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

[Work]<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Critias, fr. 3 Gent.-Pr. = fr. 5 West2<\/sup><\/p>\n

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

[Source] <\/strong>Plut. Alc<\/em>. 33, 1: \u03c4\u1f78 \u03bc\u1f72\u03bd \u03bf\u1f56\u03bd \u03c8\u1f75\u03c6\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u1f79\u03b4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f79\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba\u03b5\u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf \u039a\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u039a\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u1f77\u03c3\u03c7\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b3\u03c1\u1f71\u03c8\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2, \u1f61\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f18\u03bb\u03b5\u03b3\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c0\u03bf\u1f77\u03b7\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03b9\u03bc\u03bd\u1f75\u03b9\u03c3\u03ba\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f08\u03bb\u03ba\u03b9\u03b2\u03b9\u1f71\u03b4\u03b7\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c7\u1f71\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2\u00b7 \u2018\u03b3\u03bd\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b7 \u03b4\u1fbd \u1f25 \u2013\u2013 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c3\u03b4\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u2019.<\/p>\n

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

[Period]<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0450\u2013400 BC<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\u03b3\u03bd\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b7 \u03b4\u1fbd \u1f25 \u03c3\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f75\u03b3\u03b1\u03b3\u1fbd, \u1f10\u03b3\u1f7c \u03c4\u03b1\u1f7b\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u1f05\u03c0\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/p>\n

\u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b3\u03c1\u1f71\u03c8\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f56\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd \u1f14\u03b4\u03c1\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1 \u03c4\u1f79\u03b4\u03b5.<\/p>\n

\u03c3\u03c6\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u1f76\u03c2 \u03b4\u1fbd \u1f21\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u1f73\u03c1\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b3\u03bb\u1f7d\u03c4\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u03af\u03c3\u03b4\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Elegiac couplet<\/p>\n<\/div>

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1<\/strong> \u03b3\u03bd\u03ce\u03bc\u03b7\u03bd N, probb. Valckner, Ziegler et West | \u03b4\u1fbd om. N<\/strong> | \u1f25\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5 Y<\/strong> || 2<\/strong> \u03b5\u1f30\u03c0\u1f7c\u03bd Ziegler || 3<\/strong> \u03c3\u03c6\u03c1\u03b7\u03b3\u1f76\u03c2 ci. Bethe ap. Diels | \u1f21\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 Cobet ap. Wilamowitz: -\u03b7\u03c2 codd., probb. plurimi | \u03b3\u03bb\u03ce\u03c4\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 Y<\/strong>, probb. Diels, Diehl et alii<\/p>\n<\/div>

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This proposal which restored you, I among all<\/p>\n

delivered and wrote this, and then I accomplished this deed;<\/p>\n

the seal of my tongue is set on these things (verses or<\/em> words)<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The fragment is an excerpt (at least one pentameter is missing) of a \u2018political\u2019 elegy by Critias, perhaps from a single composition dedicated to Alcibiades and datable to 408 BC (cf. fr. 2 Gent.-Pr. [= fr. 4 W.2<\/sup>]). It should be noted that in this fragment too the vindication of the political action promoted by Critias in the Athenian social and civil context is expressed in terms of primacy. A technical terminology is used, taken from Athenian legal usage, which describes the different phases for the proposal of repatriation (public oration, writing and execution). The \u03c3\u03c6\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u1f76\u03c2 (v. 3) placed as a seal on Critias\u2019 work could be both the vindication of his public oration and the production of the poetic verses.<\/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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