La trama del Sileo di Euripide nei Prolegomena de comoedia di Tzetzes e nell’Anonymus Crameri II (test. iiia K.): osservazioni sulla loro tradizione

This study examines the transmission of the plot of Euripides’ satyr play Syleus as preserved in the Prolegomena de comoedia by John Tzetzes and the treatise Anonymus Crameri II. The investigation primarily focuses on the manuscript tradition, comparing the authoritative Ambrosianus C 222 inf. (Amb) with the excerpts in Parisinus suppl. gr. 655 (Lut) and later mss. A central philological concern is the textual crux regarding Heracles’ actions after uprooting the vines: whether he created «large pieces of bread» (ψωμοὺc μεγάλους [Amb] or ἄρτους τε μεγάλους [Anon. Cram. II) or «large heaps» of wood (θωμοὺς μεγάλους, Nauck-Maas). By re-evaluating the variants and the relationships between the sources, the author challenges the theory of direct dependency of the Anon. Cram. II on the Ambrosianus manuscript. Finally, the paper explores the literary motif of Heracles as a baker or cook, drawing connections between the Byzantine accounts and Ar. Pax 741 and Theocr. 24.137 s.