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VI.-REPETITION
IN
THE
ARGONAUTICA
OF
APOLLONIUS.
A
conspicuous
feature
of Homeric
style
is the
repetition
of
verses. Not
only
are
passages repeated,
but
certain
stock
lines
and
couplets.
The amount
of
repetition
in
the
Iliad
and
the
Odyssey
has
been
carefully
measured
by
C.
E.
Schmidt
in
his
Parallel-Homer oder Index aller homerischen Iterati in lexi-
kalischer
Anordnung (Gottingen,
1885).
He
finds
(p.
VIII)
that
I804
verses
occur
together
4730
times
and
that
if
slight
variations
are
neglected
there
are 2Ii8
verses which
occur
5612
times. Should all
recurring
verses
and
recurring
parts
of
verses
be
removed from
the
poems,
the
number of verses would
be
reduced
by
I6,ooo,
more
than
the
bulk of
the
Iliad,
leaving
12,000,
i.
e.,
approximately
the
whole
of
the
Odyssey. Comp.
A.
J.
P.
VI 399.
Since
the
Homeric
poems
exercised
a
great
influence
upon
subsequent
Greek
epic,
the
question
has
naturally
been asked
whether in
the
epic
of
Apollonius
and
Quintus
there
is
much
repetition.
A
general
answer in the
negative
has
been made in
the
case of both
poets
(Wellauer,
Apollonius
II.
380;
Paschal
A
Study
of
Quintus
of
Smyrna,
p. 36).
In
this
paper
an
attempt
is made to
measure
the extent
of
repetition in Apollonius and then to make comparisons with
Homer. An examination
of
the
Argonautica
reveals
surpris-
ingly
few
repeated
verses,
and shows
that
in half
of these the
repetition
was
deliberate,
whereas
in the
case
of
the others the
wide
separation
of the
verses
may
mean
that
the
repetition
was
unobserved
by
the
poet.
The cases of conscious
repetition
may
first be
considered.
In
I.
703
ss.
Hypsipyle
gives Iphinoe
a
message
for
the
Argonauts;
in
vv.
712
ss.
the
message
is delivered.
The
coincident
passages
are as follows:
705
6bpa
ri ol
di67oLo Erro?
OvlZijpe?
vifarcr
Kat d'airoiv
yai7/r
re
Kat
&areoc,
at
K'
62Coatv,
KEKEeO
OapaaubeC
Etrtafiavtsev
eViuevEovrac.
714
*.
.
. ...........
.
...
evi...
K
........................
a v
.
eb
evo71vre
KEKXerat
vrtiKa
vvv
eT7rtLatvve,ue
v,eveoVTCra.
VI.-REPETITION
IN
THE
ARGONAUTICA
OF
APOLLONIUS.
A
conspicuous
feature
of Homeric
style
is the
repetition
of
verses. Not
only
are
passages repeated,
but
certain
stock
lines
and
couplets.
The amount
of
repetition
in
the
Iliad
and
the
Odyssey
has
been
carefully
measured
by
C.
E.
Schmidt
in
his
Parallel-Homer oder Index aller homerischen Iterati in lexi-
kalischer
Anordnung (Gottingen,
1885).
He
finds
(p.
VIII)
that
I804
verses
occur
together
4730
times
and
that
if
slight
variations
are
neglected
there
are 2Ii8
verses which
occur
5612
times. Should all
recurring
verses
and
recurring
parts
of
verses
be
removed from
the
poems,
the
number of verses would
be
reduced
by
I6,ooo,
more
than
the
bulk of
the
Iliad,
leaving
12,000,
i.
e.,
approximately
the
whole
of
the
Odyssey. Comp.
A.
J.
P.
VI 399.
Since
the
Homeric
poems
exercised
a
great
influence
upon
subsequent
Greek
epic,
the
question
has
naturally
been asked
whether in
the
epic
of
Apollonius
and
Quintus
there
is
much
repetition.
