[Entry] Ἰωνοκάμπτας, ου, ὁ (Ἰωνοκάμπτης, ου)
[Translation] «iono-modulator», or «he who modulates Ionian melodies» rather than «he who modulates in the Ionian manner (or according to the Ionian harmony)»
[Source] Plut. De laude ipsius, 1, 539c (4, 372 Pohlenz)
[Other occurrences] hapax legomenon
[Reference editions] Timoth. fr. 802 PMG = TrGF 41 Sn.
[Brief discussion]
The compound is used – and perhaps coined – by Timotheus to define the contemporary Phrynis, whose characteristic use of modulations (καμπαί) is recalled both by Aristophanes (Nub. 969-973) and by the ancient lexicographers (see Poll. 4, 66). On the meaning of καμπαί see West 1992, 356 with n. 2 and Restani 1983, 159-166. The verse 26 of the Chiron by Pherecrates could refer to this term (cf. Franchini 2020, 292).
[Bibliography]
H. HORDERN, The Fragments of Timotheus of Miletus, Oxford 2002, 97-98 (text) and 258-260 (commentary); E. FRANCHINI, Krapataloi-Pseudherakles (frr. 85-163) / Ferecrate; introduzione, traduzione, commento, con la collaborazione di Michele Napolitano (fr. 155), Göttingen 2020; D. RESTANI, ‘Il “Chirone” di Ferecrate e la ‘nuova’ musica greca. Ricerca sul lessico retorico-musicale’, Rivista Italiana di Musicologia 18/2, (1983 luglio-dicembre), 159.
[Keywords]
Ionian Culture, Effeminacy in Music, Modulations.
[Francesco Buè]