Cook, Arthur B.: Zeus: a study in ancient religion (Band 2,1): Zeus god of the dark sky (thunder and lightning): Text and notes (Cambridge, 1925)

The Pythia as Bride of Apollon 209

Strabon1 before them, definitely implies that Apollon impregnated
the Pythia as she sat on the tripod2 and filled her with his own
divinity3. Moreover, the marital relation of the god and his pro-

Trvev/uia wovnjpbv KaTwdev dvabibbfxevov Kai bid tu>v yevvt]TiKS)v aiirrjs biabiibftevov p.opiiov
wXripovv ttjv yvvaiKa t?)s fiavias, Kai Tavrrjv tcxs Tpixas Xvovaav \onrbv eK^aKX^veadai re Kal
d<ppbv eK tov crro/j-aTos d<pievai, Kai outws ev irapoivia yevofxevrjv to. tt)s /xavias (pdeyyeadai
p'17/xaTa.

1 Strab. 419 <paal 5' elvai to fxavTelov dvrpov koTXov Kara (3ddovs (j3ddos cod. k. Aid.),
ov pidXa evpvaTOpiov, dvatpepeadai 5' e'£ avrov wvevpia evdovaiaaTiKov, virepKeiadai be rod
(tto/J.lov Tpiiroba v\pyfXbv, etp' '6v ti]v Wvdiav dvaj3aivovaav, bexopievrjv (cp. Orig. c. Cels. 7. 3
supra p. 208 n. 1) to Trvevp.a, dirodeairi^eiv 'ip-p-eTpa re Kai d/xerpa ' evreiveiv be Kai ravra (is
/bLirpov tt0l7]Tds Tivas virovpyovvTas toj iepcj!.

2 If Apollon was evbXfxios, his priestess was evoXfxis: cp. Soph. frag. 942 Nauck2, 1044
Jebb evbX\xios ap. et. mag. p. 344, 37 ft. evo\p.is' rjv ti yevos fxdvTewv (F. G. Sturz proposed
evoXpis—fiavreiuiv, or evoXfiios or 'ivoX/xos—fxdvTewv) ovtoj KaXovfxevov Sid to ev bXfxui koi-
jxrjdrjvai [yiveadai] (yiveadai om. M. F. G. Sturz cj. did to tovs ev bXpup KoifxrjdevTas
piavTiKovs yiveadai) ' bXp.01 be XeyovTai oi Tpiwobes tov ' AirbXXwvos. odev Kai irapoifxia " ev
oX/xip evvdaw" dvri rod piavTiKos <eyevov (ins. F. Sylburg)>. 6 be —o0o/cX?js " ivtikfiios"
(R. F. P. Brunck, perhaps rightly, placed dvTi tov fiavTiKos after 6 be 'ZocpoKXrjs
"ivbXfjuos." The et. gen. as cited by E. Miller Melanges de littirature grecque Paris 1868
p. 114 has 6 be loepoKXijs 'EvoX/ulv tov 'A-rrbXXiova Xeyei), Zenob. 3. 63 ev oXpiip evvdaw' oi
fxev "OX/ulov fxdvTiv <pao~iv oi be tovs ev bX/jup KoifxrjdevTas fxavTiKobs yiveadai, odev (so et.
mag. loc. at. u>s codd.) Kai Trapoi/j.iav yeviadai. Kai 'ApiaTorpdvijs 6 ypap.fxaTiKos cprjaiv ws oi
ev bX/xoj Koip.r)6evTes /xavTiKoi' Kai tovs Tpiirobas tov 'AttoXXwvos oXfxovs KaXeiadai, Kai
'AttoXXuv vtto ^otpoKX^ovs "eVoA/xos," Eustath. in II. p. 836, 44ft. irepi tov toiovtov bXfxov
Xbyos t)v ojs oi Koip-wixevoi ev avTi2 fxavTiKoi eyivovTO. Ilavaavias ovv (prjaiv Trapoi/jnaKuis iLev
oXpup eKoi/xricrw," rjyovv p.avTiKos eyevov, schol. //. 11. 147 (published by L. C. Valckenaer
Aniniadversionttm ad Ammonium grammaticum libri Ires Lugduni Batavorum 1739
p. 184) oBev Kai oi iraXaiol tovs ewi ti TepaToXoyovvTas icpaaKov eir' '6Xp.ov KOifxaadai. bib Kai
Havcravias eiri Tiva ypa<pr]v e"Xeye Trap' bXpiov inrvdiTTeiv ' Kai eis trapoifxiav to Trpayf-ia e^erreae
irpbs Ta /mavTiKa acpopuvras, Flout, prov. Alex. 2. 14 ev SX/xip ^KOi/J.r]dr]v • oi ev bXp.ip
KOifxridevTes eirideiaGTiKibTaToi eiaiv, Hesych. ev 6Xfj.q> evvdaio (ev vdaui cod. corr. H.
Junius) ' oi fiev "OX/xov piavriv (paaiv' oi be tovs ev oX/uup KOipiijdevTas fxavTiKovs yiveadai,
Souid. s.v. ev 6'\/xo) eKoifMrjOrj- oi piev "QXfxov <paai /xavTeiov, oi be tovs ev oXpup K0ip.r]6evTas
fxavTiKobs yiveadai' oti Kai oi rpiwobes tov 'AiroXXoivos bXp.01 KaXovvTai = Favorin. lex.
p. 659, 13 ft.