A
general
answer in the
negative
has
been made in
the
case of both
poets
(Wellauer,
Apollonius
II.
380;
Paschal
A
Study
of
Quintus
of
Smyrna,
p. 36).
In
this
paper
an
attempt
is made to
measure
the extent
of
repetition in Apollonius and then to make comparisons with
Homer. An examination
of
the
Argonautica
reveals
surpris-
ingly
few
repeated
verses,
and shows
that
in half
of these the
repetition
was
deliberate,
whereas
in the
case
of
the others the
wide
separation
of the
verses
may
mean
that
the
repetition
was
unobserved
by
the
poet.
The cases of conscious
repetition
may
first be
considered.
In
I.
703
ss.
Hypsipyle
gives Iphinoe
a
message
for
the
Argonauts;
in
vv.
712
ss.
the
message
is delivered.
The
coincident
passages
are as follows:
705
6bpa
ri ol
di67oLo Erro?
OvlZijpe?
vifarcr
Kat d'airoiv
yai7/r
re
Kat
&areoc,
at
K'
62Coatv,
KEKEeO
OapaaubeC
Etrtafiavtsev
eViuevEovrac.
714
*.
.
. ...........
.
...
evi...
K
........................
a v
.
eb
evo71vre
KEKXerat
vrtiKa
vvv
eT7rtLatvve,ue
v,eveoVTCra.
VI.-REPETITION
IN
THE
ARGONAUTICA
OF
APOLLONIUS.
A
conspicuous
feature
of Homeric
style
is the
repetition
of
verses. Not
only
are
passages repeated,
but
certain
stock
lines
and
couplets.
The amount
of
repetition
in
the
Iliad
and
the
Odyssey
has
been
carefully
measured
by
C.
E.
Schmidt
in
his
Parallel-Homer oder Index aller homerischen Iterati in lexi-
kalischer
Anordnung (Gottingen,
1885).
He
finds
(p.
VIII)
that
I804
verses
occur
together
4730
times
and
that
if
slight
variations
are
neglected
there
are 2Ii8
verses which
occur
5612
times. Should all
recurring
verses
and
recurring
parts
of
verses
be
removed from
the
poems,
the
number of verses would
be
reduced
by
I6,ooo,
more
than
the
bulk of
the
Iliad,
leaving
12,000,
i.
e.,
approximately
the
whole
of
the
Odyssey. Comp.
A.
J.
P.
VI 399.
Since
the
Homeric
poems
exercised
a
great
influence
upon
subsequent
Greek
epic,
the
question
has
naturally
been asked
whether in
the
epic
of
Apollonius
and
Quintus
there
is
much
repetition.
A
general
answer in the
negative
has
been made in
the
case of both
poets
(Wellauer,
Apollonius
II.
380;
Paschal
A
Study
of
Quintus
of
Smyrna,
p. 36).
In
this
paper
an
attempt
is made to
measure
the extent
of
repetition in Apollonius and then to make comparisons with
Homer. An examination
of
the
Argonautica
reveals
surpris-
ingly
few
repeated
verses,
and shows
that
in half
of these the
repetition
was
deliberate,
whereas
in the
case
of
the others the
wide
separation
of the
verses
may
mean
that
the
repetition
was
unobserved
by
the
poet.
The cases of conscious
repetition
may
first be
considered.
In
I.
703
ss.
Hypsipyle
gives Iphinoe
a
message
for
the
Argonauts;
in
vv.
712
ss.
the
message
is delivered.
The
coincident
passages
are as follows:
705
6bpa
ri ol
di67oLo Erro?
OvlZijpe?
vifarcr
Kat d'airoiv
yai7/r
re
Kat
&areoc,
at
K'
62Coatv,
KEKEeO
OapaaubeC
Etrtafiavtsev
eViuevEovrac.
714
*.
.
. ...........
.
...
evi...
K
........................
a v
.
eb
evo71vre
KEKXerat
vrtiKa
vvv
eT7rtLatvve,ue
v,eveoVTCra.
