OPPIAN 



eAAoTras" avrofjioXovs clariyayev , ouSe hvvavraL 

 avTLS V7T€K8vvaLy Beivov 8' rjvriqaav oXedpov 

 U)S Kelvrj, GKvXaKrjos aTTOTTpoOev elaatovaa, 

 eSpa/xe /cat dopev, ovrLv* oiaaaixevrj hoXov elvai, 

 yaarept, Treidofievrj Se [xvxovs eTreXacrae ^epedpov. 



rTopSaAtas" Kal hcopa Aicovvaoio Sdjjiaaaav, 

 6rjpo(f)6vojv SoXepoJv SoXiprjv ttoctlv olvoxoevvrojv , 

 ovSev dX€vop,€vcov l^adeoio Korov Aiovvctou. 

 TropSaAie? vvv p,kv Orjpcov yevos, dXXd ndpoiOev 

 ov drjpes pXoavpaL, xapoTral S' eireXovro yvvalKes, 

 olvdhes, (l}a)(o<j>6poL, TpLerir]pihes, 6.v6oKapr]VOL, 

 ^dK)(ov (f)ocraXi,rjos iyepaixdpoLO riOrjvai. 

 vqTTLaxov yap BaKxov^ ^Ayrjvopls erpa<j)ev ^Ivoi, 

 Hal,6v dpe^apbevT] Trpcjroppvrov vU'C Zjrjvos' 

 avv 8' dp' 6p,(jLis drtT-qXe Kal Avtovot] Kal ^Ayavrj • 

 dAA' ovK elv ^AddfiavTos drapriqpoZaL Bofiotaiv, 

 ovpe't 8' ov t6t€ Mrjpov (TTLKX'^Srjv KaXeeaKov. 



^ "laKXOf G. 



<• In more restricted sense a)crxo(6(rxo-)0opoi were two 

 youths of each tribe chosen from noble families (tQv yivet 

 Kal Tr\oi'T(fi vpoexovTuv Suid. s.v.), who, dressed in female 

 garb {(V yvvaiKeiais aroXais E.M. s.v., Procl. ap. Phot. p. 322 n.) 

 led the procession of women at the Oschophoria from temple 

 of Dionysus to temple of Athena Sciras at Phalerura (Hesych. 

 *. ihoxo<l>6piop), carrying Sicrxoi (cDirxat, 6axoi), «.e. vine-branches 

 laden with grapes; cf. schol. Nicand. A. 109 6axo<f>opoi 

 Xiyovrai ^Adrjvrjcn waides afi<j>i0a\eis (i.e. having both parents 

 alive; cf. Callim, Ait. iii. 1. 3; Poll. iii. 40, etc.) a/xiWuifjLevoi 

 Kara ^fXds, ot \a/xpdpovrei KXrifiara djuiriXov ck toO iepoO toO 



Aiovvffov (ETpexov els rb ttjs "ZKipddos "'Adrjvas iepov dicrxat 



Kvpius oi K\dSoi TTji d/j.Tri\ov. 



" See C. i. 24 n. 



" Cadmus, s. of Agenor, had by Harmonia four daughters, 

 Autonoe, Ino, Semele, Agave. Semele, m. by Zeus of 



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