The Hidden Tomb and the Unbuilt Monument: Two Epigrammatic Anecdotes in Diogenes Laertius
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In his essay, Peter Bing discusses, inter alia, an epigram inserted into Callimachus’ first Iamb, which has been preserved thanks to Diogenes Laertius. My response moves the focus from the Alexandrian poet to Diogenes, who frequently embellishes his biographical anecdotes with epigrams. I analyze two stories in particular – one on the hidden tomb of Periander (Diog. Laert. I 96-97), the other on Empedocles’ speech against the erection of a monument in honor of the doctor Acron (Diog. Laert. VIII 65) –, showing how both tales invert the typical commemorative function of epigram and how the respective narrative context gives a layer of meaning to the embedded poems which they do not have if read on their own.
keywordsembedded epigram, cenotaph, Corinth, mock-epitaph, Acron, Diogenes Laertius, Empedocles, Periander, Peter BingBiografia dell'autoreUniversity of Toronto. Email: regina.hoschele@utoronto.ca |
