ALOMAN 1 P. Lowwe, B3320¢ ] Marvdesiens: od éyilv Ninacoor 9 x ‘Evalpoépov ve rai frre ar 5 |. re rv kopvority Etretyn] re Févanrd 7” prior 14 eoxo uot oiow ddeyeo EBpov roB:ix Day wit 2p Crane w Binet Boge apn np" ‘Mind Bareiy f Saey” Spor te Tidns {'3. 3h, ‘Ht Lent, ehols A‘ Hom M1. fy ive. cbs) (via v6} Hach N16 (471 Lait) Nope fehcones Saucy ‘Kae tal Upendra (19) Be Mag, 8820, Bt ‘Sym (Cod. V ibid, Galton), Bt: Gen (9.48 Calan) Srerrdpor ep (al im) Hn, 17°10 Lent v.40, Hein ty B36 (hota 8 Lente: 1902 9) v6 fpr legen: arc oquarinie ripen fev pny cal see Aig SBA col nop “henge tc Wye) rd eenyechol Lips Hom. 115,206 23 Bachmann), Bust 1 E162 det vind ypennarinty “Aor (le 3) Slater) ob soca ibeobr ea a ed 70 thea. He ip Ze 1. Agee dob dp roppone loos wp dere Wlrotes (ot. vrbte): Bt. Mag” 13495, BL Sym. (cod. V ind Gn 10 alate) onde adi cron nv 2e schol. Pind. suppl. 8 suppl. Berg 6 ex Aneed. Oxon, suppl 360 ALCMAN Frr,1-18 together with 18 are papyrus finds, fr. 14-167 are ‘the book-quotations 1-4C are papyrus frogments ofthe text of Aleman. 1 The Louvre partheneion (Ist. 4.0. papyrus)! Polydeuces*: I do not reckon Lycaethus® ‘among the dead but Enarsphorus and wift-footed Sebrus and . . . the violent * and... . the helmeted and Euteiches and lord Areius and... outstanding among demigods; “Found at Soggara in 1866, 1662, Grammer oem, End Firodian and others give garbled versions of. 2 and 8 Heaychicnreporta thet Alcman gave the name Porc to Need, the sesgod (eee ¥- 19) other deca the words SroerpBior (6), digo Cy, dnraad(t 3), we CD. SBochape 3s linet ave mierng fom the beplosng of the orm. Aliat the dood sona of Bippocoon, gta ing of Barta, who had exiled his younger brother Tyndareoy instructing him to hold the kingship in his family until the roturn of the Heraclidae, Heracles ie not mentioned in th lines; ut when Clement of Alexendria quotes ius to the effect that Heraclos was wounded by the 12 of Rippecoon, the acholiast reports, ‘Aleman mentions ‘the same scholiaat, Buphorion Castor and "Polydeucee: this maybe. relevant. t0 v6 scholia A. + For supplementation of the missing names S00 Page, Aleman 21-9. 361GREEK LYRIC nal Ywriv dypéray | néyar Baipyréy re 10 “Apeos di] mp wAdvov “Awad re rhs dplorass 088" pais] rapfoopes xpdrnae ylép Afoa array ‘ai Ildpos] yepacréroe, 15 ily 8 dn] eBudos dud, 20s dvBlpdiman & cipar'y norfotn fep8t wri yaysy rau ’Agpobrax umpiay Flévlaloaay ¥ 70" ] radia Tepe 20 elvaNu Kalpires 88 Auds BSnor augudrovlaw époyheddpor Jréroe Ie Badu Tao B Bloxe Spa pari ea loro leratas ” Ba: rv 8° Mos ie Tapydpet woddepen |. ev 'Aiéas Jevroe Vrar dtaora 88 35 Flpya nov xara pyoapevor. Bork: ir pap, 10-1 suppl Berg 12-8 spp Bias 16 2y"% Penal supp. Casi Blas E'sapp-exompl gratia Page 36 dune vel Bae 2B tpl velo 3 cre Dm ‘ae0 ALCMAN and great . . ., gathoror (of the army), and Eurytus in the hurly-burly (of blind Ares?) and Alcon, finest warriors, we shall by no means pass over: Fate and Poros,* those ancient ones, conquered thom all, and their valour which was without foundation ® collap sed. Let no man fly to heaven or attempt to marry Aphrodite, the (Cyprian) queen, nor some. . . nor a daughter of Porcus? (of the sea)... ; it is the Gracos* with love in their eyes who (frequent?) the house of Zeus;... god. . . to