Some of the language used by scholiasts to designate sections of the  Odyssey as spurious is based in a metaphor drawn from the legitimacy of offspring. As such, it might be rigidly authoritarian and misogynistic in emphasizing one (paternal) authority and one legitimate text. Schol. HQ ad Od. 13.320-323 “These lines are spurious…” νοθεύονται δ′ στίχοι. Schol H. … Continue reading Spurious Lines and Bastard Sons