The poem by Parmenides is widely recognized as having a decisive influence on Greek philosophy. The text is also notorious for its interpretative problems owing to its obscure poetic style. Among the discordant quotes from the proem, Simplicius uniquely preserves a verse with the unparalleled genitive εὐκυκλέος (literally ‘of [the] well-wheeled’). Contrary to a recent editorial trend in opting for the lectio facilior εὐπειθέος (‘of [the] well-persuasive’), I argue in this paper that the lectio difficilior is genuine testimony to a poetic device designed by Parmenides to perform a pivotal role in the proemial structure as a whole, and to redeploy a key concept in archaic verbal art by means of paronomasia: the ‘glory’ (κλέος) conveyed through the costly medium of song. The proem thus gives characteristic voice to the experimental spirit of inquiry in which Parmenides variously challenged and took his cue from the conceptual framework of encomiastic performance.

帕门尼德斯的诗被广泛认为对希腊哲学具有决定性的影响。由于其晦涩的诗歌风格，其解释性问题也臭名昭著。在该句不和谐的引文中，辛普利修斯（Simplicius）唯一保留了无与伦比的格言εὐκυκλέος（字面意思是“运转良好”）的诗句。相反，在选择了在最近的一篇社论趋势lectio facilior εὐπειθεος（“[该]良好的说服力”），我认为在本文的lectio difficilior是帕梅尼德斯设计的一种诗意装置的真实见证，该诗意装置在整个前肢结构中起着关键作用，并通过妄想症重新部署了古代言语艺术中的一个关键概念：通过昂贵的媒介传达的“荣耀”（κλέος）的歌曲。因此，预言为探究的实验精神提供了独特的声音，在这种精神中，帕门尼德斯提出了各种挑战，并从举动的概念框架中汲取了线索。