August 22, 2025The Classical Quarterly

The Sôros of Posidippus or Aristarchus? Revisiting the a-Scholia Οn Homer, Iliad 11.101

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Sôros does not serve as the title for a lost collection of epigrams, challenging existing interpretations.
The key A-scholia to Homer, Iliad 11.101, has been re-interpreted to focus on Posidippus and Aristarchus.
This analysis uses a close reading of historical texts, revealing new insights into classical scholarship.
The findings suggest reevaluation of ancient sources, prompting further exploration of Hellenistic literature.

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This article challenges the notion that sôros denotes a lost collection of Hellenistic epigrams, highlighting Aristarchus' role.

Abstract

This article re-examines the A-scholia to Homer, Iliad 11.101 (= SH 701 = Posidippus 144 AB) and their reinterpretation of the term sôros , which designates the location where Aristarchus discovered the ‘Bêrisos epigram’ of Posidippus. The article challenges the prevailing and widely embraced hypothesis positing that sôros serves as the title of a lost collection of Hellenistic epigrams.

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Kotlińska-Toma et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af73697567bf4f94fed4c7 https://doi.org/10.1017/s000983882400079x

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This article challenges the notion that sôros denotes a lost collection of Hellenistic epigrams, highlighting Aristarchus' role.

The Sôros of Posidippus or Aristarchus? Revisiting the a-Scholia Οn Homer, Iliad 11.101

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The Sôros of Posidippus or Aristarchus? Revisiting the a-Scholia Οn Homer, Iliad 11.101

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