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Callimachus · Iambs §11.1

The Gallop of Arion and Apesantian Zeus

Passage 12 of 22 · Greek

Summary

A poetic fragment by Callimachus describing the furious running of the mythical horse Arion near the altar of Apesantian Zeus, followed by grammatical notes on the epithet.

§11.1κοὐχ ὧδ’ Ἀρείων τὠπέσαντι πὰρ Διῒ ἔθυσεν Ἀρκὰς ἵππος. . . ἀφ’ οὗ Ζεὺς Ἀπεσάντιος [].
And not in this way did Arion, the Arcadian horse, rush beside Apesantian Zeus... from which Zeus is called Apesantios [].
"Καλλίμαχος δὲ ἐν τοῖς Ἰάμβοις τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀπέσας φησί· " κοὐχ κτλ.
"And Callimachus in the Iambi says the ethnic name is Apesas:" "And not" etc.

Notes

  1. §11.1τὠπέσαντι — Crasis of τῷ Ἀπεσάντι. A dative form of the epithet of Zeus derived from Mount Apesas in Argolis ("Apesantian").
  2. §11.1ἔθυσεν — Third-person singular aorist active indicative of θύω ("to rush, rage, gallop furiously"), a homonym of θύω ("to sacrifice"). Here it describes the furious running of the famous horse Arion.
  3. §11.1Ἀρκὰς ἵππος — "The Arcadian horse." Arion is so called because he was born in Arcadia to Poseidon and Demeter (who had taken the form of a mare). Ἀρκὰς is a feminine adjective modifying ἵππος, which is grammatically feminine here.

Cite this passage

Callimachus, Iambs §11.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg007.humanitext-grc1:11.1

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