Sobre la identidad y procedencia del poeta Filóxeno y la autoría del ditirambo Δεῖπνον
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Juan-López, Juan B.
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Journal article
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Spanish; Castilian
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text (article)
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2019
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Studia philologica valentina ISSN 1135-9560 Nº. 21, 2019, pags. 165-189
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The present study aims to solve the controversy concerning the identity and provenance of the poet Philoxenus, a famous dithyrambist from the 5th-4th century B.C. For this purpose, every account quoting a character called Philoxenus since the first mention by Aristophanes has been collected. The research has revealed that there are several individuals carrying the same name and common features. However, the review of these testimonies reveals the existence of only one dithyrambist: Philoxenus of Cythera. Furthermore, we believe that this poet was the author of the dithyramb Δεῖπνον, which some publishers wrongly attributed to Philoxenus of Leucas. Later, we reflect on the identity of Philoxenus of Leucas, who we should probably identify with Philoxenus of Cythera, and the authorship of an ὀψαρτυσία. Finally, we will devote some final considerations to Philoxenus Pternokopides.