Ταξίαρχοι (fr. 268)

377

Interpretation A paragraphos between 11 and 12 marks the beginning of a
lemma, while another between 12 and 13 marks the beginning of a section
of commentary; 12 ος is also set slightly to the left of the material above and
below it.
άρκετός (first attested in the New Testament and Josephus) is not classi-
cal vocabulary, while a form of προσαρκέω (tragic vocabulary: S. OT 12; fr.
524.2; E. Hec. 862) would contract to e. g. dual προσαρκεΐτον. Luppe 1980. 41
accordingly argued that 12 was the remains of one short gloss ]ος· άρκετόν (]
os: sufficient”), while 12-13 λόγω[ άν]τι τού άμφότεροι (“two words: in
place of ‘both’”; the papyrus λογω had already been taken for a dual by Lobel)
was a second, with the two divided by what he took to be a larger than usual
amount of space between -τον and λόγω. There is room for only about four
letters between λογω and [ccv-]at the end of 12.

fr. 268d = 268.13-15 K.-A.
[ού]κ οίσθ’ Άρη μοι τοΰνο[μ — ]oc — —
[ού]κ suppl. Lobel τοΰνο[μ]α suppl. Lobel: τοϋνο[μ’ άρ]α Handley : τουνο[μ’, ώ
νεανί]α Luppe
Are you unaware that my name is Ares?
or: You’re unaware that my name is Ares!

Meter lambic trimeter.
—— -Ι-^θ x<-^->
Context POxy. 2740 fr. 1.13-16 = fr. 268.13-16 K.-A.
[ού-
κ οίσθ’ Άρη μοι τοϋνο[μ
is oc Άρης ό Φορμίω[ν έ-
πεκαλεϊτο κό[
15 suppl. Lobel

Interpretation A paragraphos between 13 and 14, together with the fact that
15 κ is set slightly to the left of the material above and below it, mark the
beginning of a lemma. That the speaker is Phormio is an obvious conclusion

Are
you unaware that my name is Ar-
is es? Phormio was nicknamed
“Ares”. ko[