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Thus the women spoke at the departure of the heroes. And now many servants, men and women, were gathered together, and his mother, smitten with grief for Jason. And a bitter pang seized every woman's heart; and with them groaned the father in deadly old age, lying on his bed, closely wrapped round. But the hero immediately soothed their pain, encouraging them, and told the servants to take up his weapons for war; and they in silence with downcast looks took them up. And even as the mother had thrown her arms about her son, so she clung, weeping without stint, as a young woman all alone weeps, falling fondly on the neck of her gray nurse, a maid who has now no others to care for her, but she drags on a weary life under a stepmother, who maltreats her continually with ever fresh insults, and as she weeps, her heart within her is bound fast with misery, nor can she sob forth all the groans that struggle for utterance; so without stint wept Alcimede straining her son in her arms, and in her yearning grief spoke as follows:

1.278-1.294

"Would that on that day when, wretched woman that I am, I heard King Pelias proclaim his evil command, I had immediately given up my life and forgotten my cares, so that you yourself, my son, with your own hands, might have buried me; for that was the only wish left me still to be fulfilled by you, all the other rewards for your nurture have I long enjoyed. Now I, once so admired among Achaean women, will be left behind like a bondwoman in my empty halls, pining away, ill-fated one, for love of you, you on whose account I had formerly so much splendour and renown, my only son for whom I loosed my virgin zone first and last. For to me beyond others the goddess Eileithyia grudged abundant offspring. Alas for my folly! Not once, not even in my dreams did I foresee this, that the flight of Phrixus would bring me sorrow."

1.295

Thus with moaning she wept, and her handmaidens, standing by, lamented; but Jason spoke gently to her with comforting words:

1.296-1.305

"Do not, please, mother, store up bitter sorrows too much, for you will not redeem me from evil by tears, but will still add grief to grief. For unseen are the woes that the gods mete out to mortals; be strong to endure your share of them though with grief in your heart; take courage from the promises of Athena, and from the answers of the gods (for very favourable oracles has Phoebus given), and then from the help of the heroes. But you remain here, quiet among your attendants, and be not a bird of ill omen to the ship; and there my clansmen and servants will follow me."

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He spoke, and started forth to leave the house. And as Apollo goes forth from some fragrant shrine to divine Delos or Claros or Pytho or to broad Lycia near the stream of Xanthus, in such beauty moved Jason through the throng of people; and a cry arose as they shouted together. And there met him aged Iphias, priestess of Artemis guardian of the city, and kissed his right hand, but she had not strength to say a word, for all her eagerness, as the crowd rushed on, but she was left there by the wayside, as the old are left by the young, and he passed on and was gone afar.

1.317-1.331

Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. R. C. Seaton (Translator), ed. Open AI 5.6 Sol Medium. Cambridge, Mass.. 1912.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by Schmidt Sciences.

Current edition Experimental

The Argonautica, translated by R. C. Seaton and modernized by OpenAI 5.6 Sol (OCR draft) (English) (R. C. Seaton's English translation of Apollonius Rhodius, published by Harvard University Press in 1912 and modernized by OpenAI 5.6 Sol in 2026.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (3)

Argonautica Perseus (The Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius, Apollonius, Rhodius, creator; Mooney, George W, editor, translator. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912.) — 1.260 focus

αἱ μὲν ἄρʼ ὧς ἀγόρευον ἐπὶ προμολῇσι κιόντων.

260

ἤδη δὲ δμῶές τε πολεῖς δμωαί τʼ ἀγέροντο·

μήτηρ δʼ ἀμφʼ αὐτὸν βεβολημένη. ὀξὺ δʼ ἑκάστην

δῦνεν ἄχος· σὺν δέ σφι πατὴρ ὀλοῷ ὑπὸ γήραι

ἐντυπὰς ἐν λεχέεσσι καλυψάμενος γοάασκεν.

αὐτὰρ ὁ τῶν μὲν ἔπειτα κατεπρήυνεν ἀνίας

265

θαρσύνων, δμώεσσι δʼ ἀρήια τεύχεʼ ἀείρειν

πέφραδεν· οἱ δέ τε σῖγα κατηφέες ἠείροντο.

μήτηρ δʼ ὡς τὰ πρῶτʼ ἐπεχεύατο πήχεε παιδί,

ὧς ἔχετο κλαίουσʼ ἀδινώτερον, ἠύτε κούρη

οἰόθεν ἀσπασίως πολιὴν τροφὸν ἀμφιπεσοῦσα

270

μύρεται, ᾗ οὐκ εἰσὶν ἔτʼ ἄλλοι κηδεμονῆες,

ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ μητρυιῇ βίοτον βαρὺν ἡγηλάζει·

καί ἑ νέον πολέεσσιν ὀνείδεσιν ἐστυφέλιξεν,

τῇ δέ τʼ ὀδυρομένῃ δέδεται κέαρ ἔνδοθεν ἄτῃ,

οὐδʼ ἔχει ἐκφλύξαι τόσσον γόον, ὅσσον ὀρεχθεῖ·

275

ὧς ἀδινὸν κλαίεσκεν ἑὸν παῖδʼ ἀγκὰς ἔχουσα

Ἀλκιμέδη, καὶ τοῖον ἔπος φάτο κηδοσύνῃσιν·

αἴθʼ ὄφελον κεῖνʼ ἦμαρ, ὅτʼ ἐξειπόντος ἄκουσα

δειλὴ ἐγὼ Πελίαο κακὴν βασιλῆος ἐφετμήν,

αὐτίκʼ ἀπὸ ψυχὴν μεθέμεν, κηδέων τε λαθέσθαι,

280

ὄφρʼ αὐτός με τεῇσι φίλαις ταρχύσαο χερσίν,

τέκνον ἐμόν· τὸ γὰρ οἶον ἔην ἔτι λοιπὸν ἐέλδωρ

ἐκ σέθεν, ἄλλα δὲ πάντα πάλαι θρεπτήρια πέσσω.

νῦν γε μὲν ἡ τὸ πάροιθεν Ἀχαιιάδεσσιν ἀγητὴ

δμωὶς ὅπως κενεοῖσι λελείψομαι ἐν μεγάροισιν,

285

σεῖο πόθῳ μινύθουσα δυσάμμορος, ᾧ ἔπι πολλὴν

ἀγλαΐην καὶ κῦδος ἔχον πάρος, ᾧ ἔπι μούνῳ

μίτρην πρῶτον ἔλυσα καὶ ὕστατον. ἔξοχα γάρ μοι

Εἰλείθυια θεὰ πολέος ἐμέγηρε τόκοιο.

ᾤ μοι ἐμῆς ἄτης· τὸ μὲν οὐδʼ ὅσον, οὐδʼ ἐν ὀνείρῳ

290

ὠισάμην, εἰ Φρίξος ἐμοὶ κακὸν ἔσσετʼ ἀλύξας.

ὧς ἥγε στενάχουσα κινύρετο· ταὶ δὲ γυναῖκες

ἀμφίπολοι γοάασκον ἐπισταδόν· αὐτὰρ ὁ τήνγε

μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσι παρηγορέων προσέειπεν·

μή μοι λευγαλέας ἐνιβάλλεο, μῆτερ, ἀνίας

295

ὧδε λίην, ἐπεὶ οὐ μὲν ἐρητύσεις κακότητος

δάκρυσιν, ἀλλʼ ἔτι κεν καὶ ἐπʼ ἄλγεσιν ἄλγος ἄροιο.

