Metrical ArgumentsΜετρικοὶ Ἀγῶνες
Comic Fragments Anonymous II Metrical Arguments PDF
The work known as Metrical Arguments, attributed to Comic Fragments Anonymous II, is a collection presented as consisting of ten verse passages. Its title suggests a focus on the analysis of poetic meters drawn from comic fragments, indicating it may function either as an ancient treatise on metrical structure or as a modern scholarly compilation examining the formal properties of lost comedies. The content would logically involve the study of specific comic meters, such as the trimeter or tetrameter, and an exploration of how these rhythmic patterns interact with diction and humor within the fragmentary texts. Such a work might also engage in principles of textual criticism, employing metrical rules to propose reconstructions of damaged or incomplete lines. The details of its manuscript tradition and preservation are undocumented; if ancient, its transmission history remains unknown, while a modern origin would imply circulation through academic publications. While metrical analysis is a cornerstone for understanding comic verse, reconstructing plots, and tracing the development of Greek philology, the specific influence and scholarly reception of this particular compilation are not recorded.
| book 339a.1 | Ἔρωc, Ἀφ[ρο]δίτηc υἱὸc ἐπιεικήc, [ν]έοc, νέοc ἐπιεικὴc υἱὸc Ἀφροδίτηc Ἔρωc, ἐλήλυθ’ [ἀ]γγελῶν |
| book 339a.2 | τοιοῦτο |
| book 339a.3 | πρᾶγμά τι, πρᾶγμ[ά] τι |
| book 339a.4 | τοιοῦτον ἀ[γ]γελῶν ἐλήλυθα,[ln_5]κατὰ τ[ὴ]ν Ἰωνίαν πάλαι γεγενημέν[ο]ν, γεγ]ενημένον πάλαι κατὰ τὴν [Ἰ]ωνίαν. κό]ρην νεανίcκοc [ν]έαν |
| book 339a.5 | Τροιζ[ηνία]ν, Τροιζηνίαν [νέαν ν]εανίcκ[οc κόρην ἐπρίατ’ [ἐραcθ]εὶc [ε]ὔ[ποροc πωλουμένην,[ln_10]πωλουμένην εὔποροc ἐ[ραcθε]ὶc [ἐπρίατο· Τροιζήνιοc γεγενημ[ένοc κατὰ τοὺc νόμουc, κατὰ τοὺc [ν]όμουc γεγε[νη]μ[ένοc Τροιζήνιοc, ἔ]χων γυναῖ[κα] κατε[βίω· τὸ τέρμ’ ἔχειc. ἔχειc τὸ τέρμα· κατ[ε]β[ίω γυναῖκ’ ἔχων. |
| book 339b.1 | ἱερὸc ὁ δῆμοc· ἡ λέγουc’ ἐγὼ Κύπ[ρ]ιc ἐν τῶι τόπωι δὴ τῶιδε δι’ ἐμοῦ π[ρᾶγμά τι γεγονόc, δι’ ἧc ἅπαντα γίνεται κα[λ]ά̣, ἥκω |
| book 339b.2 | φράcουcα δεῦρο· τοῦ δὲ μὴ δοκ[ε]ῖν[ln_5]ἡμᾶc ἀγυμνάcτωc ἔχειμ |
| book 339b.3 | ποιητ[ικ]ῆ[c, ἅμα μὲν τὸ πρᾶγμ’ [ἐ]ροῦμεν, ἅμα δ[ὲ] π[αιγνίωι |
| book 339b.4 | χρηcόμεθα. τῶν ἐπῶγ γὰρ ὧμ μέλλ[ο]μ̣[ε]ν̣ [ἐρεῖν, ἕκαcτον ἀπὸ τῶγ γραμμάτων ῥη̣[θήcεται, ἃ δὴ νόμωι cτοιχεῖα |
| book 339b.5 | προcαγορεύομ[ε]ν,[ln_10]ἓν ἀφ’ ἑνὸ[c ἑ]ξῆc κατὰ φύc[ι]γ γεγρα[μ]μ[ένα ἀκόλουθα καὶ cύμφωνα· [δι]ατρ[ι]βὴν δ[ὲ μὴ ἔχωμεν, ἀπὸ τοῦ δ’ ἄλφα [πρ]ῶ[το]ν [ἄ[ρ]ξο[μαι. ‵—′Αὐτῶν ἑταῖροι φ.cτ[]δ[ Β...]τη̣ν[. μ]ιcθωcάμεν[ο]ι[[ln_15]Γ...]..[.... ]ἠκουc[.]τ[ Δ............]η..[ Ε κτλ.][ln_17]— — — |