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Apparatus (A. C. Pearson, 1917; OCR review) (OCR draft) (Latin) (Apparatus (A. C. Pearson, 1917; OCR review))
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Greek (A. S. Hunt, 1912; Perseus reference) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. S. Hunt, 1912; Perseus reference)) — 251 focus
Κυλλήνη
ταῦτʼ ἔστʼ ἐκείνων νῦν [ τρόπων πεπαίτερα,
καὶ τοῖσδε θηρῶν ἐκπύ[θοιο μᾶλλον ἂν
ἀλκασμάτων δ[ειλῆ]ς [τε πειρατηρίων
νύμφης· ἐμοὶ γὰ[ρ οὐ]κ [ἀρεστόν ἐστʼ ἔριν
ὀρθοψάλακτον εν [λ]όγο[ις]ιν [ἱστάναι.
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ἀλλʼ ἥσυχος πρόφαινε καὶ μ[ή]νυ[έ μοι
ὅτου μάλιστα πράγματος χρείαν ἔχεις.
ταῦτʼ ἔστʼ ἐκείνων νῦν [ τρόπων πεπαίτερα,
καὶ τοῖσδε θηρῶν ἐκπύ[θοιο μᾶλλον ἂν
ἀλκασμάτων δ[ειλῆ]ς [τε πειρατηρίων
νύμφης· ἐμοὶ γὰ[ρ οὐ]κ [ἀρεστόν ἐστʼ ἔριν
ὀρθοψάλακτον εν [λ]όγο[ις]ιν [ἱστάναι.
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ἀλλʼ ἥσυχος πρόφαινε καὶ μ[ή]νυ[έ μοι
ὅτου μάλιστα πράγματος χρείαν ἔχεις.
Χορός
τόπων ἄνασσα τῶν[δ]ε, Κυλλήνης σθένος,
ὅτου μὲν οὕνεκʼ ἦλθ[ο]ν, ὕστερον φράσω·
τὸ φθέγμα δʼ ἡμῖν τοῦ[θʼ] ὅπερ φωνεῖ φράσον
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καὶ τίς ποτʼ αὐτῷ δι[α]χαράσσεται βροτῶν.
τόπων ἄνασσα τῶν[δ]ε, Κυλλήνης σθένος,
ὅτου μὲν οὕνεκʼ ἦλθ[ο]ν, ὕστερον φράσω·
τὸ φθέγμα δʼ ἡμῖν τοῦ[θʼ] ὅπερ φωνεῖ φράσον
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καὶ τίς ποτʼ αὐτῷ δι[α]χαράσσεται βροτῶν.
Κυλλήνη
ὑμᾶς μὲν αὐτοὺς χρὴ τάδʼ εἰδέναι σαφῶς
ὡς εἰ φανεῖτε τὸν λ[ό]γον τὸν ἐξ ἐμοῦ,
αὐτοῖσιν ὑμῖ[ν ζ]ημία πορίζεται·
καὶ γὰρ κέκρυπτ[αι] τοὖργον ἐν [θ]ε[ῶ]ν ἕδραις,
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Ἥραν ὅπως μ[ὴ πύ]στ[ι]ς ἵξετα[ι] λόγου.
Ζ[εὺ]ς γ[ὰρ] κρυφ[αίαν ἐς στέ]γην Ἀτλαντίδος
[
]εύσατο·
[
]υ [
]φιλας
11
[
] λήθῃ τῆς βαθυζώνου θεᾶς
270
[κατὰ σπέ]ος δὲ παῖδʼ ἐφίτυσεν μόνον·
[τοῦτον δὲ] χερσὶ ταῖς ἐμαῖς ἐγὼ τρέφω·
[μητρὸς γ]ὰρ ἰσχὺς ἐν νόσῳ χειμάζεται·
[κἀδεστ]ὰ καὶ ποτῆτα καὶ κοιμήματα
[πρὸς σπ]αργάνοις μένουσα λικνῖτιν τροφὴν
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[ἐξευθ]ετίζω νύκτα καὶ καθʼ ἡμέραν.
[ὁ δʼ α]ὔξεται κατʼ ἦμαρ οὐκ ἐπεικότα
[μέγι]στος, ὥστε θαῦμα καὶ φόβος μʼ ἔχει.
[οὔπω γ]ὰρ ἑκτὸν ἦμαρ ἐκπεφασμέν[ο]ς
[γυίοι]ς ἐρείδει παιδὸς εἰς ἥβης ἀκμήν,
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[κἀξορ]μενίζει κοὐκέτι σχολάζεται
[βλάστη·] τοιόνδε παῖδα θησαυρὸς στέγει.
[δυσεύρε]τός [τʼ ἔτʼ] ἐστι τοῦ πατρὸς θέσει.
[ἀφανεῖ δʼ ὃ πεύθῃ φ]θέγμα μηχανῇ βρέμ[ον
καὶ π[όλ]λʼ ἐθά]μβεις αὐτὸ]ς, ἡμέρᾳ μιᾳ
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ἐξ ὑπτίας κ[ίστη γʼ ἐμηχ]ανήσατο·
τοιόνδε θη[ρὸς ἐκ θανόντ]ος ἡδονῆς
ἔμμεστον α[γγος εὗρε κ]αὶ κάτω δ[ονεῖ.]