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THE
ARGONA'UTICA
OF
APOLLONIUS.HE
ARGONA'UTICA
OF
APOLLONIUS.HE
ARGONA'UTICA
OF
APOLLONIUS.
In
III.
409
ss.
Aeetes
speaks
to
Jason,
but the
report
of the
speech by Jason
contains
only
one
verse
which
is
repeated.
409
dotl)
foi
T
e6ov
rT
'Aptoov
ai4tvl,voovrat
rapwo
xa?K67rode,
or6ouartl
26oya
?valto6vre.
495
&
0
divo
irediov
rt
'Apitov
aizQtvipea6at
....
...............
.fvao6vra6
The
content of other verses in the
speech
of
Aeetes
is
re-
stated
in
different
words
and
phrases.
A
third case
of
the
same
kind
occurs
in
Jason's
report
of
the words of
the
Ipcwcrtaa
n
IV.
1347
ss.
Here
v.
1358
is
an
exact
repetition
of
1323:
vpJaat,
Atflpc
T/tjfiopot
7j6d
Ovyarpe(,
of
which
the
first
three
words also
appear
in
v.
I309.
V.
I354,
except
for
the
pronoun, reproduces
v.
1328.
These three
are
all
that
occur
in
related
speeches.
In
other
passages Apollonius
has
avoided
repetition.
Thus vv.
13I3-4
of
Bk.
IV.:
al
6e
aXesov
AiaoviSao
Carav,
iEov
d'airo
xepapiKaparof
rjpeia
7rEa'rov.
are differently given in vv. I350-I:
Earav
Vrczrp
KeOa2OLf
pta'
tarXedo6V
av
d6';SaRviav/
~7rTrov
pvaacdluevat
KovWr/
epi.
Vv.
1325-7
of Bk.
IV.
are
differently
given
in vv.
I355-6.
Again
in
Bk.
I.
804
ss.
Hypsipyle
tells
Jason
of the
conduct of
the
Lemnian
men,
repeating
the
substance
of
vv.
6xo
ss.:
801-2 avrrfft
SaE6'eipova
2tliSa
aKovpa1i
6eip' aiyov.
804
d6
yap
Kovptdia'
/lev
alratrvyov,
EK
dc
yejeaopuwv,
j iar7iy
elfavrec,
a7neacevovro
yvvailKa.
avarp
itd6eaCat
optKcr^rait
apiavov,
aXertot.
6i
dRj
yap
Kovpidiaq
iev
arrWvi,vavro
ywvaKaf.
avipeCf
eX07pavTre,
eXov
d'
t
e'
7Li6eeaatcv
rptXrvv
epov,
af
avroi
ayiveov
avr7trep)7Oev
OpL7tKivp
6ovrTEf.
Another
illustration
of
the
same
tendency
is
to be
found in
IV. iio6 ss. and III8 ss.
II 8
7rapOevtirj
v
vaav
Fi'
o
oav
Coy
rorTi
6uara
rarpo
EK6ifaetv,
ticVrpov
de cvv
avept
ropoaivovaav
OVKeii
KOVpStdlt
LLV
aTrorTf/etv
stR6r7TroC.
i
I06
irap6eviK7v
pev
ioiaav
e
ir
7r
rarpi tcoiKro
at
i6ivvo'
iicKrpov
e eavv
dvept
rropaivovaav
oV
ytv
tov
r6tof
voaQiaovoat'
In
III.
409
ss.
Aeetes
speaks
to
Jason,
but the
report
of the
speech by Jason
contains
only
one
verse
which
is
repeated.
409
dotl)
foi
T
e6ov
rT
'Aptoov
ai4tvl,voovrat
rapwo
xa?K67rode,
or6ouartl
26oya
?valto6vre.
495
&
0
divo
irediov
rt
'Apitov
aizQtvipea6at
....
...............
.fvao6vra6
The
content of other verses in the
speech
of
Aeetes
is
re-
stated
in
different
words
and
phrases.
