Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, R. C. Seaton (Translator), ed. Open AI 5.6 Sol Medium, 1.512

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He ended, and stayed his lyre and divine voice. But though he had ceased they still bent forward with eagerness all hushed to quiet, with ears intent on the enchanting strain; such a charm of song had he left behind in their hearts. Not long after they mixed libations in honour of Zeus, with pious rites as is customary, and poured them upon the burning tongues, and thought them of sleep in the darkness.

1.519-1.558

Now when gleaming dawn with bright eyes saw the lofty peaks of Pelion, and the calm headlands were being drenched as the sea was ruffled by the winds, then Tiphys awoke from sleep; and at once he roused his comrades to go on board and make ready the oars. And a strange cry did the harbour of Pagasae utter, yes and Pelian Argo herself, urging them to set forth. For in her a beam divine had been laid which Athena had brought from an oak of Dodona and fitted in the middle of the stem. And the heroes went to the benches one after the other, as they had previously assigned for each to row in his place, and took their seats in due order near their fighting gear. In the middle sat Ancaeus and mighty Heracles, and near him he laid his club, and beneath his tread the ship's keel sank deep. And now the hawsers were being slipped and they poured wine on the sea. But Jason with tears held his eyes away from his fatherland. And just as youths set up a dance in honour of Phoebus either in Pytho or perhaps in Ortygia, or by the waters of Ismenus, and to the sound of the lyre round his altar all together in time beat the earth with swiftly-moving feet; so they to the sound of Orpheus' lyre struck with their oars the rushing sea-water, and the surge broke over the blades; and on this side and on that the dark brine seethed with foam, boiling terribly through the might of the sturdy heroes. And their arms shone in the sun like flame as the ship sailed on; and ever their wake gleamed white far behind, like a path seen over a green plain. On that day all the gods looked down from heaven upon the ship and the might of the heroes, half-divine, the bravest of men then sailing the sea; and on the topmost heights the nymphs of Pelion wondered as they saw the work of Itonian Athena, and the heroes themselves wielding the oars. And there came down from the mountain-top to the sea Chiron, son of Philyra, and where the white surf broke he dipped his feet, and, often waving with his broad hand, cried out to them at their departure, "Good speed and a sorrowless return home!" And with him his wife, bearing Peleus' son Achilles on her arm, showed the child to his dear father.

1.559-1.579

Now when they had left the curving shore of the harbour through the cunning and counsel of prudent Tiphys son of Hagnias, who skilfully handled the well-polished helm that he might guide them steadfastly, then at length they set up the tall mast in the mast-box, and secured it with forestays, drawing them taut on each side, and from it they let down the sail when they had hauled it to the top-mast. And a breeze came down piping shrilly; and upon the deck they fastened the ropes separately round the well-polished pins, and ran quietly past the long Tisaean headland. And for them the son of Oeagrus touched his lyre and sang in rhythmical song of Artemis, saviour of ships, child of a glorious father, who has in her keeping those peaks by the sea, and the land of Iolcos; and the fishes came darting through the deep sea, great mixed with small, and followed gambolling along the watery paths. And as when in the track of the shepherd, their master, countless sheep follow to the fold that have fed to the full of grass, and he goes before gaily piping a shepherd's strain on his shrill reed; so these fishes followed; and a chasing breeze ever bore the ship onward.

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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.) — 1.512 focus

ἦ, καὶ ὁ μὲν φόρμιγγα σὺν ἀμβροσίῃ σχέθεν αὐδῇ.

τοὶ δʼ ἄμοτον λήξαντος ἔτι προύχοντο κάρηνα

πάντες ὁμῶς ὀρθοῖσιν ἐπʼ οὔασιν ἠρεμέοντες

κηληθμῷ· τοῖόν σφιν ἐνέλλιπε θέλκτρον ἀοιδῆς.

515

οὐδʼ ἐπὶ δὴν μετέπειτα κερασσάμενοι Διὶ λοιβάς,

ἣ θέμις, ἑστηῶτες ἐπὶ γλώσσῃσι χέοντο

αἰθομέναις, ὕπνου δὲ διὰ κνέφας ἐμνώοντο.

αὐτὰρ ὅτʼ αἰγλήεσσα φαεινοῖς ὄμμασιν Ἠὼς

Πηλίου αἰπεινὰς ἴδεν ἄκριας, ἐκ δʼ ἀνέμοιο

520

εὔδιοι ἐκλύζοντο τινασσομένης ἁλὸς ἄκραι,

δὴ τότʼ ἀνέγρετο Τῖφυς· ἄφαρ δʼ ὀρόθυνεν ἑταίρους

βαινέμεναί τʼ ἐπὶ νῆα καὶ ἀρτύνασθαι ἐρετμά.

σμερδαλέον δὲ λιμὴν Παγασήιος ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτὴ

Πηλιὰς ἴαχεν Ἀργὼ ἐπισπέρχουσα νέεσθαι.

525

ἐν γάρ οἱ δόρυ θεῖον ἐλήλατο, τό ῥʼ ἀνὰ μέσσην

στεῖραν Ἀθηναίη Δωδωνίδος ἥρμοσε φηγοῦ.

οἱ δʼ ἀνὰ σέλματα βάντες ἐπισχερὼ ἀλλήλοισιν,

ὡς ἐδάσαντο πάροιθεν ἐρεσσέμεν ᾧ ἐνὶ χώρῳ,

εὐκόσμως σφετέροισι παρʼ ἔντεσιν ἑδριόωντο.

530

μέσσῳ δʼ Ἀγκαῖος μέγα τε σθένος Ἡρακλῆος

ἵζανον· ἄγχι δέ οἱ ῥόπαλον θέτο, καί οἱ ἔνερθεν

ποσσὶν ὑπεκλύσθη νηὸς τρόπις.· εἵλκετο δʼ ἤδη

πείσματα, καὶ μέθυ λεῖβον ὕπερθʼ ἁλός. αὐτὰρ Ἰήσων

δακρυόεις γαίης ἀπὸ πατρίδος ὄμματʼ ἔνεικεν.

535

οἱ δʼ, ὥστʼ ἠίθεοι Φοίβῳ χορὸν ἢ ἐνὶ Πυθοῖ

ἤ που ἐν Ὀρτυγίῃ, ἢ ἐφʼ ὕδασιν Ἰσμηνοῖο

στησάμενοι, φόρμιγγος ὑπαὶ περὶ βωμὸν ὁμαρτῇ

ἐμμελέως κραιπνοῖσι πέδον ῥήσσωσι πόδεσσιν·

ὧς οἱ ὑπʼ Ὀρφῆος κιθάρῃ πέπληγον ἐρετμοῖς

540

πόντου λάβρον ὕδωρ, ἐπὶ δὲ ῥόθια κλύζοντο·

ἀφρῷ δʼ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα κελαινὴ κήκιεν ἅλμη

δεινὸν μορμύρουσα ἐρισθενέων μένει ἀνδρῶν.

στράπτε δʼ ὑπʼ ἠελίῳ φλογὶ εἴκελα νηὸς ἰούσης

τεύχεα· μακραὶ δʼ αἰὲν ἐλευκαίνοντο κέλευθοι,

545

ἀτραπὸς ὣς χλοεροῖο διειδομένη πεδίοιο.

πάντες δʼ οὐρανόθεν λεῦσσον θεοὶ ἤματι κείνῳ

νῆα καὶ ἡμιθέων ἀνδρῶν μένος, οἳ τότʼ ἄριστοι

πόντον ἐπιπλώεσκον· ἐπʼ ἀκροτάτῃσι δὲ νύμφαι

Πηλιάδες κορυφῇσιν ἐθάμβεον εἰσορόωσαι

550

ἔργον Ἀθηναίης Ἰτωνίδος, ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτοὺς

ἥρωας χείρεσσιν ἐπικραδάοντας ἐρετμά.

αὐτὰρ ὅγʼ ἐξ ὑπάτου ὄρεος κίεν ἄγχι θαλάσσης

Χείρων Φιλλυρίδης, πολιῇ δʼ ἐπὶ κύματος ἀγῇ

τέγγε πόδας, καὶ πολλὰ βαρείῃ χειρὶ κελεύων,

555

νόστον ἐπευφήμησεν ἀκηδέα νισσομένοισιν.

σὺν καί οἱ παράκοιτις ἐπωλένιον φορέουσα

Πηλεΐδην Ἀχιλῆα, φίλῳ δειδίσκετο πατρί.

οἱ δʼ ὅτε δὴ λιμένος περιηγέα κάλλιπον ἀκτὴν

φραδμοσύνῃ μήτι τε δαΐφρονος Ἁγνιάδαο

560

Τίφυος, ὅς ῥʼ ἐνὶ χερσὶν ἐύξοα τεχνηέντως

πηδάλιʼ ἀμφιέπεσκʼ, ὄφρʼ ἔμπεδον ἐξιθύνοι,

δή ῥα τότε μέγαν ἱστὸν ἐνεστήσαντο μεσόδμῃ,

δῆσαν δὲ προτόνοισι, τανυσσάμενοι ἑκάτερθεν,

κὰδ δʼ αὐτοῦ λίνα χεῦαν, ἐπʼ ἠλακάτην ἐρύσαντες.

565

ἐν δὲ λιγὺς πέσεν οὖρος· ἐπʼ ἰκριόφιν δὲ κάλωας

ξεστῇσιν περόνῃσι διακριδὸν ἀμφιβαλόντες

Τισαίην εὔκηλοι ὑπὲρ δολιχὴν θέον ἄκρην.

τοῖσι δὲ φορμίζων εὐθήμονι μέλπεν ἀοιδῇ

Οἰάγροιο πάις νηοσσόον εὐπατέρειαν

570

Ἄρτεμιν, ἣ κείνας σκοπιὰς ἁλὸς ἀμφιέπεσκεν

ῥυομένη καὶ γαῖαν Ἰωλκίδα· τοὶ δὲ βαθείης

ἰχθύες ἀίσσοντες ὕπερθʼ ἁλός, ἄμμιγα παύροις

ἄπλετοι, ὑγρὰ κέλευθα διασκαίροντες ἕποντο.

ὡς δʼ ὁπότʼ ἀγραύλοιο κατʼ ἴχνια σημαντῆρος

575

μυρία μῆλʼ ἐφέπονται ἄδην κεκορημένα ποίης

εἰς αὖλιν, ὁ δέ τʼ εἶσι πάρος σύριγ γι λιγείῃ

καλὰ μελιζόμενος νόμιον μέλος, ὧς ἄρα τοίγε

ὡμάρτευν· τὴν δʼ αἰὲν ἐπασσύτερος φέρεν οὖρος.

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.) — 1.512 focus

Η, καὶ ὁ μὲν φόρμιγγα σὺν ἀμβροσίῃ σχέθεν αὐδῇ·

τοῦ δ᾽ ἄμοτον λήξαντος ἔτι προὔχοντο κάρηνα

πάντες ὁμῶς, ὀρθοῖσιν ἐπ᾽ οὔασιν ἠρεμέοντες

κηληθμῷ· τοίην σφιν ἐνέλλιπε θελκτὺν ἀοιδῆς.

515

οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ δὴν μετέπειτα κερασσάμενοι δὴ λοιβὰς,

ᾗ θέμις ἐστὶ, τέως ἐπί τε γλώσσῃσι χέοντο

αἰθομέναις, ὕπνου δὲ διὰ κνέφας ἐμνώοντο.

Αὐτὰρ ὅτ᾽ αἰγλήεσσα φαεινοῖς ὄμμασιν Ηὼς

Πηλίου αἰπεινὰς ἴδεν ἄκριας, ἐκ δ᾽ ἀνέμοιο

520

εὔδιοι ἐκλύζοντο τινασσομένης ἁλὸς ἄκραι,

δὴ τότ᾽ ἀνέγρετο Τίφυς· ἄφαρ δ᾽ ὀρόθυνεν ἑταίρους

βαινέμεναί τ᾽ ἐπὶ νῆα καὶ ἀρτυνέεσθαι ἐρετμά.

σμερδαλέον δὲ λιμὴν Παγασήϊος, ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτὴ

Πηλιὰς ἴαχεν Αργὼ, ἐπισπέρχουσα νέεσθαι.

525

ἐν γάρ οἱ δόρυ θεῖον ἐλήλατο, τὸ ρ᾽ ἀνὰ μέσσην

στεῖραν Αθηναίη Δωδωνίδος ἥρμοσε φηγοῦ.

οἱ δ᾽ ἀνὰ σέλματα βάντες ἐπισχερὼ ἀλλήλοισιν,

ὡς ἐδάσαντο πάροιθεν ἐρεσσέμεν ᾧ ἐνὶ χώρῳ,

εὐκόσμως σφετέροισι παρ᾽ ἔντεσιν ἑδριόωντο. ·

530

μέσσῳ δ᾽ Αγκαῖος, μέγα τε σθένος Ηρακλῆος

ἵζανον· ἄγχι δὲ οἱ ρόπαλον θέτο, καί οἱ ἔνερθε

ποσσὶν ὑπεκλύσθη νηὸς τρόπις. εἵλκετο δ᾽ ἤδη

πείσματα, καὶ μέθυ λεῖβον ὑπερθ᾽ ἁλός. αὐτὰρ Ιήσων

δακρυόεις γαίης ἀπὸ πατρίδος ὄμματ᾽ ἔνεικεν.

535

οἱ δ᾽, ὥστ᾽ ἤΐθεοι Φοίβῳ χορὸν ἢ ἐνὶ Πυθοῖ,

ἤ που ἐν Ορτυγίῃ, ἢ ἐφ᾽ ὕδασιν Ισμηνοῖο

στησάμενοι, φόρμιγγος ὑπαὶ περὶ βωμὸν ὁμαρτῆ

ἐμμελέως κραὶπνοῖσι πέδον ῥήσσωσι πόδεσσιν·

ὡς οἱ ὑπ᾿ Ὀρφῆὸς κιθάρῃ πέπληγον ἐρετμοῖς

540

πόντου λάβρον ὕδωρ, ἐπὶ δὲ ῥόθια κλύζοντο·

ἀφρῷ δ᾽ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθὰ κελαινὴ ἐκήκιεν ἅλμη,

δεινὸν μορμύρούσα ἐρισθενέων μένει ἀνδρῶν.

