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Hellenistic Epigrams - A. S. F. Gow and D. L. Page: The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams. 2 vols. Pp. 1+264; v+719. Cambridge: University Press, 1965. Cloth, £12. 12s. net.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2009

Giuseppe Giangrande
Affiliation:
Birkbeck College, London.

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page 19 note 1 Cf. A.P. vi. 21. 1.

page 22 note 1 Cf. ζωροπ⋯ται in line 1843.

page 23 note 1 On εὒαγρος λ⋯χος, of a non-military, venatory ‘embuscade’ Soph. O.C. 1088, cf. Chantraine, Et. vocab. gr., p. 45; ⋯λκ⋯εις (of warrior e.g. Ap. Rh. i. 71, 191 and fr. 12. 3 Pow.) is used at A.P. vi. 277 (cf. Gow–Page 1375), in enallage, of Artemis, the huntress par excellence. Many examples in the Oppians, cf. (I quote at random) Cyn. i. 86 θ⋯ρης…μ⋯λον, iv. 114, Hal. v. 245 ff., Cyn. i. 194 f., 202, Hal. iv. 554 f. (δριμὺς ἄρης ⋯νυαλ⋯οιο κυδοιμο⋯), Hal. iii. 304 (⋯λκ⋯ν…μαρναμ⋯νωnu;), Cyn. ii. 475 ff., iv. 148 (⋯ν⋯ρες ⋯λκ⋯εντες), Hal. iii. 44.

page 23 note 2 For similar ‘humoristische Kinderszenen’ cf. now K. Ziegler, Das hellenistische Epos, 2 Leipzig, 1966, pp. 38 ff. Mr. E. K. Borthwick draws my attention to the jocular κερκώπην θηρευσαμ⋯νη καλ⋯μῳ in Aristoph. fr. 51, which he will discuss in a forthcoming paper.