An Attribution Problem and the Parenthetical Phrase “in apposition” in Ennius: on Enn. Dub. fr. V (= Inc. 31 Blänsdorf, p. 434 Courtney) and Ann. 22 Skutsch

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An Attribution Problem and the Parenthetical Phrase “in apposition” in Ennius: on Enn. Dub. fr. V (= Inc. 31 Blänsdorf, p. 434 Courtney) and Ann. 22 Skutsch
Russo, Alessandro

From the journal Hermes Hermes, Volume 150, June 2022, issue 2

Published by Franz Steiner Verlag

article, 10031 Words
Original language: Italian
Hermes 2022, pp 170-189
https://doi.org/10.25162/hermes-2022-0011

Abstract

The purpose of this article is twofold. First, on the basis of a re-examination of the sources and with new arguments, it discusses the meaning of a verse-fragment quoted anonymously by Servius ad Aen. 4.638 (Enn. Ann. Dub. Fr. V Sk. = Inc. 31 blänsdorf, p. 434 courtney), and supports the attribution of this fragment to Ennius’ “Annales”. Second, it demonstrates that this attribution is not undermined by the presence, in the fragment, of a parenthetical phrase that is “in apposition”, a stylistic feature which, though commonly believed to date back to Virgil’s time, may, in fact, be also attested in another Ennian fragment from the “Annales” (Enn. Ann. 22 Sk.).

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Alessandro Russo

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