Ἀλκαῖος
Alkaios, Alcaeus
Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 May 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
An Athenian, a tragic poet, whom some people want [to say] was [the?] first tragic poet.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλκαῖος· Ἀθηναῖος, τραγικός, ὅν τινες θέλουσι πρῶτον τραγικὸν γεγονέναι.
Betacode
*)alkai=os: *)aqhnai=os, tragiko/s, o(/n tines qe/lousi prw=ton tragiko\n gegone/nai.
Notes
- While not a self-evident conflation of two different individuals, as the next entry is (alpha 1274, q.v.), there is an obscurity here, represented by
prw=ton tragiko\n gegone/nai . Doesprw=ton mean (a) at first or (b) the first? If a, one could consider emending one of the two appearances of "tragic poet" -- and it scarcely matters which -- to "comic poet". But it is probably better to accept b.