Abstract
Abstract Greek periplography appears to have been an almost exclusively prosaic phenomenon. The single exception to this is Zenothemis (4th/3rd cent. BC) whom John Tzetzes credits with the production of an elegiac distich (SH 855 = Tz. H. 7.765f.) apparently sourced from a Periplous. This brief note contributes to the discussion about the shape of Zenothemis’ Periplous by offering a series of stylistic observations about the single surviving fragment and considering the rationale for ascribing (or not) seven other testimonia (SH 856-862) to this poem.
Highlights
Greek periplography appears to have been an almost exclusively prosaic phenomenon.[1]
BC) whom John Tzetzes credits with the production of an elegiac distich
H. 7.765f.) apparently sourced from a Periplous. This brief note contributes to the discussion about the shape of Zenothemis’ Periplous by offering a series of stylistic observations about the single surviving fragment and considering the rationale for ascribing seven other testimonia (SH 856-862) to this poem
Summary
Greek periplography appears to have been an almost exclusively prosaic phenomenon.[1].
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