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ες ρσιλχख़॥ (Ar. Lys. 725)

ες ρσιλχख़॥ (Ar. Lys. 725) Miscellanea / M. Janse / Mnemosyne 64 (2011) 629-631 629 εἰς Ὀρσιλόχου (Ar. Lys. 725) One of the women caught by Lysistrata while trying to escape from the Acropolis was so sex-starved that she tried to fly off to the house of a certain Orsilochus ( ἤδη πέτεσθαι διανοουμένην κάτω εἰς Ὀρσιλόχου , Lys. 724-5). The wording suggests that this Orsilochus was an actual person known to the audience (Sommerstein 1990, 195). According to the scholiast, he was satirized in comedy for his effemi- nacy ( ἐπὶ θηλύτητι κωμῳδεῖται ). He is further described as a brothel-keeper ( πορνοβοσκός ) and an adulterer ( μοιχός ). It is of course possible that all this is mere guesswork. Henderson (1987, 165) argues that it is unlikely for women in heat to resort to a brothel, although one has only to think of Messalina to come up with at least one good (counter)example. That he should be an adulterer makes all the more sense: lovers are mentioned before the husbands in the conspirators’ oath ( οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδεὶς οὔτε μοιχὸς οὔτ’ ἀνήρ / ὅστις πρὸς ἐμὲ πρόσεισιν ἐστυκώς , Lys. 213-4). There can be no doubt that Orsilochus is a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

ες ρσιλχख़॥ (Ar. Lys. 725)

Mnemosyne , Volume 64 (4): 629 – Jan 1, 2011

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© 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0026-7074
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10.1163/156852511X548081
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Miscellanea / M. Janse / Mnemosyne 64 (2011) 629-631 629 εἰς Ὀρσιλόχου (Ar. Lys. 725) One of the women caught by Lysistrata while trying to escape from the Acropolis was so sex-starved that she tried to fly off to the house of a certain Orsilochus ( ἤδη πέτεσθαι διανοουμένην κάτω εἰς Ὀρσιλόχου , Lys. 724-5). The wording suggests that this Orsilochus was an actual person known to the audience (Sommerstein 1990, 195). According to the scholiast, he was satirized in comedy for his effemi- nacy ( ἐπὶ θηλύτητι κωμῳδεῖται ). He is further described as a brothel-keeper ( πορνοβοσκός ) and an adulterer ( μοιχός ). It is of course possible that all this is mere guesswork. Henderson (1987, 165) argues that it is unlikely for women in heat to resort to a brothel, although one has only to think of Messalina to come up with at least one good (counter)example. That he should be an adulterer makes all the more sense: lovers are mentioned before the husbands in the conspirators’ oath ( οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδεὶς οὔτε μοιχὸς οὔτ’ ἀνήρ / ὅστις πρὸς ἐμὲ πρόσεισιν ἐστυκώς , Lys. 213-4). There can be no doubt that Orsilochus is a

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