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which he had filled, and gave it to the lord.'
Fragment #6 -- Athenaeus, xi. 498. B: `And then Mantes took in his hands the ox's halter and Iphiclus lashed him upon the back. And behind him, with a cup in one hand and a raised sceptre in the other, walked Phylacus and spake amongst the bondmen.'
Fragment #7 -- Athenaeus, xiii. p. 609 e: Hesiod in the third book of the "Melampodia" called Chalcis in Euboea `the land of fair women'.
Fragment #8 -- Strabo, xiv. p. 676: But Hesiod says that Amphilochus was killed by Apollo at Soli.
Fragment #9 -- Clement of Alexandria, Stromateis, v. p. 259: `And now there is no seer among mortal men such as would know the mind of Zeus who holds the aegis.'
ENDNOTES:
(1) sc. Colophon. Proclus in his abstract of the "Returns" (sc. of the heroes from Troy) says Calchas and his party were present at the death of Teiresias at Colophon, perhaps indicating another version of this story. (2) ll. 1-2 are quoted by Athenaeus, ii. p. 40; ll. 3-4 by Clement of Alexandria, Stromateis vi. 2. 26. Buttman saw that the two fragments should be joined. (NOTE: These two fragments should be read together. -- DBK)
AEGIMIUS (fragments)
Fragment #1 -- Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius, Arg. iii. 587: But the author of the "Aegimius" says that he (Phrixus) was received without intermediary because of the fleece (1). He says that after the sacrifice he purified the fleece and so: `Holding the fleece he walked into the halls of Aeetes.'
Fragment #2 -- Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius, Arg. iv. 816: The author of the "Aegimius" says in the second book that Thetis used to throw the children she had by Peleus into a cauldron of water, because she wished to learn where they were mortal.... ....And that after many had perished Peleus was annoyed, and prevented her from throwing Achilles into the cauldron.
Fragment #3 -- Apollodorus, ii. 1.3.1: Hesiod and Acusilaus say that she (Io) was the daughter of Peiren. While she was holding the office of priestess of Hera, Zeus seduced her, and being discovered by Hera, touched the girl and changed her into a white cow, while he swore that he had no intercourse with her. And so Hesiod says that oaths touching the matter of love do not draw down anger from the gods: `And thereafter he ordained that an oath concerning the secret deeds of the Cyprian should be without penalty for men.'
Fragment #4 -- Herodian in Stephanus of Byzantium: `(Zeus changed Io) in the fair island Abantis, which the gods, who are eternally, used to call Abantis aforetime, but Zeus then called it Euboea after the cow.' (2)
Fragment #5 -- Scholiast on Euripides, Phoen. 1116: `And (Hera) set a watcher upon her (Io), great and strong Argus, who with four eyes looks every way. And the goddess stirred in him unwearying strength: sleep never fell upon his eyes; but he kept sure watch always.'
Fragment #6 -- Scholiast on Homer, Il. xxiv. 24: `Slayer of Argus'. According to Hesiod's tale he (Hermes) slew (Argus) the herdsman of Io.
Fragment #7 -- Athenaeus, xi. p. 503: And the author of the "Aegimius", whether he is Hesiod or Cercops of Miletus (says): `There, some day, shall be my place of refreshment, O leader of the people.'
Fragment #8 -- Etym. Gen.: Hesiod (says there were so called) because they settled in three groups: `And they all were called the Three-fold people, because they divided in three the land far from their country.' For (he says) that three Hellenic tribes settled in Crete, the Pelasgi, Achaeans and Dorians. And these have been called Three-fold People.
ENDNOTES:
(1) sc. the golden fleece of the ram which carried Phrixus and Helle away from Athamas and Ino. When he reached Colchis Phrixus sacrificed the ram to Zeus. (2) Euboea properly means the `Island of fine Cattle (or Cows)'.