friends. . . gave gifts -youth lost. .throne®. . . vain. | | went; one them (died) “ by an arrow, (another) by a marble millstone . . . Hades . . . ; and unforgettably they suffered, since they plotied evil. “he Contriver? See fr. 6, 2 col. Pindar' Bateson, with’ foundation’ of adamant SProbaiya"Lacontan_seagod (Page 158), + Worahiped in Sparta slong th Cato and Folydeucer sce” "rt" Rt hae me fe'e new example of hy, probabiy the Renting ofthe Giants against the Gods. iene apa.GREEK LYRIC 85 Spies, dors oppo dudpay [Bilamddne Sedauror cya 9 delBo 40 "AyiBiis 18 gis: Spa Fr un, Sop dur aceon dele bob drawry Bre efoba vw dere yopayds 46 oid dys fe Bonet yp juce ara Senpenis re dmep afr & Boros endowerfrrov ayby deDhopdpor xavayénoba ‘résv bwomerpidiewy dvelpu. 80 ody Spies; b pdv wes "Errands: d 88 xara as duis dvepias ‘Aynoryspas enavdet xp008s L]s diefparos 85 75-7 dpvipiov rpscwrer, Suaddbar xf rox Neyw: “Aymosxépa pds abr 4 88 bevrépa we8! "AyiBa 76 Feibos Feros TBs Kodagaios Spayefra 29 delavoros pap, corr, Wilamowite 41 F’ Diels: seriba quid yoluerit. "incertum 43 gai, eval’ pap He ddolas pap. 45 Boneer pap. ener, 9 suprascr., Dap. 46 wimep pap. Bi erase, I> supraser. ap. fort Diela "68 ByiBd a aBos pape 69 eran, Bpapdiras pep. ana ALOMAN ‘There is such a thing as the vengeance of the gods: that man is blessed who devoutly 1! weaves to the nd the web of his day unweoping. ‘And so I sing of the brightness of Agido: I see her like the sun, which Agido summons to shine on us as ‘our witness; but our illustrious choir-leader "by no ‘means allows mo either to praise or to fault her"; for she herself seems pre-eminent, just as ifone were to put a horse among grazing herds, a sturdy, thunderous-hoofed prize-winner, one of those seen in. rock-sheltered dreams. Why, don’t you see? The racehorse is Venetic "™; but the hair of my cousin, Hagesichora has the bloom of undefiled gold, and her silver face—why do I tell you oponly? ‘This is Hagesichora here; and the second in beauty after ‘Agido will run like a Colaxaean horse against. an Ibenian "; for the Pleiads,"® as we carry a plough!” "Or ‘choorfull,!* Presumably Hagesichora, whose rpame moans Choirleader; so at 84. Agido seems to be principal assistant in the rites, "*Le. Agi ‘from the northern Adriatic (mod. Venice); the race horse must be Agido. Le, Agido haa no close rival: the Colaxaean horse may be from Seythia (eee. Bolton, ‘Ariatoas 48), the swifter Ibonian from Latin." Subject of much controversy: probably the Pleiads (or Doves) are a rival choir, and the imagery of fighting (60), protection (65), guarding (77) and peace (91) refera to" their com: petition. Others take the Plsiads to be the star-group, Rurrying the singers at the approach of dawn or of the ploughingseason, Others again follow the Scholinst and {ake the Pleinds (or doves) to be Hagesichora and Agido; in their view the military imegery is erotic. , 780 Sosiphanes (Schol}; the ‘word “usually “meane ‘robe! 365GREBK LYRIC (60 rai TedndSes yap dua "Oplpiar papos depolaass vivra Bt éyBpociaw dre oper Gorpov éumpoudvas pdyorran ore ydp 7 mopdipas 65 réo00s xépos Gar’ dyivat, ore nouthos Bpdxeay ayxptouos, 0388 wirpa Aibla, vear’Buov {avoylilepdpan dyadua, 10 oi82 rai Navn xéyat, GNX off8'] ‘Apéra owed, 0580 Eihaxls