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POxy XXX 2513: Iphigenia in the Corinthiaca of Eumelus
| May 9, 2012 | Posted by Andrea Debiasi under Blog, Epigraphy/Papyrology, Language/Literature, Mythology/Religion |
What follows is the text of the presentation I gave on the occasion of the CHS Research Symposium (April 28, 2012). I am glad to post it here, since I find it representative of the type of research on Eumelus I could conduct in this very special and conducive environment. A more detailed discussion on this topic will appear soon in a scholarly journal. I take advantage of this post to thank the entire Staff of the CHS as well as my fellow Fellows for their support, assistance and friendship. * In a 2003 essay, I argued for an early date of the epic fragment preserved in POxy LIII 3698 (2nd century) [1]. Its Argonautic subject features both Orpheus and Mopsus: the former plays the lyre [2] the latter delivers a prophetic speech concerning the wedding between Medea and Jason. This fits very well the Corinthiaca of Eumelus. Moreover, the… more
Toward a commented edition of Eumelus
| January 31, 2012 | Posted by Andrea Debiasi under Blog, Epigraphy/Papyrology, History, Language/Literature |
Similar to other fellows, in my first post I am presenting my main research project. In the course of nearly a decade, the interest in and knowledge about the epic material attributed to Eumelus of Corinth has grown remarkably. On this area, I myself have endeavored to contribute via a series of studies beginning in 2003 to the present, including the monograph L’epica perduta. Eumelo, il Ciclo, l’occidente (Rome, «L’Erma» di Bretschneider, 2004). Now I feel the time is ripe to draft an edition that assembles the testimonia and fragments of Eumelus with a detailed introduction and commentary. The task is fairly compelling considering the absence of such a comprehensive resource in the current literature of studies on Greek epics. The commented edition I propose will consider the latest exegetical essays and some conjectural accounts of attribution (mostly mine) that considerably enrich the material collected in the modern editions (without… more
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