3. Herodotus, Histories, 1.72, 1.75, 2.11, 4.47-4.58, 4.85-4.86, 4.97-4.99, 4.133-4.139 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 1.72. Now the Cappadocians are called by the Greeks Syrians, and these Syrians before the Persian rule were subjects of the Medes, and, at this time, of Cyrus. ,For the boundary of the Median and Lydian empires was the river Halys, which flows from the Armenian mountains first through Cilicia and afterwards between the Matieni on the right and the Phrygians on the other hand; then, passing these and still flowing north, it separates the Cappadocian Syrians on the right from the Paphlagonians on the left. ,Thus the Halys river cuts off nearly the whole of the lower part of Asia from the Cyprian to the Euxine sea . Here is the narrowest neck of all this land; the length of the journey across for a man traveling unencumbered is five days. 1.75. Cyrus had subjugated this Astyages, then, Cyrus' own mother's father, for the reason which I shall presently disclose. ,Having this reason to quarrel with Cyrus, Croesus sent to ask the oracles if he should march against the Persians; and when a deceptive answer came he thought it to be favorable to him, and so led his army into the Persian territory. ,When he came to the river Halys, he transported his army across it—by the bridges which were there then, as I maintain; but the general belief of the Greeks is that Thales of Miletus got the army across. ,The story is that, as Croesus did not know how his army could pass the river (as the aforesaid bridges did not yet exist then), Thales, who was in the encampment, made the river, which flowed on the left of the army, also flow on the right, in the following way. ,Starting from a point on the river upstream from the camp, he dug a deep semi-circular trench, so that the stream, turned from its ancient course, would flow in the trench to the rear of the camp and, passing it, would issue into its former bed, with the result that as soon as the river was thus divided into two, both channels could be forded. ,Some even say that the ancient channel dried up altogether. But I do not believe this; for in that case, how did they pass the river when they were returning? 2.11. Now in Arabia, not far from Egypt, there is a gulf extending inland from the sea called Red, whose length and width are such as I shall show: ,in length, from its inner end out to the wide sea, it is a forty days' voyage for a ship rowed by oars; and in breadth, it is half a day's voyage at the widest. Every day the tides ebb and flow in it. ,I believe that where Egypt is now, there was once another such gulf; this extended from the northern sea towards Aethiopia, and the other, the Arabian gulf of which I shall speak, extended from the south towards Syria ; the ends of these gulfs penetrated into the country near each other, and but a little space of land separated them. ,Now, if the Nile inclined to direct its current into this Arabian gulf, why should the latter not be silted up by it inside of twenty thousand years? In fact, I expect that it would be silted up inside of ten thousand years. Is it to be doubted, then, that in the ages before my birth a gulf even much greater than this should have been silted up by a river so great and so busy? 4.47. They have made this discovery in a land that suits their purpose and has rivers that are their allies; for their country is flat and grassy and well-watered, and rivers run through it not very many fewer in number than the canals of Egypt. ,As many of them as are famous and can be entered from the sea, I shall name. There is the Ister, which has five mouths, and the Tyras, and Hypanis, and Borysthenes, and Panticapes, and Hypacuris, and Gerrhus, and Tanaïs. Their courses are as I shall indicate. 4.48. The Ister, the greatest of all rivers which we know, flows with the same volume in summer and winter; it is most westerly Scythian river of all, and the greatest because other rivers are its tributaries. ,Those that make it great, five flowing through the Scythian country, are these: the river called by Scythians Porata and by Greeks Pyretus, and besides this the Tiarantus, the Ararus, the Naparis, and the Ordessus. ,The first-named of these rivers is a great stream flowing east and uniting its waters with the Ister; the second, the Tiarantus, is more westerly and smaller; the Ararus, Naparis, and Ordessus flow between these two and pour their waters into the Ister. 4.49. These are the native-born Scythian rivers that help to swell it; but the Maris river, which commingles with the Ister, flows from the Agathyrsi. The Atlas, Auras, and Tibisis, three other great rivers that pour into it, flow north from the heights of Haemus. The Athrys, the Noes, and the Artanes flow into the Ister from the country of the Crobyzi in Thrace; the Cius river, which cuts through the middle of Haemus, from the Paeonians and the mountain range of Rhodope. ,The Angrus river flows north from Illyria into the Triballic plain and the Brongus river, and the Brongus into the Ister, which receives these two great rivers into itself. The Carpis and another river called Alpis also flow northward, from the country north of the Ombrici, to flow into it; ,for the Ister traverses the whole of Europe, rising among the Celts, who are the most westerly dwellers in Europe, except for the Cynetes, and flowing thus clean across Europe it issues forth along the borders of Scythia. 