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    "url": "https://anthologiagraeca.org/api/descriptions/2130/?format=api",
    "language": {
        "code": "eng",
        "iso_name": "English",
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    "created_at": "2024-04-06T08:56:52.975252Z",
    "updated_at": "2024-04-06T09:09:41.018310Z",
    "description": "In addition to being a variation of the motif of the shield dedication, the epigram proves to be exceptionally similar to Simonides' AP 6.2: see, e.g., in line 1 of both epigrams, the same incipit position of the weapon dedicated; in line 2, the identical opening and recurrence of the same rare term, ὑπορρόφια; in line 3, the play on the adverb πολλάκι, changed to πολλὰ, and the mention of the battlefield; in line 4, the participial construction and the assonance αἰεὶ ῥυομένα - αἵματι λουσάμενα. This could testify to Hegesippus' employment of dual models, adding complexity and intrigue to his art of variation. However, establishing dependencies between these texts is challenging, all the more so because editors of the 'Simonidean' epigrams do not agree on the dating of his poem, with some judging it unmistakably hellenistic (see comment on 6.2). See also comments on related epigrams. - M.Legnini"
}