§1.1Fr. 1, col. i.
Fr. 1, col. i.
ἠὼς οὐδὲ πιθοιγὶς ἐλάνθανεν οὐδ’ ὅτε δούλοις ἦμαρ Ὀρέστειοι λευκὸν ἄγουσι χόες· Ἰκαρίου καὶ παιδὸς ἄγων ἐπέτειον ἁγιστύν, Ἀτθίσιν οἰκτίστη, σὸν φάος, Ἠριγόνη ἐς δαίτην ἐκάλεσσεν ὁμηθέας, ἐν δέ νυ τοῖσι ξεῖνον ὅς Ἀ[ἰ]γύπτῳ καινὸς ἀνεστρέφετο μεμβλωκὼς ἴδιόν τι κατὰ χρέος· ἦν δὲ γενέθλην Ἴκιος, ᾧ, ξυνὴν εἶχον ἐγὼ κλισίην οὐκ ἐπιτάξ, ἀλλ’ αἶνος Ὀμηρικός, αἰὲν ὅμοιον ὡς θεός, οὐ ψευδής, ἐς τον ὅμοιον ἄγει.
Neither the dawn of Pithoigia escaped him, nor when the Orestean Choes bring a white day for slaves; celebrating the annual rite of Icarius and his child, Erigone, your light, O most pitied by Attic maidens, [a host] invited to a feast those of like disposition, and among them was a stranger who had recently been staying in Egypt, having come on some private business; he was by birth an Ician, with whom I shared a common couch, not by order, but the Homeric saying—'god always leads like to like', which is not false—brings [like to like].
καὶ γὰρ ὁ Θρηικίην μὲν ἀπέστυγε χανδὸν ἄμυστιν οἰνοποτεῖν, ὀλίγῳ δ’ ἥδετο κισσυβίῳ.
For he detested drinking in the Thracian fashion, emptying the cup at a single gulp, but was pleased with a small cissybion.
τῷ μὲν ἐγὼ τάδ’ ἔλεξα περιστείχοντος ἀλείσου τὸ τρίτον, εὖτ’ ἐδάην οὔνομα καὶ γενεήν· Ἦ μάλ’ ἔπος τόδ’ ἀληθὲς ὅ τ’ οὐ μόνον ὕδατος αἶσαν ἀλλ’ ἔτι καὶ λέσχης οἶνος ἔχειν ἐθέλει·
To him, as the cup went round for the third time, when I had learned his name and lineage, I spoke thus: "Truly this word is most true, that wine wishes to have not only its share of water, but also of conversation.
τὴν ἡμεῖς, οὐκ ἐν γ γ[ὰ]ρ ἀρυστήρεσσι φορεῖται οὐδέ μιν εἰς ἀ[τενεῖς] ὀφρύας οἰνοχόων αἰτήσεις ὁρόω [ν] ὅτ’ ἐλεύθερος ἀτμένα σαίνει, βάλλωμεν χαλεπῷ φάρμακον ἐν πόματι, Θεύγενες, ὅσσ[α] δ’ ἐμεῖο σ[έ]θεν πάρα θυμὸς ἀκοῦσαι ἰχαίνει, τάδε μοι λ[έ]ξον [ἀνειρομέν]ῳ·
Let us throw this [conversation]—for it is not carried in ladles, nor does one need to direct requests to the severe brows of wine-pourers, seeing a free man fawn upon a slave— as a medicine into our harsh drink, Theogenes; and tell me these things as I question you, whatever my heart yearns to hear from you: Why is it your ancestral custom to worship Peleus, king of the Myrmidons?
Μυρμιδόνων ἐσσῆνα τ[ί πάτριον ὔ]μμι σέβεσθαι Πηλέα, κῶς Ἴκῳ ξυν[ὰ τὰ Θεσσαλι]κά, τεῦ δ’ ἕνεκεν γήτειον ἰδ [.
How is Thessalian history shared with Icos?
. ] υτ [. . . ἄ]ρτον ἔχουσα col.
And for what reason, holding a leek... bread... col. ii.
ii.
of the hero's return... child...