4.50. With these rivers aforesaid, and many others, too, as its tributaries, the Ister becomes the greatest river of all, while river for river the Nile surpasses it in volume, since that owes its volume of water to no tributary river or spring. ,But the Ister is always the same height in summer and winter, the reason for which, I think, is this. In winter it is of its customary size, or only a little greater than is natural to it, for in that country in winter there is very little rain, but snow everywhere. ,In the summer, the abundant snow that has fallen in winter melts and pours from all sides into the Ister; so this snow-melt pours into the river and helps to swell it and much violent rain besides, as the summer is the season of rain. ,And in proportion as the sun draws to itself more water in summer than in winter, the water that commingles with the Ister is many times more abundant in summer than it is in winter; these opposites keep the balance true, so that the volume of the river appears always the same. 4.51. One of the rivers of the Scythians, then, is the Ister. The next is the Tyras; this comes from the north, flowing at first out of a great lake, which is the boundary between the Scythian and the Neurian countries; at the mouth of the river there is a settlement of Greeks, who are called Tyritae. 4.52. The third river is the Hypanis; this comes from Scythia, flowing out of a great lake, around which wild, white horses graze. This lake is truly called the mother of the Hypanis. ,Here, then, the Hypanis rises; for five days' journey its waters are shallow and still sweet; after that for four days' journey seaward it is amazingly bitter, ,for a spring runs into it so bitter that although its volume is small its admixture taints the Hypanis, one of the few great rivers of the world. This spring is on the border between the farming Scythians and the Alazones; the name of it and of the place where it rises is in Scythian Exampaeus; in the Greek tongue, Sacred Ways. ,The Tyras and the Hypanis draw near together in the Alazones' country; after that they flow apart, the intervening space growing wider. 4.53. The fourth is the Borysthenes river. This is the next greatest after the Ister, and the most productive, in our judgment, not only of the Scythian but of all rivers, except the Egyptian Nile, with which no other river can be compared. ,But of the rest, the Borysthenes is the most productive; it provides the finest and best-nurturing pasture lands for beasts, and the fish in it are beyond all in their excellence and abundance. Its water is most sweet to drink, flowing with a clear current, whereas the other rivers are turbid. There is excellent soil on its banks, and very rich grass where the land is not planted; ,and self-formed crusts of salt abound at its mouth; it provides great spineless fish, called sturgeons, for salting, and many other wonderful things besides. ,Its course is from the north, and it is known as far as the Gerrhan land; that is, for forty days' voyage; beyond that, no one can say through what nations it flows; but it is plain that it flows through desolate country to the land of the farming Scythians, who live beside it for a ten days' voyage. ,This is the only river, besides the Nile, whose source I cannot identify; nor, I think, can any Greek. When the Borysthenes comes near the sea, the Hypanis mingles with it, running into the same marsh; ,the land between these rivers, where the land projects like a ship's beak, is called Hippolaus' promontory; a temple of Demeter stands there. The settlement of the Borystheneïtae is beyond the temple, on the Hypanis. 4.54. This is the produce of these rivers, and after these there is a fifth river called Panticapas; this also flows from the north out of a lake, and the land between it and the Borysthenes is inhabited by the farming Scythians; it flows into the woodland country, after passing which it mingles with the Borysthenes. 4.55. The sixth is the Hypacuris river, which rises from a lake, and flowing through the midst of the nomadic Scythians flows out near the city of Carcine, bordering on its right the Woodland and the region called the Racecourse of Achilles . 4.56. The seventh river, the Gerrhus, separates from the Borysthenes at about the place which is the end of our knowledge of that river; at this place it separates, and has the same name as the place itself, Gerrhus; then in its course to the sea it divides the country of the Nomads and the country of the Royal Scythians, and empties into the Hypacuris. 4.57. The eighth is the Tanaïs river; in its upper course, this begins by flowing out of a great lake, and enters a yet greater lake called the Maeetian, which divides the Royal Scythians from the Sauromatae; another river, called Hyrgis, is a tributary of this Tanaïs. 4.58. These are the rivers of note with which the Scythians are provided. For rearing cattle, the grass growing in Scythia is the most productive of bile of all pastures which we know; that this is so can be judged by opening up the bodies of the cattle. 4.85. But Darius, when he came to that place in his march from Susa where the Bosporus was bridged in the territory of Calchedon, went aboard ship and sailed to the Dark Rocks (as they are called), which the Greeks say formerly moved; there, he sat on a headland and viewed the Pontus, a marvellous sight. ,For it is the most wonderful sea of all. Its length is eleven thousand one hundred stades, and its breadth three thousand three hundred stades at the place where it is widest. ,The channel at the entrance of this sea is four stades across; the narrow neck of the channel, called Bosporus, across which the bridge was thrown, is about one hundred and twenty stades long. The Bosporus reaches as far as to the Propontis; ,and the Propontis is five hundred stades wide and one thousand four hundred long; its outlet is the Hellespont, which is no wider than seven stades and four hundred long. The Hellespont empties into a gulf of the sea which we call Aegean. 4.86. These measurements have been made in this way: a ship will generally accomplish seventy thousand orguiae in a long day's voyage, and sixty thousand by night. ,This being granted, seeing that from the Pontus' mouth to the Phasis (which is the greatest length of the sea) it is a voyage of nine days and eight nights, the length of it will be one million one hundred and ten thousand orguiai, which make eleven thousand stades. ,From the Sindic region to Themiscura on the Thermodon river (the greatest width of the Pontus) it is a voyage of three days and two nights; that is, of three hundred and thirty thousand orguiai, or three thousand three hundred stades. ,Thus have I measured the Pontus and the Bosporus and Hellespont, and they are as I have said. Furthermore, a lake is seen issuing into the Pontus and not much smaller than the sea itself; it is called the Maeetian lake, and the mother of the Pontus. 