Callimachus' Book of Iambi

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by  Arnd Kerkhecker

CALLIMACHUS'
Book of Iambi
ARND KERKHECKER
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Iambus VI 22-49 (POxy. XVIII 2171 fr. 2 ii+ fr. 4 + fr. 5) 1999
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Includes bibliographical references.
1. Callimachus. Iambi. 2. Iambic poetry, Greek-History and
criticism. 3. Hipponax, fl. 540-537 B.C.-ln literature
4. Satire, Greek-History and criticism. 5. Lost literature-Greece.
6. Oxyrhynchus papyri. I. Title. II. Series.
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Acknowledgements
TH r s book is an all but unchanged version of my dissertation
submitted for the degree of D.Phil. in Trinity Term 1997.
Since then, some material has been added to the footnotes.
During work on the Iambi, I have received much help and
support. I am grateful to the Studienstiftung des deutschen
Volkes for a scholarship (1983-9), and a Promotionsstipendium
(1990-1); to the British Academy for a 'Fees Only' Studentship
(1989-92); to the Craven Committee for a Derby Scholarship
(1989-91), and much generous and unbureaucratic help
besides.
My thanks go to three Oxford colleges: to University (espe
cially to Dr C. B. R. Pelling) for a year as a Visiting Student
(1985/6), and two years as a graduate (1989-91); to Corpus
Christi (and especially to Mr E. L. Bowie) for the P. S. Allen
Junior Research Fellowship in Classical Studies (1991-3); and
to Worcester for a lecturership (1993-5), and a fellowship
(since 1995), and for granting me leave in Trinity 1997. My
college has given me all the support that anyone could want. I
thank all who have made it home away from home.
I owe special thanks to three Tubingians, and three
Oxonians: to Professors R. Kannicht and E. A. Schmidt, who
first introduced me to the study of Callimachus and supported
my year in Oxford, and to Herr J. Wippern, without whom it
would not have been possible; to Drs D. P. Fowler and G. 0.
Hutchinson for reading parts of the thesis; and to Professor P.
J. Parsons for supervising it. His humane scholarship has been
a constant source of inspiration and encouragement.
I also thank my examiners, Mr A. S. Hollis and Dr N.
Hopkinson, for examining the thesis, and for numerous helpful
suggestions.
I am grateful to Professor W. Fuchs for suggesting the jack
et illustration (the frontispiece of M. Quatremere de Quincy,
Vlll Acknowledgements
Le Jupiter Olympien, ou l'art de la sculpture antique considere
sous un nouveau point de vue, Paris 1815), and to the Bodleian
Library in the University of Oxford for providing the photo
Contents
graph from their copy (shelfmark: Arch. Antiq. A. III. 11), for
permission to publish it, and for waiving a substantial fee.
I thank Dr R. A. Coles for providing the photograph of the
frontispiece, and the Egypt Exploration Society (and especially
Professor Parsons) for permission to publish it.
I am much obliged to Professor A. Bulow-Jacobsen for pro List of Plates
X
viding the photographs of the Diegeses, and the Jowett Bibliographical Note
Xl
Copyright Trustees (especially Professor J. Griffin) for defray List of Papyri
XVll
ing the cost. (For the publication rights, see H. Riad, ZPE I 1, Note on the Text XXl
1973, 203.)
Very warm thanks go to my copy editor, Dr Leofranc Introduction
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Holford-Strevens. With characteristic acumen, learning, and I. Iambus I II
generosity, he has saved me from a sea of errors, and much
2. Iambus II
increased whatever usefulness this book may possess. 49
A particular debt of gratitude obliges me to Dr Nikolaos 3- Iambus III 64
Gonis, who spent much time remedying my bibliographical 4- Iambus IV 83
deficiencies, and taming my computer. He has been an example Excursus. The Papyri of Iambi V-VII II6
of learning, rigour, and determination; and a good friend.
5- Iambus V 123
Finally, I thank my wife, without whom I would not have
6. Iambus VI
finished; and my parents, without whom I could not have 147
begun. In particular, I thank my parents for their unfailing 7- Iambus VII 182
support, and for the classical education which they gave me. It 8. Iambi VIII-XI
197
is to them that I dedicate this study. A. Iambus VIII 197
B. Iambus IX 204
Worcester College, A.K. C. Iambus X
207
December 1998 D. Iambus XI
213
9. Iambus XII 218
I0. Iambus XIII 250
I I. Conclusion 271
A. Compass
271
B. Composition 282
c.
Character
291
Plates
297
Bibliography
301
Index
331
List of Plates Bibliographical Note
Iambus VI 22-49 (POxy. XVIII 2171 fr. 2 ii + ABBREVIATIONS of the names of ancient authors and of the
fr. 4 + fr. 5) frontispiece titles of their works follow LSJ, the Revised Supplement, and
the Oxford Latin Dictionary. These works also list editions and
after p. 296 collections of fragments (not included in my Bibliography). Cf.
also L. Berkowitz and K. A. Squittier, Thesaurus Linguae
I. Beginning of the Iambi (Dieg. VI)
Graecae. Canon of Greek Authors and Works (3rd edn., New
II. Iambi X-XIII (Dieg. IX)
York and Oxford 1990).
III. MD,YJa nd beginning of Hecale (Dieg. X) Modern commentaries are quoted by the author's surname
IV. End of Hecale and beginning of the Hymns (Dieg. XI) (without bibliographical details): e.g. 'Fraenkel on A. Ag. 1'.
Titles of journals are abbreviated according to L 'Annee
philologique.
Modern books and articles are mostly quoted by author's
surname and year of publication (bibliographical details are
given in the Bibliography). Some frequently used works are
referred to by author's surname only; for these, see the list of
editions, monographs, etc. below.
Textual proposals (readings, supplements, conjectures)
found in Pfeiffer's edition are usually quoted without biblio
graphical details.
The Bibliography at the end of the book is a list of most of
the works used and quoted. For bibliographies on the Iambi,
see Dawson 152-7, and esp. Lehnus.
The latest contribution is the dissertation by B. B. Hughes (see
p. xiv). My copy is incomplete (without prolegomena; pagina
tion erratic). He discusses Iambus I at 1-40, and 145-55 (trans
lation at 5-8); II at 166-87 (tr.: 168f); IV at 187-212 (tr.:
193-9); XII at 103-45 (tr.: 108-13); XIII at 41-102 (tr.: 43-5).
There are numerous inaccuracies, mistakes, and errors of
detail. I note only some. Despite Lehnus, Hughes misses some
important contributions (among them most of Pfeiffer's
Addenda et corrigenda).
XU Bibliographical Note Bibliographical Note
Xlll
There are also serious limitations of scope. Hughes follows Editions of the Iambi
Pfeiffer's text without reconsidering its papyrological basis.
Gallavotti C. Gallavotti, Callimaco. Il libro dei Giambi (La
He treats only some of the Iambi: I, II, IV, XII, XIII (and
parola de! passato 5, Naples 1946).
promises work on III and V). He does not discuss their
Pfeiffer R. Pfeiffer, Callimachus. I: Fragmenta (Oxford
number and arrangement.
1949). II: Hymni et Epigrammata (Oxford
Finally, weaknesses of interpretation. There is a cert~in
1953). I 161-215 (Iambi); 216-25 (Lyrica); 504-
interest in the fictional occasions of the poems, but it soon dis
6 (Addenda et corrigenda); II ix-I (Prolegomena
appears behind 'transgression of generic boundaries', 'fluidity
ad Jragmenta); 117-20, and 125 (Add. et corr.).
of paradigms', 'verbal links', and 'intertextual bridges'. All that
("Pfeiffer" refers to the commentary; addenda
seems required to establish these are two instances of the same
are quoted by volume and page.)
word (independent of their context). The effect of such con
Dawson Chr. M. Dawson, 'The Iambi of Callimachus.
nections is described as 'valorizing'.
A Hellenistic Poet's Experimental Laboratory',
I refer to relevant sections by page-numbers, and note points
of interest explicitly. Silence implies disagreement. YClS II, 1950, 1-168.
Howald E. Howald and E. Staiger, Die Dichtungen
I make no reference to the edition of E. Cahen and E. Delage Staiger des Kallimachos (Zurich 1955), 309-67
(Jamben); 369-79 (Lieder).
