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Plautus Mostellaria 213: Another anus ebria?

Plautus Mostellaria 213: Another anus ebria? 450 Miscellanea / O. Knorr / Mnemosyne 63 (2010) 450-453 Plautus Mostellaria 213: Another anus ebria ? Illa hanc corrumpit mulierem malesuada †uitilena†. For centuries scholars have been wrestling intensely with the text and sense of this enigmatic line, most recently Friedrich (1965), Nosarti (1995), and Rosivach (1998). 1) Innumerable conjectures have been proposed. None, however, has man- aged to win universal acceptance. Nowadays, most editors simply mark vitilena as irremediably corrupt. 2) Th e search for a suitable emendation has been all but aban- doned. In this note, I would like to suggest that this was done prematurely. Th e verse in question is part of the well-known scene in which the beautiful hetaera Philematium is modeling diff erent dresses on stage. Her lover, young Philolaches, secretly overhears Philematium’s conversation with her cynical old maid, Scapha. Scapha warns her mistress that she should not devote herself solely to Philolaches because he will eventually leave her just as Scapha herself was once abandoned by her lover. Our verse belongs to a series of increasingly angry asides in which Philolaches comments on Scapha’s advice. Th e transmitted text poses two problems. Most importantly, vı ̆ tı ̆ lēnă is unmet- http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

Plautus Mostellaria 213: Another anus ebria?

Knorr, Ortwin
Mnemosyne , Volume 63 (3): 4 – Jan 1, 2010
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450 Miscellanea / O. Knorr / Mnemosyne 63 (2010) 450-453 Plautus Mostellaria 213: Another anus ebria ? Illa hanc corrumpit mulierem malesuada †uitilena†. For centuries scholars have been wrestling intensely with the text and sense of this enigmatic line, most recently Friedrich (1965), Nosarti (1995), and Rosivach (1998). 1) Innumerable conjectures have been proposed. None, however, has man- aged to win universal acceptance. Nowadays, most editors simply mark vitilena as irremediably corrupt. 2) Th e search for a suitable emendation has been all but aban- doned. In this note, I would like to suggest that this was done prematurely. Th e verse in question is part of the well-known scene in which the beautiful hetaera Philematium is modeling diff erent dresses on stage. Her lover, young Philolaches, secretly overhears Philematium’s conversation with her cynical old maid, Scapha. Scapha warns her mistress that she should not devote herself solely to Philolaches because he will eventually leave her just as Scapha herself was once abandoned by her lover. Our verse belongs to a series of increasingly angry asides in which Philolaches comments on Scapha’s advice. Th e transmitted text poses two problems. Most importantly, vı ̆ tı ̆ lēnă is unmet-

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Published: Jan 1, 2010

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