Saggi
Published
December 27, 2021
Keywords
- Diphilus,
- Euripides,
- Heurippides,
- slip of the tongue,
- slip of the ear
- literary parody ...More
How to Cite
Maggio, A. (2021). Failure to communicate and parody of Euripides in Diphilus, fr. 74 K.-A. Una Κοινῇ - Magazine of Studies on the Classic and Its Reception in Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature, (2), 87-110. Retrieved from https://unakoine.it/index.php/unaK/article/view/72
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Abstract
Fr. 74 K.-A. of Diphilus, from the lost Συνωρις, offers an example of failed communication between a parasite and a woman, maybe due to a slip of the tongue or of the ear. The name of a dice throw, transmitted by Athenaeus as Ευριπιδης, but known to Pollux as Ευριππιδης, leads to a thought on the tragic playwright. The mockery of Euripides and the parodic reuse of his verses, well attested in the Greek New Comedy, are here originally developed around the themes of the poets’ misogyny and of his predilection for parasites.