(Paris 3rd edn. 1949, 4th 1953, 5th 1961, 6th 1972; at 14_7-82),
or to J. Ferguson, Callimachus (Boston 1980; see the review by Trypanis C. A. Trypanis, Callimachus. Fragments (Loeb
Classical Library 421, Cambridge, Mass., and
M. Campbell, CR 32, 1982, 94f).
London 1958), 101-55 (Iambi); 157-73 (Lyric
Poems); unchanged in the expanded edition of
I have not been able to make use of M. Asper, Onomata allo
1978.
tria. Zur Genese, Struktur und Funktion poetologischer
D'Alessio G. B. D'Alessio, Callimaco. Inni, Epigrammi,
Metaphern bei Kallimachos (diss. Freiburg im Breisgau 1994;
Frammenti (2 vols., Milan 1996), ii. 577-655
Hermes Einzelschriften 75, Stuttgart 1997)
(Giambi); 656-73 (Canti).
I have not seen the following:
H. Ancelot, 'Le Nouveau Callimaque' (diss. ined. Liege
Monographs
1943; cf. RBPh 23, 1944, 589; Lehnus 51); _ . .
G. Perrino, La poetica di Callimaco e i suoz znfiussz (Naples
Bing P. Bing, The Well-Read Muse. Present and Past
1982; Lehnus 398);
in Callimachus and the Hellenistic Poets
R. Pretagostini, 'La poesia ellenistica. 2: Callimaco e 1~
(Hypomnemata 90, Gottingen 1988).
nuova poetica', in F. Montanari (ed.), Da Omero aglz
Cameron Alan Cameron, Callimachus and His Critics
Alessandrini. Problemi e figure delta letteratura greca (Rome
(Princeton 1995).
1988), 292-303; 328-31 (Lehnus 398); .
Clayman D. L. Clayman, Callimachus' Iambi (Mnemo
O. Nikitinski, Kallimachos-Studien (Studien zur Klass1schen
syne Supplement 59, Leiden 1980).
Philologie 98, Frankfurt am Main 1996).
Fraser P. M. Fraser, Ptolemaic Alexandria (3 vols.,
Oxford 1972).
Howald E. Howald, Der Dichter Kallimachos von
Kyrene (Erlenbach and Zurich 1943).
xiv Bibliographical Note Bibliographical Note xv
Hughes
B. B. Hughes, The Iambi of Callimachus. GMAW E. G. Turner, Greek Manuscripts of the Ancient
Studies in the Hellenistic Development of the World. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged,
Iambic Tradition (diss. Berkeley 1995, unpub ed. P. J. Parsons (BICS Supplement 46,
lished; available through UMI Dissertation London 1987).
Services, Ann Arbor, Mich.). K.-G. R. Kuhner and B. Gerth, Ausfiihrliche
Hutchinson
G. 0. Hutchinson, Hellenistic Poetry (Oxford Grammatik der griechischen Sprache. Zweiter
1988).
Teil: Satzlehre (3rd edn. in 2 vols., Hanover
Korte
A. Korte and P. Handel, Die hellenistische and Leipzig 1898. 1904).
Handel Dichtung (Zweite, vollstandig neubearbeitete Kretschmer P. Kretschmer and E. Locker, Riicklaufiges
Auflage, Stuttgart 1960). Locker Worterbuch der griechischen Sprache ( Gottingen
Puelma
M. Puelma Piwonka, Lucilius und Kallimachos.
1944).
Zur Geschichte einer Gattung der hellenistisch Lehnus L. Lehn us, Bibliografia callimachea I 489-I988
romischen Poesie ( diss. Zurich 194 7, Frankfurt (Genoa 1989).
am Main 1949). LIMC Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae
V. Schmidt V. Schmidt, Sprachliche Untersuchungen zu (Zurich and Munich 1981- ).
H erondas. Mit einem kritisch-exegetischen LSJ H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, and Sir Henry Stuart
Anhang (Untersuchungen zur antiken Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th edn.,
Literatur und Geschichte 1, Berlin 1968). Oxford 19 40).
R. Schmitt R. Schmitt, Die Nominalbildung in den LSJSuppl. A Supplement, ed. E. A. Barber, P. Maas, M.
Dichtungen des Kallimachos von Kyrene. Ein Scheller, and M. L. West (Oxford 1968).
Beitrag zur Stellung seines W ortschatzes inner LSJRev. Revised Supplement, ed. P. G. \i\T. Glare and A.
halb des Griechischen (Wiesbaden 1970). Suppl. A. Thompson (Oxford 1996).
