Descent of Perithous
The "Descent of Perithous" (
Along with the "Wedding of Ceyx" and Aegimus, the "Descent of Perithous" has been considered a poetic narrative by Hesiod that was Muse-inspired.[3] During the expedition, Hades trapped the heroes by seating them in the "chairs of forgetfullness", and only Heracles could save them.[2] The poem is narrated by the ghost of Meleager.[4] One tentatively assigned papyrus fragment survives which includes a conversation between Meleager and Theseus.[5] In this dialogue, the ghosts were talking about how Theseus and Perithous descended to carry off Persephone, a tale Meleager listened to with disgust.[6] It is also proposed that this fragment belongs to the Minyas,[7] and the existence of an independent Hesiodic poem on the descent of Theseus and Perithous is complicated by the fact that elsewhere Pausanias attributes the myth to the Minyas.[8] The sheer number of Hesiodic papyri that have survived compared to those of other works of archaic epic, however, lends credence to the attribution to the Hesiodic corpus.[9]
Select editions and translations
Critical editions
- Merkelbach, R.; West, M.L. (1967), Fragmenta Hesiodea, Oxford, ISBN 0-19-814171-8).
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Translations
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- Most, G.W. (2007), Hesiod: The Shield, Catalogue, Other Fragments, Loeb Classical Library, vol. no. 503, Cambridge, MA, ISBN 978-0-674-99623-6).
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Notes
- ^ Paus. 9.31.5. "Descent of Perithous" is the title used in the standard edition of the text (Merkelbach & West 1967), but no exact title is attested from antiquity. Pausanias instead describes the work's content in listing Hesiod's poems and their topics: "how Theseus together with Perithous descended to Hades" (ὡς Θησεὺς ἐς τὸν Ἅιδην ὁμοῦ Πειρίθῳ καταβαίη). Most (2006, p. lx) prefers Descent of Peirithous to Hades; Cingano (2009, p. 126) gives Katabasis of Theseus and Peithrous.
- ^ a b Cingano (2009, p. 126).
- ISBN 978-0791093139.
- ISBN 9780195170726.
- ^ Most (2006, pp. lx–lxi).
- ISBN 9781627125666.
- ^ West (2003, p. 271).
- ^ Paus. 10.28.2; Cingano (2009, p. 126).
- ^ Cingano (2009, pp. 128).
Bibliography
- Cingano, E. (2009), "The Hesiodic Corpus", in Montanari; Rengakos; Tsagalis (eds.), Brill's Companion to Hesiod, pp. 91–130.
- Montanari, F.; Rengakos, A.; Tsagalis, C. (2009), Brill's Companion to Hesiod, Leiden, ISBN 978-9004-17840-3.)
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