στράπτε δ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἠελίῳ φλογὶ εἴκελα νηὸς ἰούσης

τεύχεα· μακρὰὶ δ᾽ ἀἰὲν ἐλευκαίνοντο κέλευθοι,

545

ἀτρἀπὸς ὡς χλοεροῖο διειδομένη πεδίοιο.

πάντες δ᾽ οὐρανόθεν λεῦσσον θεοὶ ἤματι κείνῳ

νῆα, καὶ ἡμιθέων ἀνδρῶν μένος, οἳ τότ᾽ ἄριστοι

πόντον ἐπιπλώεσκον· ἐπ᾿ ἀκροτάτῃσι δὲ Νύμφαι

Πηλιάδες κορύφῇσιν ἐθάμβεον εἰσορόωσαι

550

ἔργον Αθηναίης Ιτωνίδος, ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτοὺς

ἥρωας χείρεσσιν ἐπικραδάοντὰς ἐρετμά.

αὐτὰρ ὅ γ᾽ ἐξ ὑπάτου ὄρεος κίεν ἄγχι θαλάσσης

Χείρων Φιλυρίδης, πολιῇ δ᾽ ἐπὶ κύματος ἀγῇ

τέγγε πόδας, καὶ πολλὰ βαρείῃ χειρὶ κελεύων,

555

νόστον ἐπευφήμησεν ἀκηδέα νισσομένοισι·

σὺν καί οἱ παράκοιτις ἐπωλένιον φορέουσα

Πηλείδην Αχιλῆα, φίλῳ δειδίσκετο πατρί.

Οἱ δ᾽ ὅτε δὴ λιμένος περιηγέα κάλλιπον ἀκτὴν

φραδμοσύνῃ μήτι τε δαΐφρονος Αγνιάδαο

560

Τίφυος, ὃς ῥ᾽ ἐνὶ χερσὶν ἐὔξοα τεχνηέντως

πηδάλι᾽ ἀμφιέπεσκ᾽, ὄφρ᾽ ἔμπεδον ἐξιθύνοι,

δή ῥα τότε μέγαν ἱστὸν ἐνεστήσαντο μεσόδμῃ,

δῆσάν τε προτόνοισι, τανυσσάμενοι ἑκάτερθε,

καδδ᾽ αὐτοῦ λίνα χεῦαν, ἐπ᾿ ἠλακάτην ἐρύσαντες.

565

ἐν δὲ λιγὺς πέσεν οὖρος· ἐπ᾿ ἰκριόφιν δὲ κάλωας

ξεστῇσι περόνῃσι διακριδὸν ἀμφιβαλόντες,

Τισαίην εὔκηλοι ὑπὲρ δολιχὴν θέον ἄκρην.

τοῖσι δὲ φορμίζων ἐϋθήμονι μέλπεν ἀοιδῇ

Οἰάγροιο πάϊς νηοσσόον εὐπατέρειαν

570

Αρτεμιν, ἢ κείνας σκοπιὰς ἁλὸς ἀμφιέπεσκε,

ῥυομένη καὶ γαῖαν Ιωλκίδα· τῇ δὲ βαθείης

ἰχθύες ἀΐσσοντες ὕπερθ᾽ ἁλὸς, ἄμμιγα παύροις

ἄπλετοι, ὑγρὰ κέλευθα διασκαίροντες ἕποντο.

ὡς δ᾽ ὁπότ᾽ ἀγραύλοιο κατ᾽ ἴχνια σημαντῆρος

575

μυρία μῆλ᾽ ἐφέπονται, ἄδην κεκορημένα ποίης,

εἰς αὖλιν, ὁ δέ τ᾽ εἶσι πάρος, σύριγγι λιγείῃ

καλὰ μελιζόμενος νόμιον μέλος· ὡς ἄρα τοί γε

ὡμάρτευν· τὴν δ᾽ αἰὲν ἐπασσύτερος φέρεν ουρος.

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.) — 1.512 focus

Ἦ, καὶ ὁ μὲν φόρμιγγα σὺν ἀμβροσίῃ σχέθεν αὐδῇ.

τοὶ δ᾽ ἄμοτον λήξαντος ἔτι προύχοντο κάρηνα

πάντες ὁμῶς ὀρθοῖσιν ἐπ᾿ οὔασιν ἠρεμέοντες

κηληθμῷ· τοῖόν σφιν ἐνέλλιπε θέλκτρον ἀοιδῆς.

515

οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ δὴν μετέπειτα κερασσάμενοι Διὶ λοιβάς,

†ἢ θέμις ἐστί, τέως ἐπί τε γλώσσῃσι χέοντο†

αἰθομέναις, ὕπνου δὲ διὰ κνέφας ἐμνώοντο.

Αὐτὰρ ὅτ᾽ αἰγλήεσσα φαεινοῖς ὄμμασιν Ἠὼς

Πηλίου αἰπεινὰς ἴδεν ἄκριας, ἐκ δ᾽ ἀνέμοιο

520

εὔδιοι ἐκλύζοντο τινασσομένης ἁλὸς ἄκραι,

δὴ τότ᾽ ἀνέγρετο Τίφυς· ἄφαρ δ᾽ ὀρόθυνεν ἑταίρους

βαινέμεναί τ᾽ ἐπὶ νῆα καὶ ἀρτύνασθαι ἐρετμά.

σμερδαλέον δὲ λιμὴν Παγασήιος ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτὴ

Πηλιὰς ἴαχεν Ἀργὼ ἐπισπέρχουσα νέεσθαι.

525

ἐν γάρ οἱ δόρυ θεῖον ἐλήλατο, τό ῥ᾽ ἀνὰ μέσσην

στεῖραν Ἀθηναίη Δωδωνίδος ἥρμοσε φηγοῦ.

οἱ δ᾽ ἀνὰ σέλματα βάντες ἐπισχερὼ ἀλλήλοισιν,

ὡς ἐδάσαντο πάροιθεν ἐρεσσέμεν ᾧ ἐνὶ χώρῳ,

εὐκόσμως σφετέροισι παρ᾽ ἔντεσιν ἑδριόωντο.

530

μέσσῳ δ᾽ Ἀγκαῖος μέγα τε σθένος Ἡρακλῆος

ἵζανον· ἄγχι δέ οἱ ῥόπαλον θέτο, καί οἱ ἔνερθεν

ποσσὶν ὑπεκλύσθη νηὸς τρόπις. εἵλκετο δ᾽ ἤδη

πείσματα, καὶ μέθυ λεῖβον ὕπερθ᾽ ἁλός. αὐτὰρ Ἰήσων

δακρυόεις γαίης ἀπὸ πατρίδος ὄμματ᾽ ἔνεικεν.

535

οἱ δ᾽, ὥστ᾽ ἠίθεοι Φοίβῳ χορὸν ἢ ἐνὶ Πυθοῖ

ἤ που ἐν Ὀρτυγίῃ, ἢ ἐφ᾽ ὕδασιν Ἰσμηνοῖο

στησάμενοι, φόρμιγγος ὑπαὶ περὶ βωμὸν ὁμαρτῇ

ἐμμελέως κραιπνοῖσι πέδον ῥήσσωσι πόδεσσιν·

ὡς οἱ ὑπ᾿ Ὀρφῆος κιθάρῃ πέπληγον ἐρετμοῖς

540

πόντου λάβρον ὕδωρ, ἐπὶ δὲ ῥόθια κλύζοντο·

ἀφρῷ δ᾽ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα κελαινὴ κήκιεν ἅλμη

δεινὸν μορμύρουσα ἐρισθενέων μένει ἀνδρῶν.

στράπτε δ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἠελίῳ φλογὶ εἴκελα νηὸς ἰούσης

τεύχεα· μακραὶ δ᾽ αἰὲν ἐλευκαίνοντο κέλευθοι,

545

ἀτραπὸς ὡς χλοεροῖο διειδομένη πεδίοιο.

πάντες δ᾽ οὐρανόθεν λεῦσσον θεοὶ ἤματι κείνῳ

νῆα καὶ ἡμιθέων ἀνδρῶν μένος, οἳ τότ᾽ ἄριστοι

πόντον ἐπιπλώεσκον· ἐπ᾿ ἀκροτάτῃσι δὲ νύμφαι

Πηλιάδες κορυφῇσιν ἐθάμβεον εἰσορόωσαι

550

ἔργον Ἀθηναίης Ἰτωνίδος, ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτοὺς

ἥρωας χείρεσσιν ἐπικραδάοντας ἐρετμά.

αὐτὰρ ὅγ᾽ ἐξ ὑπάτου ὄρεος κίεν ἄγχι θαλάσσης

Χείρων Φιλλυρίδης, πολιῇ δ᾽ ἐπὶ κύματος ἀγῇ

τέγγε πόδας, καὶ πολλὰ βαρείῃ χειρὶ κελεύων,

555

νόστον ἐπευφήμησεν ἀκηδέα νισσομένοισιν.

σὺν καί οἱ παράκοιτις ἐπωλένιον φορέουσα

Πηλείδην Ἀχιλῆα, φίλῳ δειδίσκετο πατρί.

Οἱ δ᾽ ὅτε δὴ λιμένος περιηγέα κάλλιπον ἀκτὴν

φραδμοσύνῃ μήτι τε δαΐφρονος Ἁγνιάδαο

560

Τίφυος, ὅς ῥ᾽ ἐνὶ χερσὶν ἐύξοα τεχνηέντως

πηδάλι᾽ ἀμφιέπεσκ᾽, ὄφρ᾽ ἔμπεδον ἐξιθύνοι,

δή ῥα τότε μέγαν ἱστὸν ἐνεστήσαντο μεσόδμῃ,

δῆσαν δὲ προτόνοισι, τανυσσάμενοι ἑκάτερθεν,

κὰδ δ᾽ αὐτοῦ λίνα χεῦαν, ἐπ᾿ ἠλακάτην ἐρύσαντες.

565

ἐν δὲ λιγὺς πέσεν οὗρος· ἐπ᾿ ἰκριόφιν δὲ κάλωας

ξεστῇσιν περόνῃσι διακριδὸν ἀμφιβαλόντες

Τισαίην εὔκηλοι ὑπὲρ δολιχὴν θέον ἄκρην.

τοῖσι δὲ φορμίζων εὐθήμονι μέλπεν ἀοιδῇ

Οἰάγροιο πάις νηοσσόον εὐπατέρειαν

570

Ἄρτεμιν, ἢ κείνας σκοπιὰς ἁλὸς ἀμφιέπεσκεν

ῥυομένη καὶ γαῖαν Ἰωλκίδα˙ τοὶ δὲ βαθείης

ἰχθύες ἀίσσοντες ὕπερθ᾽ ἁλός, ἄμμιγα παύροις

ἄπλετοι, ὑγρὰ κέλευθα διασκαίροντες ἕποντο.

ὡς δ᾽ ὁπότ᾽ ἀγραύλοιο κατ᾽ ἴχνια σημαντῆρος

575

μυρία μῆλ᾽ ἐφέπονται ἄδην κεκορημένα ποίης

εἰς αὐλιν, ὁ δέ τ᾽ εἶσι πάρος σύριγγι λιγείῃ

καλὰ μελιζόμενος νόμιον μέλος· ὡς ἄρα τοίγε

ὡμάρτευν· τὴν δ᾽ αἰὲν ἐπασσύτερος φέρεν οὗρος.

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.) — 1.512 focus

1.512-1.518

He ended, and checked his lyre and voice divine; but they, as he ceased, still leant their heads towards him with eager ears, one and all hushed but hungry still by his en chantment, so strong a spell of music had he left within their hearts. But not long after did they mix libations for Zeus, as was his due, and piously poured them on the blazing tongues, and so bethought them of sleep for the night.

1.519-1.534

Now when the radiant Dawn with bright eyes looked forth upon the high mountain-tops of Pelias, and the headlands of the tossing main were swept into clear view before the breeze; in that hour uprose Tiphys, and at once he bade his comrades go aboard and make ready the oars. And strangely did the harbour of Pagasæ, yea, and Pelian Argo herself cry aloud, urging them to set forth. For within Argo was laid one beam divine; this it was that Athene made of oak from Dodona, and fitted all along the keel. So they went up upon the benches one after another, as before they had allotted to each in his place to • row, and sat them down in order beside their gear. And in the midst sat Ancæus and Heracles, that mighty man,¹²³ and nigh to him he set his club, and beneath his tread the ship's keel sank deep. And now were the cables drawn in, and they poured a cup of mead upon the sea. And Jason with a tear turned his eyes away from his fatherland.

1.535-1.546

But they, like young men who range themselves to dance to Phœbus, either in Pytho, or haply in Ortygia or by the waters of Ismenus, and all together and in time they beat the ground with nimble feet to the sound of the lyre round his altar; even so they in time to the lyre of Orpheus smote with their oars the boisterous water of the deep, and the waves went dashing by, while on this side and on that the dark brine bubbled up in foam, boiling terribly 'neath the might of those strong men. And their harness flashed like flame in the sunlight as the ship sped on, while ever far behind their course was white with foam, like a track seen over a grassy plain.

1.547-1.558

On that day all the gods looked down from heaven at the ship, and those men of courage half divine, who then were sailing o'er the sea, a picked crew ; and upon the tops of peaks stood the Pelian nymphs, marvelling to see the work of Itonian Athene, and the heroes too, wielding their oars in their hands. Yea, and from a mountain-top came another nigh unto the sea, Chiron, son of Philyra, and he wetted his feet where the gray waves break, and with his weighty hand he waved them on full oft, chanting the while as they went a returning free from sorrow. And with him his wife, bearing on her arm Achilles, son of Peleus, sent a greeting to his dear father.

1.559-1.579

But when they had left the rounded headland of the harbour by the cunning and skill of Tiphys, wise son of Hagnias, who deftly handled the polished helm to guide the ship stedfastly, then did they set up the mighty mast in the cross-plank, and made it fast with stays, drawing⁴ them taut on either side, and they spread the sails upon it, stretching them along the yard-arm. Therewith a fresh fair wind fell on them, so they fastened the ropes on the deck to polished pins, set at intervals, and quietly they sped beneath the long headland of Tisa. And for them the son of (Eager touched his lyre and sang in rhythmic song of Artemis, daughter of a noble sire, protectress of ships, who keepeth 'neath her care those peaks by the sea and the land of Iolchos; and the fishes darting beneath the deep sea, great and small together, followed bounding through the watery ways. As when, in the track of the shepherd, countless sheep follow to the fold filled to the full with grass, while he goeth before them gaily piping some shepherd's madrigal on his shrill pipe ; even so did the fishes follow with them, and ever onward the steady wind bare Argo.

1.580-1.591

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.) — 1.512 focus

1.512-1.518

1.519-1.558

Now when gleaming dawn with bright eyes beheld the lofty peaks of Pelion, and the calm headlands were being drenched as the sea was ruffled by the winds, then Tiphys awoke from sleep; and at once he roused his comrades to go on board and make ready the oars. And a strange cry did the harbour of Pagasae utter, yea and Pelian Argo herself, urging them to set forth. For in her a beam divine had been laid which Athena had brought from an oak of Dodona and fitted in the middle of the stem. And the heroes went to the benches one after the other, as they had previously assigned for each to row in his place, and took their seats in due order near their fighting gear. In the middle sat Ancaeus and mighty Heracles, and near him he laid his club, and beneath his tread the ship's keel sank deep. And now the hawsers were being slipped and they poured wine on the sea. But Jason with tears held his eyes away from his fatherland. And just as youths set up a dance in honour of Phoebus either in Pytho or haply in Ortygia, or by the waters of Ismenus, and to the sound of the lyre round his altar all together in time beat the earth with swiftly-moving feet; so they to the sound of Orpheus' lyre smote with their oars the rushing sea-water, and the surge broke over the blades; and on this side and on that the dark brine seethed with foam, boiling terribly through the might of the sturdy heroes. And their arms shone in the sun like flame as the ship sped on; and ever their wake gleamed white far behind, like a path seen over a green plain. On that day all the gods looked down from heaven upon the ship and the might of the heroes, half-divine, the bravest of men then sailing the sea; and on the topmost heights the nymphs of Pelion wondered as they beheld the work of Itonian Athena, and the heroes themselves wielding the oars. And there came down from the mountain-top to the sea Chiron, son of Philyra, and where the white surf broke he dipped his feet, and, often waving with his broad hand, cried out to them at their departure, "Good speed and a sorrowless home-return!" And with him his wife, bearing Peleus' son Achilles on her arm, showed the child to his dear father.

1.559-1.579

Now when they had left the curving shore of the harbour through the cunning and counsel of prudent Tiphys son of Hagnias, who skilfully handled the well-polished helm that he might guide them steadfastly, then at length they set up the tall mast in the mast-box, and secured it with forestays, drawing them taut on each side, and from it they let down the sail when they had hauled it to the top-mast. And a breeze came down piping shrilly; and upon the deck they fastened the ropes separately round the well-polished pins, and ran quietly past the long Tisaean headland. And for them the son of Oeagrus touched his lyre and sang in rhythmical song of Artemis, saviour of ships, child of a glorious sire, who hath in her keeping those peaks by the sea, and the land of Iolcos; and the fishes came darting through the deep sea, great mixed with small, and followed gambolling along the watery paths. And as when in the track of the shepherd, their master, countless sheep follow to the fold that have fed to the full of grass, and he goes before gaily piping a shepherd's strain on his shrill reed; so these fishes followed; and a chasing breeze ever bore the ship onward.

1.580-1.591

The Argonautica, translated by F. A. Fawkes (OCR draft) Experimental (F. A. Fawkes's English translation of Apollonius Rhodius.) — 1.512 focus

Here the ſweet bard his tuneful lyre unſtrung,

And ceas'd the heavenly muſic of his tongue;

650

But, with the ſound entranc'd, the listening ear

Still thought him ſinging, and ſtill ſeem'd to hear:

In ſilent rapture every chief remains,

And feels within his heart the thrilling ſtrains.

Forthwith the bowl they crown with roſy wine,

655

And pay due honours to the powers divine;

Then on the flaming tongues libations pour,

And wait ſalubrious ſleep's compoſing hour.

Soon as the bright-ey'd morning's ſplendid ray

On Pelion's ſummit pour'd the welcome day,

660

Light ſkimm'd the breezes o'er the liquid plain,

And gently ſwell'd the fluctuating main;

Then Tiphys roſe, and, ſummon'd by his care,

Embark the heroes, and their oars prepare.

Portentous now along the winding ſhores

665

Hoarſe ſounding Pagaſæan Neptune roars:

From Pelian Argo's keel loud murmurs broke,

Urgent to ſail; the keel of ſacred oak,

Endu'd with voice, and marvellously wrought,

Itonian Pallas from Dodona brought.

670

Now on their deſtin'd poſts, arrang'd along,

In ſeemly order ſat the princely throng;

Faſt by each chief his glittering armour flames :

The midmoſt ſtation bold Ancæus claims,

With great Alcides, (whoſe enormous might

675

Arm'd with a maſſy club provokes the fight,)

Cloſe plac'd beſide him: in the yielding flood

The keel deep-ſinking owns the demigod.

Their hauſers now they looſe, and on the brine

To Neptune pour the conſecrated wine:

680

Then from his native ſhore ſad Jaſon turns

His oft-reverted eye, and ſilent mourns.

As in Ortygia, or the Delphic fane,

Or where Iſmenus laves Boeotia's plain,

Apollo's altar round, the youthful quire,

685

The dance according with the ſounding lyre,

The hallow'd ground with equal cadence beat,

And move in meaſure their alternate feet;

Together ſo Theſſalia's princes ſweep

With well-tim'd oars the ſilver-curling deep :

690

While, raiſing high the Thracian harp, preſides

Melodious Orpheus, and the movement guides.

Daſh'd by their oars the foaming billows broke,

And loud remurmur'd to each mighty ſtroke.

Swift ſail'd the ſhip, the ſun refulgent beam'd,

695

And bright as flame their glittering armour gleam'd.

While to their outſtretch'd oars the heroes bow,

The parted ocean whitening foams below.

So ſhines the path, along ſome graſſy plain,

Worn by the footsteps of the village-ſwain.

700

Th' immortal powers that Jove's proud palace crown,

All on that memorable day look'd down,

The godlike chiefs and Argo to ſurvey,

As thro' the deep they urg'd their daring way.

Then too on Pelion's cloud-capt ſummit ſtood

705

The Nymphs that wander in that ſacred wood;

Wondering they view'd below the ſailing pine,

(Itonian Pallas fram'd the work divine)

And bold Theffalia's labouring heroes ſweep

With ſtretching oars the navigable deep.

710

Lo! from the mountain's topmost cliff deſcends

The Centaur Chiron; to the ſhore he bends

His haſty footsteps: on the beach he stood,

And dipp'd his fetlocks in the hoary flood.

He hail'd the heroes with his big, broad hand,

715

And wiſh'd them ſafe to gain their native land.

With Chiron came Chariclo to the ſhore;

The young Achilles in her arms ſhe bore.

Peleus, his ſire, with ſecret pleaſure ſmil'd,

As high in air ſhe rais'd the royal child.

720

And now the winding bay's ſafe precincts paſt,

Theſſalian Argo plough'd the watery waſte;

On Tiphys' care the valiant chiefs rely'd,

To ſteer the veſſel o'er the foaming tide,

The ſmooth well-modell'd rudder to command,

725

Obſequious to the movement of his hand.

