MENANDER’S THAÏS: ‘HAC PRIMUM IUVENUMrnLASCIVOS LUSIT AMORES’*

摘要

There has been some debate whether Menander’s first play at the City Dionysianin 321 B.C.E. was Orge, or whether Orge won him his first victory there in 315nB.C.E.1 To date, this debate has depended upon reconciling two sources that containna glaring contradiction: Eusebius, as preserved by the Hieronymus, Armenian andnSyncellus versions, reports that in 322/1 (Ol. 114.3)2 Menander won with his firstnplay Orge, while the Marmor Parium states that Menander’s first victory was inn316/15 without naming the play.3 Given that both Eusebius and the Marmor Pariumngive us victories at the City Dionysia,4 that the Marmor Parium’s testimony is more