§frag128## Hipponactis fragmentum
Μοῦσά μοι Εὐρυμεδοντιάδεα, τὴν πολτοχάρυβδιν, τὴν ἐγγαστριμάχαιραν, ὃς ἐσθίει οὐ κατὰ κόσμον, ἔννεφʼ, ὅπως ψηφῖσιν ἀγεὶς κακὸν οἶτον ὄληται βουλῇ δημοσίῃ παρὰ θῖνʼ ἁλὸς ἀτρυγέτοιο.
## Hipponactis fragmentum Muse, sing to me of the son of Eurymedon, the porridge-Charybdis, the sword-in-the-belly, who eats in an unruly manner, so that, crushed by pebbles, he may perish in an evil fate by public decree beside the shore of the barren sea.
§similes## HOMERI LOCI SIMILES
1 ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα
2 ἐπεὶ σύ περ οὐ κατὰ κόσμον | αἰτίζεις sq. 3 σὺ δέ κεν κακὸν οἶτον ὄληαι*
κακὸς κακὸν ἡγηλάζει*
4 παρὰ θῖνʼ ἁλὸς ἀτρυγέτοιο* §testimonium## TESTIMONIVM
: Πολέμων δʼ ἐν τῷ δωδεκάτῳ τῶν πρὸς Τίμαιον περὶ τῶν τὰς παρῳδίας γεγραφότων ἱστορῶν τάδε γράφει.
## HOMERI LOCI SIMILES 1 Sing to me, Muse, of the man 2 since you beg in an unruly manner etc. 3 and you may perish in an evil fate an evil man leads an evil man 4 beside the shore of the barren sea ## TESTIMONIVM: Polemon, in the twelfth book of his work Against Timaeus, investigating those who wrote parodies, writes as follows...
. . εὐρετὴν μὲν οὖν τοῦ γένους Ἱππώνακτα φατέον τὸν ἰαμβοποιόν.
Therefore, we must declare the iambic poet Hipponax to be the inventor of this genre.
λέγει γὰρ οὕτως ἐν τοῖς ἑξαμέτροις· Μοῦσα — ἀτρυγέτοιο
.
For he speaks thus in his hexameter verses: Muse — atrygetoio.
§variants## VARIETAS LECTIONIS
ln testimonio Ἱππώνακτε φατέον Α ἐν τόνοις ἑξαμέτροις Meineke οὗτος Α, οὕτως Schrader 1 πολτοχάρυβδιν Wachsmuth: ποντοχάρυβδιν Α, παντοχάρυβδιν Bergk in Poet.
## VARIETAS LECTIONIS In testimonio: Ἱππώνακτε φατέον A; ἐν τόνοις ἑξαμέτροις Meineke; οὗτος A, οὕτως Schrader 1 πολτοχάρυβδιν Wachsmuth: ποντοχάρυβδιν A, παντοχάρυβδιν Bergk in the first edition of Poet.
Lyr.
Lyr.
Graec. editione prima et Meineke 2 ἐνγαστριμαχαιρανος Α 3 ψηφῖσιν ἀγεὶς Stadtmueller: ψηφῖδι Α, κακὸς suppl. Cobet pro vulgato κακῇ ὀλεῖται Cobet probante Tenbrinkio et Meinekio.
Graec. and Meineke 2 ἐνγαστριμαχαιρανος A 3 ψηφῖσιν ἀγεὶς Stadtmueller: ψηφῖδι A; κακὸς supplied by Cobet instead of the vulgate; κακῇ ὀλεῖται Cobet, approved by Tenbrink and Meineke.
§commentary## COMMENTARIVS
V. l. Corrige πολτοχάρυβδιν; nequaquam enim ποντοφάρυγξ potest comparari; ipsa vero Χάρυβδις a qua imago ducitur, maritima est.
## COMMENTARIVS Variant readings: Correct to πολτοχάρυβδιν; for by no means can ποντοφάρυγξ be compared; indeed Charybdis herself, from whom the image is drawn, is a creature of the sea.
