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Χρυσοϋν γένος (fr. 298)
463
rather than “thirteenth”. And
“but he himself was brought down by the fourth”,
says Pindar (fr. 135.2), instead of “fourteenth”.
“Let your wife attain her fourth-year puberty, and let her marry in her fifth”
(Hes. Op. 698),
rather than “in her fourteenth year and her fifteenth (year)”.278 And Eupolis in Chrysoun
genos:-. But at other times they reckon inclusively, so that they can express the
entire number etc.
Meter lambic trimeter.
5 -
— — —— <x—>
Discussion Meineke 1839. 537-8; Meineke 1847. 206; Cobet 1876. 416; Kock
1880 1.333-4; Crusius 1892; Hoffmann 1910. 36; Schiassi 1944. 62; Schmid 1946.
116; Edmonds 1957. 410-11; Wilson 1977. 280-1; Kaibel ap. K.-A.; Tammaro
1988; Storey 1990. 18; Treu 1999. 135 n. 249; Storey 2003. 271-3, 274-5
Citation context Part of a long note on II. 10.252-3 παροίχωκεν δέ πλέων
νύξ / των δύο μοιράων, τριτάτη δ’ έτι μοίρα λέλειπται (“the night has ad-
vanced more than two portions, and the third portion is still remaining”;
Odysseus urging Diomedes into action) primarily concerned with the “silly
question” (Hainsworth 1993 ad loc.) of how more than two-thirds of the night
could have passed, if one-third was still remaining. The first verse of Pi. fr. 135
(needed to make sense of Porphyry’s comment) is preserved at Σ Pi. O. 1.127:
πέφνε δέ τρεις καί δέκ’ άνδρας (“he killed thirteen men”).
For the rhetorical device (άπαρτιλογία) to which the first half of Porphyry’s
note refers, cf. Harp. p. 42.16-17 = A 172 Keaney (citing Herodotus and Lysias;
quoted from the Epitome of Harpocration at Suda a 2929 - Synag. B a 1622).
278 Thus Poll. 1.58 δταν δέ εϊπη ό 'Ησίοδος “ή δέ γυνή τέτορ’ ήβώοι”—quoting the
usual, metrical version of the text, rather than Porphyry’s unmetrical τέταρτον
έτος ήβώοι—τετταρακαίδεκα έτη λέγει, προσαριθμουμένων τών δέκα (“But when
Hesiod says 'Let your wife tetor’ hebdoi, he means ‘fourteen years’, the ‘ten’ being
added to the number”). But what Hesiod seems to mean is “let her be four years
post-puberty, and let her marry in the fifth”; see West 1978 ad loc.
463
rather than “thirteenth”. And
“but he himself was brought down by the fourth”,
says Pindar (fr. 135.2), instead of “fourteenth”.
“Let your wife attain her fourth-year puberty, and let her marry in her fifth”
(Hes. Op. 698),
rather than “in her fourteenth year and her fifteenth (year)”.278 And Eupolis in Chrysoun
genos:-. But at other times they reckon inclusively, so that they can express the
entire number etc.
Meter lambic trimeter.
5 -
— — —— <x—>
Discussion Meineke 1839. 537-8; Meineke 1847. 206; Cobet 1876. 416; Kock
1880 1.333-4; Crusius 1892; Hoffmann 1910. 36; Schiassi 1944. 62; Schmid 1946.
116; Edmonds 1957. 410-11; Wilson 1977. 280-1; Kaibel ap. K.-A.; Tammaro
1988; Storey 1990. 18; Treu 1999. 135 n. 249; Storey 2003. 271-3, 274-5
Citation context Part of a long note on II. 10.252-3 παροίχωκεν δέ πλέων
νύξ / των δύο μοιράων, τριτάτη δ’ έτι μοίρα λέλειπται (“the night has ad-
vanced more than two portions, and the third portion is still remaining”;
Odysseus urging Diomedes into action) primarily concerned with the “silly
question” (Hainsworth 1993 ad loc.) of how more than two-thirds of the night
could have passed, if one-third was still remaining. The first verse of Pi. fr. 135
(needed to make sense of Porphyry’s comment) is preserved at Σ Pi. O. 1.127:
πέφνε δέ τρεις καί δέκ’ άνδρας (“he killed thirteen men”).
For the rhetorical device (άπαρτιλογία) to which the first half of Porphyry’s
note refers, cf. Harp. p. 42.16-17 = A 172 Keaney (citing Herodotus and Lysias;
quoted from the Epitome of Harpocration at Suda a 2929 - Synag. B a 1622).
278 Thus Poll. 1.58 δταν δέ εϊπη ό 'Ησίοδος “ή δέ γυνή τέτορ’ ήβώοι”—quoting the
usual, metrical version of the text, rather than Porphyry’s unmetrical τέταρτον
έτος ήβώοι—τετταρακαίδεκα έτη λέγει, προσαριθμουμένων τών δέκα (“But when
Hesiod says 'Let your wife tetor’ hebdoi, he means ‘fourteen years’, the ‘ten’ being
added to the number”). But what Hesiod seems to mean is “let her be four years
post-puberty, and let her marry in the fifth”; see West 1978 ad loc.