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Archilochus’ Cologne Epode and Homer’s Quivering Spear (fr. 196a.52 IEG²)

Abstract:
In this note, I highlight a hitherto unrecognized literary resonance in the climactic final verses of Archilochus' First Cologne Epode: Archilochus parodically and subversively reworks the Homeric description of a quivering spear. This Homeric resonance caps the poem's ongoing clash between the generic conventions of epic and iambus, while also adding a further hint towards how we might read the poem's enigmatic close.
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Classics Faculty
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ORCID:
0000-0002-6654-8939


Publisher:
Habelt
Journal:
Zeitschrift fuer Papyrologie und Epigraphik More from this journal
Volume:
219
Pages:
4-7
Publication date:
2021-07-01
Acceptance date:
2021-03-16
ISSN:
0084-5388


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English
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1324848
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pubs:1324848
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2023-01-22
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