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- Title
An Arcadian Toast (Harmod. FGrH 319 F1).
- Authors
Déniz, Alcorac Alonso
- Abstract
This paper deals with the transmitted text εδειπνιαις; and εδειπνειας; in a fragment of Harmodius of Lepreum (FGrH 319 F1 = Athenaeus 149b and 479c). Modern editors believe both εδειπνιαις; and εδειπνειας; to be a corruption of the genitive εδειπνας;, which is accordingly interpreted as a toast meaning 'a good appetite'. The author claims that this view must be rejected on several grounds. Other conjectures (ε δειπνεας;, ε δεπνειας;) are further analyzed and also discarded. Finally, it is shown that the only satisfactory reading is ε δειπνας; = Att. ε δειπνσαις;, 'may you have a nice dinner'.
- Subjects
TOASTS; MEALS; PASTORAL literature; ATHENAEUS, of Naucratis; POTTERY; APPETITE; HISTORY
- Publication
Mnemosyne, 2011, Vol 64, Issue 2, p232
- ISSN
0026-7074
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1163/156852511X505042