Heath, M. (1998) Apsines and Pseudo-Apsines (Attribution of Greek rhetorical treatises). American Journal of Philology, 119 (1). pp. 89-111. ISSN 0002-9475
Abstract
Citations of Apsines by name in the treatise transmitted under his name are inconsistent with the traditional attribution. Editors remove the problem by treating these citations as interpolations, but there is no text-critical warrant for this. Since rhetorical technical texts were often misattributed, and there is no compelling internal or external evidence to support the traditional attribution, the traditional attribution should be abandoned. It is then possible to accept that Apsines was the author of [Hermogenes] On Invention, sometimes cited under his name. A number of testimonia can be explained on the assumption that [Apsines] was a pupil of Apsines named Aspasius, perhaps Aspasius of Tyre. Internal evidence is consistent with this conclusion.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 1998 Johns Hopkins University Press. This is an author produced electronic version of an article accepted for publication in American Journal of Philology. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Humanities (Leeds) > Classics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Repository Officer |
Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2005 |
Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2016 14:10 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:391 |