The paper discusses the surviving fragments and the ancient testimonies on two of the foundation poems by Apollonius of Rhodes related to the Doric East-Mediterranean Pentapolis, the Foundation of Rhodes and the Foundation of Knidos. One of the fragments of the Ῥόδου κτίσις recalls the Thessalian roots of the founders, while the other is a testimony about an aition for a fireless sacrifice, justified by Apollonius in a different manner from later sources such as Diodorus. The only extant testimony of the Κνίδου κτίσις is another aition (for a toponym) and recalls a fight between Heracles and a Thracian man.
Barbantani, S., IL MONDO DORICO DI APOLLONIO RODIO. CONSIDERAZIONI SULLA FONDAZIONE DI RODIE LA FONDAZIONE DI CNIDO, <<AEVUM ANTIQUUM>>, 2024; 2024 (24): 195-231. [doi:10.26350/020747_000128] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/288496]
IL MONDO DORICO DI APOLLONIO RODIO. CONSIDERAZIONI SULLA FONDAZIONE DI RODI E LA FONDAZIONE DI CNIDO
Barbantani, Silvia
2024
Abstract
The paper discusses the surviving fragments and the ancient testimonies on two of the foundation poems by Apollonius of Rhodes related to the Doric East-Mediterranean Pentapolis, the Foundation of Rhodes and the Foundation of Knidos. One of the fragments of the Ῥόδου κτίσις recalls the Thessalian roots of the founders, while the other is a testimony about an aition for a fireless sacrifice, justified by Apollonius in a different manner from later sources such as Diodorus. The only extant testimony of the Κνίδου κτίσις is another aition (for a toponym) and recalls a fight between Heracles and a Thracian man.
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