The Title(s) of Menander’s Sikyonioi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10289284 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Federico Favi (0000-0002-3065-1176, Oriel College, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 335-339 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mnemosyne (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-7074 • E-ISSN: 1568-525X |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1568525x-12342645 |
| OpenAlex | W2917549686 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The title of Menander’s Sikyonioi has long posed major critical challenges.1 While the earliest sources, the colophon of the Sorbonne papyrus (third century BCE) and a wall painting from Ephesus (second century CE), attest to the masculine plural title Σικυώνιοι,2 later indirect sources quoting fragments from the play transmit the masculine singular title Σικυώνιος;3 two indirect sources also testify to the existence of a feminine singular title Σικυωνία.4 It is now quite widely agreed upon that Σικυώνιοι is the correct title for the play, not least
Art · Literature · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |