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Sirius and the Pleiades in Alcman's Louvre Partheneion

Sirius and the Pleiades in Alcman's Louvre Partheneion SIRIUS AND THE PLEIADES IN ALCMAN'S LOUVRE PARTHENEION BY CHARLES SEGAL Lines 60-63 of the Louvre Partheneion are the acknowledged crux of this difficult poem'). Page's text is as follows (1. 60-63 PMG): The passage bristles with so many difficulties that only the rashest optimist could hope for a definitive solution 2). The massive recent assaults on the Partheneion by Puelma and Calame, however, along with a host of specialized studies over the past decade, have consolidated previous work to the point where one is ready to gird oneself up for a fresh passage at arms 3). It is not the purpose of this261 paper to discuss all the problems or survey all the solutions. My aim is to present an interpretation wherein the straightforward transla- tion of the lines may yield adequate sense and square with the logic and tone of the poem as a whole. It is the merit of Puelma, following up the work of Pavese and Rosenmeyer, to have emphasized the thematic connections between the parts of the poem and the formal articulation of the whole. Calame, Gentili, Marzullo, West, and others have called attention to the erotic elements4). Scholars have long recognized the mood http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

Sirius and the Pleiades in Alcman's Louvre Partheneion

Mnemosyne , Volume 36 (1-2): 16 – Jan 1, 1983

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0026-7074
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1568-525X
DOI
10.1163/156852583x00197
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Abstract

SIRIUS AND THE PLEIADES IN ALCMAN'S LOUVRE PARTHENEION BY CHARLES SEGAL Lines 60-63 of the Louvre Partheneion are the acknowledged crux of this difficult poem'). Page's text is as follows (1. 60-63 PMG): The passage bristles with so many difficulties that only the rashest optimist could hope for a definitive solution 2). The massive recent assaults on the Partheneion by Puelma and Calame, however, along with a host of specialized studies over the past decade, have consolidated previous work to the point where one is ready to gird oneself up for a fresh passage at arms 3). It is not the purpose of this261 paper to discuss all the problems or survey all the solutions. My aim is to present an interpretation wherein the straightforward transla- tion of the lines may yield adequate sense and square with the logic and tone of the poem as a whole. It is the merit of Puelma, following up the work of Pavese and Rosenmeyer, to have emphasized the thematic connections between the parts of the poem and the formal articulation of the whole. Calame, Gentili, Marzullo, West, and others have called attention to the erotic elements4). Scholars have long recognized the mood

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MnemosyneBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1983

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