OPPIAN 



Zrjvos yap fjbcydXrjv dXoxov jxiya heip.aivovaai 

 /cat lievdrja rvpavvov 'Ep^iovtSTjv rpofieovcrai, 

 elXarivrj XV^^ ^^°^ yevos eyKareOevro, 

 ve^ploL 8' a.ii(j)e^a.\ovro /cat iareiffavro Kopvpi^ois 241 

 ev CTTT-^t, /cat 7T€pl TTtttSa TO [xvarLKov (hpx'>](yo.vTO • 

 rvpLTTOva 8' eKrvTreov /cat /cu/i^aAa x^P^*- Kporaivov, 

 iraihos KXavdfMvpiafjiwv Trpo/caAu/x/Ltara • TTpibra 8' 



c^atvot' 

 opyia KevdofievT] irepl XdpvaKf avv 8' apa Tjjaiv 

 Aovtat Xddprj reXerdJv aTrrovro yvvaiKes' 25( 



e/c 8' opeos TTiaTTJcnv dyepp.oavviqv irdprjaiv^ 

 evTvov Wvaai BotcuTtSo? eKrode yairjS' 

 /xe'AAe yap ')78t7, fxeXXev dv^fiepos rj irplv iovcra 

 yala (jyvrrjKOfieeiv vtto XvaLTTOvco Aiovvaco. 

 Xf]X6v 8' dpp-^rrjv Upos x^pos" deipaaai 25J 



ar€i/jdfi€vat, vcotolglv €7T€Grrjpt,^av ovoio' 

 EuptVou 8' t/cavot' ctt' T^ovas", evda klxo-vov 

 TTpea^vv ofxov rcKeeaaiv dXtTrXavov dpL(f>i 8e rtdaai 

 ypL<j)ias eXXiaaovro ^vdovs aKdroiai, Treprjaai' 

 avrdp 6 y' alheadels tepds VTreScKTO yvvaiKas. 26( 



^ dyepfi. Mss.: corr. Brodaeus. 



" King of Thebes, s. of Echion and Agave, opposed the 

 worship of Dionysus. Spying upon the Bacchants on 

 Cithaeron he was torn in pieces by his mother who mistook 

 him for a wild beast (Apollod. iii. 5. 2). 



* The prosody of K\avdfj.vpi(Tfj.u}v is no reason for altering 

 the text. It is no worse than Lucan's " distincta zraaragdo " 

 (x. 121), cf. Mart. v. 11. 1, and even Homer has vX-qei/Ti 

 ZaKvvdq} and the like. 



* Cf. the legend of the Curetes and the infant Zeus ; 

 Callim. JI. i. 51 ff. 



■* Boeotian. 



' i.e. Meros (241 n.). As obviously a hill in Boeotia is 

 intended, that implies a Boeotian Nysa. Now though Nysa 



180 



