Klymene (mother of Stesichoros)

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Klymene ( ancient Greek Κλυμένη ) was according to ancient and Byzantine tradition of Hesiod the mother of Stesichoros .

Johannes Tzetzes , the most detailed source, refers to Aristotle in his commentary on the Erga des Hesiod when describing the relationships between Clymene, Hesiod and Stesichoros . In the preface he writes:

"For the philosopher Aristotle, or, as I believe: the author of the Peploi, says in the Orchomenian constitution, the poet Stesichorus was a son of Hesiod, whom Clymene bore him, the sister of Amphiphanes and Ganyktor, a daughter of Phegeus"

The Tzetzes manuscripts give besides Klymene also the name forms Ktimene, Ktemene and Kektemene.

Closely related to this tradition is an anecdote in Plutarch , according to which Hesiod, accompanied by a Milesier named Troilos, enjoyed the hospitality of a stranger in Lokroi . Hesiod's companion entered into an affair with the host's daughter, who was not named. After its discovery, Hesiod and his companion were slain by the girl's brothers and thrown into the sea. Plutarch also refers to Aristotle, who reported this in the Orchomenier constitution . But already Philochorus knew in the early 3rd century BC The father-son relationship between Hesiod and Stesichoros and also handed down Clymene as the mother's name. The Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi , a compilation of Hadrian times based on Alkidamas about a competition between Homer and Hesiod, names the brothers Amphiphanes and Ganyktor and their father Phegeus, knows the seduction of the sister by Hesiod and his death by the brothers, who are the hosts here alone are Hesiods. The location of the action is the Locrian oinoe.

The basis for the learned but invented stories is presumed to be in the close reference of the Stesichoros to Hesiod's poetry. In addition, Stesichoros was considered a Lokrer by some ancient authors and the end of Hesiod in Lokroi is also passed down elsewhere. Ultimately, the construction owes its origin to the question of when Homer and Hesiod lived, whether they are more or less to be considered contemporaries, or whether there was a greater time gap between their two lifetimes. Based on the tradition of Aristotle, Tzetzes decided on a distance of 400 years between the two poets.

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Remarks

  1. ^ Aristotle, Fragment 565 Rose .
  2. ^ Thomas Gaisford: Poetae Graeci minores. Volume 2. Kuehn, Leipzig 1823, p. 15 ( digitized ): Ἀριστοτέλης γὰρ ὁ φιλόσοφος, μᾶλλον δ 'οἶμαι ὁ τοὺς πέπλους συντάξας, ἐν τῆι Ὀρχομενίων πολιτείαι Στησίχορον τὸν μελοποιὸν εἶναί φησιν υἱὸν Ἡσιόδου ἐκ τῆς Κτιμένης αὐτῶι γεννηθέντα τῆς Ἀμφιφάνους καὶ Γανύκτορος ἀδελφῆς , θυγατρὸς δὲ Φηγέως .
  3. ^ Translation according to Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (ed.): Vitae Homeri et Hesiodi in usum scholarum. A. Marcus and E. Weber, Bonn 1916, p. 49 f.
  4. ^ Thomas William Allen : Homeri opera. Volume 5. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1912, new edition 1961, p. 224 on the spot ( digitized version ).
  5. ^ Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium 19.
  6. ↑ Philochoros FrGrHist No. 328 F 213.
  7. ↑ Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi 205-240.
  8. ↑ See for example Mait Kõiv: A note on the dating of Hesiod. In: Classical Quarterly. Volume 61, 2011, pp. 355-377, esp. Pp. 370-373; similarly already Alois Rzach : Hesiodos . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VIII, 1, Stuttgart 1912, Col. 1167-1240 (here: Col. 1176).
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SURNAME Clymene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ktimene; Ktemene; Kektemene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Daughter of Phegeus and mother of Stesichoros
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr.