Archilochus’ Cologne Epode and Homer’s Quivering Spear (fr. 196a.52 IEG²)
In this note, I highlight a hitherto unrecognized literary resonance in the climactic final verses of Archilochus' First Cologne Epode: Archilochus parodically and subversively reworks the Homeric description of a quivering spear. This Homeric resonance caps the poem's ongoing clash betwee...
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Habelt
2021
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