πήματα γάρ τʼ ἀίδηλα θεοὶ θνητοῖσι νέμουσιν,

τῶν μοῖραν κατὰ θυμὸν ἀνιάζουσά περ ἔμπης

τλῆθι φέρειν· θάρσει δὲ συνημοσύνῃσιν Ἀθήνης,

300

ἠδὲ θεοπροπίοισιν, ἐπεὶ μάλα δεξιὰ Φοῖβος

ἔχρη, ἀτὰρ μετέπειτά γʼ ἀριστήων ἐπαρωγῇ.

ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν νῦν αὖθι μετʼ ἀμφιπόλοισιν ἕκηλος

μίμνε δόμοις, μηδʼ ὄρνις ἀεικελίη πέλε νηί·

κεῖσε δʼ ὁμαρτήσουσιν ἔται δμῶές τε κιόντι.

305

ἦ, καὶ ὁ μὲν προτέρωσε δόμων ἐξῶρτο νέεσθαι.

οἷος δʼ ἐκ νηοῖο θυώδεος εἶσιν Ἀπόλλων

Δῆλον ἀνʼ ἠγαθέην, ἠὲ Κλάρον, ἢ ὅγε Πυθώ,

ἢ Λυκίην εὐρεῖαν, ἐπὶ Ξάνθοιο ῥοῇσιν,

τοῖος ἀνὰ πληθὺν δήμου κίεν· ὦρτο δʼ ἀυτὴ

310

κεκλομένων ἄμυδις. τῷ δὲ ξύμβλητο γεραιὴ

Ἰφιὰς Ἀρτέμιδος πολιηόχου ἀρήτειρα,

καί μιν δεξιτερῆς χειρὸς κύσεν, οὐδέ τι φάσθαι

ἔμπης ἱεμένη δύνατο, προθέοντος ὁμίλου·

ἀλλʼ ἡ μὲν λίπετʼ αὖθι παρακλιδόν, οἷα γεραιὴ

315

ὁπλοτέρων, ὁ δὲ πολλὸν ἀποπλαγχθεὶς ἐλιάσθη.

Apollonii Rhodii Argonautica, edited by R. Brunck (OCR draft) Experimental (R. Brunck's edition of the Argonautica, with a concise critical apparatus. Leipzig: Teubner, 1810.) — 1.260 focus

Αἱ μὲν ἄρ᾽ ὡς ἀγόρευον ἐπὶ προμολῇσι κιόντων.

260

ἤδη δὲ δμῶές τε πολεῖς, δμῶαί τ᾽ ἀγέροντο·

μήτηρ δ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ αὐτὸν βεβολημένη· ὀξὺ δ᾽ ἑκάστην

δῦνεν ἄχος· σὺν δέ σφι πατὴρ ὀλοῷ ὑπὸ γήρᾳ

ἐντυπὰς ἐν λεχέεσσι καλυψάμενος γοάασκεν.

αὐτὰρ ὃ τῶν μὲν ἔπειτα κατεπρήϋνεν ἀνίας,

265

θαρσύνων, δμώεσσι δ᾽ ἀρήϊα τεύχε᾽ ἀείρειν

πέφραδεν· οἱ δὲ σίγα κατηφέες ἠείροντο.

μήτηρ δ᾽ ὡς ταπρῶτ᾽ ἐπεχεύατο πήχεε παιδί,

ὡς ἔχετο κλαίουσ᾽ ἀδινώτερον, ἠΰτε κούρη

οἰόθεν ἀσπασίως πολιὴν τροφὸν ἀμφιπεσοῦσα

270

μύρεται, ᾗ οὐκ εἰσὶν ἔτ᾽ ἄλλοι κηδεμονῆες,

ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὸ μητρυιῇ βίοτον βαρὺν ἠγηλάζει,

καί ἑ νέον πολέεσσιν ὀνείδεσιν ἐστυφέλιξε·

τῇ δὲ τ᾽ ὀδυρομένῃ δέδεται κέαρ ἔνδοθεν ἄτῃ,

οὐδ᾽ ἔχει ἐκφλύξαι τόσσον γόον, ὅσσον ὀρεχθεῖ·

275

ὣς ἀδινὸν κλαίεσκεν, ἑὸν παῖδ᾽ ἀγκὰς ἔχουσα,

Αλκιμέδη, καὶ τοῖον ἔπος φάτο κηδοσύνησιν.

Αἴθ᾽ ὄφελον κεῖν᾽ ἦμαρ, ὅτ᾽ ἐξειπόντος ἄκουσα

δειλὴ ἐγὼ Πελίαο κακὴν βασιλῆος ἐφετμὴν,

αὐτίκ᾽ ἀπὸ ψυχὴν μεθέμεν, κηδέων τε λαθέσθαι,

280

ὄφρ᾽ αὐτός με τεῇσι φίλαις ταρχύσαο χερσὶ,

τέκνον ἐμόν· τὸ γὰρ οἷον ἔην ἔτι λοιπὸν ἐέλδωρ

ἐκ σέθεν, ἄλλα δὲ πάντα πάλαι θρεπτήρια πέσσω.

νῦν γε μὲν ἡ τοπάροιθεν Αχαιϊάδεσσιν ἀγητή,

δμωΐς ὅπως, κενεοῖσι λελείψομαι ἐν μεγάροισι,

285

σεῖο πόθῳ μινύθουσα δυςάμμορος, ᾧ ἔπι πολλὴν

ἀγλαΐην καὶ κῦδος ἔχον πάρος, ᾧ ἔπι μούνῳ

μίτρην πρῶτον ἔλυσα καὶ ὕστατον. ἔξοχα γάρ μοι

Εἰλείθυια θεὰ πολέος ἐμέγηρε τόκοιο.

ᾧ μοι ἐμῆς ἄτης· τὸ μὲν οὐδ᾽ ὅσον, οὐδ᾽ ἐν ὀνείρῳ

290

ὠϊσάμην, εἰ Φρίξος ἐμοὶ κακὸν ἔσσετ᾽ ἀλύξας.

Ως ἥγε στενάχουσα κινύρετο· ταὶ δὲ γυναῖκες

ἀμφίπολοι γοάασκον ἐπισταδόν· αὐτὰρ ὃ τήνγε

μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσι παρηγορέων προςέειπε.

Μή μοι λευγαλέας ἐνιβάλλεο, μῆτερ, ἀνίας

295

ὧδε λίην, ἐπεὶ οὐ μὲν ἐρητύσεις κακότητος

δάκρυσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἔτι κεν καὶ ἐπ᾿ ἄλγεσιν ἄλγος ἄροιο.

πήματα γάρ τ᾿ ἀΐδηλα θεοὶ θνητοῖσι νέμουσι,

τῶν μοῖραν κατὰ θυμὸν, ἀνιάζουσά περ, ἔμπης

τλῆθι φέρειν· θάρσει δὲ συνημοσύνῃσιν Αθήνης,

300

ἠδὲ θεοπροπίοισιν, ἐπεὶ μάλα δεξιὰ Φοῖβος

ἔχρη, ἀτὰρ μετέπειτά γ᾽ ἀριστήων ἐπαρωγῇ.

ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν νῦν αὖθι μετ᾿ ἀμφιπόλοισιν ἕκηλος

μίμνε δόμοις, μηδ᾽ ὄρνις ἀεικελίη πέλε νηΐ·

κεῖσε δ᾽ ὁμαρτήσουσιν ἔται δμῶές τε κιόντι.

305

Η, καὶ ὁ μὲν προτέρωσε δόμων ἐξῶρτο νέεσθαι.