Mayser E. Mayser and H. Schmoll, Grammatik der
Schmoll griechischen Papyri aus der Ptolemaerzeit. Mit
Reference Works EinschlujJ der gleichzeitigen Ostraka und der in
Agypten verfa}Jten Inschriften. Band I: Laut
Buck
C. D. Buck and W. Petersen, A Reverse Index of und Wortlehre. I. Tei!: Einleitung und Lautlehre
Petersen Greek Nouns and Adjectives Arranged by
(2nd edn., Berlin 1970).
Terminations with Brief Historical Introductions Mayser E. Mayser, Grammatik der griechischen Papyri
(Chicago 1944).
aus der Ptolemaerzeit. Mit EinschlujJ der
Chandler
H. W. Chandler, A Practical Introduction to gleichzeitigen Ostraka und der in Agypten
Greek Accentuation (2nd edn., Oxford 1881). verfa}Jten Inschriften. I: Laut- und Wortlehre.
Denniston J. D. Denniston, The Greek Particles (2nd edn., 2: Flexionslehre (2nd edn., Berlin and Leipzig
Oxford 1954).
1938); 3: Stammbildung (2nd edn., Berlin and
Gignac
F. Th. Gignac, A Grammar of the Greek Papyri Leipzig 1935). II: Satzlehre. r: Analytischer
of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (Testi e Teil. Erste Halfte (Berlin and Leipzig 1925); 2:
documenti per lo studio dell'antichita L V 1. 2), Analytischer Teil. Zweite Halfte (Berlin and
i. Phonology (Milan 1976); ii. Morphology Leipzig 1934); 3: Synthetischer Tei! (Berlin and
(Milan 1981).
Leipzig 1934).
XVI Bibliographical Note
RAC Reallexikon fur Antike und Christentum
(Stuttgart 1950- ).
RE Real-Encyclopadie der classischen Altertums
List of Papyri
wissenschaft (Stuttgart and Munich 1894-
1980).
Schwyzer E. Schwyzer, Griechische Grammatik. Auj der
Grundlage van Karl Brugmanns Griechischer
Grammatik. Erster Band: Allgemeiner Teil.
Lautlehre. Wortbildung. Flexion (Handbuch der IN the course of this study, papyrological questions are given
Altertumswissenschaft I I I. I, 2nd edn., full attention. This concerns the text of the fragments and their
Munich 1953). relationship to each other, readings as well as editorial arrange
ment. I have tried to carry out a detailed reassessment of
Pfeiffer's edition, and to establish the rationale underlying his
presentation of the text.
The following list includes all relevant papyri, poem by
poem, passage by passage. Numbers refer to Pfeiffer's
Praefatio, and to D. Marcotte and P. Mertens, 'Les papyrus de
Callimaque', in Mario Capasso, Gabriella Messeri Savorelli,
and Rosario Pintaudi (eds.), Miscellanea Papyrologica in
occasione del bicentenario dell'edizione delta Charta Borgiana.
Parte seconda (Papyrologica Florentina 19, Florence r990),
409-27.
Compare, in general, Gallavotti 20-5; Dawson 3-6, 133-6;
Clayman 1-10. The sequence of the folios of POxy. 1011 is
established by the Diegeses (no. 8 Pf.; 21 r M.-M.; Herter
[1937] 93-5; Gallavotti 25f; Lehnus 88f).
An asterisk indicates that I have collated the original. For the
rest, I have used photographs.
Iambus I
Dieg. VI r-21
Scholia Florentina: PSI IX 1094 (no. 19 Pf.; 219 M.-M.) fr. a
(r-9): on 6; fr. b (10-42): on 26-39.
* title/1-5 POxy. VII IOII (no. 35 Pf.; 21 I.I M.-M.)
fol. IIV (91-6)
* 6-10 POxy. VII IOII fr. IIv
* 5-34 POxy. XI 1363 (no. 25 Pf.; 218 M.-M.)
* 26-47 POxy. VII 101 r fol. ur (97-r 18)
XVlll List of Papyri List of Papyri XlX
* 47-51 POxy. VII 101 r fr. 1 rr * between
* 54-73 POxy. VII ror r fol. mv (r 19-38) 35 and 53: POxy. XVIII 2171 (no. 7 Pf.; 222 M.-M.)
