The parasite and the ruler An anecdote by Machon (fr. 1 Gow)

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Published: Dec 20, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14232/antikren.2025.16.7-16
Keywords:
Machon, Ptolemy, parasite, hetaira, Hellenistic poetry, anecdote, invective, iambus

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Péter Mayer
Szegedi Tudományegyetem

Abstract

Focusing on a fragment from Machon’s Chreiai, a collection of poetic anecdotes, this study offers, as a late successor to Gow’s seminal 1965 edition, a detailed examination of the anecdote’s multiple meanings.

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Mayer, P. (2025). The parasite and the ruler: An anecdote by Machon (fr. 1 Gow). Antikvitás & Reneszánsz, (16), 7–16. https://doi.org/10.14232/antikren.2025.16.7-16
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No. 16 (2025): Antikvitás & Reneszánsz XVI.
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Tanulmányok