RT Journal Article
T1 The εὐνομώτατος ἔρανος in Pindar O. 1.25-27 and the Myth of Pelops : A Reassessment
A1 Acerbo, Stefano
AB he reference to Pelops emerging from the cauldron in verses 25-27 of Pindar O. 1 is one of the most enigmatic passages in the ode. Scholars have regarded it as an allusion to the tale of a cannibalistic banquet or as a new story invented by Pindar himself, but both of these interpretations fail to satisfy. Many of the problems caused by this passage derive from the evidence used to reconstruct pre-Pindaric traditions. A second boiling to restore Pelops, preserved only in a scholium to O. 1, is an «ad hoc» interpretation of the annotator. Based on evidence provided by Apollodorus the mythographer, a different version of this episode may be inferred, whereby the cauldron evokes mythical representations, involving rejuvenation and immortality, which can fully account for the enigmatic passage of O. 1.
PB Brill
SN 0026-7074
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/121899
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/121899
LA eng
NO Acerbo, Stefano. «The εὐνοµώτατος ἔρανος in Pindar O. 1.25-27 and the Myth of Pelops: A Reassessment». Mnemosyne, vol. 75, n.o 2, diciembre de 2020, pp. 211-38. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1163/1568525X-BJA10057.
NO This article has been written in the context of the project “Transformaciones de los mitos griegos: parodia y racionalización” (PID2019-104998GB-I00).
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 17 dic 2025