* 78-98 POxy. VII ror 1 fol. mr (139-59) fr. 1,1-9
POxy. XVIII 2171 fr. 2 col. i 1-10
Iambus II
Iambus VI
Dieg. VI 22-32
* 4-r7 POxy. VII 101 r fol. 1vv (160-73) Dieg. VII 25-3 r
1-21 PSI XI 1216 col. ii (79-99)
* 22-49 POxy. XVIII 2171 fr. 2 col. ii 1-28
Iambus III
* 22-37 POxy. XVIII 2171 fr. 4 col. i 1-16 (desunt
Dieg. VI 33-40 32-36 = I I-I 5)
* * 22f POxy. XVIII 2171 fr. 5,2f
1-13 POxy. VII ror r fol. IVv (174-86)
* * 58-62 POxy. XVIII 2171 fr. 3,1-5
5-24 POxy. XIX 2215 (no. 27 Pf.; 220 M.-M.) fr.
r,r-20
POxy. VII 1011 fol. 1vr (190-205) Iambus VII
Dieg. VII 32-VIII 20
Iambus IV
* 1-14 POxy. XVIII 2171 fr. 3,6-14, and r4a-r8
Dieg. VII 1-18 11-25 POxy. IV 661. (no. 21 Pf.; 223 M.-M.) col. i
* (1-15)
1-12 POxy. VII 1011 fol. 1vr (206-17)
* * 21-25 POxy. XVIII 2171 fr. 4 col. ii 1-5
14-21 POxy. XIX 2215 fr. 2,1-8
* 22-64 POxy. VII 1011 fol. vv (218-60) '39-51' POxy. IV 661 col. ii (16-28)
* 65-106 POxy. VII 1011 fol. vr (261-302) The fragmentary lines published by E. Lobel at POxy. XX,
107-17 PSI XI 1216 (no. 7 Pf.; 222 M.-M.) col. i p. 168, do not belong to Iambus VII: Lobel, POxy. XXIII,
pp. 37f; Pfeiffer II xvii on no. 21.
(I-II)
PRyl. III 485,1-3 (no. 34 Pf.; 221 M.-M.)
Iambus VIII
For the papyri of Iambi V-VII, compare the Excursus.
Dieg. VIII 21-32
Iambus V
Iambus IX
Dieg. VII 19-24
1-7 PRyl. III 485,4-ro Dieg. VIII 33-40
r-34 PSI XI 1216 col. i (12-14, and 14a-44) * rf POxy. XIX 2221 col. ii 4-6
35-68 PSI XI 1216 col. ii (45-78)
XX List of Papyri
Iambus X
Dieg. VIII 41-IX r r
Note on the Text
Iambus XI
Dieg. IX 12-24
Iambus XII THE following list includes all differences from Pfeiffer's text:
changes recorded in his Addenda as well as new readings,
Dieg. IX 25-3 r
supplements, and conjectures. I also mention the most
*
r-6 POxy. XIX 2218 (no. 28 Pf.; 224 M.-M.)
attractive proposals made since Pfeiffer's edition which I have
* 7-45 POxy. VII ror r fol. vnr (369-407)
not put into the text (marked '?'). More suggestions in the
* 46-86 POxy. VII ror r fol. vuv (408-448)
following chapters.
57-70 PMich. inv. 4967 (Pf. II xxvi,r; rr8f; no.
Readings by Coles, Rea, and some of those by Maas, are
225 M.-M.)
unpublished, and go back to a seminar given by Professor H.
Lloyd-Jones. Some of them are found in Hughes. I rely on
Iambus XIII notes taken by Professor P. J. Parsons.
It should be noted that POxy. ro rr has seriously deterio
Dieg. IX 3 2-8
rated since Lobel and Pfeiffer saw it. Iambus IV 93-ror (on fol.
* 2-33 POxy. VII r or r fol. vrr (3 3 6-68) vr) have almost completely vanished, and Iambi XII and XIII
* 34-66 POxy. VII ror r fol. VIv (303-35) (on fols. vu and vr) are mostly illegible. Perhaps image enhanc
ing will eventually bring help.
Line Pfeiffer This edition
Iambus l
6 cL]vOpEc &,,\,\'c L]vOpEc?
I I .\a.\a,wv a.\a,wv
I4 ]v Bi? J,;u?h )?
r6 a'.v]OpEc cLv]OpEC?
19 ] Q ]({?] x?
21 ilaµ,Bov ];:aµ,Bov
22 l. we Jxwm(cM aas)
TlC
26 WvOpEc, WvOpEc
30 cpvdwv cpvdwv. (Diller)
35 cpEvc p]Ev spatio longius
41 KAlVTY)poc KAivTijpoc-(Pfeiffer II r 1 7)