an excellent analysis of Erycius' epigram, treats pãton as certain. As Gow and Page (1968) note ad loc., phlÚn and pãton go well together contextually and alliteratively.…”

“…As Gow and Page (1968) note ad loc., phlÚn and pãton go well together contextually and alliteratively. Giangrande's (1983) attempt to argue against pãton and substitute bÒlon (= 'mud', in the sense of "Gefühllosigkeit") fails on all counts. 16) See especially Clausen 1964, also Crowther 1976, 65 n. 2, for a list of earlier proponents.…”