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Textual analysis reveals three unnoticed reverse acrostics and telestics in ancient epic poetry, suggesting intentional reversed wordplay across classical traditions.
This article highlights three previously unnoticed name-acrostics/telestics: the reverse-acrostic ΖΕΥΣ (Zeus) in Callimachus’ Hymn to Zeus (40–3), the reverse-telestic ΙΗΣΩΝ (Iêsôn, the Greek form of Jason) in the final lines of Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica (4.1774–8) and the reverse-telestic IASO (the Latin form of Jason) in the opening lines of Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica (1.4–7). By arguing for the significance of these specific examples, all of which are in reverse, the article provides support for reversed acrostics and telestics more generally.
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