Όδυσσεύς (fr. 35)

167

Of such nicknames, which the Athenians used to say in jest, Anaxandrides in Odysseus
makes mention as follows:-
[8] Ath. 7.307e-f
Άναξανδρίδης Όδυσσεϊ (Όδ. om. CE)·-
Anaxandrides in Odysseus:-


Recitative iambic tetrameter catalectic is commonly used in hortatory passages;
see White 1912 §168 (§188 for examples from poets other than Aristophanes).
Here the relatively high proportion of resolved feet suggests a closer affinity
with the tetrameter White §173 characterizes as melodramatic, which is found
in debates. In Aristophanes, White §179 notes, ‘the chief pause is generally co-
incident with the close of the first colon,’ i. e. after the second metron; the same
is true here, in strong contrast to the apparent practice of Menander. On the
other hand, the relatively high degree of resolution seems closer to Menander’s
practice. For discussion of Menander’s use of the metre, see Handley 1965.61-2
and on 880-958 (p. 284 under (ii)).
Discussion Morelius 1553. 111-12; Grotius 1623. 640-1, 979; Toup 1775. 51;
Tyrwhitt ap. Toup 1790 IV.499-500; Person 1812. 81; Meineke 1840 III.177—9;
Bothe 1944. 36-7; Meineke 1847. 582; Bothe 1855. 424-5; Meineke 1857
V.clxxviii, 81; Kock 1884 11.148—9; Blaydes 1890a. 82; Bliimner 1891. 83-4,
114-15; Herwerden 1893. 158; Blaydes 1896. 123, 333; Herwerden 1896. 398-
400; Pickard-Cambridge 1900. 54-5, 186; Herwerden 1903. 98; Richards 1907.
160 (= 1909. 80); Edmonds 1959 11.58-61; Perusino 1968. 125-8, 145; Webster
1970. 40; Kassel-Austin 1991 11.255; Wilkins 2000. 80 n. 114; Olson 2007. J13;
Sanchis Llopis et al. 2007. 255-6; Rusten 2011. 465