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Lexis
Fascicolo | Num. 40 (n.s.) – Giugno 2022 – Fasc. 1
Articolo | Quando i metri vengono da soli: a proposito di Luc. Men. 1
Abstract
In the opening scene of Lucian’s Menippus, the protagonist, after citing some Euripidean trimeters, explains that his metrical delivery is due to his recent meeting with Euripides (and Homer) in Hades; in these self-explanatory words Harmon detected a comic iambic trimeter (αὐτόματά μοι τὰ μέτρα ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα ἔρχεται). The paper aims to demonstrate that this metrical segment, far from being incidental, is not even a comic quote, as Harmon himself suggests, but rather a slip by Menippus, metrically rough precisely because it is not intentional; the literary meaning of this Lucianic verse is then investigated.
Presentato: 17 Gennaio 2022 | Accettato: 09 Febbraio 2022 | Pubblicato 30 Giugno 2022 | Lingua: it
Keywords Metrical play • Menippus • Prosimetrum • Lucian • Iambic trimeter
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Quando i metri vengono da soli: a proposito di Luc. Men. 1 |
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Palermo Gabriele |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari |
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In the opening scene of Lucian’s Menippus, the protagonist, after citing some Euripidean trimeters, explains that his metrical delivery is due to his recent meeting with Euripides (and Homer) in Hades; in these self-explanatory words Harmon detected a comic iambic trimeter (αὐτόματά μοι τὰ μέτρα ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα ἔρχεται). The paper aims to demonstrate that this metrical segment, far from being incidental, is not even a comic quote, as Harmon himself suggests, but rather a slip by Menippus, metrically rough precisely because it is not intentional; the literary meaning of this Lucianic verse is then investigated. |
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Lexis |
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Num. 40 (n.s.) – Giugno 2022 – Fasc. 1 |
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2022-06-30 |
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2022-02-09 |
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2022-01-17 |
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2724-1564 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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10.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2022/01/013 |
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Iambic trimeter |
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Lucian |
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Menippus |
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Metrical play |
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Prosimetrum |
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