A
third case
of
the
same
kind
occurs
in
Jason's
report
of
the words of
the
Ipcwcrtaa
n
IV.
1347
ss.
Here
v.
1358
is
an
exact
repetition
of
1323:
vpJaat,
Atflpc
T/tjfiopot
7j6d
Ovyarpe(,
of
which
the
first
three
words also
appear
in
v.
I309.
V.
I354,
except
for
the
pronoun, reproduces
v.
1328.
These three
are
all
that
occur
in
related
speeches.
In
other
passages Apollonius
has
avoided
repetition.
Thus vv.
13I3-4
of
Bk.
IV.:
al
6e
aXesov
AiaoviSao
Carav,
iEov
d'airo
xepapiKaparof
rjpeia
7rEa'rov.
are differently given in vv. I350-I:
Earav
Vrczrp
KeOa2OLf
pta'
tarXedo6V
av
d6';SaRviav/
~7rTrov
pvaacdluevat
KovWr/
epi.
Vv.
1325-7
of Bk.
IV.
are
differently
given
in vv.
I355-6.
Again
in
Bk.
I.
804
ss.
Hypsipyle
tells
Jason
of the
conduct of
the
Lemnian
men,
repeating
the
substance
of
vv.
6xo
ss.:
801-2 avrrfft
SaE6'eipova
2tliSa
aKovpa1i
6eip' aiyov.
804
d6
yap
Kovptdia'
/lev
alratrvyov,
EK
dc
yejeaopuwv,
j iar7iy
elfavrec,
a7neacevovro
yvvailKa.
avarp
itd6eaCat
optKcr^rait
apiavov,
aXertot.
6i
dRj
yap
Kovpidiaq
iev
arrWvi,vavro
ywvaKaf.
avipeCf
eX07pavTre,
eXov
d'
t
e'
7Li6eeaatcv
rptXrvv
epov,
af
avroi
ayiveov
avr7trep)7Oev
OpL7tKivp
6ovrTEf.
Another
illustration
of
the
same
tendency
is
to be
found in
IV. iio6 ss. and III8 ss.
II 8
7rapOevtirj
v
vaav
Fi'
o
oav
Coy
rorTi
6uara
rarpo
EK6ifaetv,
ticVrpov
de cvv
avept
ropoaivovaav
OVKeii
KOVpStdlt
LLV
aTrorTf/etv
stR6r7TroC.
i
I06
irap6eviK7v
pev
ioiaav
e
ir
7r
rarpi tcoiKro
at
i6ivvo'
iicKrpov
e eavv
dvept
rropaivovaav
oV
ytv
tov
r6tof
voaQiaovoat'
In
III.
409
ss.
Aeetes
speaks
to
Jason,
but the
report
of the
speech by Jason
contains
only
one
verse
which
is
repeated.
409
dotl)
foi
T
e6ov
rT
'Aptoov
ai4tvl,voovrat
rapwo
xa?K67rode,
or6ouartl
26oya
?valto6vre.
495
&
0
divo
irediov
rt
'Apitov
aizQtvipea6at
....
...............
.fvao6vra6
The
content of other verses in the
speech
of
Aeetes
is
re-
stated
in
different
words
and
phrases.
A
third case
of
the
same
kind
occurs
in
Jason's
report
of
the words of
the
Ipcwcrtaa
n
IV.
1347
ss.
Here
v.
1358
is
an
exact
repetition
of
1323:
vpJaat,
Atflpc
T/tjfiopot
7j6d
Ovyarpe(,
of
which
the
first
three
words also
appear
in
v.
I309.
V.
I354,
except
for
the
pronoun, reproduces
v.
1328.
These three
are
all
that
occur
in
related
speeches.
In
other
passages Apollonius
has
avoided
repetition.
Thus vv.
13I3-4
of
Bk.
