Fragments

Hipponax. Corpusculum Poesis Epicae Graecae Ludibundae. Brandt, Paul, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1888.

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This work is a philological collection and commentary focusing on Fragment 128 of the hexameter poetry by the ancient Greek satirical poet Hipponax. It presents the text of the fragment and compares it with parallel passages in Homer. Furthermore, the work includes testimonies from the ancient scholar Polemon, as well as various textual readings from the manuscript tradition. The core of the text consists of detailed academic commentaries in Latin by various editors, focusing primarily on the interpretation of the metaphor of "Charybdis" and the meaning of the word "pebble" (psephos). Through these discussions, the work offers a meticulous philological investigation into the poet's expressive intent and vocabulary.