Pessime igitur dicitur ποντοχάρυβδις.
Therefore, ποντοχάρυβδις is very poorly said.
Immo fuit addendum aliquid quo vel ubi habitet altera illa Charybdis significetur (ut γαστροχάρυβδις quidam audit apud Cratinum Ι 121 Kock) vel quid devoret.
Rather, something ought to have been added by which either where that other Charybdis dwells is indicated (as some hear γαστροχάρυβδις in Cratinus I 121 Kock) or what she devours.
Alterum praetuli; cf. Ps. -Plautinum parasitum cui nomen fuit Πολτοφαγωνίδης (cf.
I preferred the latter; cf. the pseudo-Plautine parasite whose name was Πολτοφαγωνίδης (cf.
Ritschl op.
Ritschl op.
IIl p. 328)
.
III p. 328).
Wachsmuthius.
Wachsmuth.
V. 2.
Line 2.
Hesychius: ἐγγαστριμάχαιραν· τὴν ἐν τῇ γαστρὶ κατατέμνουσαν.
Hesychius: ἐγγαστριμάχαιραν: she who cuts up inside the belly.
Cf. ἐγγαστρίμυθος, ἐγγαστρίμαντις.
Cf. ἐγγαστρίμυθος, ἐγγαστρίμαντι斯.
V. 3.
Line 3.
ὅπως — ὄληται finali sensu accipiendum esse supra p. 33 adnotavi.
I noted above on p. 33 that ὅπως — ὄληται must be taken in a final sense.
Verba παρὰ θῖνʼ ἁλὸς ἀτρυγέτοιο docent ψηφῖδα nomen non de suffragiis esse usurpatum (sic enim vulgo interpretabantur ut ψηφίς dicatur pro ψῆφος, cuius usus nullum exstat exemplum), sed de silicibus: sunt enim ψηφῖδες proprie lapilli qui in litoribus inveniuntur: αἱ ἐν τοῖς αἰγιαλοῖς ψηφῖδες (ἐν τοῖς αἰγιαλοῖς = παρὰ θῖνʼ ἁλός) Luc. pisc. 35, Tim. 5, Parasit. 52; fortasse scribendum ὅπως ψηφῖσιν ἀγεὶς κακὸν οἶτον ὄληται βουλῇ (an ψηφῖσι ῥαγεὶς vel δαρείς, lapidibus laceratus, contusus?)
.
The words παρὰ θῖνʼ ἁλὸς ἀτρυγέτοιο show that the noun ψηφῖδα is not used for votes (for they commonly interpreted it thus, so that ψηφίς is said for ψῆφος, of which use no example exists), but for pebbles: for ψηφῖδες are properly little stones found on shores: "the pebbles on the shores" (on the shores = beside the shore of the sea) Lucian, pisc. 35, Tim. 5, Parasit. 52; perhaps we should write ὅπως ψηφῖσιν ἀγεὶς κακὸν οἶτον ὄληται βουλῇ (or ψηφῖσι ῥαγεὶς or δαρείς, torn or bruised by stones?).
Stadtmuellerus.
Stadtmueller.
Bergkio in editione quarta videtur Ψηφῖδι scribendum
ut loci sit appellatio
eius fortasse
ubi tunc populus Ephesius suffragia ferebat
.
To Bergk in his fourth edition, it seems Ψηφῖδι should be written as the name of a place, perhaps where the Ephesian people then cast their votes.
Omnium adhuc plausum tulerat Cobetus supplendo κακός.
Of all, Cobet had hitherto won applause by supplying κακός.
V. 4.
Line 4.
Verba incorrupta βουλῇ δημοσίῃ infeliciter temptarunt Cobetus, Hartungius, Bergkius olim.
The uncorrupted words βουλῇ δημοσίῃ were unfortunately attacked by Cobet, Hartung, and formerly Bergk.