Ταξίαρχοι (fr. 268)

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Context POxy. 2740 add. fr. 1 col. 1.1-17 = fr. 268.76-92 K.-A.
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γραψ[
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δετη[
δεσφ[
so των
δεδρα[
τωιτη[
ωσοδε[
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ξενοκ[
85 τοιδε[
ποιη[
οδερ[
τωνδε [
...ιειρηί
>-
90 πέπληκτ[
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τάπαρίστ[ερ
χροτητ[
Interpretation None of the material in 76-89 is set left, but paragraphoi none-
theless stand between 77 and 78 and between 83 and 84, suggesting divisions
between lemma and commentary. Paragraphoi between 89 and 90 and between
90 and 91, together with the fact that 90 and 91 are both set slightly to the left
of the material in 89 above and 92 below, show that 90 and 91 are two separate
lemmata, the first of which must have been followed by a very short note.
At 84 ξενοκ[, Lobel detected a reference to the tragic poet Xenocles son
of Carcinus (PA 11222; PAA 732205; TrGF33).
Austin suggested that 92 χροτητ[ might conceal [ψυ]χρότητ[ (literally
“frigidity”, a negative aesthetic judgment; cf. fr. 261.3 with n.) that would
represent a gloss on 91 “left-handed” in the sense “the wrong way around,
clumsy” (e.g. Pherecr. fr. 155.12; Ephipp. fr. 23.2; Men. fr. 236.2; Theognet. fr.
1.7; adesp. com. fr. 1017.68; cf. fr. 318 n.).