{"title":"The Sorrowful Song of Philomela (Aetna 586–587)","authors":"Lorenzo Vespoli","doi":"10.1515/phil-2020-0117","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper focuses on two lines of the poem Aetna that are generally considered to be corrupt (586–587). I suggest two emendations aimed at restoring a reasonable form of the text, consistent with the traditional portrait of the Pandionids. In order to solve the crux it is necessary to restore the two topoi related to the representation of the Pandionids after their metamorphoses: the place where they reside and the mourning song of the nightingale.","PeriodicalId":44663,"journal":{"name":"PHILOLOGUS","volume":"1 1","pages":"332 - 341"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2020-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"PHILOLOGUS","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1515/phil-2020-0117","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"CLASSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract This paper focuses on two lines of the poem Aetna that are generally considered to be corrupt (586–587). I suggest two emendations aimed at restoring a reasonable form of the text, consistent with the traditional portrait of the Pandionids. In order to solve the crux it is necessary to restore the two topoi related to the representation of the Pandionids after their metamorphoses: the place where they reside and the mourning song of the nightingale.
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Die Beiträge behandeln Probleme der griechischen und lateinischen Literatur, Geschichtsschreibung, Philosophie, Religionsgeschichte und Linguistik sowie ihrer Rezeption und der Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Ziel der Zeitschrift ist es, einen Beitrag zur Erhellung der geistigen Kultur der Antike und ihrer Wirkungsgeschichte zu leisten. "Philologus" is one of the oldest and most respected periodicals in the field of classical studies. Its articles investigate Greek and Roman literature, historiography, philosophy, history of religion, linguistics, and history of science. The journal contributes to reconstructing and understanding ancient intellectual culture and its lasting influence on European civilization.