Archilochus'ῥυσμός: Take on Fragments 128 and 129 West

Abstract

The paper presents a new interpretation of Archilochus’ fragments 128 and 129 West. It argues that the two fragments were part of the same poem. The argument is based on a narrative pattern underlying both fragments and on a new interpretation of the meaning of the word ῥυσμός in v. 7 of fragment 128 West as “a hostile temper or disposition”.