OPPIAN 



aoi Se re iravra vdovaiv a7r' ^Q.Keavolo peedpa, 

 <j>aLhpd re /xetStdwCTa diet, kXvtos 'HptyeVeta. 15 1 



Toiydp iycbv epapbai O^prjs kXvto. S-qve^ delaai. 

 rovro fie KaAAioTTTj KeXerai, rovr^ "Apre/xts" avrrj. 

 eKXvov, fj defxig eari, deeirjs ckXvov rjXV^) 

 /cat deov -qjxeicfydrjv Trpcorrj Se p,€ rotaS' eviaTTev 

 A. "Eypeo, /cat rprj^elav eTnaTei^cjjiev draprrov, 20 

 riqv [xepoTTOJV ovttco tls efjs eTrdrrjaev aotSatj. 

 . "lAa^t, TTOTVia Sta, rd 8' ev (f)peal afjcri fxevoivas, ; 

 djjifies V(f>' -qfierepr] [MepoTnrjtSt Xe^ofxev rjxfj' 

 A, OvK edeXo) rpierrj ere rd vvv 'Opi^aKxov deiSeti^, 

 ov X'^P^^ 'Aoviov TTapd ^evBeaiv 'Actcottolo. 25 



O. AeiijfOjxev, cog KeXeai, rd SajSa^ta^ vvKrepa 



dvadXa • 



hrjddKLs dp,(f)exopevcra Qvcovalo) Alovvctco. 

 A. Mt^ yevo's rjpcoojv etTrr^s", fir) vavriXov ^Apyco, ' 

 /xT^Se fiodovs fiepoTTCov, fjLij [xoL BporoXoiyov deicrrjs. 

 O. OvK ipeo) TToXepiovs , ovk "Apeos epya /ca/ctcrra* 30ji 

 i(f>paadfi7]v Ildpdcov re Svas Kal KrrjaL(l)6covra. j 



^ TO. era, pd^eiv mss. i 



" Lucret. i. 920 avia Pieridum peragro loca nuUius ante i 

 Trita solo ; Nemes. C. 8 ducitque per avia qua sola nunquam 



Trita rotis ; Verg. G. iii. 291; Hor. C. iii. 1. 2; Milton, j 



P.L. 1. 16. * Cf. opidfjofxos Nonn. ii. 230. j: 



" TpuTTj here — Tpi€Tr)piK6v. Trieterica (Ov. i?.u4. 593, J/, vi. ]; 



587 ; Verg. Aen. iv. 302 ; repetita triennia Ov. M. ix. 641 ; '; 

 rpierripis Eur. Bacch. 133 ; Diod. iii. 51-, etc.) is what we should 



call a biennial festival, recurring in alternate years, irap' Itos i, 



(Pans. vi. 26. 2, viii. 23. 1, x. 4. 3). Hence Stat. A. i. 595 ' 



Alternam renovare piae trieterida matres Consuerant. I 



<* r. in Boeotia (Aonia). ! 



« Dionysus (Phrygian) : Aristoph. K. 9. 6va6\a, the thyrsi ','\ 



and the like (Horn. Jl. vi. 134), here perhaps " Bacchic rites." j| 



•^ SqOaKii- vXeicTTdKis Suid. ; 5'qddiu- irvKvG)^, iro\\dKL% Hes. |1 



Properly " for a long time " ; the transition is seen in Horn, ij 



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