[617] 617. Βριάρεῳ δʼ ὡς πρῶτα. τινὲς μὲν ἐπειράθησαν τοὺς τρεῖς εἰς ἓν6) συναγαγεῖν καὶ λαβεῖν ἐπὶ τοῦ ὕδατος τοῦ ὑπὸ γῆς7 ), ὅτι ὁ Ζεύς, ἤτοι ὁ πρῶτος νοῦς, τὸν
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Χόττον, τὸν Βριάρεων καὶ τὸν Γύγην, ἤτοι τὰ ὑπὸ γῆς ὕδατα συνέκλεισεν ὑπὸ γῆν καὶ οἱονεί τινι δεσμῷ περιἐδησε, Βριάρεων μὲν διὰ τὸ ἰσχυρὸν καὶ Κόττον ὡσαύτως, Γύγην δὲ διὰ τὸ ὑπὸ γῆς εἶναι. ληπτέον δὲ τὸν μὲν ἔριάρεων ἐπὶ τοῦ ὕδατος (βριαρὸν γὰρ καὶ ἰσχυρὸν τὸ ὕδωρ), Κόττον δὲ καὶ Γύγην ἐπὶ τῶν πνευμάτων διὰ τὸ σφοδρὸν τούτων καὶ διὰ τὸ ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἀνάγεσθαι.
Exegesis in Hesiodi theogoniam. Anonymi Exegesis in Hesiodi Theogoniam. ed. Hans Flach. United States. 2016.
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