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Ηρακλής (fr. 16)

fr. 16 K.-A. (15 K.)
ό μέν γάρ ευφυής τις είναι φαίνεται·
ώς δ’ εύρύθμως λαβών τό μελετητήριον
είτ’ έσχεδίασε δριμέως ψ ενπαπαι ψ
μεστός γενόμενος προς τον Άργάν βούλομαι
5 κωδωνίσας πέμψαι σ’ άγωνιούμενον,
ϊνα καί σύ νικάς τούς σοφιστάς, ώ φίλε
habet A
1 fort, ’φαίνετο 2 εύρύθμως Schweighausen εύρυθμος A 3 ενπαπαι Α: εν·
παπαπαπαϊ Olson: παπαϊ παπαϊ Casaubon: εύ μάλα παπαϊ Meineke: ‘εύγ’,’ είπα, ‘παί’
Edmonds
For he seems to be someone with natural talent.
And after taking up his instrument gracefully,
he then improvised piercingly, f enpapai f
Sated after testing you, I wish to send
5 you to compete against Argas,
so that you also might defeat the sophists, my friend
Ath. 14.638c-d
(de Arga) καί Άναξανδρίδης έν Ήρακλεϊ·-
Also Anaxandrides in Herakles:-


1 is a perfect trimeter; cf. fr. 57.3.

Discussion Meineke 1840 III.168; Bothe 1944. 35-6; Meineke 1847. 577-8;
Bothe 1855. 421; Meineke 1857 V.clxxvii, 80; Kock 1884 11.141; Schenkl 1891.
327; Blaydes 1896. 122; Herwerden 1903. 97; Edmonds 1959 11.50—3; Renehan
1976. 147-8; Kassel-Austin 1991 11.245—6; Sanchis Llopis et al. 2007. 246-7
Citation Context Within a long section on music and musicians (14.631e-
639a), Athenaeus alleges that Argas wrote indecent tunes and quotes two
fragments referring to him (Alex. fr. 19, followed by this fragment).