TRYPHIODORUS 



ouSe ae QrjaeiSrjs 'AKa/xa? ovb^ aXXos 'Axaiajv 

 rjyaye XrjiSlrjv, edaves 8' a/xa TrarplSt yairj. 



Trdaav 8' ovk av eycdyc fjbodov ;^ycrij/ aeiaaifxi 

 KpLvd/jicvos TO, CKaara /cat ctAyea vvktos eKeiv-qs' 635 

 M.ovadcx)v oSe fioxOos, eyoj 8' a77ep ittttov iXdaacx) 

 TepjJLaros a/x^teAiaaav imipavovaav docSt]v. 



dpTL yap dvroXiiqdev aTToaavros ^Q.K€avoLO 

 ripefia XevKaivovaa KaT4ypa<j)ev rjepa rroXXijv, 

 vvKTa hiappri^aaa ixLaL(f>6vov Ittttotls 'Hcjos' 670 



ol 8' 677ayaAAd/xevot rroXefJicov VTrepavx^L vlkj] 

 TrdvToae TraTrraiveGKov dvd tttoXlv, et rives dXXoi 

 KXeTTTo/jLevoL (f>€vyovaL (f)6vov TTdvhrijxov dvTrjv, 

 oAA' ol jxkv SeSjjirjVTO Xlvco davdroio Travdypcp, 

 Lxdves CO? dXirjatv eirl ipafiddoiaL p^u^eWej, 675 | 



'Apyetot 8' (XTro fiev /xeydpcov veorevx^o. Koa/xov ! 



€^e(f>€pov, VTjcov dvadrnxara, iroXXd 8' ip-qixcov 

 rjpTTat,ov daXdjjLcov KecpL-qXia- crvv Se yvvalKas 

 XyjiSias crvv Traialv dyov ttotl vrjas dvdyKT). 

 T€t;j^eCTt 8e TTToXinopdov enc (f>X6ya doip-q^avres 6S0 



epya Yioaeihdcovos Ifj avvex^vov dvrpifj. 

 avrov Kal fxeya crrjfia </>tAots' darolaLV irvxd'f] 

 "IXlos aWaXoeaaa- TTvpos 8' oXeaLTTToXiv aTTjv 

 advdos IScbv e/cAauCTe yoojv dAt/xupei 'rrrjyfj, 

 *H^atcrTa» 8' viroeiKev aTV^ofievos ;!^oAov "Hprjs. 



» For tliis metaphor cf. Lucret. vi. 90 fF. " Tu mihi 

 supremae praescripta ad Candida calcis Current! spatium 



Eraemonstra, callida Musa Calliope." We take the sense to 

 e : I cannot go into detail (Eur. Ph. 751 dvofia 5' iKdcrrov 

 StaT/jijSV iroWijv ix^i). This is poetry. As the charioteer 

 tries to graze the turning-post (" metaque fervidis evitata 

 rotis," Hor. C. i. 1. 4) and not to run wide, so my song will 

 be as brief as may be : §aia 5' iy fxaKpoicn iroiKiWeiv d/cod 

 tro^ois, Find. P. ix. 77. 



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