Muses as 'Fellow Citizens'?: Posidippus of Pella (118,1 AB), Macedonian Culture and the Political Life of the Muses.
In line 1 of the so-called Seal (118 AB), Posidippus invokes Μοῦσαι πολιήτιδες ('Muses fellow citizens'). This fact has puzzled scholars for years, as the Muses are nowhere else referred to as such. Referring to an epigram of Queen Eurydice, a dedication in honour of the Muses from the Pella area as...
| Publicado en: | Mnemosyne Vol. 77; no. 6; pp. 956 - 977 |
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2024
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