hesiod, the homeric hymns, and homerica-第23章
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ay with mortal men and bare children like unto gods。
（ll。 969…974） Demeter； bright goddess； was joined in sweet love with the hero Iasion in a thrice…ploughed fallow in the rich land of Crete； and bare Plutus； a kindly god who goes everywhere over land and the sea's wide back； and him who finds him and into whose hands he comes he makes rich； bestowing great wealth upon him。
（ll。 975…978） And Harmonia； the daughter of golden Aphrodite； bare to Cadmus Ino and Semele and fair…cheeked Agave and Autonoe whom long haired Aristaeus wedded； and Polydorus also in rich… crowned Thebe。
（ll。 979…983） And the daughter of Ocean； Callirrhoe was joined in the love of rich Aphrodite with stout hearted Chrysaor and bare a son who was the strongest of all men； Geryones； whom mighty Heracles killed in sea…girt Erythea for the sake of his shambling oxen。
（ll。 984…991） And Eos bare to Tithonus brazen…crested Memnon； king of the Ethiopians； and the Lord Emathion。 And to Cephalus she bare a splendid son； strong Phaethon； a man like the gods； whom； when he was a young boy in the tender flower of glorious youth with childish thoughts； laughter…loving Aphrodite seized and caught up and made a keeper of her shrine by night； a divine spirit。
（ll。 993…1002） And the son of Aeson by the will of the gods led away from Aeetes the daughter of Aeetes the heaven…nurtured king； when he had finished the many grievous labours which the great king； over bearing Pelias； that outrageous and presumptuous doer of violence； put upon him。 But when the son of Aeson had finished them； he came to Iolcus after long toil bringing the coy…eyed girl with him on his swift ship； and made her his buxom wife。 And she was subject to Iason； shepherd of the people； and bare a son Medeus whom Cheiron the son of Philyra brought up in the mountains。 And the will of great Zeus was fulfilled。
（ll。 1003…1007） But of the daughters of Nereus； the Old man of the Sea； Psamathe the fair goddess； was loved by Aeacus through golden Aphrodite and bare Phocus。 And the silver…shod goddess Thetis was subject to Peleus and brought forth lion…hearted Achilles； the destroyer of men。
（ll。 1008…1010） And Cytherea with the beautiful crown was joined in sweet love with the hero Anchises and bare Aeneas on the peaks of Ida with its many wooded glens。
（ll。 1011…1016） And Circe the daughter of Helius； Hyperion's son； loved steadfast Odysseus and bare Agrius and Latinus who was faultless and strong： also she brought forth Telegonus by the will of golden Aphrodite。 And they ruled over the famous Tyrenians； very far off in a recess of the holy islands。
（ll。 1017…1018） And the bright goddess Calypso was joined to Odysseus in sweet love； and bare him Nausithous and Nausinous。
（ll。 1019…1020） These are the immortal goddesses who lay with mortal men and bare them children like unto gods。
（ll。 1021…1022） But now； sweet…voiced Muses of Olympus； daughters of Zeus who holds the aegis； sing of the company of women。
ENDNOTES：
（1） The epithet probably indicates coquettishness。 （2） A proverbial saying meaning； ‘why enlarge on irrelevant topics？' （3） ‘She of the noble voice'： Calliope is queen of Epic poetry。 （4） Earth； in the cosmology of Hesiod； is a disk surrounded by the river Oceanus and floating upon a waste of waters。 It is called the foundation of all （the qualification ‘the deathless ones。。。' etc。 is an interpolation）； because not only trees； men； and animals； but even the hills and seas （ll。 129； 131） are supported by it。 （5） Aether is the bright； untainted upper atmosphere； as distinguished from Aer； the lower atmosphere of the earth。 （6） Brontes is the Thunderer； Steropes； the Lightener； and Arges； the Vivid One。 （7） The myth accounts for the separation of Heaven and Earth。 In Egyptian cosmology Nut （the Sky） is thrust and held apart from her brother Geb （the Earth） by their father Shu； who corresponds to the Greek Atlas。 （8） Nymphs of the ash…trees； as Dryads are nymphs of the oak… trees。 Cp。 note on 〃Works and Days〃； l。 145。 （9） ‘Member…loving'： the title is perhaps only a perversion of the regular PHILOMEIDES （laughter…loving）。 （10） Cletho （the Spinner） is she who spins the thread of man's life； Lachesis （the Disposer of Lots） assigns to each man his destiny； Atropos （She who cannot be turned） is the ‘Fury with the abhorred shears。' （11） Many of the names which follow express various qualities or aspects of the sea： thus Galene is ‘Calm'； Cymothoe is the ‘Wave…swift'； Pherusa and Dynamene are ‘She who speeds （ships）' and ‘She who has power'。 （12） The ‘Wave…receiver' and the ‘Wave…stiller'。 （13） ‘The Unerring' or ‘Truthful'； cp。 l。 235。 （14） i。e。 Poseidon。 （15） Goettling notes that some of these nymphs derive their names from lands over which they preside； as Europa； Asia； Doris； Ianeira （‘Lady of the Ionians'）； but that most are called after some quality which their streams possessed： thus Xanthe is the ‘Brown' or ‘Turbid'； Amphirho is the ‘Surrounding' river； Ianthe is ‘She who delights'； and Ocyrrhoe is the ‘Swift…flowing'。 （16） i。e。 Eos； the ‘Early…born'。 （17） Van Lennep explains that Hecate； having no brothers to support her claim； might have been slighted。 （18） The goddess of the hearth （the Roman 〃Vesta〃）； and so of the house。 Cp。 〃Homeric Hymns〃 v。22 ff。； xxxix。1 ff。 （19） The variant reading ‘of his father' （sc。 Heaven） rests on inferior MS。 authority and is probably an alteration due to the difficulty stated by a Scholiast： ‘How could Zeus； being not yet begotten； plot against his father？' The phrase is； however； part of the prophecy。 The whole line may well be spurious； and is rejected by Heyne； Wolf； Gaisford and Guyet。 （20） Pausanias （x。 24。6） saw near the tomb of Neoptolemus ‘a stone of no great size'； which the Delphians anointed every day with oil； and which he says was supposed to be the stone given to Cronos。 （21） A Scholiast explains： ‘Either because they （men） sprang from the Melian nymphs （cp。 l。 187）； or because； when they were born （？）； they cast themselves under the ash…trees； that is； the trees。' The reference may be to the origin of men from ash…trees： cp。 〃Works and Days〃； l。 145 and note。 （22） sc。 Atlas； the Shu of Egyptian mythology： cp。 note on line 177。 （23） Oceanus is here regarded as a continuous stream enclosing the earth and the seas； and so as flowing back upon himself。 （24） The conception of Oceanus is here different： he has nine streams which encircle the earth and the flow out into the ‘main' which appears to be the waste of waters on which； according to early Greek and Hebrew cosmology； the disk…like earth floated。 （25） i。e。 the threshold is of ‘native' metal； and not artificial。 （26） According to Homer Typhoeus was overwhelmed by Zeus amongst the Arimi in Cilicia。 Pindar represents him as buried under Aetna； and Tzetzes reads Aetna in this passage。 （27） The epithet （which means literally ‘well…bored'） seems to refer to the spout of the crucible。 （28） The fire god。 There is no reference to volcanic action： iron was smelted on Mount Ida； cp。 〃Epigrams of Homer〃； ix。 2…4。 （29） i。e。 Athena； who was born ‘on the banks of the river Trito' （cp。 l。 929l） （30） Restored by Peppmuller。 The nineteen following lines from another recension of lines 889…900； 924…9 are quoted by Chrysippus （in Galen）。 （31） sc。 the aegis。 Line 929s is probably spurious； since it disagrees with l。 929q and contains a suspicious reference to Athens。
THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE （fragments） （1）
Fragment #1 Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius； Arg。 iii。 1086： That Deucalion was the son of Prometheus and Pronoea； Hesiod states in the first 〃Catalogue〃； as also that Hellen was the son of Deucalion and Pyrrha。
Fragment #2 Ioannes Lydus （2）； de Mens。 i。 13： They came to call those who followed local manners Latins； but those who followed Hellenic customs Greeks； after the brothers Latinus and Graecus； as Hesiod says： ‘And in the palace Pandora the daughter of noble