οἷος δ᾽ ἐκ νηοῖο θυώδεος εἶσιν Απόλλων

Δῆλον ἀν᾿ ἠγαθέην, ἠὲ Κλάρον, ἢ ὅ γε Πυθώ,

ἢ Λυκίην εὐρεῖαν, ἐπὶ Ξάνθοιο ῥοῇσι,

τοῖος ἀνὰ πληθὺν δήμου κίεν· ἆρτο δ᾽ ἀϋτὴ

310

κεκλομένων ἄμυδις. τῷ δὲ ξύμβλητο γεραιή

Ιφιάς, Αρτέμιδος πολιηόχου ἀρήτειρα,

καί μιν δεξιτερῆς χειρὸς κύσεν, οὐδέ τι φάσθαι,

ἔμπης ἱεμένη, δύνατο, προθέοντος ὁμίλου·

ἀλλ᾽ ἡ μὲν λίπετ᾽ αὖθι παρακλιδὸν, οἷα γεραιή

315

ὁπλοτέρων, ὁ δὲ πολλὸν ἀποπλαγχθεὶς ἐλιάσθη.

Apollonii Rhodii Argonautica, edited by R. C. Seaton (OCR draft) Experimental (R. C. Seaton's Oxford Classical Text of the Argonautica, with a concise critical apparatus. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900.) — 1.260 focus

Αἱ μὲν ἄρ᾽ ὡς ἀγόρευον ἐπὶ προμολῇσι κιόντων.

260

ἤδη δὲ δμῶές τε πολεῖς δμωαί τ᾽ ἀγέροντο·

μήτηρ δ᾽ ἀμφ᾿ αὐτὸν βεβολημένη. ὀξὺ δ᾽ ἑκάστην

δῦνεν ἄχος· σὺν δέ σφι πατὴρ ὀλοῷ ὑπὸ γήραι

ἐντυπὰς ἐν λεχέεσσι καλυψάμενος γοάασκεν.

αὐτὰρ ὁ τῶν μὲν ἔπειτα κατεπρήυνεν ἀνίας

265

θαρσύνων, δμώεσσι δ᾽ ἀρήια τεύχε᾽ ἀείρειν

πέφραδεν· οἱ δέ τε σίγα κατηφέες ἠείροντο.

μήτηρ δ᾽ ὡς τὰ πρῶτ᾽ ἐπεχεύατο πήχεε παιδί,

ὡς ἔχετο κλαίουσ᾽ ἀδινώτερον, ἠύτε κούρη

οἰόθεν ἀσπασίως πολιὴν τροφὸν ἀμφιπεσοῦσα

270

μύρεται, ᾗ οὐκ εἰσὶν ἔτ᾽ ἄλλοι κηδεμονῆες,

ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὸ μητρυιῇ βίοτον βαρὺν ἡγηλάζει·

καί ἑ νέον πολέεσσιν ὀνείδεσιν ἐστυφέλιξεν,

τῇ δέ τ᾽ ὀδυρομένῃ δέδεται κέαρ ἔνδοθεν ἄτῃ,

οὐδ᾽ ἔχει ἐκφλύξαι τόσσον γόον, ὅσσον ὀρεχθεῖ·

275

ὡς ἀδινὸν κλαίεσκεν ἑὸν παῖδ᾽ ἀγκὰς ἔχουσα

Ἀλκιμέδη, καὶ τοῖον ἔπος φάτο κηδοσύνῃσιν·

Αἴθ᾽ ὄφελον κεῖν᾽ ἦμαρ, ὅτ᾽ ἐξειπόντος ἄκουσα

δειλὴ ἐγὼ Πελίαο κακὴν βασιλῆος ἐφετμήν,

αὐτίκ᾽ ἀπὸ ψυχὴν μεθέμεν, κηδέων τε λαθέσθαι,

280

ὄφρ᾽ αὐτός με τεῇσι φίλαις ταρχύσαο χερσίν,

τέκνον ἐμόν· τὸ γὰρ οἷον ἔην ἔτι λοιπὸν ἐέλδωρ

ἐκ σέθεν, ἄλλα δὲ πάντα πάλαι θρεπτήρια πέσσω.

νῦν γε μὲν ἡ τὸ πάροιθεν Ἀχαιιάδεσσιν ἀγητὴ

δμωὶς ὅπως κενεοῖσι λελείψομαι ἐν μεγάροισιν,

285

σεῖο πόθῳ μινύθουσα δυσάμμορος, ᾧ ἔπι πολλὴν

ἀγλαΐην καὶ κῦδος ἔχον πάρος, ᾧ ἔπι μούνῳ

μίτρην πρῶτον ἔλυσα καὶ ὕστατον. ἔξοχα γάρ μοι

Εἰλείθυια θεὰ πολέος ἐμέγηρε τόκοιο.

ᾧ μοι ἐμῆς ἄτης· τὸ μὲν οὐδ᾽ ὅσον, οὐδ᾽ ἐν ὀνείρῳ

290

ὠισάμην, εἰ Φρίξος ἐμοὶ κακὸν ἔσσετ᾽ ἀλύξας.

*Ως ἤγε στενάχουσα κινύρετο· ταὶ δὲ γυναῖκες

ἀμφίπολοι γοάασκον ἐπισταδόν· αὐτὰρ ὁ τήνγε

μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσι παρηγορέων προσέειπεν·

Μή μοι λευγαλέας ἐνιβάλλεο, μῆτερ, ἀνίας

295

ὧδε λίην, ἐπεὶ οὐ μὲν ἐρητύσεις κακότητος

δάκρυσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἔτι κεν καὶ ἐπ᾿ ἄλγεσιν ἄλγος ἄροιο.

πήματα γάρ τ᾽ ἀίδηλα θεοὶ θνητοῖσι νέμουσιν,

τῶν μοῖραν κατὰ θυμὸν ἀνιάζουσά περ ἔμπης

τλῆθι φέρειν· θάρσει δὲ συνημοσύνῃσιν Ἀθήνης,

300

ἠδὲ θεοπροπίοισιν, ἐπεὶ μάλα δεξιὰ Φοῖβος

ἔχρη, ἀτὰρ μετέπειτά γ᾽ ἀριστήων ἐπαρωγῇ.

ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν νῦν αὖθι μετ᾿ ἀμφιπόλοισιν ἕκηλος

μίμνε δόμοις, μηδ᾽ ὄρνις ἀεικελίη πέλε νηί·

κεῖσε δ᾽ ὁμαρτήσουσιν ἔται δμῶές τε κιόντι.

305

Ἦ, καὶ ὁ μὲν προτέρωσε δόμων ἐξῶρτο νέεσθαι.

οἷος δ᾽ ἐκ νηοῖο θυώδεος εἶσιν Ἀπόλλων

Δῆλον ἀν᾿ ἠγαθέην, ἠὲ Κλάρον, ἢ ὅγε Πυθώ,

ἢ Λυκίην εὐρεῖαν, ἐπὶ Ξάνθοιο ῥοῇσιν,

τοῖος ἀνὰ πληθὺν δήμου κίεν· ὥρτο δ᾽ ἀυτὴ

310

κεκλομένων ἄμυδις. τῷ δὲ ξύμβλητο γεραιὴ

Ἰφιὰς Ἀρτέμιδος πολιηόχου ἀρήτειρα,

καί μιν δεξιτερῆς χειρὸς κύσεν, οὐδέ τι φάσθαι

ἔμπης ἱεμένη δύνατο, προθέοντος ὁμίλου·

ἀλλ᾽ ἡ μὲν λίπετ᾽ αὖθι παρακλιδόν, οἷα γεραιὴ

315

ὁπλοτέρων, ὁ δὲ πολλὸν ἀποπλαγχθεὶς ἐλιάσθη.

