Tra allusione e interpretatio: l’aquila περκνός nell’Αlessandra di Licofrone e nell’esegesi omerica antica

This article argues that Lyc. Al. 260 constitutes a case of oppositio in imitando. The first part tries to demonstrate that Lycophron uses the Homeric hapax περκνός (Il. 24, 316) in Al. 260 for reasons both exegetic (interpretatio Homerica) and poetic, construing the line as an ‘integrative allusion’ to Il. 21, 252 and Il. 22, 139-142. The second part is focused both on the meaning of περκνός (and μόρφνος) in Il. 24 as this can be reconstructed from ancient sources and on a fragment from Porphyry’s Quaestiones Homericae, which testifies to a discussion of the eagles mentioned in Il. 21 and Il. 24.