Departmental Papers (Classical Studies)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
July 1988
Abstract
In a note in Heph. 3.1 ( = Hipponax Testim. 21 Dg), Choeroboscus relates several etymologies of the term "iambos." The first is the familiar derivation from the mythical Iambe, the servant of the King Celeus of Elusis, who cheered up the grieving Demeter by mocking her. This story, well known to us from the Homeric Hymn to Demeter (198-211), functioned as an ation of the ritual jesting and abuse practiced at the various festivals of Demeter, and, by extension, of the poetic genre known as iambos.1
Recommended Citation
Rosen, R. M. (1988). A Poetic Initiation Scene in Hipponax?. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/classics_papers/16
Date Posted: 25 September 2006
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Comments
Reprinted from American Journal of Philology, Volume 109, Issue 2, 1988, pages 174-179.
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