ὑμᾶς μὲν αὐτοὺς χρὴ τάδʼ εἰδέναι σαφῶς
ὡς εἰ φανεῖτε τὸν λ[ό]γον τὸν ἐξ ἐμοῦ,
αὐτοῖσιν ὑμῖ[ν ζ]ημία πορίζεται·
καὶ γὰρ κέκρυπτ[αι] τοὖργον ἐν [θ]ε[ῶ]ν ἕδραις,
265
Ἥραν ὅπως μ[ὴ πύ]στ[ι]ς ἵξετα[ι] λόγου.
Ζ[εὺ]ς γ[ὰρ] κρυφ[αίαν ἐς στέ]γην Ἀτλαντίδος
[
]εύσατο·
[
]υ [
]φιλας
11
[
] λήθῃ τῆς βαθυζώνου θεᾶς
270
[κατὰ σπέ]ος δὲ παῖδʼ ἐφίτυσεν μόνον·
[τοῦτον δὲ] χερσὶ ταῖς ἐμαῖς ἐγὼ τρέφω·
[μητρὸς γ]ὰρ ἰσχὺς ἐν νόσῳ χειμάζεται·
[κἀδεστ]ὰ καὶ ποτῆτα καὶ κοιμήματα
[πρὸς σπ]αργάνοις μένουσα λικνῖτιν τροφὴν
275
[ἐξευθ]ετίζω νύκτα καὶ καθʼ ἡμέραν.
[ὁ δʼ α]ὔξεται κατʼ ἦμαρ οὐκ ἐπεικότα
[μέγι]στος, ὥστε θαῦμα καὶ φόβος μʼ ἔχει.
[οὔπω γ]ὰρ ἑκτὸν ἦμαρ ἐκπεφασμέν[ο]ς
[γυίοι]ς ἐρείδει παιδὸς εἰς ἥβης ἀκμήν,
280
[κἀξορ]μενίζει κοὐκέτι σχολάζεται
[βλάστη·] τοιόνδε παῖδα θησαυρὸς στέγει.
[δυσεύρε]τός [τʼ ἔτʼ] ἐστι τοῦ πατρὸς θέσει.
[ἀφανεῖ δʼ ὃ πεύθῃ φ]θέγμα μηχανῇ βρέμ[ον
καὶ π[όλ]λʼ ἐθά]μβεις αὐτὸ]ς, ἡμέρᾳ μιᾳ
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ἐξ ὑπτίας κ[ίστη γʼ ἐμηχ]ανήσατο·
τοιόνδε θη[ρὸς ἐκ θανόντ]ος ἡδονῆς
ἔμμεστον α[γγος εὗρε κ]αὶ κάτω δ[ονεῖ.]
Translations (1)
English (Anne Mahoney, adapted from Walker) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anne Mahoney, adapted from Walker)) — 251 focus
Cyllene
Speaking.
That’s better: you sound gentler now. You would learn more by hunting rather than from a coward’s great deeds or a nymph’s ordeal. I won’t put up with your loud, quarrelsome words. But calm down and tell me what it is you need.
That’s better: you sound gentler now. You would learn more by hunting rather than from a coward’s great deeds or a nymph’s ordeal. I won’t put up with your loud, quarrelsome words. But calm down and tell me what it is you need.
Chorus
Mighty Cyllene, lady of this land, I’ll tell you in a moment why I’ve come.
But first tell us about that scraping noise and who’s making it.
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Mighty Cyllene, lady of this land, I’ll tell you in a moment why I’ve come.
But first tell us about that scraping noise and who’s making it.
260
Cyllene
First of all, understand this: if you say one word of what I’m about to tell you, you’ll be in trouble. This business is a secret even among the gods, so that no news of it may come to Hera. You see, Zeus came secretly to Atlas’s house
11
to the deep-girdled goddess
1
and in a cave begot a single son. I am bringing him up myself, for his mother’s strength is shaken by sickness as if by a storm. So I stay by his crib and take care of his food and drink and rest, all day and all night. He grows, day by day, in a very unusual way, and I’m astounded and afraid. It’s not even six days since he was born,
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and he already stands as tall as a young man. His growth spurt hasn’t wasted any time coming. That’s the kind of child that’s in my treasure-house. His father has ensured he would be difficult to find.
He has a hidden machine that makes the sound you’re asking about, that so surprised you. It’s a box full of pleasure that he made in just one day from a dead animal he found, and he’s down there shaking it.
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First of all, understand this: if you say one word of what I’m about to tell you, you’ll be in trouble. This business is a secret even among the gods, so that no news of it may come to Hera. You see, Zeus came secretly to Atlas’s house
11
to the deep-girdled goddess
1
and in a cave begot a single son. I am bringing him up myself, for his mother’s strength is shaken by sickness as if by a storm. So I stay by his crib and take care of his food and drink and rest, all day and all night. He grows, day by day, in a very unusual way, and I’m astounded and afraid. It’s not even six days since he was born,
270
and he already stands as tall as a young man. His growth spurt hasn’t wasted any time coming. That’s the kind of child that’s in my treasure-house. His father has ensured he would be difficult to find.
He has a hidden machine that makes the sound you’re asking about, that so surprised you. It’s a box full of pleasure that he made in just one day from a dead animal he found, and he’s down there shaking it.
280
He has a hidden machine that makes the sound you’re asking about, that so surprised you. It’s a box full of pleasure that he made in just one day from a dead animal he found, and he’s down there shaking it.