Greek Feminines in -Ias: An Ovidian Predilection

The ordinary Latin words for ‘lonian’ are lonicus and lonius. Ovid does not use the former at all, and except for one problematical instance applies the latter only to the Ionian Sea (cf. OLD s. v.). Copyists, editors, and lexicographers, however, credit him, and him only, with Ioniacus, supposedly...

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Published in:Classical quarterly 1999-01, Vol.49 (1), p.330-332
Main Author: Kenney, E. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Callimachus (305-240 BC)
Classical literature
Euripides (c 485-406 BC)
Greek language
Greek literature
Latin literature
Literary criticism
Ovid
Ovid (43 BC-17 AD)
Poetry
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Summary:The ordinary Latin words for ‘lonian’ are lonicus and lonius. Ovid does not use the former at all, and except for one problematical instance applies the latter only to the Ionian Sea (cf. OLD s. v.). Copyists, editors, and lexicographers, however, credit him, and him only, with Ioniacus, supposedly attested in two passages of almost identical wording:
ISSN:0009-8388
1471-6844
DOI:10.1093/cq/49.1.330