On the Origin of Statius, Thebaid 6.227–33

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On the Origin of Statius, Thebaid 6.227–33
Puente, Pablo

From the journal Hermes Hermes, Volume 151, September 2023, issue 4

Published by Franz Steiner Verlag

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Original language: English
Hermes 2023, pp 500-506
https://doi.org/10.25162/hermes-2023-0040

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This discussion deals with Statius, Thebaid 6.227-33, a passage considered an interpolation by most critics. The most recent edition of the poem describes the lines as genuine but transmitted in the wrong position without indicating their original location. I develop this perspective by considering and rejecting a possible transposition of the passage to a position between Thebaid 3.113 and 3.114. I then argue that the lines might instead be a marginal creation of an ancient interpolator inspired by the passage in Book 3.

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Pablo Puente

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Statius | Textual criticism | Interpolation

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