Notes on the Blemyomachia (P.Berol. 5003 + P.Gen. inv. 140 + P.Phoib. fr. 1a/6a/11c/12c)

Nikoletta Kanavou

doi:10.15661/tyche.2015.030.07

Notes on the Blemyomachia (P.Berol. 5003 + P.Gen. inv. 140 + P.Phoib. fr. 1a/6a/11c/12c)

Autor/innen

Nikoletta Kanavou Seminar für Klassische Philologie University of Heidelberg Marstallhof 2–4 69117 Heidelberg, Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15661/tyche.2015.030.07

Schlagworte:

Blemyomachia, Blemyes, papyri editions, poetic style, Homeric allusions

Abstract

The present article revisits editions of the late antique epic poem Blemyomachia and re-examines a number of uncertain readings in fragments 11 and 12. It further offers some new remarks on the poem's style and in particular on its Homeric allusions.