ニオべー・パラデイグマ(『イーリアス』第24巻602-620行)の一解釈 : 特に614-7行をめぐって
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From the time of the Alexandrian scholars down to the present day, it has been argued that Iliad Ω vv. 614-7 should be athetized because these verses seem to impede Achilles' exhortation to Priam to eat. However, some scholars(P. von der Muhll and so forth)defend vv. 614-7 on the grounds that the description of the petrified and lamenting Niobe in these verses corresponds to the mention of Priam's lamentation(vv. 619-20), and that there is an intentional repetition at v. 617 and v. 639. In addition, the following three points should be taken into consideration in defence of vv. 614-7.(1)The image of Niobe in the lonely rocky mountain overlaps with her image in the city where she is surrounded by petrified people(v. 611), her loneliness being stressed as a result, and this emphasis contributes to the persuasiveness of this paradeigma. (2) Achilles' mention of Priam's lamentation(vv. 619-20)plays an important part in the larger context, since it indicates that Achilles' sympathy for Priam's lamentaion has deepened. It is a fair assumption, therefore, that the poet included the description of Niobe's lamentation as a counterpart to Priam's in order to emphasize this change in Achilles' attitude.(3) θεων εκ κηδεα πεσσει (v.617)gives an apt ending to the Niobe-paradeigma, in which misfortune sent by the gods is taken very seriously. Therefore, the Niobe-paradeigma, with vv. 614-7 included, is not only a means of persuading Priam to eat, but also especially appropriate for Achilles to tell this story in the scene where he invites even his enemy, Priam, to eat with him, finding a common destiny in that they suffer misfortune sent from the gods.
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