And next inſerting in the keel below

The maſt tall-tapering, to the ſtern and prow,

With ropes that thro' the rolling pulleys glide,

They rear upright, and firm on every ſide,

730

Then high in air the ſwelling ſails they raiſe,

While on their boſoms buxom Zephyr plays.

With favouring gales their ſteady courſe they keep

To where Tiſæum frowns upon the deep.

Meanwhile ſweet Orpheus, as they ſail'd along,

735

Rais'd to Diana the melodious ſong, -

Who ſav'd them, where her guardian power preſides,

From treacherous rocks that lurk beneath the tides.

The fiſh in ſhoals, attentive to his lay,

Purſu'd the poet o'er the watery way;

740

And oft emerging from their liquid ſphere,

Strove more diſtinct his heavenly notes to hear.

As sheep in flocks thick-paſturing on the plain

"Attend the footsteps of the ſhepherd-ſwain,

His well-known call they hear, and fully fed,

745

Pace ſlowly on, their leader at their head;

Who pipes melodious, as he moves along,

On ſprightly reeds his modulated ſong:

Thus charm'd with tuneful ſounds, the ſcaly train

Purſu'd the flying veſſel o'er the main.

750

Commentary

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

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.

48a. 48 a. 〈πηοσύνη:〉 συγγένεια L g.

48b. b. ταύτης δὴ αὐτὸν ἡ συγγένεια παρεκέλευσεν. L mr

49a. 49 a. οὐδὲ Φεραῖς Ἄδμη〈τος〉: αἱ Φεραὶ ὠνομάσθησαν ἀπὸ Φέρητος τοῦ Κρηθέως, τοῦ Ἀδμήτου πατρός.

49b. b. 〈ἐυρρήνεσσι:〉 ταῖς καλὰ πρόβατα ἐχούσαις. L gr

49c. c. ἐυρρήνεσσι δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ πολυπροβάτοις. P

50. 50. ὄρος ὑπεράνω Φερῶν τὸ Χαλκωδόνιον. L g (P)

51-52. 51—52. οὐδ’ Ἀλόπῃ μίμνον: Θεσσαλίας πόλις ἢ Μαγνησίας.

51-52. πολυλήιοι δὲ ἤτοι ἀπὸ τοῦ ληίου, τουτέστι σιτοφόρου πεδίου, ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς λείας, ὅπερ βέλτιον· ἐπιφέρει γὰρ

51-52. εὖ δεδαῶτε δόλους . ἱστοροῦνται δὲ ἄυπνοι καὶ δεινοὶ καὶ φερέπονοι.

53. 53. 〈γνωτός:〉 ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀδελφός. L g

54-55a. 54—55 a. Αἰθαλίδης: ὄνομα κύριον. ἔστι δὲ υἱὸς Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Εὐπολεμείας τῆς Μυρμιδόνος.

54-55b. b. Ἄμφρυσσος γράφεται καὶ διὰ τοῦ β, ὡς Διονύσιος (32 fg 12 J.). ἔστι δὲ ποταμὸς Θεσσαλίας. προπαροξύνεται δέ, ὡς ἐν
τῇ η’ τῆς Καθόλου (Herodian. I 213, 16 L.).

57-64a. 57—64 a. Γυρτῶνα Κόρωνος: ἣν Ὅμηρός φησι (Β 738) ‘Γυρτώνην τε νέμοντο’. ἔστι δὲ πόλις Θεσσαλίας ἢ Περραιβίας, ὡς 〈Σου〉ίδας (fg 5 M. II 464), ὠνομάσθη δὲ ἀπὸ Γυρτώνης τῆς Φλεγύου. ὁ δὲ Κόρωνος υἱός ἐστι Καινέως. μεμύθευται δὲ ὁ Καινεὺς πρότερον
γεγονέναι γυνή, εἶτα Ποσειδῶνος αὐτῇ πλησιάσαντος μεταβληθῆναι εἰς ἄνδρα· τοῦτο γὰρ ἤτησε καὶ ἀτρωσίαν. ἤρισε δὲ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνι καὶ ἐνικήθη. καὶ ἐκέλευε τοὺς παριόντας ὀμνύναι εἰς τὸ δόρυ αὐτοῦ· ἔνθεν ἡ παροιμία ‘τὸ Καινέως δόρυ’. τινὲς δέ φασι Καινέα συμπλεῦσαι τοῖς Ἀργοναύταις, οὐ Κόρωνον· ὁ δὲ Ἀπολλώνιος παρὰ Πινδάρου
εἴληφε λέγοντος (fg 167 Schr.)· ‘ὁ δὲ χλωραῖς ἐλάτῃσι τυπεὶς ᾤχετο Καινεύς, σχίσας ὀρθῷ ποδὶ γᾶν.’ τοῦτο δὲ αὐτῷ συνέβη διὰ τὸ μήτε θύειν τοῖς θεοῖς μήτε εὔχεσθαι ἀλλ’ 〈ἢ〉 τῷ ἑαυτοῦ δόρατι· διὸ Ζεὺς ἐφορμᾷ αὐτῷ τοὺς Κενταύρους, οἵτινες κατὰ γῆν αὐτὸν ὠθοῦσιν.

57-64b. b. 〈Κενταύροισιν:〉 ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑπὸ Κενταύρων. L g

57-64c. c. 〈καταΐγδην:〉 καταφορικῶς, μεθ’ ὁρμῆς. L g

65. 65. Ἀμπύκου υἱὸς ὁ Μόψος τοῦ Τιτάρωνος, μητρὸς δὲ Χλώρι- δος. L m (P)

67-68a. 67—68 a. ἄγχι δὲ λίμνης Ξ〈υνιάδος〉: Ξυνιὰς λίμνη τῆς Θεσσαλίας· τινὲς δὲ πόλιν, ᾗ παράκειται 〈...〉 Βοιβηὰς λίμνη. ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς πόλεως εἴρηκε 〈λίμνην〉 Ξυνιάδα, ἐπειδὴ πλησίον αὐτῆς ἐστιν ἡ πόλις. ξυνὸν δὲ εἴρηται τὸ κοινόν· κοινὴ δέ ἐστιν Θεσσαλίας καὶ Βοιω-
τίας αὕτη.

67-68b. b. Κτιμένην Δολοπηίδα: Κτιμένη πόλις τῆς Θεσσαλίας. Δολοπηίδα δὲ τὴν Θεσσαλικήν εἶπε· Δόλοπες γὰρ ἔθνος Θεσσαλίας. Ὅμηρος (Ι 484)· ‘ναῖον δ’ ἐσχατιὴν Φθίης Δολόπεσσιν ἀνάσσων’.

69. 69. ἐξ Ὀπόεντος: Ὀποῦς πόλις τῆς Λοκρίδος, ἀπὸ Ὀπόεντος
τοῦ Ἠλείου. Ὅμηρος (Β 531)· ‘οἳ Κῦνόν τ’ ἐνέμοντ’ Ὀπόεντά τε Καλλίαρόν τε.’

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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

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

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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.

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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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48a. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-34

48 a. 〈πηοσύνη:〉 συγγένεια L g.

