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Theocritus and Herodas

H. Kynaston

The Classical Review / Volume 6 / Issue 03 / March 1892, pp 85 - 86 DOI: 10.1017/S0009840X00184963, Published online: 27 October 2009

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MARCH 1892.

THEOCRITUS AND HERODAS.

THERE are not a few passages in which The word juarapms, too, very rare in the Theocritus and Herodas mutually illustrate feminine, occurs in Theoc. Id. ii. 70 and one another : and it may be expected that in Herodas vi. 55. The custom also of the writings of the former will materially borrowing smart clothes for special occasions assist the work of deciphering the text of (although it was not peculiar to that age or the latter. country) is alluded to in this same Idyll, 1. We should naturally look to those Idylls 74, and in Herodas vi. 26, as pointed out by of Theocritus which are distinctly Mimic Dr. Rutherford. for the most frequent instances of resem- In Idyll xiv. I have not noticed anything blance, presuming that both poets were besides the introduction of the proverb imitators of Sophron, or at all events pre- fivs avri, ®v(Lvi)^€, yevfieOa Trtircras, served certain traditions or characteristics with which compare Herodas ii. 62 of the Mime which were originated (?) by Triirovda irp68e yfohe ^acrKovoTj ; he is inextricably entangled in something /J.3.. fx.tj TIV wprjv o>v Atyw imrolriTai, particularly disagreeable 1 It certainly has t(TTr)K€ 8' Is I* 6p€vo~a>veu)- irdXiv KaOev&us ;—vii. 5. rather digressing. Let us go on to Idyll tyvAAa, /At^pis rev KCLarei peyKovaa.;— xv. viii. 1. The commencement of this Idyll (as Dr. The occurrence of such expressions is a Rutherford has pointed out) bears a very strong argument in favour of the theory strong resemblance to Herodas i. Compare that Mimes were really acted ; they would the ' is XP°V fiiX' dirotKcis (Theoc.) and NO. XLIX. VOL. VI. 86 THE CLASSICAL REVIEW. fj.aicpr]V aTroiKiW, T£KVOV, iv 8k Tijs Xavpgs re/xevos. That would not apply to the divine 6 irrj\oS trvfu.' ivSivevvri. (cat oi da Spi/jLeia ^oXa TTOTL pivl KaBiyrai. €/juj/vx, OVK ivvtpavrd. crocpov TI XPVf-' &v~ with Herod, vi. 37.— 0po>7Tos.—Theoc. xv. 79, 82. /J.r] Si), KoptTTOi, T-qv xpXrjV ITTI pivos with Herodas iv. 20 :— ?x' lOvs ?}v TI prj/xa //.}} KaXbv vevOy. fid. /u.5. ica\5>v, V iro$5)v yovv ei TI p,r) XiOos rovpyov rj iuxXaxorq TOV? XiOov; e$ov(Ti TTJV tjyr\v Oeivai. IK TTWW avrXeis hrjXov. and iv. 57.— with Herodas iv. 14.—• ravr' ipet's 'Adr/vair/v ov yap Tt iroXXr/v oi8' eroijxov avrXev/iev. yXvtj/ai TOI KoXd . . . and more. The expression uivaMrjv //.eyaXos in Theoc. Next in importance to these Mimic illus- xv. 55 may help to fill up the lacunae in trations come the indications of the date of Herodas i. 83, 84, thus— Herodas which are furnished by the com- im'trovtra tr' rjXOov, dXXa [jttaXXov uivdOrjv]. parison of his Mime i. with Theoc. Id. xvii. wv ovvcx *v Z*01) TvXXi, uiva\6-qAttic Greek (which after Theocritus had migrated to Alexandria in the word cpets is frequent in Herodas, as Dr. from Sicily, i.e. some time between 270 and Rutherford has noticed) is also met with in 266 B.C. The wealth of the king and the Theocritus, e.g. extent of his kingdom are enthusiastically 'Qpoiv TrtTrXvcrOai viv iirl KpdvauTL SoKcwreis.—i. described, 11. 76 foil., and the advantages of 150. a residence in Egypt are briefly summed up Tax' v Trepovd.iJ.aTa ^>acr€is.—XV. 79. says of Philadelphus (1. 121) that 'he is the apyupos, rj Tts 6 (JLUTOOS, cpcis, (S KIV v d§eXrp£>v

ADVERSARIA ON THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY.

While reading Mr. Mackail's delightful SioWres in a similar connexion, Theoc. book of selections I have jotted down the i. 38. following notes, which I should like to sub- A. P. vi. 30 (Sect. 2. vii. 7, 8). mit to his attention and that of other Keep the MS. reading and punctuate scholars who are concerning themselves with ®p€ij/ov en o-Traipov TO yepovnov, dXX diro yaujs, the Anthology. a>s iOiXeis p.cSe'wi' /cat x#oi't «at 7reXay€i. Anth. Pal. v. 237 (Mackail, Sect. 1. xxx. = ' since thou rulest as thou wilt equally on 5). land and sea.' "Ofi/iara 8' oi Xdovra vXdo-(reTar A. P. ix. 142 (Sect. 2. xxxv. 2). fjivovra Hecker. 8t o-TaXdovra al. The alteration of the MS. KCKCVOC into Read o/xfiara 8'oiSdovra, and cf. KVXOI- Xe'Xoyx« hardly commends itself. It is better