Translations (3)

The Argonautica, translated by E. P. Coleridge (OCR draft) Experimental (E. P. Coleridge's English translation of Apollonius Rhodius, published by Harvard University Press in 1912.) — 1.260 focus

1.260-1.265

Thus would the women speak as the heroes went on their way forth. And many thralls, both men and maids, were already gathering, and his mother flung herself on Jason's neck. For piercing grief had entered each woman's breast; and with her his father, bowed by baleful age, made moan upon his bed, closely veiled from head to foot.

1.266-1.294

And Jason, the while, was soothing their grief with words of comfort; but he signed to the thralls to take up his weapons of war, and they in silence and with downcast look took them up. But his mother, so soon as she had thrown her arms around her boy, so clung to him, while her sobs came ever more thick and fast; as when a maiden in her solitude is fain to cast her arms about her gray haired nurse and weep, one who hath none left to defend her, but she leads a cruel life under a step-mother, who ill treats her tender years with many a flout; and as she weeps, her heart within her is held fast in misery, nor can she utter half the grief she yearneth to; even thus was Al cimede weeping loud and long, as she held her son in her arms. And in her affliction she spake this word: " Ah ! would that I had straight given up the ghost and so for gotten my troubles, on the day I heard king Pelias declare to my sorrow his evil best, that thou, my child, with thine¹²³⁴ own dear hands mightest have buried me; since that was all I yet could wish of thee, for all else that thy nurture owed I have long enjoyed. Now shall I, who erst was so admired by the Achæan women, be left like a slave in my empty halls, miserably wasting away in longing for thee, over whom I once had much joy and glory, my only son for whom I loosed my maiden zone for the first time and the last. For the goddess Eileithyia exceedingly did grudge me many children. Ah me ! for my blind folly! Little I reeked of this, even in dreams, that Phrixus would be an evil for me to shun."

1.295-1.305

Thus was she, poor lady, sobbing and wailing, and the women her handmaids took up the wail in turn, but Jason spake to her softly with words of comfort: " Mother mine, lay not such piteous grief on me thus all too much, for by thy tears shalt thou not keep from suffering; nay, thou wilt join sorrow on to sorrow. For the gods allot to mortals woes they cannot see. Take heart to bear the lot of mortals for all thy heaviness of soul, and cheer thee with the solemn promise of Athene and with the god's answer, for very favourable was the word of Phœbus, and after these with the aid of the chieftains. But now do thou with thy handmaidens abide quietly within the house, and be not a bird of ill omen to our ship; for my clansmen and my thralls shall lead me on my way thither."

1.306-1.316

He spake, and forth from the house started on his path. Even as Apollo goes forth from his fragrant shrine through holy Delos, or Claros, or through Pytho, in his might, or wide Lycia by the streams of Xanthus; in such beauty went he through the throng of folk, and there arose a-shout⁵⁶ of men giving commands all together. And there met him Iphias, the aged priestess of Artemis, protectress of the city; and she clasped him by his right hand but could not , say a word for all her longing, since the crowd went hasting on ; so she turned aside and left him there, as an old dame must before younger folk; and lo! he passed by and was gone far away.

1.317-1.340

The Argonautica, translated by R. C. Seaton (OCR draft) Experimental (R. C. Seaton's English translation of Apollonius Rhodius, published by Harvard University Press in 1912.) — 1.260 focus

1.260-1.277

Thus the women spake at the departure of the heroes. And now many thralls, men and women, were gathered together, and his mother, smitten with grief for Jason. And a bitter pang seized every woman's heart; and with them groaned the father in baleful old age, lying on his bed, closely wrapped round. But the hero straightway soothed their pain, encouraging them, and bade the thralls take up his weapons for war; and they in silence with downcast looks took them up. And even as the mother had thrown her arms about her son, so she clung, weeping without stint, as a maiden all alone weeps, falling fondly on the neck of her hoary nurse, a maid who has now no others to care for her, but she drags on a weary life under a stepmother, who maltreats her continually with ever fresh insults, and as she weeps, her heart within her is bound fast with misery, nor can she sob forth all the groans that struggle for utterance; so without stint wept Alcimede straining her son in her arms, and in her yearning grief spake as follows:

1.278-1.294

"Would that on that day when, wretched woman that I am, I heard King Pelias proclaim his evil behest, I had straightway given up my life and forgotten my cares, so that thou thyself, my son, with thine own hands, mightest have buried me; for that was the only wish left me still to be fulfilled by thee, all the other rewards for thy nurture have I long enjoyed. Now I, once so admired among Achaean women, shall be left behind like a bondwoman in my empty halls, pining away, ill-fated one, for love of thee, thee on whose account I had aforetime so much splendour and renown, my only son for whom I loosed my virgin zone first and last. For to me beyond others the goddess Eileithyia grudged abundant offspring. Alas for my folly! Not once, not even in my dreams did I forebode this, that the flight of Phrixus would bring me woe."

1.295

Thus with moaning she wept, and her handmaidens, standing by, lamented; but Jason spake gently to her with comforting words:

1.296-1.305

"Do not, I pray thee, mother, store up bitter sorrows overmuch, for thou wilt not redeem me from evil by tears, but wilt still add grief to grief. For unseen are the woes that the gods mete out to mortals; be strong to endure thy share of them though with grief in thy heart; take courage from the promises of Athena, and from the answers of the gods (for very favourable oracles has Phoebus given), and then from the help of the chieftains. But do thou remain here, quiet among thy handmaids, and be not a bird of ill omen to the ship; and thither my clansmen and thralls will follow me."

1.306-1.316

He spake, and started forth to leave the house. And as Apollo goes forth from some fragrant shrine to divine Delos or Claros or Pytho or to broad Lycia near the stream of Xanthus, in such beauty moved Jason through the throng of people; and a cry arose as they shouted together. And there met him aged Iphias, priestess of Artemis guardian of the city, and kissed his right hand, but she had not strength to say a word, for all her eagerness, as the crowd rushed on, but she was left there by the wayside, as the old are left by the young, and he passed on and was gone afar.

1.317-1.331

The Argonautica, translated by F. A. Fawkes (OCR draft) Experimental (F. A. Fawkes's English translation of Apollonius Rhodius.) — 1.260 focus

Thus ſpoke ſome matron as the heroes went;

325

Around their lords the menial train lament :

Alcimeda embrac'd her ſon with tears,

Each breaſt was chill'd with ſad preſaging fears.

Age-drooping Æſon heard the general moan,

Wrapp'd in ſoft robes, and anſwer'd groan for groan.

330

But Jaſon fooths their fears, their boſom warms,

And bids his ſervants bring the burniſh'd arms.

They, with a downcaſt look and lowly bow,

Obey their chief with ſilent ſteps and ſlow.

The penſive Queen, while tears bedew her face,

335

Her ſon ſtill circles with a fond embrace.

Thus to her nurſe an infant orphan ſprings,

And weeps unceaſing as the cloſely clings;

Experienc'd inſults make her loath to ſtay

Beneath a ſtep-dame's proud, oppreſſive ſway.

340

Thus in her royal breast the ſorrows pent

Forc'd ſighs and tears, and ſtruggled for a vent.

Still in her arms ſhe held her favourite ſon,

And comfortless with faltering ſpeech begun :

Oh had I died on that deteſted day,

345

And with my ſorrows ſigh'd my ſoul away,

When Pelias publiſh'd his ſevere decree,

'Severe and fatal to my ſon and me!

Thyſelf had then my aged eyelids clos'd,

And thoſe dear hands my decent limbs compos'd;

350

This boon alone I wiſh'd thee to impart,

This wiſh alone lay dormant at my heart.

'But now, alas! tho' firſt of Grecian names,

Admir'd and envy'd by Theſſalian dames,

I, like an hand-maid, now am left behind,

355

Bereav'd of all tranquillity of mind.