4.97. Such were the ways of the Getae, who were subdued by the Persians and followed their army. When Darius and the land army with him had come to the Ister, and all had crossed, he had the Ionians break the bridge and follow him in his march across the mainland, together with the men of the fleet. ,So the Ionians were preparing to break the bridge and do Darius' bidding; but Cöes son of Erxander, the general of the Mytilenaeans, after first asking if Darius were willing to listen to advice from one who wanted to give it, said, ,“Since, O King, you are about to march against a country where you will not find tilled lands or inhabited cities, let this bridge stay where it is, leaving those who made it to guard it. ,Thus, if we find the Scythians and do what we want, we have a way of return; and even if we do not find them, at least our way back is safe; for my fear has never been that we shall be overcome by the Scythians in the field, but rather that we may not be able to find them, and so go astray to our harm. ,Now it may perhaps be said that I say this for my own sake, because I want to remain behind; but it is not so; I only declare publicly the opinion that I think best for you, and I will follow you and do not want to be left here.” ,Darius was very pleased with this advice, and he answered Cöes thus: “My friend from Lesbos, do not fail to show yourself to me when I return to my house safe, so that I may make you a good return for your good advice.” 4.98. After saying this, he tied sixty knots in a thong, and summoning the Ionian sovereigns to an audience said to them: ,“Gentlemen of Ionia, I take back the decision which I delivered before about the bridge; now, take this thong and do as follows. Begin to reckon from the day when you see me march away against the Scythians, and untie one knot each day: and if the days marked by the knots have all passed and I have not returned, embark for your own homes. ,But until then, since the plan is changed, guard the bridge, making every effort to keep and watch it. You will please me very much if you do this.” Having said this, Darius hastened to march further. 4.99. Thrace runs farther out into the sea than Scythia; and Scythia begins where a bay is formed in its coast, and the mouth of the Ister, facing southeast, is in that country. ,Now I am going to describe the coast of the true Scythia from the Ister, and give its measurements. The ancient Scythian land begins at the Ister and faces south and the south wind, as far as the city called Carcinitis. ,Beyond this place, the country fronting the same sea is hilly and projects into the Pontus; it is inhabited by the Tauric nation as far as what is called the Rough Peninsula; and this ends in the eastern sea. ,For the sea to the south and the sea to the east are two of the four boundary lines of Scythia, just as seas are boundaries of Attica; and the Tauri inhabit a part of Scythia like Attica, as though some other people, not Attic, were to inhabit the heights of Sunium from Thoricus to the town of Anaphlystus, if Sunium jutted farther out into the sea. ,I mean, so to speak, to compare small things with great. Such a land is the Tauric country. But those who have not sailed along that part of Attica may understand from this other analogy: it is as though in Calabria some other people, not Calabrian, were to live on the promontory within a line drawn from the harbor of Brundisium to Tarentum. I am speaking of these two countries, but there are many others of a similar kind that Tauris resembles. 4.133. The Persians reasoned thus about the gifts. But when the first division of the Scythians came to the bridge—the division that had first been appointed to stand on guard by the Maeetian lake and had now been sent to the Ister to speak with the Ionians—they said, ,“Ionians, we have come to bring you freedom, if you will only listen to us. We understand that Darius has directed you to guard the bridge for sixty days only, and if he does not come within that time, then to go away to your homes. ,Now then, do what will leave you guiltless in his eyes as in ours: stay here for the time appointed; and after that, leave.” So the Ionians promised to do this, and the Scythians made their way back with all haste. 4.134. But after sending the gifts to Darius, the Scythians who had remained there came out with foot and horse and offered battle to the Persians. But when the Scythian ranks were set in order, a rabbit ran out between the armies; and every Scythian that saw it gave chase. So there was confusion and shouting among the Scythians; Darius asked about the clamor among the enemy; and when he heard that they were chasing a rabbit, he said to those with whom he was accustomed to speak, ,“These men hold us in deep contempt; and I think now that Gobryas' opinion of the Scythian gifts was true. Since, then, my own judgment agrees with his, we need to consider carefully how we shall return safely.” To this Gobryas said : “O King, I understood almost by reason alone how difficult it would be to deal with these Scythians; but when I came here, I understood even better, watching them toying with us. ,Now then, my advice is that at nightfall we kindle our campfires in the usual way, deceive those in our army who are least fit to endure hardship, and tether all our asses here, and ourselves depart, before the Scythians can march straight to the Ister to break up the bridge, or the Ionians take some action by which we may well be ruined.” 4.135. This was Gobryas' advice, and at nightfall Darius followed it. He left the men who were worn out, and those whose loss mattered least to him, there in the camp, and all the asses, too, tethered. ,His reasons for leaving the asses, and the infirm among his soldiers, were the following: the asses, so that they would bray; the men, who were left because of their infirmity, he pretended were to guard the camp while he attacked the Scythians with the fit part of his army. ,Giving this order to those who were left behind, and lighting campfires, Darius made all haste to reach the Ister. When the asses found themselves deserted by the multitude, they brayed the louder for it; and the Scythians heard them and assumed that the Persians were in the place. 