Abstract
This paper focuses on two lines of the poem Aetna that are generally considered to be corrupt (586–587). I suggest two emendations aimed at restoring a reasonable form of the text, consistent with the traditional portrait of the Pandionids. In order to solve the crux it is necessary to restore the two topoi related to the representation of the Pandionids after their metamorphoses: the place where they reside and the mourning song of the nightingale.
Acknowledgements
I am deeply grateful to Biagio Santorelli and Claudio Bevegni, who read this paper and supplied me with useful advice. I would also like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their helpful suggestions. Needless to say, all the remaining shortcomings are mine.
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