The so–called Μενάνδρου Γνῶμαι (or Menandri Sententiae) prove to be a very particular and apparently quite inconsistent case as far as the issues of authority and authenticity are concerned. In fact, the high value originally attributed to the figure of a precise author, Menander, to whom the whole corpus of these gnomic lines was attributed, contrasts sharply with the legitimation felt by ancient scholars and copyists to alter this corpus of maxims since the early stages of its trans-mission. In the following pages, I will hopefully clarify the cultural context of these operations and present some results of my comparative study between the monostichs gathered under the title of Menandri Sententiaeand Menander’s orig-inal lines. On these bases, I will attempt to classify the modalities of variation the γνῶμαι display and to understand the possible reasons behind them.

The ‘Co–Authorial’ Role of Ancient Pupils, Excerptores, and Copyists in the Genuinely Menandrean Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι

Bonollo, Elena
2020-01-01

Abstract

The so–called Μενάνδρου Γνῶμαι (or Menandri Sententiae) prove to be a very particular and apparently quite inconsistent case as far as the issues of authority and authenticity are concerned. In fact, the high value originally attributed to the figure of a precise author, Menander, to whom the whole corpus of these gnomic lines was attributed, contrasts sharply with the legitimation felt by ancient scholars and copyists to alter this corpus of maxims since the early stages of its trans-mission. In the following pages, I will hopefully clarify the cultural context of these operations and present some results of my comparative study between the monostichs gathered under the title of Menandri Sententiaeand Menander’s orig-inal lines. On these bases, I will attempt to classify the modalities of variation the γνῶμαι display and to understand the possible reasons behind them.
2020
Defining Authorship, Debating Authenticity
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