FRAGMENTS OF UNKNOWN POSITION
Fragment #1 -- Diogenes Laertius, viii. 1. 26: (1) `So Urania bare Linus, a very lovely son: and him all men who are singers and harpers do bewail at
Fragment #6 -- Athenaeus, xi. 498. B: `And then Mantes took in his hands the ox's halter and Iphiclus lashed him upon the back. And behind him, with a cup in one hand and a raised sceptre in the other, walked Phylacus and spake amongst the bondmen.'
Fragment #7 -- Athenaeus, xiii. p. 609 e: Hesiod in the third book of the "Melampodia" called Chalcis in Euboea `the land of fair women'.
Fragment #8 -- Strabo, xiv. p. 676: But Hesiod says that Amphilochus was killed by Apollo at Soli.
Fragment #9 -- Clement of Alexandria, Stromateis, v. p. 259: `And now there is no seer among mortal men such as would know the mind of Zeus who holds the aegis.'
ENDNOTES:
(1) sc. Colophon. Proclus in his abstract of the "Returns" (sc. of the heroes from Troy) says Calchas and his party were present at the death of Teiresias at Colophon, perhaps indicating another version of this story. (2) ll. 1-2 are quoted by Athenaeus, ii. p. 40; ll. 3-4 by Clement of Alexandria, Stromateis vi. 2. 26. Buttman saw that the two fragments should be joined. (NOTE: These two fragments should be read together. -- DBK)
AEGIMIUS (fragments)
Fragment #1 -- Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius, Arg. iii. 587: But the author of the "Aegimius" says that he (Phrixus) was received without intermediary because of the fleece (1). He says that after the sacrifice he purified the fleece and so: `Holding the fleece he walked into the halls of Aeetes.'
Fragment #2 -- Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius, Arg. iv. 816: The author of the "Aegimius" says in the second book that Thetis used to throw the children she had by Peleus into a cauldron of water, because she wished to learn where they were mortal.... ....And that after many had perished Peleus was annoyed, and prevented her from throwing Achilles into the cauldron.
Fragment #3 -- Apollodorus, ii. 1.3.1: Hesiod and Acusilaus say that she (Io) was the daughter of Peiren. While she was holding the office of priestess of Hera, Zeus seduced her, and being discovered by Hera, touched the girl and changed her into a white cow, while he swore that he had no intercourse with her. And so Hesiod says that oaths touching the matter of love do not draw down anger from the gods: `And thereafter he ordained that an oath concerning the secret deeds of the Cyprian should be without penalty for men.'
Fragment #4 -- Herodian in Stephanus of Byzantium: `(Zeus changed Io) in the fair island Abantis, which the gods, who are eternally, used to call Abantis aforetime, but Zeus then called it Euboea after the cow.' (2)
Fragment #5 -- Scholiast on Euripides, Phoen. 1116: `And (Hera) set a watcher upon her (Io), great and strong Argus, who with four eyes looks every way. And the goddess stirred in him unwearying strength: sleep never fell upon his eyes; but he kept sure watch always.'
Fragment #6 -- Scholiast on Homer, Il. xxiv. 24: `Slayer of Argus'. According to Hesiod's tale he (Hermes) slew (Argus) the herdsman of Io.
Fragment #7 -- Athenaeus, xi. p. 503: And the author of the "Aegimius", whether he is Hesiod or Cercops of Miletus (says): `There, some day, shall be my place of refreshment, O leader of the people.'
Fragment #8 -- Etym. Gen.: Hesiod (says there were so called) because they settled in three groups: `And they all were called the Three-fold people, because they divided in three the land far from their country.' For (he says) that three Hellenic tribes settled in Crete, the Pelasgi, Achaeans and Dorians. And these have been called Three-fold People.
ENDNOTES:
(1) sc. the golden fleece of the ram which carried Phrixus and Helle away from Athamas and Ino. When he reached Colchis Phrixus sacrificed the ram to Zeus. (2) Euboea properly means the `Island of fine Cattle (or Cows)'.
FRAGMENTS OF UNKNOWN POSITION
Fragment #1 -- Diogenes Laertius, viii. 1. 26: (1) `So Urania bare Linus, a very lovely son: and him all men who are singers and harpers do bewail at