Cantores Euphorionis again
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9337256 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Tuplin (University of Liverpool, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 358-360 |
| Publication date | 1979-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838800035989 |
| OpenAlex | W2132446021 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Why cantoribus ? The reference of the phrase cantores Euphorionis has been much discussed, by the author of this note among others. But what is the sense of cantores ? The Thesaurus Linguae Latinae , Lewis and Short, and the Oxford Latin Dictionary variously classify Tusc . 3.45 as an instance of cantor in the special sense of ‘supporter’, ‘imitator’, or ‘eulogist’. Recently, however, W. Allen suggested that this may be to read too much into the word: ‘... cantor could well have the standard meaning of personal and private recitation of poetry. Since sometime cantare and legere have a semantic identity, however, it may be possible that the word cantores in hi cantores Euphorionis has a meaning no more momentous than that of lector . ’
Epistemology · Genealogy · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Phrase · Supporter · Word (group theory · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
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| Citation span | 1981 - 2013 (33) |
| Highly cited | No |