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Atreid ancestors in Alkaios*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Renaud Gagné
Renaud Gagné
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University of Cambridge
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Abstract:

Alkaios refers to Pittakos as one who has ‘acquired an Atreid wife’ in fragment 70 Voigt. This paper looks at the connotations of that statement in the text of the Lesbian poet, and its significance for the history of the Greek idea of ancestral fault.

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The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 129 , November 2009 , pp. 39 - 43
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Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 2009

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