Negotiating Seduction
Archilochus’ Cologne Epode and the Transformation of Epic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9348951 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Swift (0000-0002-3745-3500, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 159 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 2-28 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philologus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-7985 • E-ISSN: 2196-7008 |
| Publisher | KaDeMiE-VErLaG (PUBLISHER • DD) |
| DOI | 10.1515/phil-2015-0002 |
| OpenAlex | W1133656249 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 32 |
This article offers a new interpretation of Archilochus’ First Cologne Epode (fr. 196a W) by reading it as a sustained travesty of an epic seduction scene. The article begins by setting out the flexibility of the epic type-scene, with an analysis of the Dios Apate in Iliad 14, Aphrodite’s seduction of Anchises in the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, and Odysseus’ encounter with Nausicaa in Odyssey 6. The second part of the article demonstrates that the Cologne Epode is structured around the same core elements, but at every stage Archilochus subverts expectations by offering something that parodies epic convention. Reading the Epode as a vulgar iambic reworking of an epic tradition not only gives us insight into its sophistication but also helps resolve some of the interpretative difficulties which have long plagued scholars working on the poem, and in particular helps us see what is achieved by the poem’s surprising ending
Aesthetics · Art · Depiction · EPIC · Hymn · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Poetry · Reading (process · Sophistication · Classical Antiquity Studies · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy
Iambos
Myth and thought among the Greeks
The Symbolism of Space in Euripidean Choral Fantasy ( Hipp . 732–75, Med . 824–65, Bacch . 370–433)
The Vulnerability of Athena
The Nature of Early Greek Lyric
The Iliad
Nausicaa
Hymn To Aphrodite 36-291 Notes On the Pars Epica of the Homeric Hymn To Aphrodite
The Allurement Scene
Descent from Heaven
Dance and Ritual Play in Greek Religion
Der homerische Aphroditehymnus und die Aristie des Aineias in der Ilias
Aphrodite and the Pandora complex
The Poetics of Eros in Ancient Greece
The "Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite" and Related Texts
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |