Δίδυμοι (fr. 11) 79
αγάλματα, ξόανα and the like, but that seems to be only his personal opinion
(ούκ εγωγε προσίεμαι). In general, see Donohue 1988, esp. 25-6, 33-7,169-71.
The word is used here as a metaphor for one insensitive or unperceptive;
cf. Alex. fr. 207.1-2 έλάνθανον / πάλαι περίπατων άνδριάς with Arnott 1996
ad loc.·, Ar. Nu. 1202-3 with Dover 1968 ad loc.·, Kassel 1983. 1-2. Herwerden
1903. 97 compares the similar use of άγαλμα, ξύλον and Latin stipes·, Killeen
1973. 60 compares Plaut. Pseud. 915 and Capt. 951 (with Lindsay 1900 ad loc.\
The further information at AB p. 223.4 (whence EMp. 213.6) Κυρηναϊοι δε τον
άναίσθητον βρέτας could derive from this play but is of little help. The only
play known to have been set in Cyrene is Plaut. Rudens and possibly its model,
usually thought to have been by Diphilus (cf. Marx 1928. 273-4; Webster 1970.
154); for the men of Cyrene and their reputation, see Eup. fr. 202; Arnott 1996
on Alex. fr. 242.