Vol. 18 No. 1 (2012)
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What is polykoiranie? Aristotle and Aristarchus on Il. 2, 204

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  • Filippomaria Pontani
Filippomaria Pontani
University of Venice

Published 2013-05-28

Keywords

  • Homeric philology,
  • Homeric politics,
  • Aristotle,
  • Aristarchus,
  • Dionysius of Halicarnassus
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How to Cite

Pontani, F. (2013). What is polykoiranie? Aristotle and Aristarchus on Il. 2, 204. Hyperboreus, 18(1), 75-86. https://doi.org/10.36950/

Abstract

Both Aristotle and Aristarchus felt uneasy about Odysseus’ praise of monarchy (and disparagement of polykoiranie) in Iliad 2, 203–205: the Stagirite tried to give a suitable philosophical explanation of the passage in his Politics, while the Alexandrian philologist (perhaps in the wake of Aristotle’s doubts) decided tout court to transpose the lines. The present paper tries to follow the reasons and forms of this debate down to the imperial age.

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