Is There an Acrostic in Balbilla, Epigr. 31 Bernand?
Is There an Acrostic in Balbilla, Epigr. 31 Bernand?
Author(s): Jerzy DanielewiczSubject(s): Ancient World, Historical Linguistics, Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Balbilla; acrostic; Memnon inscriptions; Hadrian;
Summary/Abstract: The acrostic ἔφη ὦ Kαε in one of Balbilla’s epigrams (no. 31 Bernand), postulated by Marialuigia Di Marzio in 2019, can be supported only in part; there are serious arguments against it.
Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
- Issue Year: XXXIII/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 83-89
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English