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 ‘Charming…with…her…voice' (or ‘Charming…the…mind'); ‘Song';      and ‘Lovely…sounding'。 (37) Diodorus Siculus; fl。 8 B。C。; author of an universal history      ending with Caesar's Gallic Wars。 (38) The first epic in the 〃Trojan Cycle〃; like all ancient epics      it was ascribed to Homer; but also; with more probability;      to Stasinus of Cyprus。 (39) This fragment is placed by Spohn after 〃Works and Days〃 l。      120。 (40) A Greek of Asia Minor; author of the 〃Description of Greece〃      (on which he was still engaged in 173 A。D。)。 (41) Wilamowitz thinks one or other of these citations belongs to      the Catalogue。 (42) Lines 1…51 are from Berlin Papyri; 9739; lines 52…106 with      B。 1…50 (and following fragments) are from Berlin Papyri;      10560。  A reference by Pausanias (iii。 24。 10) to ll。 100      ff。 proves that the two fragments together come from the      〃Catalogue of Women〃。  The second book (the beginning of      which is indicated after l。 106) can hardly be the second      book of the 〃Catalogues〃 proper: possibly it should be      assigned to the EOIAI; which were sometimes treated as part      of the 〃Catalogues〃; and sometimes separated from it。  The      remains of thirty…seven lines following B。 50 in the Papyrus      are too slight to admit of restoration。 (43) sc。 the Suitor whose name is lost。 (44) Wooing was by proxy; so Agamemnon wooed Helen for his      brother Menelaus (ll。 14…15); and Idomeneus; who came in      person and sent no deputy; is specially mentioned as an      exception; and the reasons for this  if the restoration      printed in the text be right  is stated (ll。 69 ff。)。 (45) The Papyrus here marks the beginning of a second book (〃B〃);      possibly of the EOIAE。  The passage (ll。 2…50) probably led      up to an account of the Trojan (and Theban?) war; in which;      according to 〃Works and Days〃 ll。 161…166; the Race of      Heroes perished。  The opening of the 〃Cypria〃 is somewhat      similar。  Somewhere in the fragmentary lines 13…19 a son of      Zeus  almost certainly Apollo  was introduced; though      for what purpose is not clear。  With l。 31 the destruction      of man (cp。 ll。 4…5) by storms which spoil his crops begins:      the remaining verses are parenthetical; describing the snake      ‘which bears its young in the spring season'。 (46) i。e。 the snake; as in 〃Works and Days〃 l。 524; the 〃Boneless      One〃 is the cuttle…fish。 (47) c。 1110…1180 A。D。  His chief work was a poem; 〃Chiliades〃;      in accentual verse of nearly 13;000 lines。 (48) According to this account Iphigeneia was carried by Artemis      to the Taurie Chersonnese (the Crimea)。  The Tauri      (Herodotus iv。 103) identified their maiden…goddess with      Iphigeneia; but Euripides (〃Iphigeneia in Tauris〃) makes her      merely priestess of the goddess。 (49) Of Alexandria。  He lived in the 5th century; and compiled a      Greek Lexicon。 (50) For his murder Minos exacted a yearly tribute of boys and      girls; to be devoured by the Minotaur; from the Athenians。 (51) Of Naucratis。  His 〃Deipnosophistae〃 (〃Dons at Dinner〃) is      an encyclopaedia of miscellaneous topics in the form of a      dialogue。  His date is c。 230 A。D。 (52) There is a fancied connection between LAAS (‘stone') and      LAOS (‘people')。  The reference is to the stones which      Deucalion and Pyrrha transformed into men and women after      the Flood。 (53) Eustathius identifies Ileus with Oileus; father of Aias。       Here again is fanciful etymology; ILEUS being similar to      ILEOS (complaisant; gracious)。 (54) Imitated by Vergil; 〃Aeneid〃 vii。 808; describing Camilla。 (55) c。 600 A。D。; a lecturer and grammarian of Constantinople。 (56) Priest of Apollo; and; according to Homer; discoverer of      wine。  Maronea in Thrace is said to have been called after      him。 (57) The crow was originally white; but was turned black by      Apollo in his anger at the news brought by the bird。 (58) A philosopher of Athens under Hadrian and Antonius。  He      became a Christian and wrote a defence of the Christians      addressed to Antoninus Pius。 (59) Zeus slew Asclepus (fr。 90) because of his success as a      healer; and Apollo in revenge killed the Cyclopes (fr。 64)。       In punishment Apollo was forced to serve Admetus as      herdsman。  (Cp。 Euripides; 〃Alcestis〃; 1…8) (60) For Cyrene and Aristaeus; cp。 Vergil; 〃Georgics〃; iv。 315      ff。 (61) A writer on mythology of uncertain date。 (62) In Epirus。  The oracle was first consulted by Deucalion and      Pyrrha after the Flood。  Later writers say that the god      responded in the rustling of leaves in the oaks for which      the place was famous。 (63) The fragment is part of a leaf from a papyrus book of the      4th century A。D。 (64) According to Homer and later writers Meleager wasted away      when his mother Althea burned the brand on which his life      depended; because he had slain her brothers in the dispute      for the hide of the Calydonian boar。  (Cp。 Bacchylides;      〃Ode〃 v。 136 ff。) (65) The fragment probably belongs to the 〃Catalogues〃 proper      rather than to the Eoiae; but; as its position is uncertain;      it may conveniently be associated with Frags。 99A and the      〃Shield of Heracles〃。 (66) Most of the smaller restorations appear in the original      publication; but the larger are new: these last are highly      conjectual; there being no definite clue to the general      sense。 (67) Alcmaon (who took part in the second of the two heroic      Theban expeditions) is perhaps mentioned only incidentally      as the son of Amphiaraus; who seems to be clearly indicated      in ll。 7…8; and whose story occupies ll。 5…10。  At l。 11 the      subject changes and Electryon is introduced as father of      Alcmena。 (68) The association of ll。 1…16 with ll。 17…24 is presumed from      the apparent mention of Erichthonius in l。 19。  A new      section must then begin at l。 21。  See 〃Ox。 Pap。〃 pt。 xi。 p。      55 (and for restoration of ll。 5…16; ib。 p。 53)。  ll。 19…20      are restored by the Translator。



