Νέαιρα (fr. 26)
201
ήνίκ’ έτι The combination of these particular adverbs is very rare in the
classical period (cf. X. HG 5.3.4). Much more common is δτε έτι, which, remar-
kably, is used by Apollodorus when he mentions Neaeras past, when she was
hired by Nicarete to offer her services to customers: [D.] 59.108 μισθωθεΐσα ΰπό
τής Νικαρέτης, δτε έτι έκείνης ήν. Also common is the use of the simple ήνίκα,
which introduces the description of a period which has passed; cf. Cratin. fr. 57
(Δραπετίδης) ήν γάρ έξελεύθερός μοι πατρικός, ήνίκ’ αύτός ήν; Ar. Ach. 708
έκεΐνος ήνίκ’ ήν Θουκυδίδης “when he was a real Thucydides, i.e. at his height”;
Pax 314 ήνίκα ένθάδ’ ήν (for Cleon).
4 έφ’ έκάστω “every time I visited her”, cf. Kock II (1884) 462 {ad loc.) “ad
singulos coitus obtinendos”.
4-5 τής θύρας άπεκλειόμην The motif of the amator exclusus, which
first occurs in Euripides’ Cyclops (495-502), is also found in Aristophanes (Ec.
938-75) and in Roman comedy; cf. Ter. Eun. 49 exlusit; revocat: redeam? non
si me obsecret “She shut me out, she calls me back; should I go back? Not if she
begged me!”; Ad. 119, Andr. 386. See Copley 1956,140; Tromaras 2005,188-9. This
motif should perhaps be traced in Timocl. fr. 10 [ Epistolai] οϊμοι κακοδαίμων, ώς
έρώ; com. adesp. fr. 1147. 6-7 πάσαν ώραν γάρ, μέσ[ων / νυκτών έωθεν έσπέρας,
άποκλείομα[ι.
fr. 26 Κ.-Α. (24 Κ.)
έπειτα διά τε ταΰτ’ άναρίστητος ών
διά τε Kuster: τό διά τε codd.: διά γε Bernhardy
and then, not having a lunch for these reasons
Metre lambic trimeter
Discussion Meineke III (1840); Kock II (1884) 462; PCG VII (1989) 774.
Sud. a 2048
άνάριστος, μάλλον δε άναρίστητος ... Τιμοκλής Νεαίρα (-αν codd., corr. Leopardus) ·
έπειτα - ών
anaristos or rather anaristetos; Timocles in Neaera; and - reasons
Citation context The fragment is transmitted by Suda, under the entry άνάριστος,
where it is noted that the form άναρίστητος is preferable; this is corroborated by
the citation of Ar. fr. 470 and Antiph. fr. 139, whereas for άνάριστος Men. fr. 821
and PIb. 3.71.10 are cited (but the latter author is not named); see Arnott 1996, 663.
201
ήνίκ’ έτι The combination of these particular adverbs is very rare in the
classical period (cf. X. HG 5.3.4). Much more common is δτε έτι, which, remar-
kably, is used by Apollodorus when he mentions Neaeras past, when she was
hired by Nicarete to offer her services to customers: [D.] 59.108 μισθωθεΐσα ΰπό
τής Νικαρέτης, δτε έτι έκείνης ήν. Also common is the use of the simple ήνίκα,
which introduces the description of a period which has passed; cf. Cratin. fr. 57
(Δραπετίδης) ήν γάρ έξελεύθερός μοι πατρικός, ήνίκ’ αύτός ήν; Ar. Ach. 708
έκεΐνος ήνίκ’ ήν Θουκυδίδης “when he was a real Thucydides, i.e. at his height”;
Pax 314 ήνίκα ένθάδ’ ήν (for Cleon).
4 έφ’ έκάστω “every time I visited her”, cf. Kock II (1884) 462 {ad loc.) “ad
singulos coitus obtinendos”.
4-5 τής θύρας άπεκλειόμην The motif of the amator exclusus, which
first occurs in Euripides’ Cyclops (495-502), is also found in Aristophanes (Ec.
938-75) and in Roman comedy; cf. Ter. Eun. 49 exlusit; revocat: redeam? non
si me obsecret “She shut me out, she calls me back; should I go back? Not if she
begged me!”; Ad. 119, Andr. 386. See Copley 1956,140; Tromaras 2005,188-9. This
motif should perhaps be traced in Timocl. fr. 10 [ Epistolai] οϊμοι κακοδαίμων, ώς
έρώ; com. adesp. fr. 1147. 6-7 πάσαν ώραν γάρ, μέσ[ων / νυκτών έωθεν έσπέρας,
άποκλείομα[ι.
fr. 26 Κ.-Α. (24 Κ.)
έπειτα διά τε ταΰτ’ άναρίστητος ών
διά τε Kuster: τό διά τε codd.: διά γε Bernhardy
and then, not having a lunch for these reasons
Metre lambic trimeter
Discussion Meineke III (1840); Kock II (1884) 462; PCG VII (1989) 774.
Sud. a 2048
άνάριστος, μάλλον δε άναρίστητος ... Τιμοκλής Νεαίρα (-αν codd., corr. Leopardus) ·
έπειτα - ών
anaristos or rather anaristetos; Timocles in Neaera; and - reasons
Citation context The fragment is transmitted by Suda, under the entry άνάριστος,
where it is noted that the form άναρίστητος is preferable; this is corroborated by
the citation of Ar. fr. 470 and Antiph. fr. 139, whereas for άνάριστος Men. fr. 821
and PIb. 3.71.10 are cited (but the latter author is not named); see Arnott 1996, 663.