Titolo Il proemio di Theocr. 17 e Simon. IEG2 fr. 11 W.: eroi, discendenti di semidei Periodico Prometheus Anno: 1999 - Volume: 25 - Fascicolo: Fascicolo 2 - Pagina iniziale: 97 - Pagina finale: 110
Defining heroes as ‘descended from demigods’, Theocritus (17.5) seems to have in mind the Simonidean phrase ?µ????? ???µ???? ?e?e?? (fr. 11.17 West2), while slightly changing its meaning. On a broader level, Simonides’ elegy appears to be Theocritus’ main model for the proem of his Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus.