TRYPHIODORUS 



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oAAo, XPV ^(J^ovrag aoL^ijxov epyov dvvaaai, 

 ■^ davdrcp ^poroevri KaKOKXees alaxos dAi'^ai. 

 TjfJLXv daXTTCopal Trpo^epiarepai rjTrep eKeivoig, 

 el fi-qno) arpovdoTo Kal dpxaioio SpaKovros 

 Kal KaXi]g TrXardvoio /cat (JjKVjxopoi? inl t€kuols 15 

 firjrepog iXKOjjievr^s diraXiov r' iXddecrde veocraoJu. 

 €t Se OeonpoTTLrjaL yepcuv dve^dXXero KaAp^as", 

 dAAa /cat cl)s 'EAeVoto fier'qXvSos 6nJ>rjrr]pog 

 jxavroavvai KaXeovaiv eTOLfioTdrrjv enl vlktjv. 

 TovveKd fxoL Treideade, /cat iTnreirjV em vrjSvv 13 



dapaaXeoL aTrevhcupiev , ottcos avrdyperov dXyos 

 Tpctjes drap^rjroLO derjs dTrarrjVopa rexvT^v 

 "lAtov elaavdyojcTLv iov KaKov d[jL(f)aya'na)vres . 

 ol S' dXXoL TTpvfXvata piediere TTeiap.ara vrjojv 

 TTvp iStoi/ TrXeKTrjaiv ivl /cAtatT^crt ^aXovres' 1^ 



lAtctSo? 8e Xlttovtcs eprjpLairjv x^ovo? aKTifv 

 7tXco€T€ TTaaavSirj ipevhcovvpLov OLKaSe voaroVf 

 elaoKev evopjjiov reravvafxevov c/c 7T€ptoj7Ti]s 

 VfxpiL avvaypofievoLg eVt yecrovos atytaAoto 

 cn]fxaLvrj iraXivopaov eTrt rrXoov ioTrepiov TTvp. ! 



/cat Tore p-^Te rt? okvos ineLyopievcDV eperacov 

 yiveaOo) pL-qr dXXo (l)6Pov ve'^os", oia re vvkt€S 

 dvOpcoTTOiGL (f)€povaiv iXa(f)pov heip.ara dvp-ov. 

 earco Se Trporeprjs dpeTijs epL^vXios at'Scu?, 



« When the Greek expedition against Troy lay at AulisJ 

 as the Greeks were sacrificing, a snake came from under! 

 the altar and ascended a plane-tree overhead where was ai 

 sparrow with eight young ones. The snake devoured theraj 

 all. Calchas, son of Thestor, the seer of the GreeksJ 

 prophesied that the war would last for nine years and thatt^l 

 Troy would be taken in the tenth. (Horn. 11. ii. 308 tT. ; 

 Qu. Smyrn. vi. 61, viii. 475 ; Ov. M. xii. 11 ff.) 

 590 



