LYCINUS
But if you think that I am angry over a mere dinner, call to mind the story of Oeneus and you will see that Artemis herself was angry because she was the only one whom he had not asked to the sacrifice when he entertained all the rest-of the gods. Homer puts it something like this: Whether he forgot or would not, greatly was his soul at fault.
1
Euripides says:
This land is Calydon, lying over seas
From Pelops’ isle; a land of fertile plains.
From the lost Meleager of Euripides.
2
And Sophocles:
A boar, a monstrous thing, on Oeneus’ fields
Turned loose Latona’s lass, who kills afar.
From the lost Meleager of Sophocles.
But if you think that I am angry over a mere dinner, call to mind the story of Oeneus and you will see that Artemis herself was angry because she was the only one whom he had not asked to the sacrifice when he entertained all the rest-of the gods. Homer puts it something like this: Whether he forgot or would not, greatly was his soul at fault.
1
Euripides says:
From the lost Meleager of Euripides.
2
And Sophocles:
From the lost Meleager of Sophocles.
This land is Calydon, lying over seas
From Pelops’ isle; a land of fertile plains.
A boar, a monstrous thing, on Oeneus’ fields
Turned loose Latona’s lass, who kills afar.
Symposium. Lucian of Samosata. Austin Morris Harmon (Translator). United States. Perseus 5.0.
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