4.136. But when it was day, the men left behind perceived that Darius had betrayed them, and they held out their hands to the Scythians and explained the circumstances; they, when they heard this, assembled their power in haste, the two divisions of their horde and the one division that was with the Sauromatae and Budini and Geloni, and made straight for the Ister in pursuit of the Persians. ,And as the Persian army was for the most part infantry and did not know the roads (which were not marked), while the Scythians were horsemen and knew the short cuts, they went wide of each other, and the Scythians reached the bridge long before the Persians. ,There, perceiving that the Persians had not yet come, they said to the Ionians, who were in their ships, “Ionians, the days have exceeded the number, and you are wrong to be here still. ,Since it was fear that kept you here, now break the bridge in haste and go, free and happy men, thanking the gods and the Scythians. The one that was your master we shall impress in such a way that he will never lead an army against anyone again.” 4.137. Then the Ionians held a council. Miltiades the Athenian, general and sovereign of the Chersonesites of the Hellespont, advised that they do as the Scythians said and set Ionia free. ,But Histiaeus of Miletus advised the opposite. He said, “It is owing to Darius that each of us is sovereign of his city; if Darius' power is overthrown, we shall no longer be able to rule, I in Miletus or any of you elsewhere; for all the cities will choose democracy rather than despotism.” ,When Histiaeus explained this, all of them at once inclined to his view, although they had first sided with Miltiades. 4.138. Those high in Darius' favor who gave their vote were Daphnis of Abydos, Hippoclus of Lampsacus, Herophantus of Parium, Metrodorus of Proconnesus, Aristagoras of Cyzicus, Ariston of Byzantium,,all from the Hellespont and sovereigns of cities there; and from Ionia, Strattis of Chios, Aiaces of Samos, Laodamas of Phocaea, and Histiaeus of Miletus who opposed the plan of Miltiades. As for the Aeolians, their only notable man present was Aristagoras of Cymae. 4.139. When these accepted Histiaeus' view, they decided to act upon it in the following way: to break as much of the bridge on the Scythian side as a bowshot from there carried, so that they seem to be doing something when in fact they were doing nothing, and that the Scythians not try to force their way across the bridge over the Ister; and to say while they were breaking the portion of the bridge on the Scythian side, that they would do all that the Scythians desired. ,This was the plan they adopted; and then Histiaeus answered for them all, and said, “You have come with good advice, Scythians, and your urgency is timely: you guide us well and we do you a convenient service; for, as you see, we are breaking the bridge, and will be diligent about it, as we want to be free. ,But while we are breaking the bridge, this is your opportunity to go and find the Persians, and when you have found them, punish them as they deserve on our behalf and on your own.” |
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4. Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, 1.494-1.515, 2.317-2.340, 2.353-2.356, 2.367-2.369, 2.373-2.374, 2.379-2.381, 2.385, 2.392-2.397, 2.687, 2.703-2.713, 2.1260-2.1261, 4.1-4.5, 4.11-4.25, 4.32-4.33, 4.35-4.81, 4.99, 4.121, 4.123-4.182, 4.184-4.186, 4.194-4.195, 4.198, 4.212-4.285, 4.287-4.297, 4.303-4.316, 4.323-4.521, 4.627-4.631, 4.1573-4.1585, 4.1701, 4.1711-4.1730 (3rd cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
| 1.494. αὐτός τʼ Αἰσονίδης κατερήτυεν· ἂν δὲ καὶ Ὀρφεὺς 1.495. λαιῇ ἀνασχόμενος κίθαριν πείραζεν ἀοιδῆς. 1.496. ἤειδεν δʼ ὡς γαῖα καὶ οὐρανὸς ἠδὲ θάλασσα 1.497. τὸ πρὶν ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισι μιῇ συναρηρότα μορφῇ 1.498. νείκεος ἐξ ὀλοοῖο διέκριθεν ἀμφὶς ἕκαστα· 1.499. ἠδʼ ὡς ἔμπεδον αἰὲν ἐν αἰθέρι τέκμαρ ἔχουσιν 1.500. ἄστρα σεληναίη τε καὶ ἠελίοιο κέλευθοι· 1.501. οὔρεά θʼ ὡς ἀνέτειλε, καὶ ὡς ποταμοὶ κελάδοντες 1.502. αὐτῇσιν νύμφῃσι καὶ ἑρπετὰ πάντʼ ἐγένοντο. 1.503. ἤειδεν δʼ ὡς πρῶτον Ὀφίων Εὐρυνόμη τε 1.504. Ὠκεανὶς νιφόεντος ἔχον κράτος Οὐλύμποιο· 1.505. ὥς τε βίῃ καὶ χερσὶν ὁ μὲν Κρόνῳ εἴκαθε τιμῆς 1.506. ἡ δὲ Ῥέῃ, ἔπεσον δʼ ἐνὶ κύμασιν Ὠκεανοῖο· 1.507. οἱ δὲ τέως μακάρεσσι θεοῖς Τιτῆσιν ἄνασσον 1.508. ὄφρα Ζεὺς ἔτι κοῦρος, ἔτι φρεσὶ νήπια εἰδώς 1.509. Δικταῖον ναίεσκεν ὑπὸ σπέος· οἱ δέ μιν οὔπω 1.510. γηγενέες Κύκλωπες ἐκαρτύναντο κεραυνῷ 1.511. βροντῇ τε στεροπῇ τε· τὰ γὰρ Διὶ κῦδος ὀπάζει. 1.512. ἦ, καὶ ὁ μὲν φόρμιγγα σὺν ἀμβροσίῃ σχέθεν αὐδῇ. 1.513. τοὶ δʼ ἄμοτον λήξαντος ἔτι προύχοντο κάρηνα 1.514. πάντες ὁμῶς ὀρθοῖσιν ἐπʼ οὔασιν ἠρεμέοντες 1.515. κηληθμῷ· τοῖόν σφιν ἐνέλλιπε θέλκτρον ἀοιδῆς. 2.367. δεινὸν ἐρεύγονται· μετὰ τὸν δʼ ἀγχίροος Ἶρις 2.368. μειότερος λευκῇσιν ἑλίσσεται εἰς ἅλα δίναις. 2.369. κεῖθεν δὲ προτέρωσε μέγας καὶ ὑπείροχος ἀγκὼν 2.373. ἔνθα δὲ Δοίαντος πεδίον, σχεδόθεν δὲ πόληες 2.374. τρισσαὶ Ἀμαζονίδων, μετά τε σμυγερώτατοι ἀνδρῶν 2.379. τῇ δʼ ἐπὶ Μοσσύνοικοι ὁμούριοι ὑλήεσσαν 2.380. ἑξείης ἤπειρον, ὑπωρείας τε νέμονται 2.381. δουρατέοις πύργοισιν ἐν οἰκία τεκτήναντες 2.385. νῆσον ἐρημαίην. τῇ μέν τʼ ἐνὶ νηὸν Ἄρηος 2.392. νήσου δὲ προτέρωσε καὶ ἠπείροιο περαίης 2.393. φέρβονται Φίλυρες· Φιλύρων δʼ ἐφύπερθεν ἔασιν 2.394. Μάκρωνες· μετὰ δʼ αὖ περιώσια φῦλα Βεχείρων. 2.395. ἑξείης δὲ Σάπειρες ἐπὶ σφίσι ναιετάουσιν· 2.396. Βύζηρες δʼ ἐπὶ τοῖσιν ὁμώλακες, ὧν ὕπερ ἤδη 2.397. αὐτοὶ Κόλχοι ἔχονται ἀρήιοι. ἀλλʼ ἐνὶ νηὶ 2.687. τήνδʼ ἱερὴν κλείωμεν, ἐπεὶ πάντεσσι φαάνθη 2.703. μελπόμενοι· σὺν δέ σφιν ἐὺς πάις Οἰάγροιο 2.704. Βιστονίῃ φόρμιγγι λιγείης ἦρχεν ἀοιδῆς· 2.705. ὥς ποτε πετραίῃ ὑπὸ δειράδι Παρνησσοῖο 2.706. Δελφύνην τόξοισι πελώριον ἐξενάριξεν 2.707. κοῦρος ἐὼν ἔτι γυμνός, ἔτι πλοκάμοισι γεγηθώς. 