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By John A. MacPhail Jr.

ISBN-10: 3110195437

ISBN-13: 9783110195439

The Homeric Questions of the thinker Porphyry (3rd cent. CE) is a vital paintings within the background of Homeric feedback. Porphyry applies the dictum that 'the poet explains himself' to resolve questions of interpretation in Homer. This re-creation of the questions about the Iliad gets rid of a lot that was once wrongly attributed to Porphyry within the outdated variation (1880). within the curiosity of the non-specialist, the recent textual content has a dealing with translation in English. The statement explains Porphyry´s arguments and the editor´s textual judgements.

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4] So in this way earrings are called “insertions” (hermata) from having being inserted: “And then she put earrings (hermata) in her well-pierced earlobes” (Il. 182). [5] And the foot of a bed [is] a “foundation” (hermis), a “support”, as it were, propped on the ground. [6] And “we killed a support (herma) of the city” (Od. 121), that is to say “the bulwark and foundation”, resulting from the fact that it [sc. the city] is supported (erƝreisthai) on the ground (era). [7] Also, an adornment around the neck is a hormos: “holding a golden necklace” (Od.

20 P. refutes Aristotle (Poetics 1454b): ijĮȞİȡઁȞ Ƞ੣Ȟ ੖IJȚ țĮ੿ IJ੹Ȣ ȜȪıİȚȢ IJ૵Ȟ ȝȪșȦȞ ਥȟ Į੝IJȠ૨ įİ૙ IJȠ૨ ȝȪșȠȣ ıȣȝȕĮȓȞİȚȞ, țĮ੿ ȝ੽ ਥȞ IJૌ ȂȘįİȓ઺ ਕʌઁ ȝȘȤĮȞોȢ țĮ੿ਥȞ IJૌ ੉ȜȚȐįȚ IJ੹ ʌİȡ੿ IJઁȞ ਕʌȩʌȜȠȣȞ. 21 The defense of Athena’s intervention is a precursor to Lesky’s concept of “double motivation”. 38 Text and Translation Ǻ 145 [1] IJઁ ੉ț੺ȡȚȠȞ ʌ੼ȜĮȖȠȢ (Il. 145) ʌȠȜ઄țȣȝંȞ ਥıIJȚ țĮ੿ IJĮȡĮȤ૵įİȢ, [2] IJૌ ȝ੻Ȟ ਕȞĮıʌȦȝ੼ȞȠȣ IJȠ૨ ૧ંșȠȣ ʌİȡ੿ ਡȝʌİȜȠȞ ਕțȡȦIJ੾ȡȚȠȞ IJોȢ Ȉ੺ȝȠȣ țĮ੿ ਕȞĮțȠʌIJȠȝ੼ȞȠȣ IJĮ૙Ȣ ȀȠȡıİĮ૙Ȣ, [3] ਥʌİȖİȚȡȠȝ੼ȞȦȞ į੻ țĮ੿ ϳįȚ੹ϴ IJ੹Ȣ IJ૵Ȟ ਕȞ੼ȝȦȞ ਥțȕȠȜ੹Ȣ ਥʌĮȜȜ੾ȜȦȞ țȣȝ੺IJȦȞ, [4] ʌİȡȚȕİȕȜȘȝ੼ȞȦȞ ʌĮȞIJĮȤંșİȞ ੰįİ IJ૶ ʌİȜ੺ȖİȚ Ȟ੾ıȦȞ ਕʌȜ੼IJȦȞā [5] IJૌ ȝ੻Ȟ ȃ੺ȟȠȣ IJİ țĮ੿ Ȇ੺ȡȠȣ, IJૌ į੻ ਕȞIJȚʌ੼ȡĮȢ ੱȜȚ੺ȡȠȣ IJİ țĮ੿ ȂİȜ੺ȞIJȠȣ ıțȠʌ੼ȜȦȞ țĮ੿ ǻ੾ȜȠȣ țĮ੿ ȂȣțંȞȠȣ, [6] țĮ੿ ਕȞĮșȜ઀ȕȠȞIJȠȢ IJ੹Ȣ Ȟ੾ıȠȣȢ IJȠ૙Ȣ ਦĮȣIJȠ૨ IJંȞȠȚȢ IJȠ૨ ǹੁȖĮ઀Ƞȣ ʌİȜ੺ȖȠȣȢ, IJોȢ IJİ ਥʌȚțİȚȝ੼ȞȘȢ ੉țĮȡ઀ĮȢ Ȟ੾ıȠȣ țĮ੿ ʌĮȞIJĮȤંșİȞ țȣȝĮȚȞȠȝ੼ȞȘȢ.

Le f. ) [1] İੁȢ IJઁ “ante İੁ įૅ ਙȖİ *FLe IJઁȞ om. *F ਩Ȟș੺ *F: ਩ȞșĮ *BLe ਕȞĮȜțİ઀ૉıȚ *B*F: ਕȞĮȜțİ઀ȠȚıȚ Le [3] ਕʌȠįȠ૨ȞĮȚ Cobet: ਕʌȠȖȞ૵ȞĮȚ codd. ਥʌĮȖȖ੼ȜȝĮIJĮ *B*F: ਥʌĮȖȖ੼ȜȝĮIJȠȢ Le įȚ੹ IJȠ૨ ੉įĮ઀Ƞȣ post ੉Ȝ઀Ƞȣ *FLe [4] ਕȖĮȣȠ੿ *B*F: ਕȖĮȕȠ੿ Le İੁʌ੼ȝİȞ *B: İੁʌ੼ȝİȞĮȚ Le: İੁʌ੼ȝİȞĮȚ *F Į੅ ț੼ ʌİȡ *B: İੁ੼ʌİȡ *FLe ੭ijİȜȜૅ *BLe: ੭ijİȜȜİȞ *F ਙȜȜૅ *B: ਙȜȜĮ *FLe įૅ ਙȜȠȤȠȞ *B: ਙȜȠȤȠȞ *FLe Ƞ੡ *B: ਴Ȟ *FLe ijȘı੿Ȟ Le: ijȘıȚ *B*F ਷ ȝ੽Ȟ *BLe: ਴ ȝ੽Ȟ *F [5] ϳIJોȢϴ Ӓ ਙȡ IJȚȢ *BLe: ਗȡ IJ઀Ȣ *F ȖȞȦIJઁȞ į੼ *BLe: ȖȞȦIJઁȞ į੻ *F ਥıIJȚȞ *BLe: ਥıIJ઀Ȟ *F ਵįȘ ȉȡઆİııȚȞ *B*F: įȘ ȉȡઆİııȚȞ Le [6] ਕȖĮıı੺ȝİȞȠȚ *B: ਕȖĮı੺ȝİȞȠȚ Le: om.

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