'By thee rever'd, in dignity I ſhone,

And firſt and laſt for thee unloos'd my zone.

'For unrelenting hate Lucina bore,

Thee, one lov'd ſon, ſhe gave, but gave no more.

360

'Alas! not ev'n the viſions of the night,

'Foretold ſuch fatal woes from Phrixus' flight.'

Thus mourn'd Alcimeda; her handmaids hear,

Sigh back her ſighs, and answer tear with tear.

Then Jaſon theſe conſoling words addreſs'd,

365

To ſooth the riſing anguish of her breast :

Ceaſe, mother, ceaſe exceſs of grief to ſhow,

"Oh! cease this wild extravagance of woe.

"Tears cannot make one dire diſaſter leſs;

They cherish grief, and aggravate diſtreſs.

370

"Wiſely and juſtly have the Gods affign'df w

Unthought-of miſeries to all mankind.

The lot they give you, tho' perchance ſevere,

Confiding in Minerva, bravely bearer.

Minerva firſt this bold adventure mov'd,

375

Apollo, and the Oracles approv'd.

Theſe calls of heaven our confidence command,

Join'd with the valour of this princely band.

"Haſte, royal mother, to your native tow'rs,

"Paſs with your handmaids there the peaceful hours.

380

Forebode not here calamities to come:

Your female train will re-conduct you home."

He ſpoke; and from the palace bent his way,

Graceful of port; ſo moves the god of day

At Delos, from his odour-breathing fanes,

385

Or Claros ſituate on Ionian plains,

Or Lycia's ample ſhores, where Xanthus leads

His winding waters thro' irriguous meads.

Thus Jaſon march'd majestic thro' the crowd,

And Fame auſpicious rais'd her voice aloud :

390

When lo! the prieſteſs of Diana came,

Their guardian Goddess, Iphias was her name,

Bending with age, and kiſs'd the chief's right hand;

In vain ſhe wiſh'd to ſpeak; the haſty band

With ſpeedy footsteps from the dame withdrew,

395

And Jaſon mingled with his valiant crew.

Commentary

Scholia on Apollonius' Argonautica (Scholia in Apollonium Rhodium vetera. Wendel, Carl, editor. Weidmann: Berlin, 1935.) focus

23-25a. 23—25 a. πρῶτά νυν Ὀρφῆος: Ἡρόδωρος (31 fg 42 J.) δύο εἶναι Ὀρφεῖς φησιν, ὧν τὸν ἕτερον συμπλεῦσαι τοῖς Ἀργοναύταις.

23-25b. b. 〈σκοπιῆς〉 Πιμπληίδος ἄγχι τεκ〈έσθαι〉: Πίμπλεια χωρίον κατὰ Πιερίαν· οἱ δὲ ὄρος Θράκης, οἱ δὲ κρήνην καὶ κώμην τῆς Πιερίας.

27. 27. θέλξαι: ἀπατῆσαι καὶ τέρψαι. τάσσεται δὲ ἡ λέξις ἐπὶ τῆς
μετὰ βλάβης ἀπάτης· νῦν δὲ ὑπερβολικῶς κεῖται.

27. ἀοιδάων δὲ ἐνοπῇ τῇ τῶν ᾠδῶν εὐρυθμίᾳ. οὐκ εὖ δέ· ἡ γὰρ ἐνοπὴ ἀεὶ ἐπὶ θορύβου τίθεται.

29. 29. Θρηικίης Ζώνης ἐπιτη〈λεθόωσαι〉: Ζώνη ἐστὶν
ὀρεινὸς τόπος οὕτω καλούμενος καὶ πόλις ὁμώνυμος, ὡς φησι Νίκανδρος (fg 28 Schn.).

30. 30. ἑξείης στιχόωσιν 〈ἐπήτριμοι〉: στοιχηδὸν εἰσὶ καὶ ἑξῆς πυκναί.

31-34a. 31—34 a. Πιερίηθεν: Πιερία ὄρος Θράκης, ἐν ᾗ διέτριβεν
Ὀρφεύς. φησὶ δὲ Ἡρόδωρος (31 fg 43 a J.), ὅτι παρήνησεν ὁ Χείρων τῷ Ἰάσονι, ὅπως τὸν Ὀρφέα σὺν τοῖς Ἀργοναύταις παραλάβῃ.

31-34b. b. 〈τοῖον:〉 οἷον εἴπομεν δηλονότι. L g

31-34c. c. Βιστωνίδι κοιρανέοντα: γράφεται καὶ Βιστῶνι τε κοιρανέοντα. L mP

35. 35. 〈αὐτοσχεδόν:〉 ἀντὶ τοῦ παραχρῆμα, εὐθέως. L g

37-38a. 37—38 a. 〈Πειρεσιάς:〉 ὄνομα πόλεως· ὡς Ἐρυθραὶ καὶ Πειρεσιαί. L g

37-38b. b. Ἀπιδανός τε μέγας καὶ δ〈ῖος〉: Ἀπιδανὸς καὶ Ἐνιπεὺς ἀμφότεροι Θεσσαλίας ποταμοί. τὸ δὲ

37-38b. Φυλλήιον ὄρος Μαγνησίας.

37-38c. c. ἡ δὲ Πειρεσία χώρα ἢ πόλις, ἧς ἐγγὺς ἦν τὸ Φυλλεῖον. P

40-41. 40—41. Λάρισαν δ’ ἐπὶ τοῖ〈σι〉: Λάρισαν τὴν Θεσσαλίας λέγει, ἣν ἔκτισεν Ἀκρίσιος, ἥτις ὠνομάσθη ἀπὸ Λαρίσης τῆς Πελασγοῦ, ὡς φησιν Ἑλλάνικος (4 fg 91 J.). εἰσὶ δὲ Λάρισαι τρεῖς· ἀρχαιοτάτη μὲν ἡ Ἀργειῶτις, ἥτις ἐστὶν αὐτὴ ἡ ἀκρόπολις· δευτέρα δὲ ἡ ἐν τῷ Πελασγικῷ τῆς Θεσσαλίας, ἣν Ὅμηρος (Β 738) Ἄργισσάν φησι, πλησίον
οὖσα τῆς Γυρτώνης, ἧς νῦν ὁ Ἀπολλώνιος μέμνηται· ἔστι δὲ καὶ περὶ Τροίαν, ἧς Ὅμηρος (Β 840 sq.) μνημονεύει· ‘φῦλα Πελασγῶν τῶν, οἳ Λάρισαν’. τὸν δὲ Πολύφημον Ἐλάτου παῖδα εἶπεν Ἀπολλώνιος, Σωκράτης (fg 10 M. IV 498) δὲ καὶ Εὐφορίων (fg 87 Scheidw.) Ποσειδῶνος. οἱ δὲ Λαπίθαι ἀπὸ Λαπίθου τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ
Στίλβης νύμφης ὠνομάσθησαν.

45-47a. 45—47 a. οὐδὲ μὲν Ἴφικλος: οὔτε Ὅμηρος οὔτε Ἡσίοδος (fg 50 Rz. 2) οὔτε Φερεκύδης (3 fg 110 J.) λέγουσι τὸν Ἴφικλον συμπεπλευκέναι τοῖς Ἀργοναύταις. ὅτι δὲ μητρὸς ἦν Ἀλκιμέδης ὁ Ἰάσων, Φερεκύδης (3 fg 104 a J.) μὲν συμφωνεῖ τῷ Ἀπολλωνίῳ. Ἡρόδωρος
(31 fg 40 J.) δὲ Πολυφήμην τὴν Αὐτολύκου φησὶν Ἰάσονος εἶναι μητέρα. Ἄνδρων δὲ ἐν τῇ ἐπιτομῇ τῶν Συγγενειῶν (10 fg 5 J.) Αἴσονος καὶ

45-47b. b. τὸν δὲ Ἴφικλον Ἡσίοδος (fg 117 Rz. 2) ἐπὶ πυρίνων ἀθέρων τρέχειν φησίν, Δημαρέτης (42 fg 1 J.) δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης. ἔστι δὲ υἱὸς Φυλάκου καὶ Κλυμένης τῆς Μινύου.

45-47c. c. ὁ δὲ τρόπος ἀντίφρασις. ἀντὶ τοῦ ‘ταχέως δὲ ὁ Ἴφικλος ἦλθεν’· ‘οὐ πολὺν χρόνον ἔμεινεν ἐν Φυλάκῃ’.

45-47d. d. 〈μήτρως:〉 ὁ θεῖος. L gr

45-47e. e. κασιγνήτην γὰρ ὄπυιεν: διὰ τοῦ παρεπομένου τὸ προηγούμενον δηλοῖ.

45-47f. f. 〈ὄπυιεν:〉 τὸ ἐγεγαμήκει· ἤτοι ἀπὸ τῶν ὠπῶν ἐσχηματισμένης
τῆς λέξεως, ὅ ἐστιν ὀφθαλμῶν· ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ

45-47f. ὄπτω καὶ ἐπιτηρῶ· ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀπός, τῆς φωνῆς, διὰ τὰς τῶν ἀνδρῶν πρὸς τὰς γυναῖκας ὁμιλίας, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ ‘ὄαροι’ (I 327) αἱ γυναῖκες.

Commentary (Carolus Wendel, 1935) (OCR draft) () focus

1-4a. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-1

1—4 a. Ἀρχόμενος: ἀπὸ περιεκτικοῦ ῥήματος ἡ μετοχὴ ἐσχημάτισται. περιεκτικὰ δέ εἰσιν, ὅσα 〈καὶ〉 δρᾶσίν καὶ πάθος ἐμφαίνουσιν, οἷον βιάζομαι, δωροῦμαι, σφαγιάζομαι. οὕτω καὶ τὸ ἄρχομαι τὸ
μὲν τι σημαίνει ‘ἀπὸ σοῦ τὴν ἀρχὴν ποιοῦμαι’ — ἔθος γὰρ ἀπὸ θεῶν προοιμιάζεσθαι· ‘ἐκ Διὸς ἀρχώμεσθα’ (Arat. Phaen. 1; Theocr. XVII 1) —, τὸ δέ τι σημαίνει ‘ἀρχαιρεσιαζόμενος ὑπὸ σοῦ’ οἷον ἐνθουσιῶν. παραπλησίως γὰρ τοὺς ποιητὰς τοῖς μαινομένοις ἐνθουσιᾶν 〈λέγεται〉. κέχρηται δὲ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀρχόμενος παρατατικοῦ μετοχῇ, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀρξά-
μενος.

1-4b. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-2

b. ὁ λόγος· ἀρχαιρεσιασθεὶς ὑπὸ σοῦ, Ἄπολλον, τὸ κλέος τῶν ἡρώων εἰς μνήμην ἄξω τῶν κατὰ τὸν Πελίαν 〈...〉. L mP

1-4c. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-3

c. παλαιγενέων: διαφέρει τὸ παλαιὸν τοῦ ἀρχαίου. τὸ μὲν γὰρ παλαιὸν καὶ ἀρχαῖον, τὸ δὲ ἀρχαῖον οὐκ ἔστι παλαιόν. τὸ γὰρ
ἀρχαῖον ἀναφέρει 〈εἰς〉 τὸ ἀρχῆς ἔχεσθαι.

1-4d. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-4

d. ἐύζυγον: εὐκάθεδρον. L gP

1-4e. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-5

e. ἤλασαν Ἀργώ: ὁ μὲν Ἀπολλώνιος καλεῖ τὴν Ἀργὼ ἀπὸ Ἄργου τοῦ κατασκευάσαντος, Φερεκύδης (3 fg 106 J.) δὲ ἀπὸ Ἄργου

⁴

1-4e_cont. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-6

τοῦ Φρίξου υἱοῦ. ταύτην δὲ λέγουσι πρώτην ναῦν γεγενῆσθαι. ἄλλοι δὲ λέγουσιν, 〈ὅτι〉 Δαναὸς διωκόμενος ὑπὸ Αἰγύπτου 〈τὴν〉 πρώτην κατεσκεύασε, ὅθεν καὶ Δαναῒς ἐκλήθη.

⁵⁶

23-25a. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-13

23—25 a. πρῶτά νυν Ὀρφῆος: Ἡρόδωρος (31 fg 42 J.) δύο εἶναι Ὀρφεῖς φησιν, ὧν τὸν ἕτερον συμπλεῦσαι τοῖς Ἀργοναύταις.

23-25a_cont. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-14

Φερεκύδης ἐν τῇ ς’ (3 fg 26 J.) Φιλάμμωνά φησι καὶ οὐκ Ὀρφέα συμπεπλευκέναι. ἔστι δέ, ὡς Ἀσκληπιάδης (12 fg 6 c J.), Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ Καλλιόπης· ἔνιοι δὲ ἀπὸ Οἰάγρου καὶ Πολυμνίας.

ζητεῖται δέ, διὰ τί Ὀρφεὺς ἀσθενὴς ὢν συνέπλει τοῖς ἥρωσιν· ὅτι
μάντις ὢν ὁ Χείρων ἔχρησε δύνασθαι καὶ τὰς Σειρῆνας παρελθεῖν αὐτοὺς Ὀρφέως συμπλέοντος.

⁷⁸

23-25b. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-15

b. 〈σκοπιῆς〉 Πιμπληίδος ἄγχι τεκ〈έσθαι〉: Πίμπλεια χωρίον κατὰ Πιερίαν· οἱ δὲ ὄρος θράκης, οἱ δὲ κρήνην καὶ κώμην τῆς Πιερίας.

⁹¹⁰

27. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-16

27. θέλξαι: ἀπατῆσαι καὶ τέρψαι. τάσσεται δὲ ἡ λέξις ἐπὶ τῆς
μετὰ βλάβης ἀπάτης· νῦν δὲ ὑπερβολικῶς κεῖται. ἀοιδάων δὲ ἐνοπῇ τῇ τῶν ᾠδῶν εὐρυθμίᾳ. οὐκ εὖ δέ· ἡ γὰρ ἐνοπὴ ἀεὶ ἐπὶ θορύβου τίθεται.

¹¹¹²

29. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-17

29. θρηικίης Ζώνης ἐπιτη〈λεθόωσαι〉: Ζώνη ἐστὶν
ὀρεινὸς τόπος οὕτω καλούμενος καὶ πόλις ὁμώνυμος, ὡς φησι Νίκανδρος (fg 28 Schn.).

30. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-18

30. ἑξείης στιχόωσιν 〈ἐπήτριμοι〉: στοιχηδὸν εἰσὶ καὶ ἑξῆς πυκναί.

¹³

31-34a. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-19

31—34 a. Πιερίηθεν: Πιερία ὄρος θράκης, ἐν ᾗ διέτριβεν
Ὀρφεύς. φησὶ δὲ Ἡρόδωρος (31 fg 43 a J.), ὅτι παρήνησεν ὁ Χείρων τῷ Ἰάσονι, ὅπως τὸν Ὀρφέα σὺν τοῖς Ἀργοναύταις παραλάβῃ.