2.708. ἱλήκοις· αἰεί τοι, ἄναξ, ἄτμητοι ἔθειραι 2.709. αἰὲν ἀδήλητοι· τὼς γὰρ θέμις. οἰόθι δʼ αὐτὴ 2.710. Λητὼ Κοιογένεια φίλαις ἐν χερσὶν ἀφάσσει. 2.711. πολλὰ δὲ Κωρύκιαι νύμφαι, Πλείστοιο θύγατρες 2.712. θαρσύνεσκον ἔπεσσιν, Ἰήιε κεκληγυῖαι· 2.713. ἔνθεν δὴ τόδε καλὸν ἐφύμνιον ἔπλετο Φοίβῳ. 2.1260. ἐννύχιοι δʼ Ἄργοιο δαημοσύνῃσιν ἵκοντο 2.1261. Φᾶσίν τʼ εὐρὺ ῥέοντα, καὶ ἔσχατα πείρατα πόντοι 4.1. αὐτὴ νῦν κάματόν γε, θεά, καὶ δήνεα κούρης 4.2. Κολχίδος ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, Διὸς τέκος. ἦ γὰρ ἔμοιγε 4.3. ἀμφασίῃ νόος ἔνδον ἑλίσσεται ὁρμαίνοντι 4.4. ἢ ἔμεν ἄτης πῆμα δυσίμερον, ἦ τόγʼ ἐνίσπω 4.5. φύζαν ἀεικελίην, ᾗ κάλλιπεν ἔθνεα Κόλχων. 4.11. τῇ δʼ ἀλεγεινότατον κραδίῃ φόβον ἔμβαλεν Ἥρη· 4.12. τρέσσεν δʼ, ἠύτε τις κούφη κεμάς, ἥν τε βαθείης 4.13. τάρφεσιν ἐν ξυλόχοιο κυνῶν ἐφόβησεν ὁμοκλή. 4.14. αὐτίκα γὰρ νημερτὲς ὀίσσατο, μή μιν ἀρωγὴν 4.15. ληθέμεν, αἶψα δὲ πᾶσαν ἀναπλήσειν κακότητα. 4.16. τάρβει δʼ ἀμφιπόλους ἐπιίστορας· ἐν δέ οἱ ὄσσε 4.17. πλῆτο πυρός, δεινὸν δὲ περιβρομέεσκον ἀκουαί. 4.18. πυκνὰ δὲ λευκανίης ἐπεμάσσατο, πυκνὰ δὲ κουρὶξ 4.19. ἑλκομένη πλοκάμους γοερῇ βρυχήσατʼ ἀνίῃ. 4.20. καί νύ κεν αὐτοῦ τῆμος ὑπὲρ μόρον ὤλετο κούρη 4.21. φάρμακα πασσαμένη, Ἥρης δʼ ἁλίωσε μενοινάς 4.22. εἰ μή μιν Φρίξοιο θεὰ σὺν παισὶ φέβεσθαι 4.23. ὦρσεν ἀτυζομένην· πτερόεις δέ οἱ ἐν φρεσὶ θυμὸς 4.24. ἰάνθη· μετὰ δʼ ἥγε παλίσσυτος ἀθρόα κόλπων 4.25. φάρμακα πάντʼ ἄμυδις κατεχεύατο φωριαμοῖο. 4.32. χαίροις Χαλκιόπη, καὶ πᾶς δόμος. αἴθε σε πόντος 4.33. ξεῖνε, διέρραισεν, πρὶν Κολχίδα γαῖαν ἱκέσθαι.’ 4.35. οἵη δʼ ἀφνειοῖο διειλυσθεῖσα δόμοιο 4.36. ληιάς, ἥν τε νέον πάτρης ἀπενόσφισεν αἶσα 4.37. οὐδέ νύ πω μογεροῖο πεπείρηται καμάτοιο 4.38. ἀλλʼ ἔτʼ ἀηθέσσουσα δύης καὶ δούλια ἔργα 4.39. εἶσιν ἀτυζομενη χαλεπὰς ὑπὸ χεῖρας ἀνάσσης· 4.40. τοίη ἄρʼ ἱμερόεσσα δόμων ἐξέσσυτο κούρη. 4.41. τῇ δὲ καὶ αὐτόματοι θυρέων ἱπόειξαν ὀχῆες 4.42. ὠκείαις ἄψορροι ἀναθρώσκοντες ἀοιδαῖς. 4.43. γυμνοῖσιν δὲ πόδεσσιν ἀνὰ στεινὰς θέεν οἴμους 4.44. λαιῇ μὲν χερὶ πέπλον ἐπʼ ὀφρύσιν ἀμφὶ μέτωπα 4.45. στειλαμένη καὶ καλὰ παρήια, δεξιτερῇ δὲ 4.46. ἄκρην ὑψόθι πέζαν ἀερτάζουσα χιτῶνος. 4.47. καρπαλίμως δʼ ἀίδηλον ἀνὰ στίβον ἔκτοθι πύργων 4.48. ἄστεος εὐρυχόροιο φόβῳ ἵκετʼ· οὐδέ τις ἔγνω 4.49. τήνγε φυλακτήρων, λάθε δέ σφεας ὁρμηθεῖσα. 4.50. ἔνθεν ἴμεν νηόνδε μάλʼ ἐφράσατʼ· οὐ γὰρ ἄιδρις 4.51. ἦεν ὁδῶν, θαμὰ καὶ πρὶν ἀλωμένη ἀμφί τε νεκρούς 4.52. ἀμφί τε δυσπαλέας ῥίζας χθονός, οἷα γυναῖκες 4.53. φαρμακίδες· τρομερῷ δʼ ὑπὸ δείματι πάλλετο θυμός. 4.54. τὴν δὲ νέον Τιτηνὶς ἀνερχομένη περάτηθεν 4.55. φοιταλέην ἐσιδοῦσα θεὰ ἐπεχήρατο Μήνη 4.56. ἁρπαλέως, καὶ τοῖα μετὰ φρεσὶν ᾗσιν ἔειπεν· 4.57. ‘οὐκ ἄρʼ ἐγὼ μούνη μετὰ Λάτμιον ἄντρον ἀλύσκω 4.58. οὐδʼ οἴη καλῷ περιδαίομαι Ἐνδυμίωνι· 4.59. ἦ θαμὰ δὴ καὶ σεῖο κίον δολίῃσιν ἀοιδαῖς 4.60. μνησαμένη φιλότητος, ἵνα σκοτίῃ ἐνὶ νυκτὶ 4.61. φαρμάσσῃς εὔκηλος, ἅ τοι φίλα ἔργα τέτυκται. 4.62. νῦν δὲ καὶ αὐτὴ δῆθεν ὁμοίης ἔμμορες ἄτης· 4.63. δῶκε δʼ ἀνιηρόν τοι Ἰήσονα πῆμα γενέσθαι 4.64. δαίμων ἀλγινόεις. ἀλλʼ ἔρχεο, τέτλαθι δʼ ἔμπης 4.65. καὶ πινυτή περ ἐοῦσα, πολύστονον ἄλγος ἀείρειν.’ 4.66. ὦς ἄρʼ ἔφη· τὴν δʼ αἶψα πόδες φέρον ἐγκονέουσαν. 4.67. ἀσπασίως δʼ ὄχθῃσιν ἐπηέρθη ποταμοῖο 4.68. ἀντιπέρην λεύσσουσα πυρὸς σέλας, ὅ ῥά τʼ ἀέθλου 4.69. παννύχιοι ἥρωες ἐυφροσύνῃσιν ἔδαιον. 4.70. ὀξείῃ δἤπειτα διὰ κνέφας ὄρθια φωνῇ 4.71. ὁπλότατον Φρίξοιο περαιόθεν ἤπυε παίδων 4.72. φρόντιν· ὁ δὲ ξὺν ἑοῖσι κασιγνήτοις ὄπα κούρης 4.73. αὐτῷ τʼ Αἰσονίδῃ τεκμήρατο· σῖγα δʼ ἑταῖροι 4.74. θάμβεον, εὖτʼ ἐνόησαν ὃ δὴ καὶ ἐτήτυμον ἦεν. 4.75. τρὶς μὲν ἀνήυσεν, τρὶς δʼ ὀτρύνοντος ὁμίλου 4.76. Φρόντις ἀμοιβήδην ἀντίαχεν· οἱ δʼ ἄρα τείως 4.77. ἥρωες μετὰ τήνγε θοοῖς ἐλάασκον ἐρετμοῖς. 4.78. οὔπω πείσματα νηὸς ἐπʼ ἠπείροιο περαίης 4.79. βάλλον, ὁ δὲ κραιπνοὺς χέρσῳ πόδας ἧκεν Ἰήσων 4.80. ὑψοῦ ἀπʼ ἰκριόφιν· μετὰ δὲ Φρόντις τε καὶ Ἄργος 4.81. υἷε δύω Φρίξου, χαμάδις θόρον· ἡ δʼ ἄρα τούσγε 4.99. ὧς ηὔδα, καὶ χεῖρα παρασχεδὸν ἤραρε χειρὶ 4.121. Ἑρμείας πρόφρων ξυμβλήμενος. ἔνθʼ ἄρα τούσγε 4.123. τὼ δὲ διʼ ἀτραπιτοῖο μεθʼ ἱερὸν ἄλσος ἵκοντο 4.124. φηγὸν ἀπειρεσίην διζημένω, ᾗ ἔπι κῶας 4.125. βέβλητο, νεφέλῃ ἐναλίγκιον, ἥ τʼ ἀνιόντος 4.126. ἠελίου φλογερῇσιν ἐρεύθεται ἀκτίνεσσιν. 4.127. αὐτὰρ ὁ ἀντικρὺ περιμήκεα τείνετο δειρὴν 4.128. ὀξὺς ἀύπνοισιν προϊδὼν ὄφις ὀφθαλμοῖσιν 4.129. νισσομένους, ῥοίζει δὲ πελώριον· ἀμφὶ δὲ μακραὶ 4.130. ἠιόνες ποταμοῖο καὶ ἄσπετον ἴαχεν ἄλσος. 4.131. ἔκλυον οἳ καὶ πολλὸν ἑκὰς Τιτηνίδος Αἴης 4.132. Κολχίδα γῆν ἐνέμοντο παρὰ προχοῇσι Λύκοιο 4.133. ὅς τʼ ἀποκιδνάμενος ποταμοῦ κελάδοντος Ἀράξεω 4.134. Φάσιδι συμφέρεται ἱερὸν ῥόον· οἱ δὲ συνάμφω 4.135. Καυκασίην ἅλαδʼ εἰς ἓν ἐλαυνόμενοι προχέουσιν. 4.136. δείματι δʼ ἐξέγροντο λεχωίδες, ἀμφὶ δὲ παισὶν 4.137. νηπιάχοις, οἵ τέ σφιν ὑπʼ ἀγκαλίδεσσιν ἴαυον 4.138. ῥοίζῳ παλλομένοις χεῖρας βάλον ἀσχαλόωσαι. 4.139. ὡς δʼ ὅτε τυφομένης ὕλης ὕπερ αἰθαλόεσσαι 4.140. καπνοῖο στροφάλιγγες ἀπείριτοι εἱλίσσονται 4.141. ἄλλη δʼ αἶψʼ ἑτέρῃ ἐπιτέλλεται αἰὲν ἐπιπρὸ 4.142. νειόθεν εἰλίγγοισιν ἐπήορος ἐξανιοῦσα· 4.143. ὧς τότε κεῖνο πέλωρον ἀπειρεσίας ἐλέλιξεν 4.144. ῥυμβόνας ἀζαλέῃσιν ἐπηρεφέας φολίδεσσιν. 4.145. τοῖο δʼ ἑλισσομένοιο κατʼ ὄμματα νίσσετο κούρη 4.146. ὕπνον ἀοσσητῆρα, θεῶν ὕπατον, καλέουσα 4.147. ἡδείῃ ἐνοπῇ, θέλξαι τέρας· αὖε δʼ ἄνασσαν 4.148. νυκτιπόλον, χθονίην, εὐαντέα δοῦναι ἐφορμήν. 4.149. εἵπετο δʼ Αἰσονίδης πεφοβημένος, αὐτὰρ ὅγʼ ἤδη 4.150. οἴμῃ θελγόμενος δολιχὴν ἀνελύετʼ ἄκανθαν 4.151. γηγενέος σπείρης, μήκυνε δὲ μυρία κύκλα 4.152. οἷον ὅτε βληχροῖσι κυλινδόμενον πελάγεσσιν 4.153. κῦμα μέλαν κωφόν τε καὶ ἄβρομον· ἀλλὰ καὶ ἔμπης 4.154. ὑψοῦ σμερδαλέην κεφαλὴν μενέαινεν ἀείρας 4.155. ἀμφοτέρους ὀλοῇσι περιπτύξαι γενύεσσιν. 4.156. ἡ δέ μιν ἀρκεύθοιο νέον τετμηότι θαλλῷ 4.157. βάπτουσʼ ἐκ κυκεῶνος ἀκήρατα φάρμακʼ ἀοιδαῖς 4.158. ῥαῖνε κατʼ ὀφθαλμῶν· περί τʼ ἀμφί τε νήριτος ὀδμὴ 4.159. φαρμάκου ὕπνον ἔβαλλε· γένυν δʼ αὐτῇ ἐνὶ χώρῃ 4.160. θῆκεν ἐρεισάμενος· τὰ δʼ ἀπείρονα πολλὸν ὀπίσσω 4.161. κύκλα πολυπρέμνοιο διὲξ ὕλης τετάνυστο. 4.162. ἔνθα δʼ ὁ μὲν χρύσειον ἀπὸ δρυὸς αἴνυτο κῶας 4.163. κούρης κεκλομένης· ἡ δʼ ἔμπεδον ἑστηυῖα 4.164. φαρμάκῳ ἔψηχεν θηρὸς κάρη, εἰσόκε δή μιν 4.165. αὐτὸς ἑὴν ἐπὶ νῆα παλιντροπάασθαι Ἰήσων 4.166. ἤνωγεν, λεῖπεν δὲ πολύσκιον ἄλσος Ἄρηος. 