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Diomedes redivivus: A New Reading of Mimnermus fr. 14 W.

This article presents a translation of the description of a warrior in a fight against the Lydians in a story by Mimnermus. This new translation attempts to make sense of the text without speculating about anything that preceded it. The translator also that Homeric intertext is more prevalent than o...

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Published in:Mnemosyne Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 102 - 112
Main Author: Rethlein, Jonas
Format: Article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2007
Subjects:
Translations
Language & languages
Literature translations
Translating & interpreting
Mimnermus, of Colophon, 7th century B.C.
Homer, fl. ca. 900 B.C.-ca. 801 B.C.
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:This article presents a translation of the description of a warrior in a fight against the Lydians in a story by Mimnermus. This new translation attempts to make sense of the text without speculating about anything that preceded it. The translator also that Homeric intertext is more prevalent than other scholars have acknowledged and that it relates to the translator's conjecture about the warrior's great bravery and spirit.