The Classical Quarterly· 2026Q2
A FILLY’S MANGLED MANE REFLECTED: SOPHOCLES, TYRO FR. 659 RADT
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This note argues for retaining the manuscript text of Sophocles' Tyro Fragment 659, challenging four widely accepted eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scholarly conjectures.
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Key points
- Sophocles' Tyro Fragment 659 presents significant textual challenges.
- Four specific scholarly conjectures from the 18th and 19th centuries are commonly accepted.
- This note argues against these conjectures, advocating for the retention of manuscript readings.
- The manuscript text is shown to be interpretable and sensical without emendation.
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Abstract
Abstract Fragment 659 Radt of Sophocles’ Tyro contains a number of textual problems, and editors have tended to accept four conjectures made by scholars in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This note argues that the text of the manuscripts should be retained and that it can make perfect sense.
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