Γεροντομανία (fr. 9)

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Hunter 1983.140 η. 1). Philemon took the actor’s prize twice at the Lenaia, first
in the late 370s BC, and the reference to him at Aeschin. 1.115 shows that he
was still alive in the late 340s BC, but neither fact helps date this play. The dates
that have been proposed, 367-365 BC (Schiassi), 370-360 BC (Breitenbach),
and 360-350 BC (Webster) are all plausible, but none is more than guesswork
or does more than place the play in the central part of Anaxandrides’ career.
Since the speakers of fr. 9 are probably old men reminiscing about their youth,
or at least their younger days, by recalling courtesans active in the earlier
part of the fourth century, the play is perhaps best placed at late as possible.

fr. 9 K.-A. (9 K.)
τήν έκ Κορίνθου Λαίδ’ οίσθα; (Β.) πώς γάρ ού,
τήν ήμετέρειόν γ’; (Α.) ήν εκείνη τις φίλη
Άντεια. (Β.) καί τοϋθ’ ήμέτερον ήν παίγνιον.
(Α.) νή τον Δί’ ήνθει τότε Λαγίσκη ψ ήν δε τότε
5 καί Θεολύτη μάλ’ ευπρόσωπος καί καλή,
ύπέφαιν’ έσομένη δ’ Ώκιμον λαμπρά πάνυ
habet Α
2 ήμετέρειόν Abresch: ημεριον Α: Ύκκαραίαν Schweighausen ίμερόεσσαν Bothe γ’
add. Kaibel ήν δ’ Olson φίλη Musurus: φιάλη Α 4 Λαγίσκιον· τότε
Jacobs: -σκιον, τότ’ ήν Meineke: -σκη γ’, ήν τότε Bothe: -σκ’, ήνθει τότε Kaibel: fort,
-σκη (vel -σκα ?) καί Φίλα (καί - Olson): -σκη καί τότε Handley 5 Νεολύτη C:
Νεαλύτη Ε 6 λαμπρά Dobree: -όν Α
Do you know the one from Corinth, Lais? (B.) How could I not
know my own? (A.) She had a friend,
Anteia. (B). She too was my plaything.
(A.) Yes, by Zeus, Lagiske was flowering then [corrupt]
5 and Theolyte was quite comely and fair,
while Okimon gave indication that she would be utterly lovely
Ath. 13.570d-e
μνημονεύει δέ τής Λάίδος καί Άναξανδρίδης έν Γεροντομανία καί άλλας εταίρας διά
τούτων·-
Anaxandrides in Gerontomania also mentions Lais and other hetairai in the following

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