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Achilles’ Inconsistency in Aristotle’s Lost Homeric Problems: a Fresh Look at Four bT-scholia of the Iliad

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RMRobert J. Mayhew

Key Points

  • Re-examination uncovers potential Aristotle fragments concerning achilles' inconsistency and his character.
  • Two bT-scholia are recognized fragments, while others may provide new insights into aristotle's interpretations.
  • Study analyzes four bT-scholia in the iliad, linking findings to eustathius and passages from aristotle's poetics.
  • Findings indicate a need for further research on the connections between the scholia and their original texts.

Abstract

My aim in this essay is to re-examine four bT-scholia of the Iliad, concerning the purported inconsistency of Achilles. Two of these have long been recognized as fragments from the Homeric Problems; but the other two, if my speculations are correct, might be previously unattested Aristotle-fragments. Eustathius plays an important supporting role in understanding these scholia, as do relevant passages in Aristotle’s Rhetoric and especially Poetics.

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Robert J. Mayhew (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68a370ef0a429f797333353ahttps://doi.org/10.36950/hyperboreus.jcew7685ktuz9098
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