Un diptyque de la dévoration : poissons, pêcheur et marin dans les épigrammes AP VII, 504 et 506 de Léonidas de Tarente

Abstract

The two epigrams AP VII, 504 and 506 by Leonidas of Taranto, which depict the death of a fisherman and a sailor caused by fish, have aroused the curiosity of scholars, without exhausting the interpretations. In this article, I consider them as a diptych by analysing their numerous common points, but also by highlighting the philosophical meaning they may have with regard to the Cynic inspirations of the work of Leonidas of Taranto, and in particular of the epigram AP VII, 472.

Keywords

• epigram
• Hellenistic poetry
• Greek poetry
• Greek literature
• Antiquity
• Leonidas of Taranto