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On the Design of Two Callimachean Priamels

Abstract In the present paper I have tried to demonstrate that the priamels with which Callimachus embellishes his hymns to Zeus and Delos are built on a carefully and cleverly designed ring-compositional structure, more complex and intricately fashioned in Zeus, through multiple interwoven priamels, of a simpler form but very sophisticatedly allusive in Delos. In both sections under discussion there is a parallelism between the gods evoked (Zeus, Apollo) and Ptolemy Philadelphus, more explicit in Zeus, more veiled in Delos; in both priamels, moreover, Callimachus makes use of the idea of fortification, a characteristic motif related to god and ruler as well. The sophisticated reader is invited to appreciate the fine rhythm created by the successive chiasms in the priamel of Zeus, overtly culminating in the king's praise, and challenged to recognise the clues hinting at the notion of interrelation and interdependence between the poet, Apollo and Ptolemy in the priamel of Delos. The examination of these passages reveals once more Callimachus' skill in his material's organisation, his elegance of style and his unwearying zest for a literary accomplishment as rich and interesting as possible.