THE SHIELD OF HERACLES (480 lines)

(ll。 1…27) Or like here who left home and country and came to Thebes; following warlike Amphitryon;  even Alemena; the daughter of Electyron; gatherer of the people。  She surpassed the tribe of womankind in beauty and in height; and in wisdom none vied with her of those whom mortal women bare of union with mortal men。  Her face and her dark eyes wafted such charm as comes from golden Aphrodite。  And she so honoured her husband in her heart as none of womankind did before her。  Verily he had slain her noble father violently when he was angry about oxen; so he left his own country and came to Thebes and was suppliant to the shield…carrying men of Cadmus。  There he dwelt with his modest wife without the joys of love; nor might he go in unto the neat…ankled daughter of Electyron until he had avenged the death of his wife's great…hearted brothers and utterly burned with blazing fire the villages of the heroes; the Taphians and Teleboans; for this thing was laid upon him; and the gods were witnesses to it。  And he feared their anger; and hastened to perform the great task to which Zeus had bound him。  With him went the horse…driving Boeotians; breathing above their shields; and the Locrians who fight hand to hand; and the gallant Phocians eager for war and battle。  And the noble son of Alcaeus led them; rejoicing in his host。

(ll。 27…55) But the father of men and gods was forming another scheme in his heart; to beget one to defend against destruction gods and men who eat bread。  So he arose from Olympus by night pondering guile in the deep of his heart; and yearned for the love of the well…girded woman。  Quickly he came to Typhaonium; and from there again wise Zeus went on and trod the highest peak of Phicium (1): there he sat and planned marvellous things in his heart。  So in one night Zeus shared the bed and love of the neat… ankled daughter of Electyron and fulfilled his desire; and in the same night Amphitryon; gatherer of the people; the glorious hero; came to his house when he had ended his great task。  He hastened not to go to his bondmen and shepherds afield; but first went in unto his wife: such desire took hold on the shepherd

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