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fact, the title was usually regarded as his beyond dispute. Never-
theless there were dissentients. A literary tradition attributes the
Agyietts-piWar to Dionysos, or at least to Dionysos in partnership
with Apollon1; and a marble vieta in the Villa Albani (fig. 109)2
5 Paus. 2. 19. 8 eiri tovtois (sc. after the graves of Linos, son of Apollon, and Linos,
the poet) iarlv 'AwbXXtov 'A7weus /ecu ftw/u,bs 'Teriov Aios, k.t.X.
6 Paus. 8. 53. 1 t(iJ Se 'AttoXXwvi oi Teyearai rep 'Ayviel to. dydXp.aTa iir curia <paalv
iSpvaaadai TOLa.Se. ' AiroXXcova Kai"ApTep.iv ewi iraaav Xiyovcu x&pav Tcuupelcrdai tQ>v tote
dvdpunrwv ocroi At/tovs, rjv'iKa elxev iv rrj yaarpi, TrXa.vwp.evrjs Kai d<ptK0/xev7]s is rr\v yfjv
iKeivrjv ovSiva iwoLrjaavTO avrrjs \byov. tos Se apa Kai is t~t)v TeyeaTujv iX-rjXvdivai tovs
deovs, ivravda vibv TeyeaTOv S/cecppoj' irpoaeXdbvTa tQ> 'AttoXXiovi iv awopprjTip 8iaXiyeo~6ai
Trpbs avrbv AeLfiLov Si—rjv Se /ecu 6 AeL/j.uiv ovtos TeyeaTov tlov iraiSwv—virovorjaas eyKXr]p.a
€X€LV ^s eavTov rd vtto 2/ce</>poi> Xeybfieva, dwoKTivvvcnv iiriSpafibjv tov d8eX<pbv. /cat Aei/xaJca
/xiv To^evdivTa vtto 'A/sreyUiSos TrepirjXdev clvtlklx f/ StKrj tov (pbvov Teyedrrjs Se Kai ^ilaipa to
fxev irapavTiKa 'AttoWuvl Kai 'AprecuSt dvovaiv, varepov Se eiriXa^ovarji aKapwias iaxvpds
rjXde p.dvTevp.a in AeX<pi3v ^Ke<ppov dpt]velv. Kai aXXa re iv tov 'A7uiecjs Trj iopTrj Spioaiv is
Tip.r\v tov —Kerppov Kai rj ttjs ' Aprip.iSos iipeia SitoKei Tivd are avTT] tov Aeipuova rj "Aprepas.
F. G. Welcker Kleine Schriftcn Bonn 1844 i. 18 f. cp. the mourning for Linos and in-
terprets the names ' Leimon, Feuchtling, und Skephros, Dorrling, deren Mutter Mara
ist, die Sirioshitze in weiblicher Form,'—a view revived by Immerwahr Kult. Myth.
Arkad. p. 62, H. W. Stoll in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 1933 f., Buslepp ib. iv. 991 f., and
(with the omission of rash etymologies) by Preller—Robert Gr. Myth. i. 464. Nilsson Gr.
Festc p. 166 f. is impressed by the fact that the grave of Linos at Argos adjoined an Apollon
Agyieus and an altar of Zeus Hyttios [supra n. 5), but points out that Leimon would
personify the year's vegetation better than Skephros, unless we cp. the ffTa<pv\oSpbfj,oi of
the Karneia [id. ib. pp. 121. 126) and hazard the guess ' dass Leimon ein Doppelganger
des Skephros ist, dessen redender Name den Sinn des Gebrauchs verdeutlichen sollte.'
Sir J. G. Frazer on Paus. loc. cit., after F. Back De Graecorum eaerimoniis in quibus
homines deorum vice fnngebantur Berlin 1883 p. 24 ff. and Immerwahr Kult. Myth.
Arkad. p. 155, cp. the festival of the Agrionia at Orchomenos in Boiotia (Plout. quaestt.
Gr. 38) and argues that the Tegean rite ' appears to have been a substitute for human
sacrifices offered to make the crops grow.' Sir W. Ridgeway The Origin of Tragedy with
special reference to the Greek Tragedians Cambridge 1910 p. 37 ft. regards Skephros as a
local hero, whose ghost was placated by a ' mimetic performance' held close to his tomb,
and thinks that the ceremony ' throws some light on the origin of Tragedy.' The problem
is complex, and none of these solutions is wholly satisfactory. Paus. 8. 5. 6 adds Te7ectTcus Se
tov 'Aymiias tcc dydXp.aTa Teaaapd elo~iv dpidpbv, virb (pvXijs ev iKdaTijs iSpv/mivov (infra p. 454).