6 In keeping with her character as bride of Apollon is the fact that the Pythia was
always a virgin. At first a young woman was chosen, but after the outrage of Echekrates
the Thessalian a woman over fifty years of age dressed as a virgin. See Eur. Ion 1324 f.
Ifi. xcup', 10 (piXi-j fioi ixrjTep, ov TeKovad irep. | IIT. dX\' ovv Xeybfxedd y (so P. Elmsley for
codd. Xeyb/xead'. C. Badham cj. eXeybpied') ■ rj (pans b' ov p.01 iriKpd, Diod. 16. 26
deairiusbetv be to dpxaiov XeyeTai irapdevovs bid re to Trjs (pvaeus dbidcpdopov Kai to tt)s
'ApTe/jubos b/xoyeves ' TavTas yap evdereiv irpbs to Trjpeiv Ta dwbppriTa tu>v xprl(yfxVoovlJ-^V0}V
(Xpyo~pioboTOVfxeviov codd. F. L.). ev be to(s vewTepois XP°V0L^ <paaiv 'Exe/cpdTTjc (''ExeKP°LTrl
cod. T. et schol. Aristoph. Plout. 9 in ed. Aid.) tov Qe^raXbv Trapayevbpievov eis t6
XPV°"rVPl0V Kal- deaadfxevov tt)v xp^vp-oXoyovaav napdevov epaadrjvai bid to KaXXos avTrjs Kai
avvapirdaavTa fiiaaaadai ' tovs 5e AeXcpovs bid to yeyevr/^vov wddos eis to Xotirbv vofxode-
tt\aai /xrjKeTi irapdevov xP7lCTTrIPl®-ieLV> dXXa yvvalKa wpea/Bvrepav TrevTTjKOVTa eTtov XP7)0'^0'
Xoye'iv - Koap.eiadai 5' avTrjv wapdeviKrj aKevrj Kaddirep virofj.vri/j,aTi (vwbfj.vrjfxd ti schol.
Aristoph. loc. cit.) ttjs waXaias irpo<j>r)Ti5os (sic codd. F. L. et schol. Aristoph. loc. cit.
■Kpocpj)Ttias cett.), Plout. de def. or. 51 tovtuiv evexa Kai avvovaias ayvbv to aQip.a Kai Tbv
fiiov oXus dveiritxiKTov dXXobatrais Kai ddiKTov ofxiXiais (sic codd. V. Barb. Ambr. bp.iXiais
Kai ddiKTov cett.) (pvXaTTovai (sic codd. V1. Barb. Ambr. F. (pvXaTTovarjs cett.) tt)s llvdias

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