48b. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-35

b. ταύτης δὴ αὐτὸν ἡ συγγένεια παρεκέλευσεν. L mr

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49a. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-36

49 a. οὐδὲ Φεραῖς Ἄδμη〈τος〉: αἱ Φεραὶ ὠνομάσθησαν ἀπὸ Φέρητος τοῦ Κρηθέως, τοῦ Ἀδμήτου πατρός.

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49b. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-37

b. 〈ἐυρρήνεσσι:〉 ταῖς καλὰ πρόβατα ἐχούσαις. L gr

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49c. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-38

c. ἐυρρήνεσσι δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ πολυπροβάτοις. P

50. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-39

50. ὄρος ὑπεράνω Φερῶν τὸ Χαλκωδόνιον. L g (P)

51-52. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-40

51—52. οὐδ’ Ἀλόπῃ μίμνον: θεσσαλίας πόλις ἢ Μαγνησίας. πολυλήιοι δὲ ἤτοι ἀπὸ τοῦ ληίου, τουτέστι σιτοφόρου πεδίου, ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς λείας, ὅπερ βέλτιον· ἐπιφέρει γὰρ εὖ δεδαῶτε δόλους . ἱστοροῦνται δὲ ἄυπνοι καὶ δεινοὶ καὶ φερέπονοι.

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53. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-41

53. 〈γνωτός:〉 ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀδελφός. L g

54-55a. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-42

54—55 a. Αἰθαλίδης: ὄνομα κύριον. ἔστι δὲ υἱὸς Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Εὐπολεμείας τῆς Μυρμιδόνος.

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54-55b. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-43

b. Ἄμφρυσσος γράφεται καὶ διὰ τοῦ β, ὡς Διονύσιος (32 fg 12 J.). ἔστι δὲ ποταμὸς θεσσαλίας. προπαροξύνεται δέ, ὡς ἐν
τῇ η’ τῆς Καθόλου (Herodian. I 213, 16 L.).

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57-64a. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-44

57—64 a. Γυρτῶνα Κόρωνος: ἣν Ὅμηρός φησι (Β 738) ‘Γυρτώνην τε νέμοντο’. ἔστι δὲ πόλις θεσσαλίας ἢ Περραιβίας, ὡς 〈Σου〉ίδας (fg 5 M. II 464), ὠνομάσθη δὲ ἀπὸ Γυρτώνης τῆς Φλεγύου. ὁ δὲ Κόρωνος υἱός ἐστι Καινέως. μεμύθευται δὲ ὁ Καινεὺς πρότερον
γεγονέναι γυνή, εἶτα Ποσειδῶνος αὐτῇ πλησιάσαντος μεταβληθῆναι εἰς ἄνδρα· τοῦτο γὰρ ἤτησε καὶ ἀτρωσίαν. ἤρισε δὲ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνι καὶ ἐνικήθη. καὶ ἐκέλευε τοὺς παριόντας ὀμνύναι εἰς τὸ δόρυ αὐτοῦ· ἔνθεν ἡ παροιμία ‘τὸ Καινέως δόρυ’. τινὲς δέ φασι Καινέα συμπλεῦσαι τοῖς Ἀργοναύταις, οὐ Κόρωνον· ὁ δὲ Ἀπολλώνιος παρὰ Πινδάρου
εἴληφε λέγοντος (fg 167 Schr.)· ‘ὁ δὲ χλωραῖς ἐλάτῃσι τυπεὶς ᾤχετο Καινεύς, σχίσας ὀρθῷ ποδὶ γᾶν.’ τοῦτο δὲ αὐτῷ συνέβη διὰ τὸ μήτε θύειν τοῖς θεοῖς μήτε εὔχεσθαι ἀλλ’ 〈ἢ〉 τῷ ἑαυτοῦ δόρατι· διὸ Ζεὺς ἐφορμᾷ αὐτῷ τοὺς Κενταύρους, οἵτινες κατὰ γῆν αὐτὸν ὠθοῦσιν.

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57-64b. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-45

b. 〈Κενταύροισιν:〉 ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑπὸ Κενταύρων. L g

57-64c. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-46

c. 〈καταΐγδην:〉 καταφορικῶς, μεθ’ ὁρμῆς. L g

65. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-47

65. Ἀμπύκου υἱὸς ὁ Μόψος τοῦ Τιτάρωνος, μητρὸς δὲ Χλώρι- δος. L m (P)

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67-68a. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-48

67—68 a. ἄγχι δὲ λίμνης Ξ〈υνιάδος〉: Ξυνιὰς λίμνη τῆς θεσσαλίας· τινὲς δὲ πόλιν, ᾗ παράκειται 〈...〉 Βοιβηὰς λίμνη. ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς πόλεως εἴρηκε 〈λίμνην〉 Ξυνιάδα, ἐπειδὴ πλησίον αὐτῆς ἐστιν ἡ πόλις. ξυνὸν δὲ εἴρηται τὸ κοινόν· κοινὴ δέ ἐστιν θεσσαλίας καὶ Βοιω-
τίας αὕτη.

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67-68b. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-49

b. Κτιμένην Δολοπηίδα: Κτιμένη πόλις τῆς θεσσαλίας. Δολοπηίδα δὲ τὴν θεσσαλικήν εἶπε· Δόλοπες γὰρ ἔθνος θεσσαλίας. Ὅμηρος (Ι 484)· ‘ναῖον δ’ ἐσχατιὴν Φθίης Δολόπεσσιν ἀνάσσων’.

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69. mvp-tlg5012-tlg001-wendel1935g-com-grc1-50

69. ἐξ Ὀπόεντος: Ὀποῦς πόλις τῆς Λοκρίδος, ἀπὸ Ὀπόεντος
τοῦ Ἠλείου. Ὅμηρος (Β 531)· ‘οἳ Κῦνόν τ’ ἐνέμοντ’ Ὀπόεντά τε Καλλίαρόν τε.’

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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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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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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. 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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Θεογνήτης τῆς Λαοδίκου 〈φησὶν Ἰάσονα γεγονέναι υἱόν〉.

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

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

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d. 〈μήτρως:〉 ὁ θεῖος. L gr

d. 〈μήτρως:〉 uncle. Lgr

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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.

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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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48 a. 〈πηοσύνη:〉 συγγένεια L g.

48 a. 〈πηοσύνη:〉 kinship. Lg.

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b. ταύτης δὴ αὐτὸν ἡ συγγένεια παρεκέλευσεν. L mr

b. This kinship urged him. Lmr

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49 a. οὐδὲ Φεραῖς Ἄδμη〈τος〉: αἱ Φεραὶ ὠνομάσθησαν ἀπὸ Φέρητος τοῦ Κρηθέως, τοῦ Ἀδμήτου πατρός.

49 a. “Nor in Pherae did Admetus...”: Pherae was named after Pheres, son of Cretheus, the father of Admetus.