' Paus. 8. 32. 4 eicri Se inroKaTa(3dvTt bXiyov 6eoi—irapixovTai Se Kai ovtol (rxVP-a reTpd-
ywvov (supra p. 160 n. 5), 'Ep7<XTCu Se ioTiv avrols e7n'/cX??cris—'Adr/va re 'Ep7<xi'?; Kai
AttoXXlov 'Ayvievs.
8 Kaibel Epigr. Gr. no. 786. 1 ff. (= Corp. inscr. Gr. ii no. 2661, 1 ff. = Cougny Anth.
Pal. Append. 1. 132. 1 ff. an inscription from Plalikarnassos of c. s. ii) Xocrcro? Mvp/j.iSbvos
Kovpav Atos avdeTo waiSa | "ApTe/miv evbXftwi Tt2iSe irapd TrpoirvXtvi, j Qo'l(3wl A7Dtet TavSe
vifMUV X&pt-v, ov irepi Kpar[i] \ Sd<pvas evad/uovs KXuvas dvaaTe<peTai. | dXXct cr[i;] oi Tifxas
[p.epos dXXo tl ■Kep.ir'~\ iiri Ti2>iSe, | u> cifi'a], Ta[t] ,ue7ctXa[t TavTai] iir evuejiiai. The restora-
tion of the last two lines is very uncertain—see A. Boeckh and E. Cougny ad loc.
1 Harpokr. s.n. Ayvtas -... Ayvievs Si io~Ti k'lwv eh b^v Xrjyuv, Sv io~Tao~i irpb t<2v dvpQiv.
iSiovs Se elvai <pao~iv avTovs 'AttoXXcovos, oi Si Aiovvcrov, oi Se dp.<polv — Souid. s.v. dyviai -
schol. Aid. Aristoph. vesp. 875 = Bekker anecd. i. 331, 32 f. (with'HXt'ou for 'A7r6XXw^os,
cp. Cornut. theol. 32 p. 69, 9ft". Lang, schol. Eur. Phoen. 631). Harpokration has clearly
preserved for us the opinions of various commentators on Dem. in Mid. 51 f. (supra
p. 163 n. 4).
2 G. Zoega Li bassirilievi antichi di Roma Roma 1808 i. 158—161 pi. 34 = my fig. 109,
Agy ieus-V\\\ ar s
fact, the title was usually regarded as his beyond dispute. Never-
theless there were dissentients. A literary tradition attributes the
Agyietts-piWar to Dionysos, or at least to Dionysos in partnership
with Apollon1; and a marble vieta in the Villa Albani (fig. 109)2
5 Paus. 2. 19. 8 eiri tovtois (sc. after the graves of Linos, son of Apollon, and Linos,
the poet) iarlv 'AwbXXtov 'A7weus /ecu ftw/u,bs 'Teriov Aios, k.t.X.
6 Paus. 8. 53. 1 t(iJ Se 'AttoXXwvi oi Teyearai rep 'Ayviel to. dydXp.aTa iir curia <paalv
iSpvaaadai TOLa.Se. ' AiroXXcova Kai"ApTep.iv ewi iraaav Xiyovcu x&pav Tcuupelcrdai tQ>v tote
dvdpunrwv ocroi At/tovs, rjv'iKa elxev iv rrj yaarpi, TrXa.vwp.evrjs Kai d<ptK0/xev7]s is rr\v yfjv
iKeivrjv ovSiva iwoLrjaavTO avrrjs \byov. tos Se apa Kai is t~t)v TeyeaTujv iX-rjXvdivai tovs
deovs, ivravda vibv TeyeaTOv S/cecppoj' irpoaeXdbvTa tQ> 'AttoXXiovi iv awopprjTip 8iaXiyeo~6ai
Trpbs avrbv AeLfiLov Si—rjv Se /ecu 6 AeL/j.uiv ovtos TeyeaTov tlov iraiSwv—virovorjaas eyKXr]p.a
€X€LV ^s eavTov rd vtto 2/ce</>poi> Xeybfieva, dwoKTivvvcnv iiriSpafibjv tov d8eX<pbv. /cat Aei/xaJca
/xiv To^evdivTa vtto 'A/sreyUiSos TrepirjXdev clvtlklx f/ StKrj tov (pbvov Teyedrrjs Se Kai ^ilaipa to
fxev irapavTiKa 'AttoWuvl Kai 'AprecuSt dvovaiv, varepov Se eiriXa^ovarji aKapwias iaxvpds
rjXde p.dvTevp.a in AeX<pi3v ^Ke<ppov dpt]velv. Kai aXXa re iv tov 'A7uiecjs Trj iopTrj Spioaiv is
Tip.r\v tov —Kerppov Kai rj ttjs ' Aprip.iSos iipeia SitoKei Tivd are avTT] tov Aeipuova rj "Aprepas.