renal Kheyowoyon, 088° é AimmayBpl ras évfoioa daseis “Aoragis (rlé wot yévorro 16 wai moreno: BAwMa Aayaplélra + dpard re Fives A “Aynoryspa we rape mnorytdlalel nap" aire, 80 "AyaBo [8° ferlap paver Gworhpled 7] du! éraves a0 ra [edd], wo, Béfaade: loshin yap dva real ros: [xo]poordris, 85 Fetmouut w’, [élydy wav abrd 60 wehedBes pap. 62 oor, acipor suprascr. ut Videtur "63 aoep- pap. 76 wads pap. TT reper, eps schol. B” 80 fortasse (S¢rlapuéra 82 suppl Blass "85 coy pap ‘366 ALCMAN to Orthria,** rise through the ambrosial night like the star Sirius and fight against us. For abundance of purple isnot sufficient for protec- tion, nor intricate snake of solid gold, no, nor Lydian headband, pride of dark-eyed girls, nor the hair of Nanno, nor again godlike Areta nor Thylacis and Cleésithera; nor will you !® go to Aenesimbrota’s and say, ‘Ifonly Astaphis were mine, if only Philylla were to look my way and Damareta and lovely Ianthemis’; no, Hagesichora guards me." For is not fair-ankled Hagesichora present here? Does she not remain (near) Agido and commend our festival? Come, you gods, accept their (prayers): to the gods belong fulfilment and accomplishment, Choir- leader,—if I may speak—T am myself only a girl of the Morning Twilight, called ‘Dawn-goddess’ 2 n. 22. Some road dpdpia as an adjective, for ‘in the morning twilight, a8 we eurry a plough, ‘oReminine. Trainer of the four givls} Ora dispenser of love-potions? "*" Others read vases and ‘translate, "H. wears me out (with lovey 367GREEK L¥RIC apotos udrar dnd Opn Nana Phas: By SD] Bde slr dba Favtiony Spar nbver yap ie arp Spero 90 €f “Aynarxdplas] 88 vednibes iphivas éparlas énéBav. 7a} re ip onpaspen tlie] eupeprdras 32 xoh 95 wlile va pddvor’ dxodny: Sore atelier dodbordpa ule ob, cual yép, dvr[? 8° &vBexa. raibuw dex{as a5" deidlec 100 Béyyeras 3 [dp] dle” en] BévXn foator ixvos: & 8° Emydpan favBa Koplowar desunt i versus 88 asd pap. 91 guppl. Page 89 euppl. Blass. 1 stool Weil 98 0 schol supp, £0 suppl, Wilame in marg, eoronis 368 ALCMAN screeching pointlessly, an owl from a rafter; but even 0 I long to please Aotis #* most ofall, for she proved the hesler of our sufferings *; but it was thanks to Hagesichora that girls trod the path of lovely peace. For (like) the trace-horse®*, . . ,andinaship too ‘one must obey the helmsman most ofall; and she is of ‘course (not) more melodious than the Sirens, for thoy are goddesses; but this our choir of ten sings as well as eleven girls: why, ite song is like that of a swan on the waters of the Xanthus; and she?” . . her lovely yellow hair, . ** *Presumably ‘Dawn-goddess’ and to be equated with Orthria (61), but not securely identified: suggestions are Artemis, Helen, Phoobe (or whom ces fr). 2 Not understood: pethaps a metaphorical reference to the arduous ‘preparations. for previous festival and ‘competition, rather than to n disaster uch as sickness or war, Perhaps vietory in a compelition, but see B16. ** Presumably Hagesichora guides the choir as the “tracehorse and. helmsman -dizect” chariot and ship.“ *©0Or ‘instead of (Schol).*Hagesichora sain? The poem ends four lines later. 