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b. 〈ἐυρρήνεσσι:〉 ταῖς καλὰ πρόβατα ἐχούσαις. L gr

b. 〈ἐυρρήνεσσι:〉 those having fine sheep. Lgr

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c. ἐυρρήνεσσι δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ πολυπροβάτοις. P

c. ἐυρρήνεσσι instead of πολυπροβάτοις, “rich in sheep.” P

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50. ὄρος ὑπεράνω Φερῶν τὸ Χαλκωδόνιον. L g (P)

50. The Chalcodonian mountain above Pherae. Lg (P)

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51—52. οὐδ’ Ἀλόπῃ μίμνον: Θεσσαλίας πόλις ἢ Μαγνησίας. πολυλήιοι δὲ ἤτοι ἀπὸ τοῦ ληίου, τουτέστι σιτοφόρου πεδίου, ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς λείας, ὅπερ βέλτιον· ἐπιφέρει γὰρ εὖ δεδαῶτε δόλους . ἱστοροῦνται δὲ ἄυπνοι καὶ δεινοὶ καὶ φερέπονοι.

51–52. “Nor did they remain in Alope”: a city of Thessaly or Magnesia. πολυλήιοι either from λήιον, that is, “corn-bearing plain,” or from λεία, “booty,” which is better; for he adds “well skilled in wiles.” They are said to be sleepless, clever, and enduring.

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53. 〈γνωτός:〉 ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀδελφός. L g

53. 〈γνωτός:〉 instead of “brother.” Lg

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54—55 a. Αἰθαλίδης: ὄνομα κύριον. ἔστι δὲ υἱὸς Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Εὐπολεμείας τῆς Μυρμιδόνος.

54–55 a. Aethalides: a proper name. He is the son of Hermes and Eupolemeia, daughter of Myrmidon.

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b. Ἄμφρυσσος γράφεται καὶ διὰ τοῦ β, ὡς Διονύσιος (32 fg 12 J.). ἔστι δὲ ποταμὸς Θεσσαλίας. προπαροξύνεται δέ, ὡς ἐν
τῇ η’ τῆς Καθόλου (Herodian. I 213, 16 L.).

b. Amphryssus is also written with β, as Dionysius (32 fr. 12 J.) says. It is a river of Thessaly. It is accented on the antepenult, as in the eighth book of the Katholike (Herodian I 213, 16 L.).

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57—64 a. Γυρτῶνα Κόρωνος: ἣν Ὅμηρός φησι (Β 738) ‘Γυρτώνην τε νέμοντο’. ἔστι δὲ πόλις Θεσσαλίας ἢ Περραιβίας, ὡς 〈Σου〉ίδας (fg 5 M. II 464), ὠνομάσθη δὲ ἀπὸ Γυρτώνης τῆς Φλεγύου. ὁ δὲ Κόρωνος υἱός ἐστι Καινέως. μεμύθευται δὲ ὁ Καινεὺς πρότερον
γεγονέναι γυνή, εἶτα Ποσειδῶνος αὐτῇ πλησιάσαντος μεταβληθῆναι εἰς ἄνδρα· τοῦτο γὰρ ἤτησε καὶ ἀτρωσίαν. ἤρισε δὲ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνι καὶ ἐνικήθη. καὶ ἐκέλευε τοὺς παριόντας ὀμνύναι εἰς τὸ δόρυ αὐτοῦ· ἔνθεν ἡ παροιμία ‘τὸ Καινέως δόρυ’. τινὲς δέ φασι Καινέα συμπλεῦσαι τοῖς Ἀργοναύταις, οὐ Κόρωνον· ὁ δὲ Ἀπολλώνιος παρὰ Πινδάρου
εἴληφε λέγοντος (fg 167 Schr.)· ‘ὁ δὲ χλωραῖς ἐλάτῃσι τυπεὶς ᾤχετο Καινεύς, σχίσας ὀρθῷ ποδὶ γᾶν.’ τοῦτο δὲ αὐτῷ συνέβη διὰ τὸ μήτε θύειν τοῖς θεοῖς μήτε εὔχεσθαι ἀλλ’ 〈ἢ〉 τῷ ἑαυτοῦ δόρατι· διὸ Ζεὺς ἐφορμᾷ αὐτῷ τοὺς Κενταύρους, οἵτινες κατὰ γῆν αὐτὸν ὠθοῦσιν.

57-64a. Gyrtone of Coronus: which Homer mentions (B 738) 'they dwelt in Gyrtone'. It is a city of Thessaly or Perrhaebia, as Suda says (fg 5 M. II 464), and it was named after Gyrtone, daughter of Phlegyas. Coronus is the son of Caeneus. The myth is that Caeneus was formerly a woman, and then after Poseidon had intercourse with her she was changed into a man; for she asked for this and for invulnerability. He also contended with Apollo and was defeated. And he used to make passers-by swear by his spear; hence the proverb 'the spear of Caeneus'. But some say that Caeneus sailed with the Argonauts, not Coronus; Apollonius took it from Pindar, who says (fg 167 Schr.): 'struck by green firs Caeneus went down, splitting the earth with upright foot.' This happened to him because he neither sacrificed to the gods nor prayed, but only to his own spear; therefore Zeus set the Centaurs upon him, who drove him into the ground.

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b. 〈Κενταύροισιν:〉 ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑπὸ Κενταύρων. L g

b. 〈Κενταύροισιν:〉 meaning 'by the Centaurs'. Lg

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c. 〈καταΐγδην:〉 καταφορικῶς, μεθ’ ὁρμῆς. L g

c. 〈καταΐγδην:〉 rushing down, with impetus. Lg

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65. Ἀμπύκου υἱὸς ὁ Μόψος τοῦ Τιτάρωνος, μητρὸς δὲ Χλώρι- δος. L m (P)

65. Mopsus, son of Ampycus of Titaron, and of Chloris as mother. Lm (P)

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67—68 a. ἄγχι δὲ λίμνης Ξ〈υνιάδος〉: Ξυνιὰς λίμνη τῆς Θεσσαλίας· τινὲς δὲ πόλιν, ᾗ παράκειται 〈...〉 Βοιβηὰς λίμνη. ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς πόλεως εἴρηκε 〈λίμνην〉 Ξυνιάδα, ἐπειδὴ πλησίον αὐτῆς ἐστιν ἡ πόλις. ξυνὸν δὲ εἴρηται τὸ κοινόν· κοινὴ δέ ἐστιν Θεσσαλίας καὶ Βοιω-
τίας αὕτη.

67-68a. near the lake Xynias: Xynias is a lake of Thessaly; but some say it is a city, beside which lies 〈...〉 the Boebean lake. From the city he called it the Xynian lake, since the city is near it. 'Xynon' means 'common'; and this lake is common to Thessaly and Boeotia.

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b. Κτιμένην Δολοπηίδα: Κτιμένη πόλις τῆς Θεσσαλίας. Δολοπηίδα δὲ τὴν Θεσσαλικήν εἶπε· Δόλοπες γὰρ ἔθνος Θεσσαλίας. Ὅμηρος (Ι 484)· ‘ναῖον δ’ ἐσχατιὴν Φθίης Δολόπεσσιν ἀνάσσων’.

b. Ctimene Dolopian: Ctimene is a city of Thessaly. He called it Dolopian, meaning Thessalian; for the Dolopes are a tribe of Thessaly. Homer (I 484): 'they dwelt in the farthest part of Phthia, ruling over the Dolopes'.

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69. From Opus: Opus is a city of Locris, named after Opus the Elean. Homer (Iliad 2.531): ‘who dwelt in Cynus and Opus and Calliarus.’

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