F. G. Welcker Kleine Schriftcn Bonn 1844 i. 18 f. cp. the mourning for Linos and in-
terprets the names ' Leimon, Feuchtling, und Skephros, Dorrling, deren Mutter Mara
ist, die Sirioshitze in weiblicher Form,'—a view revived by Immerwahr Kult. Myth.
Arkad. p. 62, H. W. Stoll in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 1933 f., Buslepp ib. iv. 991 f., and
(with the omission of rash etymologies) by Preller—Robert Gr. Myth. i. 464. Nilsson Gr.
Festc p. 166 f. is impressed by the fact that the grave of Linos at Argos adjoined an Apollon
Agyieus and an altar of Zeus Hyttios [supra n. 5), but points out that Leimon would
personify the year's vegetation better than Skephros, unless we cp. the ffTa<pv\oSpbfj,oi of
the Karneia [id. ib. pp. 121. 126) and hazard the guess ' dass Leimon ein Doppelganger
des Skephros ist, dessen redender Name den Sinn des Gebrauchs verdeutlichen sollte.'
Sir J. G. Frazer on Paus. loc. cit., after F. Back De Graecorum eaerimoniis in quibus
homines deorum vice fnngebantur Berlin 1883 p. 24 ff. and Immerwahr Kult. Myth.
Arkad. p. 155, cp. the festival of the Agrionia at Orchomenos in Boiotia (Plout. quaestt.
Gr. 38) and argues that the Tegean rite ' appears to have been a substitute for human
sacrifices offered to make the crops grow.' Sir W. Ridgeway The Origin of Tragedy with
special reference to the Greek Tragedians Cambridge 1910 p. 37 ft. regards Skephros as a
local hero, whose ghost was placated by a ' mimetic performance' held close to his tomb,
and thinks that the ceremony ' throws some light on the origin of Tragedy.' The problem
is complex, and none of these solutions is wholly satisfactory. Paus. 8. 5. 6 adds Te7ectTcus Se
tov 'Aymiias tcc dydXp.aTa Teaaapd elo~iv dpidpbv, virb (pvXijs ev iKdaTijs iSpv/mivov (infra p. 454).
' Paus. 8. 32. 4 eicri Se inroKaTa(3dvTt bXiyov 6eoi—irapixovTai Se Kai ovtol (rxVP-a reTpd-
ywvov (supra p. 160 n. 5), 'Ep7<XTCu Se ioTiv avrols e7n'/cX??cris—'Adr/va re 'Ep7<xi'?; Kai
AttoXXlov 'Ayvievs.
8 Kaibel Epigr. Gr. no. 786. 1 ff. (= Corp. inscr. Gr. ii no. 2661, 1 ff. = Cougny Anth.
Pal. Append. 1. 132. 1 ff. an inscription from Plalikarnassos of c. s. ii) Xocrcro? Mvp/j.iSbvos
Kovpav Atos avdeTo waiSa | "ApTe/miv evbXftwi Tt2iSe irapd TrpoirvXtvi, j Qo'l(3wl A7Dtet TavSe
vifMUV X&pt-v, ov irepi Kpar[i] \ Sd<pvas evad/uovs KXuvas dvaaTe<peTai. | dXXct cr[i;] oi Tifxas
[p.epos dXXo tl ■Kep.ir'~\ iiri Ti2>iSe, | u> cifi'a], Ta[t] ,ue7ctXa[t TavTai] iir evuejiiai. The restora-
tion of the last two lines is very uncertain—see A. Boeckh and E. Cougny ad loc.
1 Harpokr. s.n. Ayvtas -... Ayvievs Si io~Ti k'lwv eh b^v Xrjyuv, Sv io~Tao~i irpb t<2v dvpQiv.
iSiovs Se elvai <pao~iv avTovs 'AttoXXcovos, oi Si Aiovvcrov, oi Se dp.<polv — Souid. s.v. dyviai -
schol. Aid. Aristoph. vesp. 875 = Bekker anecd. i. 331, 32 f. (with'HXt'ou for 'A7r6XXw^os,
cp. Cornut. theol. 32 p. 69, 9ft". Lang, schol. Eur. Phoen. 631). Harpokration has clearly
preserved for us the opinions of various commentators on Dem. in Mid. 51 f. (supra
p. 163 n. 4).
2 G. Zoega Li bassirilievi antichi di Roma Roma 1808 i. 158—161 pi. 34 = my fig. 109,