Είλωτες (fr. 149)

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party) at Philem. fr. 45.5; Ath. 14.637b; Poll. 4.59; Hsch. i 49 ~ Phot, i 6 = Suda
i 29; Suda σ 73; Masson 1967. 91-3.
τρίγωνον Literally “three-corner”, another type of harp, mentioned also
at fr. 88.2; Pherecr. fr. 47; Ar. fr. 255; Pl. Com. fr. 71.13 (a female entertainer at
a symposium holds a trigonos and sings an “Ionian”—i. e. lascivious—song as
she plays it); S. frr. 239; 412.1; Diog. Trag. TrGF45 F 1.9; Pl. R. 399c; Maas and
Snyder 1989. 150-1; West 1992a. 72, 73, 76-7.

fr. 149 K.-A. (140 K.)
τέμενος Ποτειδά ποντίω
Ποτειδά Kock : Ποτιδά codd.
precinct of Poseidon god of the sea
[Hdn.] Grammatici Graeci III.2 p. 917.1-5
ε’ίρηται δε καί Ποτιδάς ώς Κερκίδάς- ένθεν αιτιατική έν Κύκλωπι (Epich. fr. 70)·-.
Σώφρων (fr. 125) τε τήν κλητικήν έφη--. ό δε τούς Είλωτας {ποιήσας) (addidi) τήν
γενικήν φησι--
Potidas is also said, like Kerkidas; whence the accusative in Kykldps (Epich. fr. 70):-.
Sophron (fr. 125) too uses the vocative:-. And the {author of> (my supplement) the
Heildtes uses the genitive:-
Meter lambic trimeter, e. g.
Discussion Meineke 1839 II.482-3; Hecker 1850; Crusius 1910. 100; Colvin
1999. 272
Citation context From a note on Doric forms of the divine name Ποσειδών.
Interpretation Spoken by a Spartan (or a Spartan-speaking helot?), like fr.
147. For the Laconian forms, see Colvin.
A τέμενος (cognate with τέμνω, “cut”; attested already in Mycenean) is a
portion of land “cut out” for a deity, king or the like (e. g. Ar. Lys. 482, of the
Acropolis; Ra. 219b, of Dionysus’ sanctuary έν Λίμναις; II. 2.696 Δήμητρος
τέμενος, “Demeter’s temenos”', 18.550 τέμενος βασιλήϊον, “royal temenos”',
Asius fr. 13.2, p. 130 Bernabe Ήρης τέμενος, '‘temenos of Hera”; Pi. P. 2.2
τέμενος Αρεος, “temenos of Ares”; N. 6.41 Ποσειδάνιον ... τέμενος, “temenos of
Poseidon”); see in general Latte 1934; Papazarkadas 2011. 2-13 et passim. As