Su Hippon. fr. 180 Dg. (= 171 W.²)

Abstract

Hipponax’s compound word χειρόχωλος (fr. 180 Dg.) could be read as an image-kenning used to define not only a miser, but also a πτωχός, as the comparison with Aristoph. Eq. 1080-5 seems to suggest.

Keywords

• Aristophanes. Beggar. Hipponax. Iambic poetry. Image-kenning. Literary criticism