CALLIMACO, APOLLONIO ED IL TENTATO FURTO DI MIRTALE: UN PROCESSO PER PLAGIO NEL MIMIAMBO 2 DI ERONDA.

The article offers a metapoetic reading of Herondas' second Mimiamb, in which Battaros should be identifi ed with Callimachus, Thalês with Apollonius of Rhodes and Myrtale with the poetic production of Callimachus himself. According to this approach, the real aim of the mimiamb could be the ironic description of Callimachus (portrayed as a greedy brothel-keeper) accusing Apollonius of stealing his poems: the Koan jury (probably the poets around Philetas) will have to judge, in fact, a case of plagiarism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]