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The Chorus of Alcman'sPartheneion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Denys Page
Denys Page
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Crist Church, Oxford
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The irregular division of vv. 35 sqq. between two semi-choruses seems to bo widely accepted and approved.2 I wish first to discuss the obvious objection that such an irregular division is unparalleled in a strophic chorus,3 and secondly to show that the reasons advanced for the division are themselves insufficient.

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Research Article
Information
The Classical Quarterly , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , April 1937 , pp. 94 - 101
Copyright
Copyright © The Classical Association 1937

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References

page 94 note 1 I am greatly indebted to Mr. J. D. Denniston for much valuable criticism and advice.

page 94 note 2 Blass, , Rh. Mus., xxxiii 553Google Scholar sqq.;Sheppard, J. T., Essays and Studies presented to Sir William Ridgeway, 124Google Scholar sqq.:Bowra, C. M., Greek Lyric Poetry, 35Google Scholar sqq.

page 94 note 3 I use the phrase ‘strophic chorus’ to mean a composition of either triadic or strophe-antistrophe formation in a lyric metre. By ‘irregular division’ I mean a division of speakers in a strophe (or antistrophe) which is not repeated in the same place or places of the anti-strophe (or strophe).

page 99 note 1 I regard it as certain that this chorus is in competition with another chorus, although I do not believe that ⋯ντì δ ἔνδεκα (v. 98) can mean ‘against eleven’.

page 100 note 1 Sheppard, loc. cit.

page 101 note 1 Sheppard, loc. cit.