Cuadernos de Filología Clásica ISSN: 1131-9070 47 CFC (g): Est. grieg. e indoeurop. 34, 2024: 47-51 ARTÍCULOS Framing a Homeric Hapax: Bacchylides as Homererklärer in the Deianeira/Clytaemestre Connection (B. 16.30) 1 https://dx.doi.org/10.5209/cfcg.87179 Recibido: 24 de febrero de 2023 / Aceptado: 21 de abril de 2023 ENG Abstract: I propound the idea that Bacchylides 16 connects Deianeira with Clytaemestre in four different ways: [1] by means of a Homeric hapax (οἷον ἐμήσατο); [2] by dint of a figura etymologica (μῆτιν/ἐμήσατο); [3] by drawing parallel constructions from a thematic point of view; [4] by exercising Homererklärung through etymologising in absentia. Keywords: Bacchylides; Homer’s Odyssey; Homererklärung; etymologising. ES Enmarcar un hapax homérico: Baquílides como Homererklärer en la conexión Deyanira/Clitemestra (B. 16.30) Resumen: Propongo la idea de que Baquílides 16 conecta Deyanira con Clitemestra de cuatro maneras diferentes: [1] por medio de un hapax homérico (οἷον ἐμήσατο); [2] a través de una figura etymologica (μῆτιν/ἐμήσατο); [3] estableciendo construcciones paralelas desde un punto de vista tematico; [4] haciendo de Homererklärung mediante la etimologización in absentia. Palabras clave: Baquílides; Odisea de Homero; Homererklärung; etimologización. Cómo citar: Skempis, M. (2024). Framing a Homeric Hapax: Bacchylides as Homererklärer in the Deianeira/Clytaemestre Connection (B. 16.30). Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios griegos e indoeuropeos, 34, 47-51. Bacchylides 16 is a concise poem about how Heracles’ infatuation with Iole causes his demise. His legitimate wife, Deianeira, vehemently reacts to the terrible news that the hero brings a concubine with him back home, and devises a plan that leads up to the death of her husband. This plan assi- milates Deianeira to Clytaemestre, who also killed her husband Agamemnon, on sheer intertextual grounds 2 . In this article, I am concerned with the intricate way in which intertextuality works when it comes to the cementing of the Deianeira/Clytaemestre connection. I draw attention to the fact that Bacchylides accommodates a Homeric hapax legomenon in his narration at the point where 1 I am thankful to the editor, Prof. Fernando García Romero, for his insightful remarks and kindness in the respection of scholarship. 2 For general comparatibility of the mythic occasions see Errandonea 1927: 148. I owe this reference to the kindly conducted indication of Prof. García Romero. Marios Skempis Undependent Scholar.