IV.:
al
6e
aXesov
AiaoviSao
Carav,
iEov
d'airo
xepapiKaparof
rjpeia
7rEa'rov.
are differently given in vv. I350-I:
Earav
Vrczrp
KeOa2OLf
pta'
tarXedo6V
av
d6';SaRviav/
~7rTrov
pvaacdluevat
KovWr/
epi.
Vv.
1325-7
of Bk.
IV.
are
differently
given
in vv.
I355-6.
Again
in
Bk.
I.
804
ss.
Hypsipyle
tells
Jason
of the
conduct of
the
Lemnian
men,
repeating
the
substance
of
vv.
6xo
ss.:
801-2 avrrfft
SaE6'eipova
2tliSa
aKovpa1i
6eip' aiyov.
804
d6
yap
Kovptdia'
/lev
alratrvyov,
EK
dc
yejeaopuwv,
j iar7iy
elfavrec,
a7neacevovro
yvvailKa.
avarp
itd6eaCat
optKcr^rait
apiavov,
aXertot.
6i
dRj
yap
Kovpidiaq
iev
arrWvi,vavro
ywvaKaf.
avipeCf
eX07pavTre,
eXov
d'
t
e'
7Li6eeaatcv
rptXrvv
epov,
af
avroi
ayiveov
avr7trep)7Oev
OpL7tKivp
6ovrTEf.
Another
illustration
of
the
same
tendency
is
to be
found in
IV. iio6 ss. and III8 ss.
II 8
7rapOevtirj
v
vaav
Fi'
o
oav
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AMERICAN
JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY.
MERICAN
JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY.
MERICAN
JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY.
The
repeated
verses
noted
above,
since
they
occur
close to-
gether
in
related
passages
are
cases
of deliberate
repetition.
It
is
interesting
to see
that the instances
of what
is
probably
un-
conscious
repetition
of
whole
verses are
extremely
few.
The
best
example
is to be
found
in
I.
526-7
and
IV.
582-3:
(66pv)
r6
p'iava
e'aa,cv
areipav
'AOlvai7l
Awsovidog
ipyoae
q7jyoi.
Examples
of verses
partly
coincident are:
II.
1154
ei
6E KaU
ovvo/ua
d6iev
irtOiEit
6eSdaHicOat
III. 354 el 6e
ait
vvoLiadfOev
Ert0eiEt yevEVjv
TE
I.
463
Alaovis7,
riva rtvde
/tera
Opeal
/uTlrtV
'Xicuet
;
IV.
355
Aiaovidr,
riva
r'vdSe cvvaprvvacse
piEvotviv
III.
404
66oa
rot
Xpaov
ov
ayeiv
6epoS
IV.
87
L
6e
Ey/
(
A
very good
example
is
I.
249
and
885:
249
eivX6ievat
v6aroio
rTLOf
O
v7di6C
oirattrat.
885
EiX6,uevat
uaKapeoaav
adr
jova
v6arov
biradaat.
Frequently in Homer, speeches are introduced by the same
verse.
Schmidt,
op.
cit.,
p.
viii,
notes
51
occurrences
of the
verse:
Kai
ltv
(ao0ea)
9wvfioaa
....
7rpoa7pi6a
(dov).
Similarly
stock
verses are used to indicate the close of
a
speech.
V.
Schmidt,
s.
vv.
W
,aB0',
s
a0ro,
etc.
Apollonius
has
avoided
apparently
with
intention
such
verses,
for there is
only
one
such verse
repeated,
I.
103
=
III.
145:
Cjg
d0ro,
r7 6'
ac'raUrbv
'rog
yEver'
eicatovri.
This
is
a
noteworthy
departure
from Homeric
precedent.
There
are,
however,
some
introductory
verses which
differ
only slightly
from
one
another:
II.
885
rov
6'
arT'
A7aovo
vlbt
a,uiyxavEuv
TrpoaeEnrev
I.
1336
i
irt4padSow
II.
1134
pceevev.
I.
294
lteI?LtioLtf
reeaatv
7rapyiyopEuv
7rpoaetirev.
II.
621
trapap/3djv
IV.
394