4.167. ὡς δὲ σεληναίην διχομήνιδα παρθένος αἴγλην 4.168. ὑψόθεν ἐξανέχουσαν ὑπωροφίου θαλάμοιο 4.169. λεπταλέῳ ἑανῷ ὑποΐσχεται· ἐν δέ οἱ ἦτορ 4.170. χαίρει δερκομένης καλὸν σέλας· ὧς τότʼ Ἰήσων 4.171. γηθόσυνος μέγα κῶας ἑαῖς ἐναείρατο χερσίν· 4.172. καί οἱ ἐπὶ ξανθῇσι παρηίσιν ἠδὲ μετώπῳ 4.173. μαρμαρυγῇ ληνέων φλογὶ εἴκελον ἷζεν ἔρευθος. 4.174. ὅσση δὲ ῥινὸς βοὸς ἤνιος ἢ ἐλάφοιο 4.175. γίγνεται, ἥν τʼ ἀγρῶσται ἀχαιινέην καλέουσιν 4.176. τόσσον ἔην πάντῃ χρύσεον ἐφύπερθεν ἄωτον. 4.177. βεβρίθει λήνεσσιν ἐπηρεφές· ἤλιθα δὲ χθὼν 4.178. αἰὲν ὑποπρὸ ποδῶν ἀμαρύσσετο νισσομένοιο. 4.179. ἤιε δʼ ἄλλοτε μὲν λαιῷ ἐπιειμένος ὤμῳ 4.180. αὐχένος ἐξ ὑπάτοιο ποδηνεκές, ἄλλοτε δʼ αὖτε 4.181. εἴλει ἀφασσόμενος· περὶ γὰρ δίεν, ὄφρα ἓ μή τις 4.182. ἀνδρῶν ἠὲ θεῶν νοσφίσσεται ἀντιβολήσας. 4.184. ἷξον· θάμβησαν δὲ νέοι μέγα κῶας ἰδόντες 4.185. λαμπόμενον στεροπῇ ἴκελον Διός. ὦρτο δʼ ἕκαστος 4.186. ψαῦσαι ἐελδόμενος δέχθαι τʼ ἐνὶ χερσὶν ἑῇσιν. 4.194. τὴν μὲν ἐγὼν ἐθέλουσαν ἀνάξομαι οἴκαδʼ ἄκοιτιν 4.195. κουριδίην· ἀτὰρ ὔμμες Ἀχαιίδος οἷά τε πάσης 4.198. Αἰήτης ὁμάδῳ πόντονδʼ ἴμεν ἐκ ποταμοῖο. 4.212. ἤδη δʼ Αἰήτῃ ὑπερήνορι πᾶσί τε Κόλχοις 4.213. Μηδείης περίπυστος ἔρως καὶ ἔργʼ ἐτέτυκτο. 4.214. ἐς δʼ ἀγορὴν ἀγέροντʼ ἐνὶ τεύχεσιν· ὅσσα δέ πόντου 4.215. κύματα χειμερίοιο κορύσσεται ἐξ ἀνέμοιο 4.216. ἢ ὅσα φύλλα χαμᾶζε περικλαδέος πέσεν ὕλης 4.217. φυλλοχόῳ ἐνὶ μηνί--τίς ἂν τάδε τεκμήραιτο; 4.218. ὧς οἱ ἀπειρέσιοι ποταμοῦ παρεμέτρεον ὄχθας 4.219. κλαγγῇ μαιμώοντες· ὁ δʼ εὐτύκτῳ ἐνὶ δίφρῳ 4.220. Αἰήτης ἵπποισι μετέπρεπεν, οὕς οἱ ὄπασσεν 4.221. ἠέλιος πνοιῇσιν ἐειδομένους ἀνέμοιο 4.222. σκαιῇ μέν ῥ̓ ἐνὶ χειρὶ σάκος δινωτὸν ἀείρων 4.223. τῇ δʼ ἑτέρῃ πεύκην περιμήκεα· πὰρ δέ οἱ ἔγχος 4.224. ἀντικρὺ τετάνυστο πελώριον. ἡνία δʼ ἵππων 4.225. γέντο χεροῖν Ἄψυρτος. υπεκπρὸ δὲ πόντον ἔταμνεν 4.226. νηῦς ἤδη κρατεροῖσιν ἐπειγομένη ἐρέτῃσιν 4.227. καὶ μεγάλου ποταμοῖο καταβλώσκοντι ῥεέθρῳ. 4.228. αὐτὰρ ἄναξ ἄτῃ πολυπήμονι χεῖρας ἀείρας 4.229. ἠέλιον καὶ Ζῆνα κακῶν ἐπιμάρτυρας ἔργων 4.230. κέκλετο· δεινὰ δὲ παντὶ παρασχεδὸν ἤπυε λαῷ 4.231. εἰ μή οἱ κούρην αὐτάγρετον, ἢ ἀνὰ γαῖαν 4.232. ἢ πλωτῆς εὑρόντες ἔτʼ εἰν ἁλὸς οἴδματι νῆα 4.233. ἄξουσιν, καὶ θυμὸν ἐνιπλήσει μενεαίνων 4.234. τίσασθαι τάδε πάντα, δαήσονται κεφαλῇσιν 4.235. πάντα χόλον καὶ πᾶσαν ἑὴν ὑποδέγμενοι ἄτην. 4.236. ὧς ἔφατʼ Αἰήτης· αὐτῷ δʼ ἐνὶ ἤματι Κόλχοι 4.237. νῆάς τʼ εἰρύσσαντο, καὶ ἄρμενα νηυσὶ βάλοντο 4.238. αὐτῷ δʼ ἤματι πόντον ἀνήιον· οὐδέ κε φαίης 4.239. τόσσον νηίτην στόλον ἔμμεναι, ἀλλʼ οἰωνῶν 4.240. ἰλαδὸν ἄσπετον ἔθνος ἐπιβρομέειν πελάγεσσιν. 4.241. οἱ δʼ ἀνέμου λαιψηρὰ θεᾶς βουλῇσιν ἀέντος 4.242. Ἥρης, ὄφρʼ ὤκιστα κακὸν Πελίαο δόμοισιν 4.243. Αἰαίη Μήδεια Πελασγίδα γαῖαν ἵκηται 4.244. ἠοῖ ἐνὶ τριτάτῃ πρυμνήσια νηὸς ἔδησαν 4.245. Παφλαγόνων ἀκτῇσι, πάροιθʼ Ἅλυος ποταμοῖο. 4.246. ἡ γάρ σφʼ ἐξαποβάντας ἀρέσσασθαι θυέεσσιν 4.247. ἠνώγει Ἑκάτην. καὶ δὴ τὰ μέν, ὅσσα θυηλὴν 4.248. κούρη πορσανέουσα τιτύσκετο, μήτε τις ἴστωρ 4.249. εἴη, μήτʼ ἐμὲ θυμὸς ἐποτρύνειεν ἀείδειν. 4.250. ἅζομαι αὐδῆσαι· τό γε μὴν ἕδος ἐξέτι κείνου 4.251. ὅ ῥα θεᾷ ἥρωες ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖσιν ἔδειμαν 4.252. ἀνδράσιν ὀψιγόνοισι μένει καὶ τῆμος ἰδέσθαι. 4.253. αὐτίκα δʼ Αἰσονίδης ἐμνήσατο, σὺν δὲ καὶ ὧλλοι 4.254. ἥρωες, Φινῆος, ὃ δὴ πλόον ἄλλον ἔειπεν 4.255. ἐξ Αἴης ἔσσεσθαι· ἀνώιστος δʼ ἐτέτυκτο 4.256. πᾶσιν ὁμῶς. Ἄργος δὲ λιλαιομένοις ἀγόρευσεν· 4.257. ‘Νισσόμεθʼ Ὀρχομενὸν τὴν ἔχραεν ὔμμι περῆσαι 4.258. νημερτὴς ὅδε μάντις, ὅτῳ ξυνέβητε πάροιθεν. 4.259. ἔστιν γὰρ πλόος ἄλλος, ὃν ἀθανάτων ἱερῆες 4.260. πέφραδον, οἳ Θήβης Τριτωνίδος ἐκγεγάασιν. 4.261. οὔπω τείρεα πάντα, τά τʼ οὐρανῷ εἱλίσσονται 4.262. οὐδέ τί πω Δαναῶν ἱερὸν γένος ἦεν ἀκοῦσαι 4.263. πευθομένοις· οἶοι δʼ ἔσαν Ἀρκάδες Ἀπιδανῆες 4.264. Ἀρκάδες, οἳ καὶ πρόσθε σεληναίης ὑδέονται 4.265. ζώειν, φηγὸν ἔδοντες ἐν οὔρεσιν. οὐδὲ Πελασγὶς 4.266. χθὼν τότε κυδαλίμοισιν ἀνάσσετο Δευκαλίδῃσιν 4.267. ἦμος ὅτʼ Ἠερίη πολυλήιος ἐκλήιστο 4.268. μήτηρ Αἴγυπτος προτερηγενέων αἰζηῶν 4.269. καὶ ποταμὸς Τρίτων ἠύρροος, ᾧ ὕπο πᾶσα 4.270. ἄρδεται Ἠερίη· Διόθεν δέ μιν οὔποτε δεύει 4.271. ὄμβρος· ἅλις προχοῇσι δʼ ἀνασταχύουσιν ἄρουραι. 4.272. ἔνθεν δή τινά φασι πέριξ διὰ πᾶσαν ὁδεῦσαι 4.273. Εὐρώπην Ἀσίην τε βίῃ καὶ κάρτεϊ λαῶν 4.274. σφωιτέρων θάρσει τε πεποιθότα· μυρία δʼ ἄστη 4.275. νάσσατʼ ἐποιχόμενος, τὰ μὲν ἤ ποθι ναιετάουσιν 4.276. ἠὲ καὶ οὔ· πουλὺς γὰρ ἄδην ἐπενήνοθεν αἰών. 4.277. αἶά γε μὴν ἔτι νῦν μένει ἔμπεδον υἱωνοί τε 4.278. τῶνδʼ ἀνδρῶν, οὓς ὅσγε καθίσσατο ναιέμεν Αἶαν 4.279. οἳ δή τοι γραπτῦς πατέρων ἕθεν εἰρύονται 4.280. κύρβιας, οἷς ἔνι πᾶσαι ὁδοὶ καὶ πείρατʼ ἔασιν 4.281. ὑγρῆς τε τραφερῆς τε πέριξ ἐπινισσομένοισιν. 4.282. ἔστι δέ τις ποταμός, ὕπατον κέρας Ὠκεανοῖο 4.283. εὐρύς τε προβαθής τε καὶ ὁλκάδι νηὶ περῆσαι· 4.284. Ἴστρον μιν καλέοντες ἑκὰς διετεκμήραντο· 4.285. ὅς δή τοι τείως μὲν ἀπείρονα τέμνετʼ ἄρουραν 4.287. Ῥιπαίοις ἐν ὄρεσσιν ἀπόπροθι μορμύρουσιν. 4.288. ἀλλʼ ὁπόταν Θρῃκῶν Σκυθέων τʼ ἐπιβήσεται οὔρους 4.289. ἔνθα διχῆ τὸ μὲν ἔνθα μετʼ ἠῴην ἅλα βάλλει 4.290. τῇδʼ ὕδωρ, τὸ δʼ ὄπισθε βαθὺν διὰ κόλπον ἵησιν 4.291. σχιζόμενος πόντου Τρινακρίου εἰσανέχοντα 4.292. γαίῃ ὃς ὑμετέρῃ παρακέκλιται, εἰ ἐτεὸν δὴ 4.293. ὑμετέρης γαίης Ἀχελώιος ἐξανίησιν.’ 4.294. ὧς ἄρʼ ἔφη· τοῖσιν δὲ θεὰ τέρας ἐγγυάλιξεν 4.295. αἴσιον, ᾧ καὶ πάντες ἐπευφήμησαν ἰδόντες 4.296. στέλλεσθαι τήνδʼ οἶμον. ἐπιπρὸ γὰρ ὁλκὸς ἐτύχθη 4.297. οὐρανίης ἀκτῖνος, ὅπῃ καὶ ἀμεύσιμον ἦεν. 4.303. Κόλχοι δʼ αὖτʼ ἄλλοι μέν, ἐτώσια μαστεύοντες 4.304. Κυανέας Πόντοιο διὲκ πέτρας ἐπέρησαν· 4.305. ἄλλοι δʼ αὖ ποταμὸν μετεκίαθον, οἷσιν ἄνασσεν 4.306. Ἄψυρτος, Καλὸν δὲ διὰ στόμα πεῖρε λιασθείς. 4.307. τῶ καὶ ὑπέφθη τούσγε βαλὼν ὕπερ αὐχένα γαίης 4.308. κόλπον ἔσω πόντοιο πανέσχατον Ἰονίοιο. 4.309. Ἴστρῳ γάρ τις νῆσος ἐέργεται οὔνομα Πεύκη 4.310. τριγλώχιν, εὖρος μὲν ἐς αἰγιαλοὺς ἀνέχουσα 4.311. στεινὸν δʼ αὖτʼ ἀγκῶνα ποτὶ ῥόον· ἀμφὶ δὲ δοιαὶ 4.312. σχίζονται προχοαί. τὴν μὲν καλέουσι Νάρηκος· 4.313. τὴν δʼ ὑπὸ τῇ νεάτῃ, Καλὸν στόμα. τῇ δὲ διαπρὸ 4.314. Ἄψυρτος Κόλχοι τε θοώτερον ὡρμήθησαν· 4.315. οἱ δʼ ὑψοῦ νήσοιο κατʼ ἀκροτάτης ἐνέοντο 4.316. τηλόθεν. εἱαμενῇσι δʼ ἐν ἄσπετα πώεα λεῖπον 4.323. αὐτὰρ ἐπεί τʼ Ἄγγουρον ὄρος, καὶ ἄπωθεν ἐόντα 4.324. Ἀγγούρου ὄρεος σκόπελον πάρα Καυλιακοῖο 4.325. ᾧ πέρι δὴ σχίζων Ἴστρος ῥόον ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα 4.326. βάλλει ἁλός, πεδίον τε τὸ Λαύριον ἠμείψαντο 4.327. δή ῥα τότε Κρονίην Κόλχοι ἅλαδʼ ἐκπρομολόντες 4.328. πάντῃ, μή σφε λάθοιεν, ὑπετμήξαντο κελεύθους. 