COLLUTHUS 



Kvaa/Jievrj Kal tovtov av-qyayev' avrap 'AttoAAcuv 

 OVK iSdr) Zj€cf)vp(x) ^rjX'^fjLOVL TraXSa (f)vXa.aaojv . 24{ 



yala 8e haKpvaavTi xo-pf-^ofxevr) ^aaiXrji. 

 dvdos avTje^-qae, Trapai^aaiv 'AttoAAcdvo?, 

 dvdog api^TjAoio (f)€pa)vvp,ov rj^r]T7Jpos. 



rjSrj 8 dyxiSofiOLGLV ctt' 'ArpeiSao pieXddpoi'S 

 LaraTO decnreair^aiv dyaXXofievos p^aptrecTCTti'. 25(i 



ov All TOLOV €TiKT€V linqparov via Qvcovrj' I 



lXt]kols, Aiovvae- Kal el Aios" ecrai yevedXrjs, 

 KaXos erjv Kal k€lvos eir' dyXatrjai TTpoaojTTOJV. 

 rf Se <f)i,Xo^€LvcDV daXdfiojv KXrjlSas dvelaa \ 



i^aTTLvrjg 'KXevrj ficTCKLaOe hojpiaros avXrjv 2' 



Kal OaXepdJp TrpoTrdpoidev OTTLTrevovcra dvpdcov 

 cos tSev, d)9 eKaXeaae Kal ig p.v)(pv rjyayev olkov 

 Kal fjLtv icjieSpi^craetv veovrjyeos vipodev eSp-qg 

 dpyvperjs iireTeXXe' Kopov S' ovk elx^v ottcdtt^S" 

 dXXoTC Sr} p^pucreior OLaafievq Ku^e/aeiTj? '- 



Kovpov OTTLTTeveiv daXafxrjTToXov — oifte 8' dveyvio, 

 CO? OVK eariv "Kpcos' ^eXicov S' ovk etSe (f>apirpt)v — 

 TToXXaKL 8 dyXatrjaLV ivyX-qvotaL 7Tpoad)7T(x)V 

 iraTTTaLveiv eSoKeve rov rj/jbeplScov ^aaiXrja' 

 dAA' ovx Tj/JieplScDV OaXeprjv iSoKevev oTTcuprjv 2' 



TTeTTTaixevTjv ;^apievros' iirl ^vvoxfjcri Kap7]vov. 

 6ifj€ Se Oaix^-qaacra Toaijv dvevelKaro (fxjDvqv 



^€Lve, TTodev reXedeis; iparov yevos eiTre Kal 'qpilv. 

 ayXatrjV fxev eoi/cas' dpi^-qXa) ^aaiXrji, 



" The hyacinth was feigned to have sprung from the 

 blood of Hyacinthus or of Aias, and to bear on its petals 

 either T, i.e. the initial of'TaKtvdos, or the letters AI, i.e. the 

 initials of AIAI = Alas ! or of Aias ; Ovid, Met. xiii. 394 f. : 



560 



rubefactariue sanguine tellus 

 purpiireum viridi geniiit de caespite florem, 

 qui prius Oebalio luerat de vulnere natus. 



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