The first part of the study challenges the attribution of Aeschylus fr. 117 αὐτορέγμονος πότμου to Cretan Women (Κρῆσσαι) and assigns it to Thracian Women (Θρῇσσαι) as a reference to Ajax’s “suicidal fate”: corpus-based investigations are deployed to explain the formation of αὐτορέγμων (from αὐτός and ῥέζω, not ὀρέγω), the meaning of αὐτο- and the nuance of πότμος. The second part reassesses the fragments of Thracian Women and restates its tragic genre, responding to a recent attempt to make it a satyr-play.
La prima parte dello studio mette in discussione l’attribuzione del fr. 117 di Eschilo, αὐτορέγμονος πότμου, alle Cretesi (Κρῆσσαι) e lo assegna alle Tracie (Θρῇσσαι), come riferimento al “fato suicida” di Aiace: ricerche a tappeto sul corpus vengono impiegate per illustrare la formazione di αὐτορέγμων (da αὐτός e ῥέζω, non ὀρέγω), il significato di αὐτο- e la sfumatura di πότμος. La seconda parte ridiscute i frammenti delle Tracie e ne riafferma il genere tragico, rispondendo a un recente tentativo di farne un dramma satiresco.
Aeschylus fr. 117, Ajax’s suicide, and the genre of Thracian Women
Catrambone, Marco
2023
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The first part of the study challenges the attribution of Aeschylus fr. 117 αὐτορέγμονος πότμου to Cretan Women (Κρῆσσαι) and assigns it to Thracian Women (Θρῇσσαι) as a reference to Ajax’s “suicidal fate”: corpus-based investigations are deployed to explain the formation of αὐτορέγμων (from αὐτός and ῥέζω, not ὀρέγω), the meaning of αὐτο- and the nuance of πότμος. The second part reassesses the fragments of Thracian Women and restates its tragic genre, responding to a recent attempt to make it a satyr-play.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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