ἥρωος κα[θ]όδου πα[ῖς εἰδότες ὡς ἐνέπου[σι κείνην ἢ περὶ σὴν [ οὔθ’ ἑτέρην ἔγνωκα·
as they speak, knowing... that one or about your... nor have I known another...
τ[ οὔατα μυθεῖσθαι βο[ τ[αῦτ’] ἐμέθεν λέξαντο[ς τ[ρισ]μάκαρ, ἦ παύρων ὄ[λβιός ἐσσι μέτα, [ναυτι]λίης εἰ νῆιν ἔ[χεις βίον· ἀλλ’ ἐμὸς αἰὼν [κύμασιν αἰ]θυίης μᾶ[λλον ἐσῳκίσατο §1.2;
to speak to ears... When I had spoken thus, [he answered]: 'Thrice blessed, indeed, you are among the few happy ones, if you possess a life ignorant of seafaring; but my life has settled more among the waves than a shearwater.'; cf.
cf. Frag. 127 possibly belongs to the same context.
Frag. 127 possibly belongs to the same context.
ἀρνεῖος M ἀρνῆ‹ι›δας καὶ θάνε τοῦ μὲν ἀ καὶ τὸν ἐπ [ὶ ῥάβδῳ μῦθον ὑφαινόμενον ἀνέρες ε πλαγκτὺν ἠνεκὲς ἀε [ίδω δειδεγμένος] οὐδὲ μεὺ α νύμφης αι παιδοφόνω ἧκεν ἐπ’ Ἀρ[γείους] ἥ σφεων μητέρας [ἐξεκένωσεν ἐκούφισθεν δὲ τιθῆναι.
ram sheep and died of him and the story woven upon the staff men wandering I sing continuously having been welcomed nor indeed of the nymph child-slaying sent against the Argives which of them emptied the mothers, and the nurses were lightened.
οὐχ οὕτω Ἄργος ανα.
not so Argos, O king.
§1.3γηράσκει δὲ γέρων κεῖνος ἐλαφρότερον, κοῦροι τὸν φιλέουσιν, ἑὸν δέ μιν οἷα γονῆα χειρὸς ἐπ’ οἰκείην ἄχρις ἄγουσι θύρην. ; cf.
That old man grows old more lightly; young men love him, and lead him by the hand to his own door as if he were their own parent.
§1.4ἀπ’ ὀστλίγγων αἰὲν ἄλειφα ῥέει.
From the curls always flows the ointment.
§1.5οἵη τε Τρίτωνος ἐφ’ ὕδασι Ἀσβύσταο.
Such as on the waters of Triton of Asbystes.
§1.6τετράενον Δαμάσου παῖδα Τελεστορίδην.
The four-year-old son of Damasus, Telestorides.
§1.7τρία δέ εἰσιν ἀκρωτήρια τῆς Ἴδης, Λεκτόν, Γάργαρον, Φαλάκρη.
And there are three promontories of Ida: Lecton, Gargaron, and Phalacra.
τούτου μνημονεύει Καλλίμαχος ἐν πρώτῳ Αἰτίων.
Callimachus mentions this in the first book of the Aetia.
§1.8Ἀθηνᾶ. . τοὺς Λοκροὺς ἠνάγκασεν ἐπὶ χίλια ἔτη εἰς Ἴλιον ἐκ κλήρου παρθένους πέμπειν.
Athena... forced the Locrians to send virgins by lot to Ilium for a thousand years.
ἡ ἱστορία παρὰ Καλλιμάχῳ ἐν α′ Αἰτίων.
The story is found in Callimachus in the first book of the Aetia.
§1.9Κόροιβον, οὗ μέμνηται Καλλίμαχος ἐν α′ Αἰτίων.
Coroebus, whom Callimachus mentions in the first book of the Aetia.
§1.10. . κώμη τῆς Μεγαρίδος. . . Καλλίμαχος δ’ ἐν ‹α′› Αἰτίων πόλιν αὐτὴν εἶναί φησι.
...a village of Megaris... but Callimachus in the first book of the Aetia says that it is a city.