¹⁴¹⁵

31-34b. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-20

b. 〈τοῖον:〉 οἷον εἴπομεν δηλονότι. L g

31-34c. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-21

c. Βιστωνίδι κοιρανέοντα: γράφεται καὶ Βιστῶνι τε κοιρανέοντα. L mP

¹⁶

35. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-22

35. 〈αὐτοσχεδόν:〉 ἀντὶ τοῦ παραχρῆμα, εὐθέως. L g

37-38a. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-23

37—38 a. 〈Πειρεσιάς:〉 ὄνομα πόλεως· ὡς Ἐρυθραὶ καὶ Πειρεσιαί. L g

¹⁷

37-38b. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-24

b. Ἀπιδανός τε μέγας καὶ δ〈ῖος〉: Ἀπιδανὸς καὶ Ἐνιπεὺς ἀμφότεροι θεσσαλίας ποταμοί. τὸ δὲ Φυλλήιον ὄρος Μαγνησίας.

¹⁸

37-38c. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-25

c. ἡ δὲ Πειρεσία χώρα ἢ πόλις, ἧς ἐγγὺς ἦν τὸ Φυλλεῖον. P

40-41. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-26

40—41. Λάρισαν δ’ ἐπὶ τοῖ〈σι〉: Λάρισαν τὴν θεσσαλίας λέγει, ἣν ἔκτισεν Ἀκρίσιος, ἥτις ὠνομάσθη ἀπὸ Λαρίσης τῆς Πελασγοῦ, ὡς φησιν Ἑλλάνικος (4 fg 91 J.). εἰσὶ δὲ Λάρισαι τρεῖς· ἀρχαιοτάτη μὲν ἡ Ἀργειῶτις, ἥτις ἐστὶν αὐτὴ ἡ ἀκρόπολις· δευτέρα δὲ ἡ ἐν τῷ Πελασγικῷ τῆς θεσσαλίας, ἣν Ὅμηρος (Β 738) Ἄργισσάν φησι, πλησίον
οὖσα τῆς Γυρτώνης, ἧς νῦν ὁ Ἀπολλώνιος μέμνηται· ἔστι δὲ καὶ περὶ Τροίαν, ἧς Ὅμηρος (Β 840 sq.) μνημονεύει· ‘φῦλα Πελασγῶν τῶν, οἳ Λάρισαν’. τὸν δὲ Πολύφημον Ἐλάτου παῖδα εἶπεν Ἀπολλώνιος, Σωκράτης (fg 10 M. IV 498) δὲ καὶ Εὐφορίων (fg 87 Scheidw.) Ποσειδῶνος. οἱ δὲ Λαπίθαι ἀπὸ Λαπίθου τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ
Στίλβης νύμφης ὠνομάσθησαν.

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45-47a. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-27

45—47 a. οὐδὲ μὲν Ἴφικλος: οὔτε Ὅμηρος οὔτε Ἡσίοδος (fg 50 Rz. 2) οὔτε Φερεκύδης (3 fg 110 J.) λέγουσι τὸν Ἴφικλον συμπεπλευκέναι τοῖς Ἀργοναύταις. ὅτι δὲ μητρὸς ἦν Ἀλκιμέδης ὁ Ἰάσων, Φερεκύδης (3 fg 104 a J.) μὲν συμφωνεῖ τῷ Ἀπολλωνίῳ. Ἡρόδωρος
(31 fg 40 J.) δὲ Πολυφήμην τὴν Αὐτολύκου φησὶν Ἰάσονος εἶναι μητέρα. Ἄνδρων δὲ ἐν τῇ ἐπιτομῇ τῶν Συγγενειῶν (10 fg 5 J.) Αἴσονος καὶ

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45-47a_cont. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-28

θεογνήτης τῆς Λαοδίκου 〈φησὶν Ἰάσονα γεγονέναι υἱόν〉.

45-47b. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-29

b. τὸν δὲ Ἴφικλον Ἡσίοδος (fg 117 Rz. 2) ἐπὶ πυρίνων ἀθέρων τρέχειν φησίν, Δημαρέτης (42 fg 1 J.) δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης. ἔστι δὲ υἱὸς Φυλάκου καὶ Κλυμένης τῆς Μινύου.

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45-47c. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-30

c. ὁ δὲ τρόπος ἀντίφρασις. ἀντὶ τοῦ ‘ταχέως δὲ ὁ Ἴφικλος ἦλθεν’· ‘οὐ πολὺν χρόνον ἔμεινεν ἐν Φυλάκῃ’.

45-47d. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-31

d. 〈μήτρως:〉 ὁ θεῖος. L gr

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45-47e. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-32

e. κασιγνήτην γὰρ ὄπυιεν: διὰ τοῦ παρεπομένου τὸ προηγούμενον δηλοῖ.

45-47f. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-33

f. 〈ὄπυιεν:〉 τὸ ἐγεγαμήκει· ἤτοι ἀπὸ τῶν ὠπῶν ἐσχηματισμένης
τῆς λέξεως, ὅ ἐστιν ὀφθαλμῶν· ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄπτω καὶ ἐπιτηρῶ· ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀπός, τῆς φωνῆς, διὰ τὰς τῶν ἀνδρῶν πρὸς τὰς γυναῖκας ὁμιλίας, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ ‘ὄαροι’ (I 327) αἱ γυναῖκες.

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Commentary (Carolus Wendel, 1935/2026, translated by deepseek-v4-pro) (OCR draft) () focus

1-4a. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-1

1-4a. Beginning: the participle is formed from a verb of encompassing sense. Encompassing verbs are those that indicate both action and passion, such as βιάζομαι, δωροῦμαι, σφαγιάζομαι. Thus also ἄρχομαι signifies on the one hand 'I make a beginning from you' — for it is customary to begin with the gods: 'let us begin from Zeus' (Arat. Phaen. 1; Theocr. XVII 1) —, and on the other hand it signifies 'being inspired by you', as if being filled with divine frenzy. For poets are said to be inspired like madmen. He uses the present participle ἀρχόμενος instead of ἀρξάμενος.

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1-4b. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-2

b. The meaning: having been inspired by you, Apollo, I will bring to memory the glory of the heroes of the time of Pelias 〈...〉. LmP

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1-4c. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-3

c. παλαιγενέων: παλαιόν differs from ἀρχαῖον. For παλαιόν is also ἀρχαῖον, but ἀρχαῖον is not παλαιόν. For ἀρχαῖον refers to being connected with a beginning.

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1-4d. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-4

d. ἐύζυγον: εὐκάθεδρον. L gP

d. ἐύζυγον: well-benched. LgP

1-4e. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-5

e. ἤλασαν Ἀργώ: Apollonius calls the Argo after Argus the builder, but Pherecydes (3 fg 106 J.) after Argus

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1-4e_cont. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-6

the son of Phrixus. They say that this was the first ship. But others say that Danaus, fleeing from Aegyptus, built the first ship, whence it was also called Danaïs.

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23-25a. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-13

23-25a. πρῶτά νυν Ὀρφῆος: Herodorus (31 fg 42 J.) says that there were two Orpheuses, of whom one sailed with the Argonauts.

23-25a_cont. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-14

Pherecydes in the sixth book (3 fg 26 J.) says that Philammon, not Orpheus, sailed with them. He is, as Asclepiades (12 fg 6 c J.) says, the son of Apollo and Calliope; but some say of Oeagrus and Polymnia.

It is asked why Orpheus, being weak, sailed with the heroes; because Chiron, being a seer, prophesied that they would be able to pass the Sirens if Orpheus sailed with them.

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23-25b. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-15

b. 〈σκοπιῆς〉 Πιμπληίδος ἄγχι τεκ〈έσθαι〉: Πίμπλεια χωρίον κατὰ Πιερίαν· οἱ δὲ ὄρος Θράκης, οἱ δὲ κρήνην καὶ κώμην τῆς Πιερίας.

b. 〈σκοπιῆς〉 Πιμπληίδος ἄγχι τεκ〈έσθαι〉: Pimpleia is a place in Pieria; but some say a mountain of Thrace, others a spring and village of Pieria.

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27. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-16

27. θέλξαι: to deceive and to delight. The word is used of deception accompanied by harm; but here it is used hyperbolically. ἀοιδάων δὲ ἐνοπῇ: by the rhythm of songs. Not well; for ἐνοπή is always used of noise.

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29. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-17

29. Θρηικίης Ζώνης ἐπιτη〈λεθόωσαι〉: Ζώνη ἐστὶν
ὀρεινὸς τόπος οὕτω καλούμενος καὶ πόλις ὁμώνυμος, ὡς φησι Νίκανδρος (fg 28 Schn.).

29. Thracian Zone, flourishing: Zone is a mountainous place so called, and a city of the same name, as Nicander says (fr. 28 Schn.).

30. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-18

30. ἑξείης στιχόωσιν 〈ἐπήτριμοι〉: στοιχηδὸν εἰσὶ καὶ ἑξῆς πυκναί.

30. In rows they stand close-packed: they are in ranks and in order, dense.

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31-34a. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-19

31—34 a. Πιερίηθεν: Πιερία ὄρος Θράκης, ἐν ᾗ διέτριβεν
Ὀρφεύς. φησὶ δὲ Ἡρόδωρος (31 fg 43 a J.), ὅτι παρήνησεν ὁ Χείρων τῷ Ἰάσονι, ὅπως τὸν Ὀρφέα σὺν τοῖς Ἀργοναύταις παραλάβῃ.

31-34a. From Pieria: Pieria is a mountain of Thrace, where Orpheus spent his time. Herodorus says (31 fr. 43a J.) that Chiron advised Jason to take Orpheus along with the Argonauts.

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31-34b. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-20

b. 〈τοῖον:〉 οἷον εἴπομεν δηλονότι. L g

b. Such: namely, as we have said. Lg

31-34c. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-21

c. Βιστωνίδι κοιρανέοντα: γράφεται καὶ Βιστῶνι τε κοιρανέοντα. L mP

c. Ruling over Bistonian: it is also written 'and ruling over Bistonians'. LmP

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35. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-22

35. 〈αὐτοσχεδόν:〉 ἀντὶ τοῦ παραχρῆμα, εὐθέως. L g

35. On the spot: meaning immediately, at once. Lg

37-38a. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-23

37—38 a. 〈Πειρεσιάς:〉 ὄνομα πόλεως· ὡς Ἐρυθραὶ καὶ Πειρεσιαί. L g

37-38a. Peiresiae: name of a city; like Erythrae and Peiresiae. Lg

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37-38b. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-24

b. Ἀπιδανός τε μέγας καὶ δ〈ῖος〉: Ἀπιδανὸς καὶ Ἐνιπεὺς ἀμφότεροι Θεσσαλίας ποταμοί. τὸ δὲ Φυλλήιον ὄρος Μαγνησίας.

b. Great Apidanus and divine: Apidanus and Enipeus are both rivers of Thessaly. The Phyllaean mountain is in Magnesia.

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37-38c. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-25

c. ἡ δὲ Πειρεσία χώρα ἢ πόλις, ἧς ἐγγὺς ἦν τὸ Φυλλεῖον. P

c. Peiresia is a region or city, near which was the Phylleian. P

40-41. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-26

40—41. Λάρισαν δ’ ἐπὶ τοῖ〈σι〉: Λάρισαν τὴν Θεσσαλίας λέγει, ἣν ἔκτισεν Ἀκρίσιος, ἥτις ὠνομάσθη ἀπὸ Λαρίσης τῆς Πελασγοῦ, ὡς φησιν Ἑλλάνικος (4 fg 91 J.). εἰσὶ δὲ Λάρισαι τρεῖς· ἀρχαιοτάτη μὲν ἡ Ἀργειῶτις, ἥτις ἐστὶν αὐτὴ ἡ ἀκρόπολις· δευτέρα δὲ ἡ ἐν τῷ Πελασγικῷ τῆς Θεσσαλίας, ἣν Ὅμηρος (Β 738) Ἄργισσάν φησι, πλησίον
οὖσα τῆς Γυρτώνης, ἧς νῦν ὁ Ἀπολλώνιος μέμνηται· ἔστι δὲ καὶ περὶ Τροίαν, ἧς Ὅμηρος (Β 840 sq.) μνημονεύει· ‘φῦλα Πελασγῶν τῶν, οἳ Λάρισαν’. τὸν δὲ Πολύφημον Ἐλάτου παῖδα εἶπεν Ἀπολλώνιος, Σωκράτης (fg 10 M. IV 498) δὲ καὶ Εὐφορίων (fg 87 Scheidw.) Ποσειδῶνος. οἱ δὲ Λαπίθαι ἀπὸ Λαπίθου τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ
Στίλβης νύμφης ὠνομάσθησαν.

40-41. And after them Larisa: He means Larisa in Thessaly, which Acrisius founded, and which was named after Larisa, daughter of Pelasgus, as Hellanicus says (4 fr. 91 J.). There are three Larisas: the oldest is the Argive one, which is the acropolis itself; the second is in the Pelasgian part of Thessaly, which Homer (B 738) calls Argissa, being near Gyrtone, which Apollonius now mentions; there is also one near Troy, which Homer (B 840f.) mentions: 'the tribes of Pelasgians, those who [dwelt in] Larisa'. Apollonius said that Polyphemus was the son of Elatus, but Socrates (fr. 10 M. IV 498) and Euphorion (fr. 87 Scheidw.) say he was the son of Poseidon. The Lapiths were named after Lapithes, son of Apollo and the nymph Stilbe.

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45-47a. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-27

45-47a. Nor indeed Iphiclus: Neither Homer nor Hesiod (fr. 50 Rz.2) nor Pherecydes (3 fr. 110 J.) say that Iphiclus sailed with the Argonauts. That Jason's mother was Alcimede, Pherecydes (3 fr. 104a J.) agrees with Apollonius. But Herodorus (31 fr. 40 J.) says that Polypheme, daughter of Autolycus, was Jason's mother. Andron in his Epitome of Kinships (10 fr. 5 J.) says that Aeson and

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45-47a_cont. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-28

Θεογνήτης τῆς Λαοδίκου 〈φησὶν Ἰάσονα γεγονέναι υἱόν〉.

Theognete, daughter of Laodicus, (he says Jason was the son).

45-47b. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-29

b. Hesiod (fr. 117 Rz.²) says that Iphiclus ran over wheat ears, but Demarete (42 fr. 1 J.) says over the sea. He is the son of Phylacus and Clymene, daughter of Minyas.

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45-47c. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-30

c. The figure is antiphrasis. Instead of “swiftly Iphiclus came”: “he did not remain long in Phylace.”

45-47d. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-31

d. 〈μήτρως:〉 ὁ θεῖος. L gr

d. 〈μήτρως:〉 uncle. Lgr

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45-47e. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-32

e. κασιγνήτην γὰρ ὄπυιεν: διὰ τοῦ παρεπομένου τὸ προηγούμενον δηλοῖ.

e. “For he married his sister”: through the attendant circumstance he indicates the preceding action.

45-47f. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935e-com-eng1-33

f. 〈ὄπυιεν:〉 “he had married”: either the word is formed from ὠπή, that is, “eyes”; or from ὄπτω and ἐπιτηρῶ, “I watch”; or from ὄψ, “voice,” because of the conversations of men with women, from which also women are called ὄαροι (I 327).

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