Αντέρως (Anteros)
(‘Anteros’)

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Discussion Meineke 18391.369; 1840 III. 164; 1847. 575; Bothe 1855. 420; Kock
188411.138; Edmonds 195911.48—9; Webster 1970. 83; Kassel-Austin 199111.241;
Sanchis Llopis et al. 2007. 242
Title Antiphanes and Nicostratus both wrote an Αντερώσα. For the correct
form of the title (έν Αντερώντι A), see test. 5.14.
Αντέρως is ‘reciprocated love’ at Pl. Phdr. 255d (cf. the use of the verb at
A. Ag. 544; Bion fr. 12.1), and Paus 1.30.1 reports a statue of it in Athens as a
lover’s avenger (cf. Suda μ 497). More common in art, at least, is the depiction
of Eros and Anti-Eros as battling foes, like the relief Pausanias saw in Elis
(6.23.5; cf. LIMC s. v. Eros [III.l.935-6 with pls. 388-95]). The latter accords well
with the use of the verb at [E.] Rh. 184 and with αντεραστής (‘rival in love’)
at Ar. Eq. 733; Pl. R. 521b; Arist. Rh. 1388al4, and is probably what is meant
here. Of uncertain relevance is Αντέρως inscribed on a cup of the early fourth
quarter of the fourth century found in the South Stoa at Corinth (Corinth VII,
iii, 438); other cups from the same context bear dedications to personifications
(e. g. Love, Pleasure, Health) and to gods (Dionysus, Zeus Soter) associated
with drinking (cf. Green and Handley 2000. 369 with n. 10).
Content of the comedy The title might suggest a plot concerned with rival
lovers or perhaps with a character torn between two loves (e. g. love for his
wife or state vs. some predeliction).
Date One of the last plays of Anaxandrides mentioned in test. 5, it took fifth
place, probably at the Lenaia, at least two years after 352 BC. It thus almost
certainly belongs in the 340s BC, perhaps well into that decade.

fr. 7 K.-A. (7 K.)
περιστέρια γάρ εΐσάγων καί στρουθιά
habet A
Αντερώντι A
presenting pigeons and sparrows
Ath. 14.654b
Άναξανδρίδης έν Άντέρωτι·-
Anaxandrides in Anterds:-