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AbstractThis article aims to present an overall interpretation of a poem by Callimachus that centres on the dead Ptolemaic queen Arsinoe II. Firstly the position of theEktheosis Arsinoesin Callimachus’ œuvre, the genre to which it belongs and its structure will be investigated. This leads to the analysis of the highly allusive character of the work (above all to Hesiod, Ibycus, Simonides and Pindar as well as to hymnic poetry). In addition, realia (the historical background) and textual difficulties arising from the fragmentary transmisson will also be treated. The appendix discusses a hitherto unnoticed testimony to the poem’s reception in the Roman epicist Ennius.

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  • This article aims to present an overall interpretation of a poem by Callimachus that centres on the dead Ptolemaic queen Arsinoe II

  • The position of the Ektheosis Arsinoes in Callimachus’ œuvre, the genre to which it belongs and its structure will be investigated. This leads to the analysis of the highly allusive character of the work

  • Realia and textual difficulties arising from the fragmentary transmisson will be treated

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Aufgrund ihres lyrischen Charakters kann sie am ehesten die Gattungsetikette „Threnos“ beanspruchen.[16] In den pindarischen Threnoi dürften wohl Gnomik und Mythos im Vordergrund gestanden haben.[17] Dies scheint auch auf die simonideischen zuzutreffen, mit denen sich der keische Dichter einen Namen erworben hat.[18] Von beiden ist bei Kallimachos nichts zu finden. Da hier θεός (= Muse) und νύμφα (= Arsinoe) in einer bedeutungsvollen syntaktischen Parallele stehen (metapoetischer Anruf ~ Anruf der Adressatin des Gedichts), wird die Binneninvokation der Artemis in ihrem kallimacheischen Hymnos

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