Apollodorus Library 3.16.1

ed. Sir James George Frazer

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

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Current edition Perseus

Library (English) (Apollodorus. The Library, Vol 1-2. Frazer, James George, Sir, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.)

Editions (1)
Βιβλιοθήκη Perseus (Apollodorus. The Library, Vol 1-2. Frazer, James George, Sir, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.) — 3.16.1 focus

Notes on the current edition

Library

1. The tokens of paternity left by his human father Aegeus. See above, Apollod. 3.15.7 .
2. Literally, “tamed.” As to the adventures of Theseus on his road to Athens, see Bacch. 17(18).16ff., ed. Jebb ; Diod. 4.59 ; Plut. Thes. 8ff. ; Paus. 1.44.8 ; Paus. 2.1.3ff. ; Scholiast on Lucian, Jupiter Tragoedus 21, pp. 64ff., ed. H. Rabe ; Ov. Met. 7.433ff. ; Ovid, Ibis 407ff. ; Hyginus, Fab. 38 .
3. Compare Diod. 4.59.2 ; Plut. Thes. 8.1 ; Paus. 2.1.4 ; Ov. Met. 7.436 ; Hyginus, Fab. 38 . Periphetes dwelt in Epidaurus, which Theseus had to traverse on his way from Troezen to the Isthmus of Corinth. No writer but Apollodorus mentions that this malefactor was weak on his legs; the infirmity suggests that he may have used his club as a crutch on which to hobble along like a poor cripple, till he was within striking distance of his unsuspecting victims, when he surprised them by suddenly lunging out and felling them to the ground.