Epigram 9.357 — Anthologia Graeca

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urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.ag:9.357

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April 20, 2021

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July 22, 2021

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τέσσαρὲς εἰσιν ἀγῶνες ἀν᾽ Ἑλλάδα, τέσσαρες ἱροί,
οἱ δύο μὲν θνητῶν, οἱ δύο δ᾽ ἀθανάτων
Ζηνός, Λητοΐδαο, Παλαίμονος, Ἀρχεμόροιο.
ἆθλα δὲ τῶν, κότινος, μῆλα, σέλινα, πίτυς.
— Paton edition

There are four games in Greece, two sacred to
mortals and two to immortals : to Zeus, Apollo,
Palaemon, and Archemorus, and their prizes are
wild-olive, apples, celery, and pine-branches.¹
— Paton edition

Authors

Archias lat Aulo Licínio Árquias por Archias fra Aulus Licinius Archias eng Aulo Licinio Arquias spa Aulo Licinio Archia ita Ἀρχίας grc

anónimo spa anonimo ita anonyme fra anónimo por anonymus lat anonymous eng

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Deities (eng)

Zeus eng

Apollo eng Apollon fra Phébus / Phœbus fra

Mythical characters, minor deities (eng)

Mélicerte fra Melicertes por Mélicerte fra Melicertes spa Melicertes eng Melicerte ita Melicertes lat

Archémore fra Opheltes eng Ofeltes de Nemea spa Ofelte ita Ὀφέλτης grc

Scholia

Scholium 9.357.1

Scholium 9.357.2

Comments

Paton Edition: 1 The games are the Olympian, Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemean ones. The crown of pine was the Isthmian pine, the celery the Nemean. The Pythian apples (instead of laurel) are mentioned by other late writers.

Archiae tribuunt Plan., Laur., ΣP. (Les Belles Lettres, t. VII, p. 143)

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