What worried the crows in Callimachus' epigram?

Title: What worried the crows in Callimachus' epigram?
Author: Kurzová, Helena
Source document: Graeco-Latina Brunensia. 2009, vol. 14, iss. 1-2, pp. [125]-129
Extent
[125]-129
  • ISSN
    1803-7402 (print)
    2336-4424 (online)
Type: Article
Language
English
Summary language
Czech
License: Not specified license
 

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Abstract(s)
This paper deals with the Callimachus' epigram devoted to Diodorus Cronus and attesting his great popularity as dialectician. New interpretation of the second croak of crows is proposed, according to which the crows worry about their future: "what will be with us further?". Thus both croaks of the crows are connected with the most important part of Diodorus' teaching, i. e. his theory of modality expressed in the so called "Master Argument".

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