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Category Archives: Curculio: Greek
Frigidus Lusus
After uploading my first published article two days ago, I thought I should add the second today, also on Marcus Argentarius. This one involves an obscene pun on the name of Antigone – not the Sophoclean protagonist but a probably-fictional … Continue reading
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A Metrical Joke in ‘Theognis’?
Back to finishing up some long-unfinished papers in my files, I’ve just uploaded a page on two passages of the Theognidea (PDF here).
How Many Hetaerae? Pindaric Arithmetic in the Skolion to Xenophon of Corinth
Here is the third and last of the Pindarica that have been lying half-finished in my files for many years. The PDF is here.
Whose Eyes? Pindar, Ol. 3.12
Here’s another Pindaricum: there will be one more tomorrow on his most twisted poem, and the I will be all Pindared out for the foreseeable future. The PDF is here.
Foiled Again: Pindar O. 11.1-6
Here’s a paper on a Greek topic, for a change, my first Pindaricum. The PDF is here.
Making Change for a Tripod
Today’s paper is on a Greek topic for a change (hmm: just noticed that’s a pun): ‘Making Change for a Tripod: A Footnote on Homeric Economics (Iliad 23.736-37)’. The PDF is here.
Plain and Simple: Marcus Argentarius IV G-P (A.P. 5.89)
(Note: I hope someone will let me know if the Greek comes out wrong, and if so what browser and operating system were in use. On my screen, it looks fine except that acute accents not combined with breathings are … Continue reading
