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Σώσ ίππος (fr. 45)
243
fr. 45 Κ.-Α. (44 Κ.)
ΣατΗ. II. 23.1b1
π τ ό λ ι ν · Κυπρίων των έν Σαλαμϊνι ή λέξις- κεϊται δέ καί παρά κωμικω Άναξανδρίδη
έν Σωσίππω
πτόλιν Τ: κατά πτόλιν Α κυπριών Τ: πτόλιν. κυπριών Α: πόλιν. κυπριών Villoison
παρά AT: παρά τω Meineke Άναξανδρίδρ Meineke: Άλεξανδρίδη Τ: om. Α
City. (This form of) the word is used by the Cypriots in Salamis. It occurs also in the
comic poet Anaxandrides in Sdsippos
ΣΤ Η. II. 23.2 b2
ότι τό πτόλιν καί παρά κωμικοϊς
(This form of the word) ‘city’ (occurs) also in comic poets
Metre Uncertain.
Discussion Meineke 1839 1.373; 1840 III.191; 1847. 587; Bothe 1855. 429-30;
Meineke 1857 V.81; Kock 1884 11.155; Edmonds 1959 11.70—1; Kassel-Austin
1991 11.265; Sanchis Llopis et al. 2007. 265
Citation context The scholia to the Iliad cite Anaxandrides’ use of the word
as part of the discussion of the word in Η. Il 23.1 ώς οϊ μέν στενάχοντο κατά
πτόλιν· αύτάρ Αχαιοί. Since the word is common in elevated poetry both
generally (see below) and in the phrase κατά πτόλιν (e. g. A.R. 1.247 [same
metrical position]; A. Th. 6; E. Andr. 699), but almost non-existent in comedy,
Anaxandrides is a far from obvious parallel to cite. The obscurity of the ref-
erence might thus suggest that its ultimate source was a work of Hellenistic
scholarship on epic diction or epic parody in the comic poets. If Anaxandrides
did parody Η. II. 23.1-2, a political point is easy to imagine (e. g. ‘there was
much groaning throughout the city when they came to the islands [i. e. νήσους
for the Homeric νήας) and the Hellespont’), but the possibilities are legion and
such spectulation is largely fruitless.
Interpretation A common form of the word in Homer (e.g. II. 2.130; Od.
2.383), tragedy (e.g. A. Ag. 595; E. Ph. 250; Ba. 216; not in S.) and other high-
style poetry; see Friis Johansen-Whittle 1980 on A. Su. 699 for further exam-
ples of this and related forms in tragedy, together with brief discussion and
bibliography. Despite the claim at ΣΤ Η. II. 23.2 that the word is used παρά
κωμικοϊς, this is the only extant example in comedy.114 Since the form πτόλ- is
114 The only comparable form in comedy is άμφιπτολεμοπηδησίστρατος (although
from πόλεμος rather than πόλις) at Eup. fr. 424.
243
fr. 45 Κ.-Α. (44 Κ.)
ΣατΗ. II. 23.1b1
π τ ό λ ι ν · Κυπρίων των έν Σαλαμϊνι ή λέξις- κεϊται δέ καί παρά κωμικω Άναξανδρίδη
έν Σωσίππω
πτόλιν Τ: κατά πτόλιν Α κυπριών Τ: πτόλιν. κυπριών Α: πόλιν. κυπριών Villoison
παρά AT: παρά τω Meineke Άναξανδρίδρ Meineke: Άλεξανδρίδη Τ: om. Α
City. (This form of) the word is used by the Cypriots in Salamis. It occurs also in the
comic poet Anaxandrides in Sdsippos
ΣΤ Η. II. 23.2 b2
ότι τό πτόλιν καί παρά κωμικοϊς
(This form of the word) ‘city’ (occurs) also in comic poets
Metre Uncertain.
Discussion Meineke 1839 1.373; 1840 III.191; 1847. 587; Bothe 1855. 429-30;
Meineke 1857 V.81; Kock 1884 11.155; Edmonds 1959 11.70—1; Kassel-Austin
1991 11.265; Sanchis Llopis et al. 2007. 265
Citation context The scholia to the Iliad cite Anaxandrides’ use of the word
as part of the discussion of the word in Η. Il 23.1 ώς οϊ μέν στενάχοντο κατά
πτόλιν· αύτάρ Αχαιοί. Since the word is common in elevated poetry both
generally (see below) and in the phrase κατά πτόλιν (e. g. A.R. 1.247 [same
metrical position]; A. Th. 6; E. Andr. 699), but almost non-existent in comedy,
Anaxandrides is a far from obvious parallel to cite. The obscurity of the ref-
erence might thus suggest that its ultimate source was a work of Hellenistic
scholarship on epic diction or epic parody in the comic poets. If Anaxandrides
did parody Η. II. 23.1-2, a political point is easy to imagine (e. g. ‘there was
much groaning throughout the city when they came to the islands [i. e. νήσους
for the Homeric νήας) and the Hellespont’), but the possibilities are legion and
such spectulation is largely fruitless.
Interpretation A common form of the word in Homer (e.g. II. 2.130; Od.
2.383), tragedy (e.g. A. Ag. 595; E. Ph. 250; Ba. 216; not in S.) and other high-
style poetry; see Friis Johansen-Whittle 1980 on A. Su. 699 for further exam-
ples of this and related forms in tragedy, together with brief discussion and
bibliography. Despite the claim at ΣΤ Η. II. 23.2 that the word is used παρά
κωμικοϊς, this is the only extant example in comedy.114 Since the form πτόλ- is
114 The only comparable form in comedy is άμφιπτολεμοπηδησίστρατος (although
from πόλεμος rather than πόλις) at Eup. fr. 424.