Pearson 321
321 The short ode which begins here corresponds metrically to 362 ff. The metre is similar to 237 ff. -
ὀρθοψάλακτος, 'loud': cf. 249.
οψαλακτος (see cr. n.) is meaningless, and 362 indicates that one extra syllable is required, so that I follow Hunt in adopting Murray's conjecture, but without much confidence that it is right. Wilamowitz does not explain his
ἀπροψάλακτος, which, though presumably based on
προψαλάσσω (241), is by no means perspicuous. Since
ψαλάσσω was unquestionably used for twanging the lyre (Lycophr. 139
τοίγαρ ψαλάξεις εἰς κενὸν νευρᾶς κτύπον, |
ἄσιτα κἀδώρητα φορμίζων μέλη), this meaning must surely have been the chief element in the compound (perhaps
ἀποψάλακτος after Philostr. vit. soph. 2. 1. 14
ἡ γλῶττα τὴν ἄκραν ᾿Ατθίδα ἀποψάλλει). -
κατοιχ νεῖ τόπου. The genitive resembles
πεδίων ἐπινίσσεται Ο.C. 689. It is descended from the old (partitive) genitive
of place which survives in the Homeric
διώκεσθαι πεδίοιο. But in both cases the preposition assists the construction: see Kuehner-Gerth 1 404.
Ichneutae. Alfred Chilton Pearson. ed. Alfred Chilton Pearson. . 2026-09-15.