Idaean Dactyls (poem)

The "Idaean Dactyls" (Ancient Greek: Ἰδαῖοι Δάκτυλοι, Idaioi Daktyloi) is a lost poem that was attributed to Hesiod by the tenth-century encyclopedia known as the Suda.[1] The ascription is doubtful, but two quotations of "Hesiod" in other ancient authors do concern the discovery of metals and have been tentatively assigned to this poem by modern editors.[2] Details of this sort were presumably a focus of the poem, for the Idaean Dactyls of the title were mythological smelters who were credited with the invention of metallurgy, as is attested in this quotation from Clement of Alexandria:[3]

Select editions and translations

Critical editions
  • Rzach, A. (1908), Hesiodi Carmina (2nd rev. ed.), Leipzig{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).
  • Merkelbach, R.; West, M.L. (1967), Fragmenta Hesiodea, Oxford, ISBN 978-0-19-814171-6{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).
  • Merkelbach, R.; West, M.L. (1990), "Fragmenta selecta", in F. Solmsen (ed.), Hesiodi Theogonia, Opera et Dies, Scutum (3rd rev. ed.), Oxford, ISBN 978-0-19-814071-9{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).

Translations

Notes
  1. Suda s.v. Ἡσίοδος (η 583).
  2. Cingano (2009, p. 130).
  3. Clement, Stromata 1.16.75 = Idaean Dactyls fragment 282 Merkelbach & West (1967).

Bibliography
  • Cingano, E. (2009), "The Hesiodic Corpus", in Montanari, F.; Rengakos, A.; Tsagalis, C. (eds.), Brill's Companion to Hesiod, Leiden, pp. 91–130, ISBN 978-9004-17840-3{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).
  • Schwartz, J. (1960), Pseudo-Hesiodeia: recherches sur la composition, la diffusion et la disparition ancienne d'oeuvres attribuées à Hésiode, Leiden{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).
  • West, M.L. (1978), Hesiod: Works & Days, Oxford, ISBN 978-0-19-814005-4{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).


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