4.329. οἱ δʼ ὄπιθεν ποταμοῖο κατήλυθον, ἐκ δʼ ἐπέρησαν 4.330. δοιὰς Ἀρτέμιδος Βρυγηίδας ἀγχόθι νήσους. 4.331. τῶν δʼ ἤτοι ἑτέρῃ μὲν ἐν ἱερὸν ἔσκεν ἔδεθλον· 4.332. ἐν??δʼ ἑτέρῃ, πληθὺν πεφυλαγμένοι Ἀψύρτοιο 4.333. βαῖνον· ἐπεὶ κείνας πολέων λίπον ἔνδοθι νήσους 4.334. αὔτως, ἁζόμενοι κούρην Διός· αἱ δὲ δὴ ἄλλαι 4.335. στεινόμεναι Κόλχοισι πόρους εἴρυντο θαλάσσης. 4.336. ὧς δὲ καὶ εἰς ἀκτὰς πληθὺν λίπεν ἀγχόθι νήσων 4.337. μέσφα Σαλαγγῶνος ποταμοῦ καὶ Νέστιδος αἴης. 4.338. ἔνθα κε λευγαλέῃ Μινύαι τότε δηιοτῆτι 4.339. παυρότεροι πλεόνεσσιν ὑπείκαθον· ἀλλὰ πάροιθεν 4.340. συνθεσίην, μέγα νεῖκος ἀλευάμενοι, ἐτάμοντο 4.341. κῶας μὲν χρύσειον, ἐπεί σφισιν αὐτὸς ὑπέστη 4.342. Αἰήτης, εἰ κεῖνοι ἀναπλήσειαν ἀέθλους 4.343. ἔμπεδον εὐδικίῃ σφέας ἑξέμεν, εἴτε δόλοισιν 4.344. εἴτε καὶ ἀμφαδίην αὔτως ἀέκοντος ἀπηύρων· 4.345. αὐτὰρ Μήδειάν γε--τὸ γὰρ πέλεν ἀμφήριστον-- 4.346. παρθέσθαι κούρῃ Λητωίδι νόσφιν ὁμίλου 4.347. εἰσόκε τις δικάσῃσι θεμιστούχων βασιλήων 4.348. εἴτε μιν εἰς πατρὸς χρειὼ δόμον αὖτις ἱκάνειν 4.349. εἴτε μεθʼ Ἑλλάδα γαῖαν ἀριστήεσσιν ἕπεσθαι. 4.350. ἔνθα δʼ ἐπεὶ τὰ ἕκαστα νόῳ πεμπάσσατο κούρη 4.351. δή ῥά μιν ὀξεῖαι κραδίην ἐλέλιξαν ἀνῖαι 4.352. νωλεμές· αἶψα δὲ νόσφιν Ἰήσονα μοῦνον ἑταίρων 4.353. ἐκπροκαλεσσαμένη ἄγεν ἄλλυδις, ὄφρʼ ἐλίασθεν 4.354. πολλὸν ἑκάς, στονόεντα δʼ ἐνωπαδὶς ἔκφατο μῦθον· 4.355. ‘Αἰσονίδη, τίνα τήνδε συναρτύνασθε μενοινὴν 4.356. ἀμφʼ ἐμοί; ἦέ σε πάγχυ λαθιφροσύναις ἐνέηκαν 4.357. ἀγλαΐαι, τῶν δʼ οὔτι μετατρέπῃ, ὅσσʼ ἀγόρευες 4.358. χρειοῖ ἐνισχόμενος; ποῦ τοι Διὸς Ἱκεσίοιο 4.359. ὅρκια, ποῦ δὲ μελιχραὶ ὑποσχεσίαι βεβάασιν; 4.360. ᾗς ἐγὼ οὐ κατὰ κόσμον ἀναιδήτῳ ἰότητι 4.361. πάτρην τε κλέα τε μεγάρων αὐτούς τε τοκῆας 4.362. νοσφισάμην, τά μοι ἦεν ὑπέρτατα· τηλόθι δʼ οἴη 4.363. λυγρῇσιν κατὰ πόντον ἅμʼ ἀλκυόνεσσι φορεῦμαι 4.364. σῶν ἕνεκεν καμάτων, ἵνα μοι σόος ἀμφί τε βουσὶν 4.365. ἀμφί τε γηγενέεσσιν ἀναπλήσειας ἀέθλους. 4.366. ὕστατον αὖ καὶ κῶας, ἐπεί τʼ ἐπαϊστὸν ἐτύχθη 4.367. εἷλες ἐμῇ ματίῃ· κατὰ δʼ οὐλοὸν αἶσχος ἔχευα 4.368. θηλυτέραις. τῶ φημὶ τεὴ κούρη τε δάμαρ τε 4.369. αὐτοκασιγνήτη τε μεθʼ Ἑλλάδα γαῖαν ἕπεσθαι. 4.370. πάντῃ νυν πρόφρων ὑπερίστασο, μηδέ με μούνην 4.371. σεῖο λίπῃς ἀπάνευθεν, ἐποιχόμενος βασιλῆας. 4.372. ἀλλʼ αὔτως εἴρυσο· δίκη δέ τοι ἔμπεδος ἔστω 4.373. καὶ θέμις, ἣν ἄμφω συναρέσσαμεν· ἢ σύγʼ ἔπειτα 4.374. φασγάνῳ αὐτίκα τόνδε μέσον διὰ λαιμὸν ἀμῆσαι 4.375. ὄφρʼ ἐπίηρα φέρωμαι ἐοικότα μαργοσύνῃσιν. 4.376. σχετλίη, εἴ κεν δή με κασιγνήτοιο δικάσσῃ 4.377. ἔμμεναι οὗτος ἄναξ, τῷ ἐπίσχετε τάσδʼ ἀλεγεινὰς 4.378. ἄμφω συνθεσίας. πῶς ἵξομαι ὄμματα πατρός; 4.379. ἦ μάλʼ ἐυκλειής; τίνα δʼ οὐ τίσιν, ἠὲ βαρεῖαν 4.380. ἄτην οὐ σμυγερῶς δεινῶν ὕπερ, οἷα ἔοργα 4.381. ὀτλήσω; σὺ δέ κεν θυμηδέα νόστον ἕλοιο; 4.382. μὴ τόγε παμβασίλεια Διὸς τελέσειεν ἄκοιτις 4.383. ᾗ ἐπικυδιάεις. μνήσαιο δέ καί ποτʼ ἐμεῖο 4.384. στρευγόμενος καμάτοισι· δέρος δέ τοι ἶσον ὀνείροις 4.385. οἴχοιτʼ εἰς ἔρεβος μεταμώνιον. ἐκ δέ σε πάτρης 4.386. αὐτίκʼ ἐμαί σʼ ἐλάσειαν Ἐρινύες· οἷα καὶ αὐτὴ 4.387. σῇ πάθον ἀτροπίῃ. τὰ μὲν οὐ θέμις ἀκράαντα 4.388. ἐν γαίῃ πεσέειν. μάλα γὰρ μέγαν ἤλιτες ὅρκον 4.389. νηλεές· ἀλλʼ οὔ θήν μοι ἐπιλλίζοντες ὀπίσσω 4.390. δὴν ἔσσεσθʼ εὔκηλοι ἕκητί γε συνθεσιάων.’ 4.391. ὧς φάτʼ ἀναζείουσα βαρὺν χόλον· ἵετο δʼ ἥγε 4.392. νῆα καταφλέξαι, διά τʼ ἔμπεδα πάντα κεάσσαι 4.393. ἐν δὲ πεσεῖν αὐτὴ μαλερῷ πυρί. τοῖα δʼ Ἰήσων 4.394. μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσιν ὑποδδείσας προσέειπεν· 4.395. ‘ἴσχεο, δαιμονίη· τὰ μὲν ἁνδάνει οὐδʼ ἐμοὶ αὐτῷ. 4.396. ἀλλά τινʼ ἀμβολίην διζήμεθα δηιοτῆτος 4.397. ὅσσον δυσμενέων ἀνδρῶν νέφος ἀμφιδέδηεν 4.398. εἵνεκα σεῦ. πάντες γάρ, ὅσοι χθόνα τήνδε νέμονται 4.399. Ἀψύρτῳ μεμάασιν ἀμυνέμεν, ὄφρα σε πατρί 4.400. οἷά τε ληισθεῖσαν, ὑπότροπον οἴκαδʼ ἄγοιντο. 4.401. αὐτοὶ δὲ στυγερῷ κεν ὀλοίμεθα πάντες ὀλέθρῳ 4.402. μίξαντες δαῒ χεῖρας· ὅ τοι καὶ ῥίγιον ἄλγος 4.403. ἔσσεται, εἴ σε θανόντες ἕλωρ κείνοισι λίποιμεν. 4.404. ἥδε δὲ συνθεσίη κρανέει δόλον, ᾧ μιν ἐς ἄτην 4.405. βήσομεν. οὐδʼ ἂν ὁμῶς περιναιέται ἀντιόωσιν 4.406. Κόλχοις ἦρα φέροντες ὑπὲρ σέο νόσφιν ἄνακτος 4.407. ὅς τοι ἀοσσητήρ τε κασίγνητός τε τέτυκται· 4.408. οὐδʼ ἂν ἐγὼ Κόλχοισιν ὑπείξω μὴ πολεμίζειν 4.409. ἀντιβίην, ὅτε μή με διὲξ εἰῶσι νέεσθαι.’ 4.410. Ἴσκεν ὑποσσαίνων· ἡ δʼ οὐλοὸν ἔκφατο μῦθον· 4.411. ‘φράζεο νῦν. χρειὼ γὰρ ἀεικελίοισιν ἐπʼ ἔργοις 4.412. καὶ τόδε μητίσασθαι, ἐπεὶ τὸ πρῶτον ἀάσθην 4.413. ἀμπλακίῃ, θεόθεν δὲ κακὰς ἤνυσσα μενοινάς. 4.414. τύνη μὲν κατὰ μῶλον ἀλέξεο δούρατα Κόλχων· 4.415. αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ κεῖνόν γε τεὰς ἐς χεῖρας ἱκέσθαι 4.416. μειλίξω· σὺ δέ μιν φαιδροῖς ἀγαπάζεο δώροις. 4.417. εἴ κέν πως κήρυκας ἀπερχομένους πεπίθοιμι 4.418. οἰόθεν οἶον ἐμοῖσι συναρθμῆσαι ἐπέεσσιν 4.419. ἔνθʼ εἴ τοι τόδε ἔργον ἐφανδάνει, οὔτι μεγαίρω 4.420. κτεῖνέ τε, καὶ Κόλχοισιν ἀείρεο δηιοτῆτα.’ 4.421. ὧς τώγε ξυμβάντε μέγαν δόλον ἠρτύνοντο 4.422. Ἀψύρτῳ, καὶ πολλὰ πόρον ξεινήια δῶρα 4.423. οἷς μέτα καὶ πέπλον δόσαν ἱερὸν Ὑψιπυλείης 4.424. πορφύρεον. τὸν μέν ῥα Διωνύσῳ κάμον αὐταὶ 4.425. δίῃ ἐν ἀμφιάλῳ Χάριτες θεαί· αὐτὰρ ὁ παιδὶ 4.426. δῶκε Θόαντι μεταῦτις· ὁ δʼ αὖ λίπεν Ὑψιπυλείῃ· 4.427. ἡ δʼ ἔπορʼ Αἰσονίδῃ πολέσιν μετὰ καὶ τὸ φέρεσθαι 4.428. γλήνεσιν εὐεργὲς ξεινήιον. οὔ μιν ἀφάσσων 4.429. οὔτε κεν εἰσορόων γλυκὺν ἵμερον ἐμπλήσειας. 4.430. τοῦ δὲ καὶ ἀμβροσίη ὀδμὴ πέλεν ἐξέτι κείνου 4.431. ἐξ οὗ ἄναξ αὐτὸς Νυσήιος ἐγκατελεκτο 4.432. ἀκροχάλιξ οἴνῳ καὶ νέκταρι, καλὰ μεμαρπὼς 4.433. στήθεα παρθενικῆς Μινωίδος, ἥν ποτε Θησεὺς 4.434. Κνωσσόθεν ἑσπομένην Δίῃ ἔνι κάλλιπε νήσῳ. 4.435. ἡ δʼ ὅτε κηρύκεσσιν ἐπεξυνώσατο μύθους 4.436. θελγέμεν, εὖτʼ ἂν πρῶτα θεᾶς περὶ νηὸν ἵκηται 4.437. συνθεσίῃ, νυκτός τε μέλαν κνέφας ἀμφιβάλῃσιν 4.438. ἐλθέμεν, ὄφρα δόλον συμφράσσεται, ὥς κεν ἑλοῦσα 4.439. χρύσειον μέγα κῶας ὑπότροπος αὖτις ὀπίσσω 4.440. βαίη ἐς Αἰήταο δόμους· πέρι γάρ μιν ἀνάγκῃ 4.441. υἱῆες Φρίξοιο δόσαν ξείνοισιν ἄγεσθαι· 4.442. τοῖα παραιφαμένη θελκτήρια φάρμακʼ ἔπασσεν 4.443. αἰθέρι καὶ πνοιῇσι, τά κεν καὶ ἄπωθεν ἐόντα 4.444. ἄγριον ἠλιβάτοιο κατʼ οὔρεος ἤγαγε θῆρα. 4.445. σχέτλιʼ Ἔρως, μέγα πῆμα, μέγα στύγος ἀνθρώποισιν 4.446. ἐκ σέθεν οὐλόμεναί τʼ ἔριδες στοναχαί τε γόοι τε 4.447. ἄλγεά τʼ ἄλλʼ ἐπὶ τοῖσιν ἀπείρονα τετρήχασιν. 