Books by Almut Fries
Berlin and Boston 2023
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The pseudo-Euripidean Rhesus is the only extant Greek tragedy based on an episode from Homer’s Il... more The pseudo-Euripidean Rhesus is the only extant Greek tragedy based on an episode from Homer’s Iliad and a unique witness for the history of the genre in the 4th century BC. This new edition, with introduction and commentary, discusses textual problems, language, metre and dramaturgy as well as the mythological and literary-historical background of the play. It is an indispensable aid for serious students of the text.
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Articles by Almut Fries
Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica N.S. 129/3 (2021), 83-9
The paper examines the metaphor ... more Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica N.S. 129/3 (2021), 83-9
The paper examines the metaphor of oars as ‘mountain feet of the ship’ attested in Tim. Pers. 791.90-1 PMG = Hordern and a poetic gloss in Hesychius. It is suggested that the expression develops the kenning of ships as ‘horses of the sea’, which occurs in Old English and Norse poetry and Hom. Od. 4.708-709. It may thus be Indo-European. Further support for this hypothesis comes from a passage in the Rigveda mentioning a boat with a ‘foot’. At the very least Timotheus (and the unknown poet in Hesychius) can be shown to have innovated on a well-known Homeric image.
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Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 61 (2021), 423-45
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Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 60 (2020), 708-17
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Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica, 2019
This paper offers a fresh perspective on the invocation at Pi. Pae. 6.121-2 <ἰὴ> ἰῆτε νῦν, μέτρα ... more This paper offers a fresh perspective on the invocation at Pi. Pae. 6.121-2 <ἰὴ> ἰῆτε νῦν, μέτρα π̣αιηό- / [ν]ων ἰῆτε, νέοι. While the phrase μέτρα π̣αιηό[ν]ων (‘measures of paeans’) almost certainly refers to the traditional παιάν-cry, which can be said to ‘measure’ a paean-song by concluding all or parts of it (often recurring as a refrain), the metaphor itself has never been explained. It is not safely attested elsewhere in Greek, but several parallels for the idea of ‘measuring’ a poetic composition by one or more of its formal components are found in the Rigveda. The relevant words, which are also applied to the correct execution of sacrifices, are mā- (‘to measure out’) and mā́trā- (‘measure’), possibly root-related to Greek μέτρον and μετρέω. It is argued, therefore, that Pindar’s ‘measures of paeans’ may be an expression of Indo-European (or at least Graeco-Aryan) origin, one of the growing number that are identified in early Greek lyric poetry, especially Pindar and Bacchylides. But the comparison is also instructive in itself, since it highlights the latent importance of formality in Greek religious song.
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Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 57 (2017), 745-70
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Wiener Studien, 2017
Wiener Studien 130 (2017), 59-72
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Graecolatina et Orientalia XXXVII–XXXVIII (2016), 21–36
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Studia Metrica et Poetica 2.2 (2015), 152-8
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Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 55 (2015), 536-57
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Classical Quarterly 60 (2010) pp. 345-351.
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Chapters in Edited Volumes by Almut Fries
In: A. Fries - D. Kanellakis (eds.), Ancient Greek Comedy: Genre, Texts, Reception. Essays in Hon... more In: A. Fries - D. Kanellakis (eds.), Ancient Greek Comedy: Genre, Texts, Reception. Essays in Honour of Angus M. Bowie (de Gruyter, forthcoming)
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In: A. Becker - J. Lidov (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Latin Meter (forthcoming)
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In: V. Liapis – A. Petrides (eds.) Greek Tragedy after the Fifth Century, Cambridge 2018
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Book Reviews by Almut Fries
Journal of Hellenic Studies 141 (2021), 252-3
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The paper examines the metaphor of oars as ‘mountain feet of the ship’ attested in Tim. Pers. 791.90-1 PMG = Hordern and a poetic gloss in Hesychius. It is suggested that the expression develops the kenning of ships as ‘horses of the sea’, which occurs in Old English and Norse poetry and Hom. Od. 4.708-709. It may thus be Indo-European. Further support for this hypothesis comes from a passage in the Rigveda mentioning a boat with a ‘foot’. At the very least Timotheus (and the unknown poet in Hesychius) can be shown to have innovated on a well-known Homeric image.
Chapters in Edited Volumes by Almut Fries
Book Reviews by Almut Fries
The paper examines the metaphor of oars as ‘mountain feet of the ship’ attested in Tim. Pers. 791.90-1 PMG = Hordern and a poetic gloss in Hesychius. It is suggested that the expression develops the kenning of ships as ‘horses of the sea’, which occurs in Old English and Norse poetry and Hom. Od. 4.708-709. It may thus be Indo-European. Further support for this hypothesis comes from a passage in the Rigveda mentioning a boat with a ‘foot’. At the very least Timotheus (and the unknown poet in Hesychius) can be shown to have innovated on a well-known Homeric image.