Apollodorus, Library, ed. Sir James George Frazer, 1.7.9

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[9] But Idas came to Messene, and Apollo, falling in with him, would have robbed him of the damsel. As they fought for the girl's hand, Zeus parted them and allowed the maiden herself to choose which of the two she would marry; and she, because she feared that Apollo might desert her in her old age, chose Idas for her husband.¹

Library. Apollodorus. ed. Sir James George Frazer. Cambridge, MA. 1921.

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[9] Ἴδας δὲ εἰς Μεσσήνην παραγίνεται, καὶ αὐτῷ ὁ Ἀπόλλων περιτυχὼν ἀφαιρεῖται τὴν κόρην. μαχομένων δὲ αὐτῶν περὶ τῶν τῆς παιδὸς γάμων, Ζεὺς διαλύσας ἐπέτρεψεν αὐτῇ τῇ παρθένῳ ἑλέσθαι ὁποτέρῳ βούλεται συνοικεῖν· ἡ δὲ δείσασα, ὡς ἂν μὴ γηρῶσαν αὐτὴν Ἀπόλλων καταλίπῃ, τὸν Ἴδαν εἵλετο ἄνδρα.

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1. Compare Scholiast on Hom. Il. ix.557 (who cites Simonides); Eustathius on Hom. Il. ix.557 p. 776 ; Tzetzes, Scholiast on Lycophron 561 ; Paus. 5.18.2 .

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