title: The Sicyonian Chronicle — a Forged Archaic Inscription?
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metadata.value: Almazova, Nina A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2024-12-02T20:08:28Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2024-12-02T20:08:28Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-09
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metadata.value: Almazova N. A. The Sicyonian Chronicle — a Forged Archaic Inscription? Philologia Classica 2023, 18 (2), 170–176. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2023.202
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2023.202
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/48070
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Heraclides of Pontus (active ca 360–310 BC) is one of the sources used in Ps.-Plutarch’s De
  musica. In his turn, the Pontic philosopher is known to have quoted a list of ancient poets
  and musicians and their achievements from an epigraphical document preserved in Sicyon.
  Incising such a work in stone would be natural as a dedication to some divinity in a sanctuary,
  where it would promote the fame of the historian who composed it. The system of dating used
  in the Sicyonian chronicle was based on the records of Hera’s priestesses held in Argos. As far
  as we know, this approach was first applied by Hellanicus of Mytilene (ca 480–395 BC). If the
  unknown author of the chronicle borrowed his method of dating from Hellanicus, this implies
  that the document was created in the late fifth or early fourth century BC. Nevertheless, for
  Heraclides this inscription was, on the one hand, anonymous, and on the other, authoritative.
  Both these peculiarities lead us to assume that he believed the Sicyonian chronicle to be an
  archaic document. Perhaps the author forged it to pass for an ancient inscription, in order to
  quote from, and thus give weight to his arguments in discussions on music.
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 18; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ancient Greek music
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ps.-Plutarch
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Heraclides of Pontus
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Sicyonian chronicle
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Sicyonian Chronicle — a Forged Archaic Inscription?
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metadata.value: Article
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