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[Author]<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Critias Atheniensis (460-403 a.C. ca.)<\/p>\n

[Work]<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Critias, fr. 2 Gent.-Pr. = fr. 4 West2<\/sup><\/p>\n

[Place of work]\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Athens<\/p>\n

[Source] <\/strong>Hephaest. Ench<\/em>. 2, 3 Consbr.: (\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03ba\u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2) \u1f22 \u03b4\u1f7b\u03bf \u03b2\u03c1\u03b1\u03c7\u03b5\u1fd6\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03bc\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd \u03b2\u03c1\u03b1\u03c7\u03b5\u1fd6\u03b1\u03bd, \u1f45\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f04\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f51\u03c1\u1f77\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u1f73\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 … \u1f10\u03bd \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f14\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u1f77\u03c9\u03c2\u00b7 \u1f65\u03c3\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1 \u039a\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc6\u03b9 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u1f08\u03bb\u03ba\u03b9\u03b2\u03b9\u1f71\u03b4\u03b7\u03bd \u1f10\u03bb\u03b5\u03b3\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f64\u03b9\u03b5\u03c4\u03bf \u1f10\u03b3\u03c7\u03c9\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f08\u03bb\u03ba\u03b9\u03b2\u03b9\u1f71\u03b4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f44\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u00b7 \u03c6\u03b7\u03c3\u1f76 \u03b3\u1f71\u03c1\u00b7 \u2018\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bd\u1fe6\u03bd \u039a\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u2013\u2013 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f00\u03bc\u1f73\u03c4\u03c1\u03c9\u03c2\u2019.<\/p>\n

[Typology]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Elegy<\/p>\n

[Period]<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 450\u2013400 BC<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bd\u1fe6\u03bd \u039a\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c5\u1f31\u1f78\u03bd \u1f08\u03b8\u03b7\u03bd\u03b1\u1fd6\u03bf\u03bd \u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c6\u03b1\u03bd\u1f7d\u03c3\u03c9
\n\u1f08\u03bb\u03ba\u03b9\u03b2\u03b9\u1f71\u03b4\u03b7\u03bd \u03bd\u1f73\u03bf\u03b9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u1f51\u03bc\u03bd\u1f75\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03c1\u1f79\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2\u00b7
\n\u03bf\u1f50 \u03b3\u1f71\u03c1 \u03c0\u03c9\u03c2 \u1f26\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1f54\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u1fbd \u1f10\u03c6\u03b1\u03c1\u03bc\u1f79\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u1f10\u03bb\u03b5\u03b3\u03b5\u1f77\u03c9\u03b9\u00b7
\n\u03bd\u1fe6\u03bd \u03b4\u1fbd \u1f10\u03bd \u1f30\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03b5\u1f77\u03c9\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b5\u1f77\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f00\u03bc\u1f73\u03c4\u03c1\u03c9\u03c2<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Pythiambic meter<\/p>\n<\/div>

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1 <\/strong>\u1f08\u03b8\u03b7\u03bd\u03b1\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 v.l. || 2<\/strong> \u1f10\u03bb\u03b5\u03b3\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bf\u03bd de pentametro hic primum dictum<\/p>\n<\/div>

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and now I\u2019ll crown the Athenian, the son of Cleinas,
\nAlcibiades, and I\u2019ll praise him with new manner.
\nReally it was not possible to fit the name in the elegiac verse,
\nnow it lies in an iambic verse, with a not unsuitable manner.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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This is one of the author’s two \u2018political\u2019 elegies, perhaps parts of a single composition dating to 408 BC. In this fragment, as in all of Critias\u2019 elegy, a metrical innovation regarding the name of Alcibiades is expressed in terms of primacy, which determines a pythiambic stanza (hexameter + iambic trimeter). In the first couplet we find a technical terminology, typical of the hymn and the praise, which is counterbalanced by the choice of a new metrical form, the iambic trimeter. This statement may lead one to think that, together with the refinement of the metrical form, there may also be a criticism against Alcibiades, whose name cannot be harmonized with the elegy, the meter of praise, but adapts in a way that is not inappropriate (as well as not contra metrum<\/em>) to the iambic verse, the meter of blame and felony. About Critias and the origin of a new poetic genre, see testim<\/em>. <\/strong>43 Gent.-Pr. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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B. GENTILI-C. PRATO (edd.), Poetae Elegiaci. Testimonia et fragmenta. Pars altera<\/em>, Monachii et Lipsiae 20022<\/sup>; M.L. WEST (ed.), Iambi et Elegi Graeci ante Alexandrum cantati. Editio altera atque emendata<\/em>, II, Oxonii 19982<\/sup>; D.E. GERBER, Greek Elegiac Poetry<\/em>, II, Cambridge (Mass.)-London 1999.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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U. BULTRIGHINI, \u201cMaledetta democrazia\u201d. Studi su Crizia <\/em>, Alessandria 1999; G. BURZACCHINI, \u2018Remarques sur quelques fragments \u00e9l\u00e9giaques de Critias\u2019, in J. Ivonneau (ed.), La Muse au long couteau. Critias, de la cr\u00e9ation litt\u00e9raire au terrorisme d\u2019\u00e9tat <\/em>, Bordeaux 2018, 35-59; R. CADIOU, \u2018Critias \u00e9l\u00e9giaque\u2019, BAGB<\/em> 1, 1966, 121-123; A. GARZYA, \u2018Osservazioni sulla lingua di Crizia\u2019, Emerita<\/em> 20, 1952, 402-412; A. IANNUCCI, La parola e l\u2019azione. I frammenti simposiali di Crizia <\/em>, Bologna 2002; A. IANNUCCI, \u2018Una \u201ccorona di giambi\u201d. Ipotesi di lettura del fr. 2 Gent.-Pr. di Crizia\u2019, SemRom<\/em> 6, 2003, 31-42; W. LAPINI, \u2018I frammenti alcibiadei di Crizia: Crizia amico di Alcibiade?\u2019, Prometheus<\/em> 21, 1995, 1-14 e 111-130; A. NICOLOSI, \u2018La poesia delle origini e il desiderio di restaurazione politica: l\u2019elegia di Crizia tra tradizione letteraria e contemporaneit\u00e0\u2019, RCCM<\/em> 66\/2, 2024, 457-464.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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