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In Defence of the Manuscripts at Moschus, Europa 47 and 60

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Geoffrey Arnott
Affiliation:
University of Leeds

Extract

In the accompanying paper I have attempted a new collation of the manuscripts of Moschus’Europa, in order to correct some errors and omissions that may be detected in the critical apparatus of Winfried Büihler’s excellent edition of this work (Hermes, Einzelschrift xii [1960]). Büihler’s textual decisions, for instance, are refreshingly free from slavish preconceptions and inert prejudice. When he prints an emendation or opts for the daggers of despair, he is usually right. The occasions when he rejects the manuscript tradition without overriding justification are rare. At 77 there is probably no need to posit corruption in δήγάρ At 127 κóλου foreshadows with typical Hellenistic ambiguity the verb λοώθηin 129.2 It is possible that there are two other places also where the manuscript tradition has wrongly been suspected: κυανin 47 and ϊαρόν in 60.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Classical Association 1971

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page 154 note 1 Cf. Lloyd-Jones, H., Gnomon xxxiii (1961),38;Google ScholarFontenrose, J.AJP lxxxiii (1962), 306.Google Scholar

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page 155 note 2 Cf. Ebeling’s lexicon s.v., ’κυανέηνsignificat non tam colorent quam materiam.’ A further link between this passage of II. 18 and Moschus, Europa 44–7, has been called to my attention by Professor J. Gould, who writes, ’The (44) and (47) would correspond to and echo the similar wording in Il 18. 564f.(44) and (47) would correspond to and echo the similar wording in Il 18. 564f. and

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