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after year be sweeter to sing among men. For now have I come to the glorious end of your toils; for no adventure befell you as ye came home from Aegina, and no tempest of winds opposed you; but quietly did ye skirt the Cecropian land and Aulis inside of Euboea and the Opuntian cities of the Locrians, and gladly did ye step forth upon the beach of Pagasae.
ENDNOTES: (1) The allusion is to Sesotris. See Herodotus ii. 102 foll. (2) Or, reading EMETEREN, "into our sea". The Euxine is meant in any case and the word Ionian is therefore wrong. (3) Apollonius seems to have thought that the Po, the Rhone, and the Rhine are all connected together. (4) i.e. like the scrapings from skin, APOSTLEGGISMATA; see Strabo p. 224 for this adventure. (5) The "Symplegades" are referred to, where help was given by Athena, not by Hera. It is strange that no mention is made of the "Planctae", properly so called, past which they are soon to be helped. Perhaps some lines have fallen out. (6) i.e. the Mighty One. (7) i.e. the Wanderers. (8) A fabulous metal, resembling gold in appearance. (9) i.e. the Sickle-island. (10) The old name of Corinth. (11) This seems to be the only possible translation, but the optative is quite anomalous. We should expect EKOMIZES. (12) An old name of the Peloponnesus. (13) i.e. the isle of Revealing.
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ENDNOTES: (1) The allusion is to Sesotris. See Herodotus ii. 102 foll. (2) Or, reading EMETEREN, "into our sea". The Euxine is meant in any case and the word Ionian is therefore wrong. (3) Apollonius seems to have thought that the Po, the Rhone, and the Rhine are all connected together. (4) i.e. like the scrapings from skin, APOSTLEGGISMATA; see Strabo p. 224 for this adventure. (5) The "Symplegades" are referred to, where help was given by Athena, not by Hera. It is strange that no mention is made of the "Planctae", properly so called, past which they are soon to be helped. Perhaps some lines have fallen out. (6) i.e. the Mighty One. (7) i.e. the Wanderers. (8) A fabulous metal, resembling gold in appearance. (9) i.e. the Sickle-island. (10) The old name of Corinth. (11) This seems to be the only possible translation, but the optative is quite anomalous. We should expect EKOMIZES. (12) An old name of the Peloponnesus. (13) i.e. the isle of Revealing.
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