369GREEK LYRIC Bt Gen. (p-18 Calame) ai 18 aiBedorers (-rovB) de map “Aden, afar xfer sdilpimaco albdorare, cod, A ovat windy. ab, 004. B aviow dnp. ai. (cf. v.2) off. 12.88, 3. Oxy. 2387 fet Meboas ‘Odlupmddes, wept we dpéras indpun véals davis" senha la dean srapooryfas éxés : 5 mpbs allBépa wahdr Synovad eos ivr det han ool year Js 82 a aye ne8" dyey’ tev dy rélquora wéulay GlavBiy rdf Pe fr. Sco ii ‘ . G1 Avoyedet re bow, raxepsirepa ves wal guvdnes norclpwerat OBE 11 pafeBlans yhorja xhfva ‘Alelropdtosce 8" ofBtyduclBerat, 66 dada vifp monecr’ toon [Sl rs ephlrs dori ipa’ Biauners $B xpdowor fps 9 éranaty ploy 978 ALCMAN _Etymologicum Genuinum (on superlatives in -erares) alBoorerois also found, asin Aleman: ‘most worthy . 8 Papyrus (end of Ist c.8.¢ or beginning of Iste. A.) fe. 1 Olympian ? (Muses, fll) my heart (with longing for a new) song: I (am eager) to hear the (maiden) voice of girls singing a beautiful melody (to the heavens). . . (it?) willseatter sweet (sleep) frommy eyes and leads me to go to the assembly (of Antheia?), (whore) I shall (rapidly) shake my yellow hair... oft feet f.9.. .cold. +. and with limb loosening desire, and she looks (at nef) more meltingly than sleep or death, and notin vain Nisshe sweet. But Astymeloisa makesno answer tome; no, holding the garland,” like a bright star of the shining heavens or a golden branch or soft down “VA reference to dancing? 80 verses fare misting here, except for the adjective cold’, which is marginal note. ‘Text and sense ‘sPamphilus in Ath: 15,678a says that the word (lao in fr. 60) is used ofa gariand offered by Spartans tolera. 379GREEK LYRIC 0 |. 88a, ravaois nolot kaNXlcJoyos voria Kuripa xldples Ent mlapocoinas yalravcw dobee ude Alorapéhovoa xard orparéy Gpyeran ) Opa Bde. % Yyar éhoiea Theva 1 feneen aod deren Ja Boys af mas wg. ov Got 80 do}goy [toto émais xpss NiBou, aie « [eva i]edess xvas yevoiuar viv S| Vou watba BolOhippove aude. [ Je Exoreay Td vena % Td tg ental OA bene, v8 ht sonia cupola 8g) 6 h, gonial ge abhraaea hn a erie es meat ceare nth Se paps eto Segoe mame sta sh ag but eee Oat IE apa Dil "5S pe Soe mary. os) lela erdos etn rns af antennae sale ces SES cont ALCMAN she passed through with her long fect; friving beauty to her tresses, the moist charm of Cinyras® sits on the maiden's hair. (Truly) Asty- meloisa (goes) through the crowd the darling of the people’. .taking. . .[say;.. .ifonly. . .asilver cup. . . [were to see whether perchance she were to love me.* If only she came nearer and took my soft hand, immediately I would become her suppliant. As itis, . .awise girl. . .girl.. .mehaving. . . the girl...’ grace. . .* “Le. Cyprian porfumed oil: Cinyras was a mythical king of Cyprus, "Her name. mesne “darling ‘of the city’ "The connection of the elatises is uncertain, "The papyrus has the beginnings of another 80 lines: v.98 may have the word ‘nightingaleGy, vy.115 and 118 seem to begin, ‘you know’ and (@)he knows" The poem had at Teast 198 verse, ie. 14 stanzas ‘Schotiast (in the upper margin ofthe papyrus) ‘This ode ia wrongly inserted in the exemplars in the ith book also, and in. that ‘book it was. bracketed" in Anistonicus’ exemplar but not bracketed in Ptolemacus. fo denote exclusion. The scholiast maintaine that the poem belongs to Book 1, not to Book 5. An Aristonicus and Prolemaeus, father and son, are known as scholars from ‘Ath. 1L 4814, schol. 14.424, Sud. A302, TIS ‘381