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Parodic inconsistency: some problems in the Batrakhomyomakhia*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Adrian Kelly
Adrian Kelly
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Balliol College, Oxford
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Abstract:

This article argues that several problems of character identification in the Batrakhomyomakhia should be considered not as matters of textual criticism, to be solved by emendation, excision or transposition, but as authentic features of the poem's parodic engagement with the text of Homer and its scholarship. This engagement comprises another reason for considering the Hellenistic period as the most likely terminus post quem for the poem.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 129 , November 2009 , pp. 45 - 51
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Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 2009

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