Arion’s Lyre 0000AAccoossttaa__FFMM ii--xxvviiiiii..iinndddd ii 99//77//0099 99::1177::1199 AAMM This page intentionally left blank Arion’s Lyre Archaic Lyric into Hellenistic Poetry Benjamin Acosta-Hughes Pri n c eton U n i v e r si t y Pre s s Princeton and Oxford 0000AAccoossttaa__FFMM ii--xxvviiiiii..iinndddd iiiiii 99//77//0099 99::1177::2200 AAMM Copyright © 2010 by Princeton University Press Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to Permissions, Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1TW All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Acosta-Hughes, Benjamin, 1960– Arion’s lyre : Archaic lyric into Hellenistic poetry / Benjamin Acosta-Hughes. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-691-09525-7 (acid-free paper) 1. Greek poetry—History and criticism. 2. Greek poetry, Hellenistic—Egypt—Alexandria—History and criticism. 3. Intertextuality. I. Title. PA3092.A53 2010 884(cid:1).0109—dc22 2009021125 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data are available Publication of this book was in part made possible by a generous subvention from the College of Arts and Humanities of Th e Ohio State University. Th is book has been composed in Minion Pro. Printed on acid-free paper. ∞ press.princeton.edu Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0000AAccoossttaa__FFMM ii--xxvviiiiii..iinndddd iivv 99//77//0099 99::1177::2200 AAMM For Susan 0000AAccoossttaa__FFMM ii--xxvviiiiii..iinndddd vv 99//77//0099 99::1177::2200 AAMM This page intentionally left blank En el vocabulario crítico, la palabra precursor es indispensable, pero habría que tratar de purifi carla de toda connotación de polémica o de rivalidad. El hecho es que cada escritor crea sus precursores. Su lavor modifi ca nuestra concepción del pasado, como ha de modifi car el futuro. En esta correlación nada importa la identidad o la pluralidad de los hombres. —Jorge Luis Borges, “Kafk a y sus precursores” Nimm sie hin, denn, diese Lieder, Die ich dir, Geliebte, sang, Singe sie dann Abends wieder Zu der Laute süssem Klang! Wenn das Dämm’rungsrot dann ziehet Nach dem stillen blauen See, Und sein letzter Strahl verglühet Hinter jener Bergeshöh’, Und du singst, was ich gesungen, Was mir aus der vollen Brust Ohne Kunstgepräng’ erklungen, nur der Sehnsucht nich bewusst. Dann vor diesen Liedern weichet, Was geschieden uns so weit, Und ein liebend Herz erreichet, Was ein liebend Herz geweiht. —Alois Jeitteles, “An die ferne Geliebte” 0000AAccoossttaa__FFMM ii--xxvviiiiii..iinndddd vviiii 99//77//0099 99::1177::2200 AAMM This page intentionally left blank Contents Preface xi Abbreviations xv Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Preserving Her Aeolic Song: Traces of Alexandrian Sappho 12 Chapter 2 Lyric into Elegy: Sappho Again 62 Chapter 3 Alcaeus: Voice and Metaphor of the Symposium 105 Chapter 4 From Samos to Alexandria: Earlier Court Poets and Th eir Legacies 141 Chapter 5 Simonides Recalled: Imitations of a Poikilos Original 171 Epilogue Lyric Transformed 214 References Cited 221 Index Locorum 239 Subject Index 247 0000AAccoossttaa__FFMM ii--xxvviiiiii..iinndddd iixx 99//77//0099 99::1177::2200 AAMM