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Θησεύς (fr. 20)
fr. 20 K.-A. (19 K.)
δτε τάς μορίας ετρωγεν ώσπερ <καί) Πλάτων
μορίας ΒΡ: μωρίας F2 ώσπερ καί Hermann: ώσπερεί Meineke: ώσπερ BPF2
when he ate the sacred olives just like Plato
D.L. 3.26
άλλα καί Άναξανδρίδης έν Θησεϊ·-
But also Anaxandrides in Theseus:-
Metre lambic trimeter.
Discussion Hemsterhuis 1811. 323-4 (on Ar. Pl. 926); Hermann ap. Hiibner
1828-1831 1.212 n. h; Meineke 1840 III. 170; 1847. 578; Bothe 1855. 422; Meineke
1857 V.clxxvii; Kock 1884 11.142; Edmonds 1959 11.52—5; Kassel-Austin 1991
11.247; Sanchis Llopis et al. 2007. 249
Citation Context Book 3 of Diogenes is devoted to Plato; a long section
(3.25-28) is given over to listing quotations from comic poets that mention, and
ostensibly mock, the philosopher. The fragments show no discernible order, but
this one appears second, after Theopomp. Com. fr. 16 and before a dozen others.
Text A long syllable is lacking before Πλάτων. Hermann’s <καί) offers better
sense than Meineke’s ώσπερεί, but for possible examples of ώσπερεί corrupted
to ώσπερ, cf. Antiph. fr. 227.5; Eub. fr. 62.
Interpretation Theseus was served, or at least offered, olives by Hecale at
Call. Hec. fr. 36 (cf. Iamb. 4.77); this fragment may allude to a similar context.
τάς μορίας Sacred olives that belonged to and were protected by the
state and fell under the jurisdiction of the Areopagus; they were thought to
be descended from the olive tree planted by Athena on the Acropolis. These
olives originally provided the oil for the Panathenaea (Suda μ 1248; ΣΕ Ar.
Nu. 1005; Σ S. OC 701), but eventually it was furnished from any trees on
the land where the sacred olives grew (Arist. Ath. 60.2 with Rhodes 1981 ad
loci). For the sacred olives and laws pertaining to them, see Papazarkadas
2011. 260-84; Arist. Ath. 60.2 with Rhodes 1981 ad loc.·, Carey 1989 114-15
(on Lys. 7). Although the term could be applied to any such olives, those in
the Academy were particularly well-known (Ar. Nu. 1005; Σ S. OC 701, 705),
suggesting the comparison with Plato (PA 11855; PAA 775000); for a general
account of the Academy and its topography, see Travlos 1971. 42-51.
Θησεύς (fr. 20)
fr. 20 K.-A. (19 K.)
δτε τάς μορίας ετρωγεν ώσπερ <καί) Πλάτων
μορίας ΒΡ: μωρίας F2 ώσπερ καί Hermann: ώσπερεί Meineke: ώσπερ BPF2
when he ate the sacred olives just like Plato
D.L. 3.26
άλλα καί Άναξανδρίδης έν Θησεϊ·-
But also Anaxandrides in Theseus:-
Metre lambic trimeter.
Discussion Hemsterhuis 1811. 323-4 (on Ar. Pl. 926); Hermann ap. Hiibner
1828-1831 1.212 n. h; Meineke 1840 III. 170; 1847. 578; Bothe 1855. 422; Meineke
1857 V.clxxvii; Kock 1884 11.142; Edmonds 1959 11.52—5; Kassel-Austin 1991
11.247; Sanchis Llopis et al. 2007. 249
Citation Context Book 3 of Diogenes is devoted to Plato; a long section
(3.25-28) is given over to listing quotations from comic poets that mention, and
ostensibly mock, the philosopher. The fragments show no discernible order, but
this one appears second, after Theopomp. Com. fr. 16 and before a dozen others.
Text A long syllable is lacking before Πλάτων. Hermann’s <καί) offers better
sense than Meineke’s ώσπερεί, but for possible examples of ώσπερεί corrupted
to ώσπερ, cf. Antiph. fr. 227.5; Eub. fr. 62.
Interpretation Theseus was served, or at least offered, olives by Hecale at
Call. Hec. fr. 36 (cf. Iamb. 4.77); this fragment may allude to a similar context.
τάς μορίας Sacred olives that belonged to and were protected by the
state and fell under the jurisdiction of the Areopagus; they were thought to
be descended from the olive tree planted by Athena on the Acropolis. These
olives originally provided the oil for the Panathenaea (Suda μ 1248; ΣΕ Ar.
Nu. 1005; Σ S. OC 701), but eventually it was furnished from any trees on
the land where the sacred olives grew (Arist. Ath. 60.2 with Rhodes 1981 ad
loci). For the sacred olives and laws pertaining to them, see Papazarkadas
2011. 260-84; Arist. Ath. 60.2 with Rhodes 1981 ad loc.·, Carey 1989 114-15
(on Lys. 7). Although the term could be applied to any such olives, those in
the Academy were particularly well-known (Ar. Nu. 1005; Σ S. OC 701, 705),
suggesting the comparison with Plato (PA 11855; PAA 775000); for a general
account of the Academy and its topography, see Travlos 1971. 42-51.