4.448. δυσμενέων ἐπὶ παισὶ κορύσσεο, δαῖμον, ἀερθείς 4.449. οἷος Μηδείῃ στυγερὴν φρεσὶν ἔμβαλες ἄτην. 4.450. πῶς γὰρ δὴ μετιόντα κακῷ ἐδάμασσεν ὀλέθρῳ 4.451. Ἄψυρτον; τὸ γὰρ ἧμιν ἐπισχερὼ ἦεν ἀοιδῆς. 4.452. ἦμος ὅτʼ Ἀρτέμιδος νήσῳ ἔνι τήνγʼ ἐλίποντο 4.453. συνθεσίῃ. τοὶ μέν ῥα διάνδιχα νηυσὶν ἔκελσαν 4.454. σφωιτέραις κρινθέντες· ὁ δʼ ἐς λόχον ᾖεν Ἰήσων 4.455. δέγμενος Ἄψυρτόν τε καὶ οὓς ἐξαῦτις ἑταίρους. 4.456. αὐτὰρ ὅγʼ αἰνοτάτῃσιν ὑποσχεσίῃσι δολωθεὶς 4.457. καρπαλίμως ᾗ νηὶ διὲξ ἁλὸς οἶδμα περήσας 4.458. νύχθʼ ὕπο λυγαίην ἱερῆς ἐπεβήσατο νήσου· 4.459. οἰόθι δʼ ἀντικρὺ μετιὼν πειρήσατο μύθοις 4.460. εἷο κασιγνήτης, ἀταλὸς πάις οἷα χαράδρης 4.461. χειμερίης, ἣν οὐδὲ διʼ αἰζηοὶ περόωσιν. 4.462. εἴ κε δόλον ξείνοισιν ἐπʼ ἀνδράσι τεχνήσαιτο. 4.463. καὶ τὼ μὲν τὰ ἕκαστα συνῄνεον ἀλλήλοισιν· 4.464. αὐτίκα δʼ Αἰσονίδης πυκινοῦ ἐξᾶλτο λόχοιο 4.465. γυμνὸν ἀνασχόμενος παλάμῃ ξίφος· αἶψα δὲ κούρη 4.466. ἔμπαλιν ὄμματʼ ἔνεικε, καλυψαμένη ὀθόνῃσιν 4.467. μὴ φόνον ἀθρήσειε κασιγνήτοιο τυπέντος. 4.468. τὸν δʼ ὅγε, βουτύπος ὥστε μέγαν κερεαλκέα ταῦρον 4.469. πλῆξεν ὀπιπεύσας νηοῦ σχεδόν, ὅν ποτʼ ἔδειμαν 4.470. Ἀρτέμιδι Βρυγοὶ περιναιέται ἀντιπέρηθεν. 4.471. τοῦ ὅγʼ ἐνὶ προδόμῳ γνὺξ ἤριπε· λοίσθια δʼ ἥρως 4.472. θυμὸν ἀναπνείων χερσὶν μέλαν ἀμφοτέρῃσιν 4.473. αἷμα κατʼ ὠτειλὴν ὑποΐσχετο· τῆς δὲ καλύπτρην 4.474. ἀργυφέην καὶ πέπλον ἀλευομένης ἐρύθηνεν. 4.475. ὀξὺ δὲ πανδαμάτωρ λοξῷ ἴδεν οἷον ἔρεξαν 4.476. ὄμματι νηλειὴς ὀλοφώιον ἔργον Ἐρινύς. 4.477. ἥρως δʼ Αἰσονίδης ἐξάργματα τάμνε θανόντος 4.478. τρὶς δʼ ἀπέλειξε φόνου, τρὶς δʼ ἐξ ἄγος ἔπτυσʼ ὀδόντων 4.479. ἣ θέμις αὐθέντῃσι δολοκτασίας ἱλάεσθαι. 4.480. ὑγρὸν δʼ ἐν γαίῃ κρύψεν νέκυν, ἔνθʼ ἔτι νῦν περ 4.481. κείαται ὀστέα κεῖνα μετʼ ἀνδράσιν Ἀψυρτεῦσιν. 4.482. οἱ δʼ ἄμυδις πυρσοῖο σέλας προπάροιθεν ἰδόντες 4.483. τό σφιν παρθενικὴ τέκμαρ μετιοῦσιν ἄειρεν 4.484. Κολχίδος ἀγχόθι νηὸς ἑὴν παρὰ νῆʼ ἐβάλοντο 4.485. ἥρωες· Κόλχον δʼ ὄλεκον στόλον, ἠύτε κίρκοι 4.486. φῦλα πελειάων, ἠὲ μέγα πῶυ λέοντες 4.487. ἀγρότεροι κλονέουσιν ἐνὶ σταθμοῖσι θορόντες. 4.488. οὐδʼ ἄρα τις κείνων θάνατον φύγε, πάντα δʼ ὅμιλον 4.489. πῦρ ἅ τε δηιόωντες ἐπέδραμον· ὀψὲ δʼ Ἰήσων 4.490. ἤντησεν, μεμαὼς ἐπαμυνέμεν οὐ μάλʼ ἀρωγῆς 4.491. δευομένοις· ἤδη δὲ καὶ ἀμφʼ αὐτοῖο μέλοντο. 4.492. ἔνθα δὲ ναυτιλίης πυκινὴν περὶ μητιάασκον 4.493. ἑζόμενοι βουλήν· ἐπὶ δέ σφισιν ἤλυθε κούρη 4.494. φραζομένοις· Πηλεὺς δὲ παροίτατος ἔκφατο μῦθον· 4.495. ‘ἤδη νῦν κέλομαι νύκτωρ ἔτι νῆʼ ἐπιβάντας 4.496. εἰρεσίῃ περάαν πλόον ἀντίον, ᾧ ἐπέχουσιν 4.497. δήιοι· ἠῶθεν γὰρ ἐπαθρήσαντας ἕκαστα 4.498. ἔλπομαι οὐχ ἕνα μῦθον, ὅτις προτέρωσε δίεσθαι 4.499. ἡμέας ὀτρυνέει, τοὺς πεισέμεν· οἷα δʼ ἄνακτος 4.500. εὔνιδες, ἀργαλέῃσι διχοστασίῃς κεδόωνται. 4.501. ῥηιδίη δέ κεν ἄμμι, κεδασθέντων δίχα λαῶν 4.502. ἤ τʼ εἴη μετέπειτα κατερχομένοισι κέλευθος.’ 4.503. ὧς ἔφατʼ· ᾔνησαν δὲ νέοι ἔπος Λἰακίδαο. 4.504. ῥίμφα δὲ νῆʼ ἐπιβάντες ἐπερρώοντʼ ἐλάτῃσιν 4.505. νωλεμές, ὄφρʼ ἱερὴν Ἠλεκτρίδα νῆσον ἵκοντο 4.506. ἀλλάων ὑπάτην, ποταμοῦ σχεδὸν Ἠριδανοῖο. 4.507. Κόλχοι δʼ ὁππότʼ ὄλεθρον ἐπεφράσθησαν ἄνακτος 4.508. ἤτοι μὲν δίζεσθαι ἐπέχραον ἔνδοθι πάσης 4.509. Ἀργὼ καὶ Μινύας Κρονίης ἁλός. ἀλλʼ ἀπέρυκεν 4.510. Ἥρη σμερδαλέῃσι κατʼ αἰθέρος ἀστεροπῇσιν. 4.511. ὕστατον αὐτοὶ δʼ αὖτε Κυταιίδος ἤθεα γαίης 4.512. στύξαν, ἀτυζόμενοι χόλον ἄγριον Αἰήταο 4.513. ἔμπεδα δʼ ἄλλυδις ἄλλοι ἐφορμηθέντες ἔνασθεν. 4.514. οἱ μὲν ἐπʼ αὐτάων νήσων ἔβαν, ᾗσιν ἐπέσχον 4.515. ἥρωες, ναίουσι δʼ ἐπώνυμοι Ἀψύρτοιο· 4.516. οἱ δʼ ἄρʼ ἐπʼ Ἰλλυρικοῖο μελαμβαθέος ποταμοῖο 4.517. τύμβος ἵνʼ Ἁρμονίης Κάδμοιό τε, πύργον ἔδειμαν 4.518. ἀνδράσιν Ἐγχελέεσσιν ἐφέστιοι· οἱ δʼ ἐν ὄρεσσιν 4.519. ἐνναίουσιν, ἅπερ τε Κεραύνια κικλήσκονται 4.520. ἐκ τόθεν, ἐξότε τούσγε Διὸς Κρονίδαο κεραυνοὶ 4.521. νῆσον ἐς ἀντιπέραιαν ἀπέτραπον ὁρμηθῆναι. 4.627. ἐκ δὲ τόθεν Ῥοδανοῖο βαθὺν ῥόον εἰσαπέβησαν 4.628. ὅς τʼ εἰς Ἠριδανὸν μετανίσσεται· ἄμμιγα δʼ ὕδωρ 4.629. ἐν ξυνοχῇ βέβρυκε κυκώμενον. αὐτὰρ ὁ γαίης 4.630. ἐκ μυχάτης, ἵνα τʼ εἰσὶ πύλαι καὶ ἐδέθλια Νυκτός 4.631. ἔνθεν ἀπορνύμενος τῇ μέν τʼ ἐπερεύγεται ἀκτὰς 4.1573. ‘κείνη μὲν πόντοιο διήλυσις, ἔνθα μάλιστα 4.1574. βένθος ἀκίνητον μελανεῖ· ἑκάτερθε δὲ λευκαὶ 4.1575. ῥηγμῖνες φρίσσουσι διαυγέες· ἡ δὲ μεσηγὺ 4.1576. ῥηγμίνων στεινὴ τελέθει ὁδὸς ἐκτὸς ἐλάσσαι. 4.1577. κεῖνο δʼ ὑπηέριον θείην Πελοπηίδα γαῖαν 4.1578. εἰσανέχει πέλαγος Κρήτης ὕπερ· ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ χειρὸς 4.1579. δεξιτερῆς, λίμνηθεν ὅτʼ εἰς ἁλὸς οἶδμα βάλητε 4.1580. τόφρʼ αὐτὴν παρὰ χέρσον ἐεργμένοι ἰθύνεσθε 4.1581. ἔστʼ ἂν ἄνω τείνῃσι· περιρρήδην δʼ ἑτέρωσε 4.1582. κλινομένης χέρσοιο, τότε πλόος ὔμμιν ἀπήμων 4.1583. ἀγκῶνος τέτατʼ ἰθὺς ἀπὸ προύχοντος ἰοῦσιν. 4.1584. ἀλλʼ ἴτε γηθόσυνοι, καμάτοιο δὲ μήτις ἀνίη 4.1585. γιγνέσθω, νεότητι κεκασμένα γυῖα μογῆσαι.’ 4.1701. νόστον, ἀμηχανέοντες, ὅπῃ φέροι. αὐτὰρ Ἰήσων 4.1711. τοῖσι δέ τις Σποράδων βαιὴ ἀπὸ τόφρʼ ἐφαάνθη 4.1712. νῆσος ἰδεῖν, ὀλίγης Ἱππουρίδος ἀντία νήσου 4.1713. ἔνθʼ εὐνὰς ἐβάλοντο καὶ ἔσχεθον· αὐτίκα δʼ Ἠὼς 4.1714. φέγγεν ἀνερχομένη· τοὶ δʼ ἀγλαὸν Ἀπόλλωνι 4.1715. ἄλσει ἐνὶ σκιερῷ τέμενος σκιόεντά τε βωμὸν 4.1716. ποίεον, Αἰγλήτην μὲν ἐυσκόπου εἵνεκεν αἴγλης 4.1717. Φοῖβον κεκλόμενοι· Ἀνάφην δέ τε λισσάδα νῆσον 4.1718. ἴσκον, ὃ δὴ Φοῖβός μιν ἀτυζομένοις ἀνέφηνεν. 4.1719. ῥέζον δʼ ὅσσα περ ἄνδρες ἐρημαίῃ ἐνὶ ῥέζειν 4.1720. ἀκτῇ ἐφοπλίσσειαν· ὃ δή σφεας ὁππότε δαλοῖς 4.1721. ὕδωρ αἰθομένοισιν ἐπιλλείβοντας ἴδοντο 4.1722. Μηδείης δμωαὶ Φαιηκίδες, οὐκέτʼ ἔπειτα 4.1723. ἴσχειν ἐν στήθεσσι γέλω σθένον, οἷα θαμειὰς 4.1724. αἰὲν ἐν Ἀλκινόοιο βοοκτασίας ὁρόωσαι. 4.1725. τὰς δʼ αἰσχροῖς ἥρωες ἐπεστοβέεσκον ἔπεσσιν 4.1726. χλεύῃ γηθόσυνοι· γλυκερὴ δʼ ἀνεδαίετο τοῖσιν 4.1727. κερτομίη καὶ νεῖκος ἐπεσβόλον. ἐκ δέ νυ κείνης 4.1728. μολπῆς ἡρώων νήσῳ ἔνι τοῖα γυναῖκες 4.1729. ἀνδράσι δηριόωνται, ὅτʼ Ἀπόλλωνα θυηλαῖς 4.1730. Αἰγλήτην Ἀνάφης τιμήορον ἱλάσκωνται. | |
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