Πάνδαρος (fr. 39)

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fr. 39 K.-A. (38 K.)

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Άρεως νεοττός, καί Άρεως παιδίον, επί των θρασυτάτων. κέχρηται τω μέν
πρώτω Πλάτων Πεισάνδρω (fr. 112), τω δευτέρω Άναξανδρίδης f Πεισάνδρω
Άναξανδρίδης Hemsterhuis: Άλεξανδρίδης codd. Πεισάνδρω codd.: Πανδάρω
Meineke
Nestling of Ares, and child of Ares, regarding the very bravest. Plato in Peisander
used the first, and Anaxandrides in f Peisander f the second
Metre Uncertain (^^—or with synizesis in Άρεως).
Discussion Meineke 1839 1.373; 1840 III.181; 1847. 583; Bothe 1840. 426;
Meineke 1857 V.81; Kock 1884 11.150; Blaydes 1896. 123; Herwerden 1903. 98;
Edmonds 195911.60—1; Kassel-Austin 1991 11.257; Sanchis Llopis et al. 2007. 258
Text Anaxandrides is not otherwise known to have written a Peisander (a fact
not in itself necessarily significant), but the repetition of the title combined
with this fact suggests that Πεισάνδρω was mistakenly written twice and has
ousted the true title. Meineke conjectured Πανδάρω, presumably because of
the vague paleographic similarity, but his suggestion is not significantly more
probable than any other. The fragment is retained here in its traditional place,
but would probably be better placed among the incerta.
Αρεως παιδίον This proverbial designation is first attested at Ar. Av.
835, where it has the form Άρεος νεοττός; Dunbar 1995 ad loc. suggests a
connection with the Homeric tag όζος Άρηος (e.g. II. 2.540). Exhaustively
discussed at Spyridonidou-Skarsouli 1995 §55 (pp. 396-400), to which add Plu.
Mar. 46.8 έν άρχη Άρεως ώνομάζετο, ταχύ δε τοϊς εργοις έλεγχομένοις, αύθις
Αφροδίτης υιός εκαλείτο (adduced by K.-A. ad loci).