Epigram 6.54

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Codex Palatinus 23 p. 150

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τὸν χαλκοῦν τέττιγα Λυκωρέϊ Λοκρὸς ἀνάπτει
Εὔνομος, ἀθλοσύνας μνᾶμα φιλοστεφάνου.
ἦν γὰρ ἀγὼν φόρμιγγος: ὁ δ᾽ ἀντίος ἵστατο Πάρθις:
ἀλλ᾽ ὅκα δὴ πλάκτρῳ Λοκρὶς ἔκρεξε χέλυς,

βραγχὸν τετριγυῖα λύρας ἀπεκόμπασε χορδά:
πρὶν δὲ μέλος σκάζειν εὔποδος ἁρμονίας,
ἁβρὸν ἐπιτρύζων κιθάρας ὕπερ ἕζετο τέττιξ,
καὶ τὸν ἀποιχομένου φθόγγον ὑπῆλθε μίτου,
τὰν δὲ πάρος λαλαγεῦσαν ἐν ἄλσεσιν ἀγρότιν ἀχὼ

πρὸς νόμον ἁμετέρας τρέψε λυροκτυπίας,
τῷ σε, μάκαρ Λητῷε, τεῷ τέττιγι γεραίρει,
χάλκεον ἱδρύσας ᾠδὸν ὑπὲρ κιθάρας.

— Paton edition

To Lycorean Apollo doth Locrian Eunomus dedicate the brazen cicada in memory of his contest for the crown. The contest was in lyre-playings and opposite him stood his competitor, Parthis. But when the Locrian shell rang to the stroke of the plectrum, the string cracked with a hoarse cry. But before the running melody could go lame, a cicada
liglited on the lyre chirping tenderly and caught up the vanishing note of the chord, adapting to the fashion of our playing its wild music that used to echo in the woods. Therefore, divine Son of Leto, doth he honour thee with the gift of thy cicada, perching the brazen songster upon thy lyre.

— Paton edition

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Le "dieu de Lycorée" désignait soit le plus haut sommet du Parnasse, où était bâti un temple de Zeus, soit une ville située un peu au-dessus de Delphes et où se trouvait, entre autres, un temple d'Apollon. -P. Waltz

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