Atthis Spurious FragmentἌτθις Ψευδὲς Ἀπόσπασμα
Hegesinus the Epic Poet Atthis Spurious Fragment PDF
The Atthis Spurious Fragment is a text incorrectly attributed to the epic poet Hegesinus. The title references the Atthis, a genre of prose chronicle detailing Attic history and myth, which was cultivated by specialized historians known as Atthidographers. The attribution of a verse fragment under this title to an epic poet is anomalous, as no verse works within the established Atthidographic tradition are known. The fragment itself, which includes a brief mythological passage concerning Poseidon and the foundation of Ascra, survives only under an explicit label of spuriousness, indicating its attribution was considered false even in antiquity. No details regarding its length, full subject matter, or transmission through manuscripts or ancient citations are recorded. Its significance resides chiefly as a curiosity in the study of pseudepigrapha, illustrating the occasional misattribution or misclassification of texts within the later reception of historical genres.
| unit_1 | Ἄσκρηι δ’ αὖ παρέλεκτο Ποσειδάων ἐνοσίχθων, ἣ δή οἱ τέκε παῖδα περιπλομένων ἐνιαυτῶν Οἴοκλον, ὃς πρῶτος μετ’ Ἀλωέος ἔκτισε παίδων Ἄσκρην, ἥ θ’ Ἑλικῶνος ἔχει πόδα πιδακόεντα. |