Pearson 258

258 ζημία πορίζεται: 'punishment is in store for you, in case you reveal....' The apodosis to εἰ φανεῖτε is contained in ζημία, and πορίζεται is unconditional. Cf. Isocr. 4. 157 ἀρὰς ποιοῦνται, εἴ τις ἐπικηρυκεύεται Πέρσαις, quoted by Goodwin § 490.

Ichneutae. Alfred Chilton Pearson. ed. Alfred Chilton Pearson. . 2026-09-15.

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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.

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.

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
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[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.]

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.

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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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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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.

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.
260

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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.

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. 260

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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.

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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