Departmental Papers (Classical Studies)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
October 1987
Abstract
Hipponax fr. 48 Dg. has been understood in the past as a statement of the poet's poverty and hunger.1 More recently, however, scholars have pointed out the humor and ambiguity of the fragment, noting in particular the mock-heroic diction of the first two lines and the bathos that results when this sort of diction is applied to such an apparently trivial subject as one's own hunger.2
Recommended Citation
Rosen, R. M. (1987). Hipponax Fr. 48 Dg. and the Eleusinian Kykeon. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/classics_papers/17
Date Posted: 25 September 2006
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
Reprinted from American Journal of Philology, Volume 108, Issue 3, 1987, pages 416-426.
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