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44 8 The effeminate Twin
Zeus1, or that of Zeus by Typhon2, as meaning merely that the
called Meliai. The genitals tossing on the deep caused the white foam, aphros, amid
which Aphrodite was reared), 472, Antim. frag. 35 Kinkel ap. Plout. qtcaestt. Rom. 42,
Apollod. 1. 1. 4, Ov. Ibis 273 f. with schol. ad loc., Cornut. theol. 7 p. 7, 17 ff. Lang,
Tert. ad nat. 2. 12, Arnob. adv. nat. 4. 24, Aug. de civ. Dei 7. 19, Macrob. Sat. 1. 8. 6 ff.,
a/id. The Phaiakes were sprung from the drops let fall by Ouranos (Alkaios frag. 116
Bergk4 and Akousilaos frag. 29 {Frag. hist. Gr. i. 103 Miiller) ap. schol. Ap. Rhod. 4.
992, where T. Bergk cj. 'AX/c/xdf for 'AXkcuos). Phaiakia or Korkyra is called Apexdvij
(Aristot. frag. 469 Rose ap. Steph. Byz. s.v. 2%epta, cp. schol. Ap. Rhod. 4. 983 ; Kallim.
frag. 554 Schneider ap. Plin. nat. hist. 4. 52) or Apeiravov (Tzetz. in Lyk. Al. 762 and
869) or "ApTrr) (Lyk. Al. 761 f. with schol. ad loc.) because the Spewavov used by Kronos
to mutilate Ouranos, or by Zeus to mutilate Kronos, lies buried beneath it (Timaios frag.
54 {Frag. hist. Gr. i. 203 Miiller) ap. schol. Ap. Rhod. 4. 983 : Ap. Rhod. 4. 982 ff. and
ct. wag. p. 287, 31 f. make Kronos the agent, Lyk. Al. 761 f. and Tzetz. in Lyk. Al. 762,
869 make him the patient), though others referred these names to the Speiravov (schol.
Ap. Rhod. 4. 983, ct. mag. p. 287, 33 ff.) or apirt) of Demeter (Ap. Rhod. 4. 986 ff.).
TidyKXr] (Steph. Byz. s.v.) or Api-navov in Sicily {ct. mag. p. 287, 35 ff, Serv. in Verg.
Aen. 3. 707, cp. Macrob. Sat. 1. 8. 12. Lyk. Al. 869 calls it dpwrjs Kpovov ir^d^p-a: see
C. von Holzinger ad loc.) and Apiiravov in Achaia (Paus. 7. 23. 4) were likewise con-
nected with the sickle of Kronos ; Apeiravov {et. mag. p. 287, 38 f.) or Apeirdvrj in Bithynia,
with that of Zeus (Steph. Byz. s.v. Apeirdv-q, citing the anonymous line Apewdvrjv kXciovo-lv
dwb Kpovidao cnSripov). On the fish 7ro/x7riXos, which together with Aphrodite sprang e/c
tou ovpaviov a'i/xaros (Athen. 282 F: cp. pervig. Ven. 9 cruore de superno), see Gruppe
Gr. Myth. Rel. p. 1351 n. 1.
1 According to the Rhapsodic theogony of the Orphists {c. 500 B.C.?), Zeus at the
advice of Nyx made Kronos drunk on honey, bound him beneath the tall oaks, and gelded
him on the spot {infra § 3 {c) i (v) and Append. G vied.). Cp. Timaios frag. 54 {supra
n. o), Lyk. Al. 761 f. {supra n. o), Lyd. de mens. 4. 64 p. 116, 21 ff. Wiinsch (Aphrodite
born diro tu>v Kpovov fir/Sewv, rovreariv dirb tov aiu>vos), Myth. Vat. 1. 105 Juppiter adultus,
quum Saturnus quodam die ad usum corporis exiret (? a mythological travesty derived
from the comic stage), illato cultro amputavit naturalia ejus, quae in mare projecit, ex
quibus Venus nata est; et mox Juppiter patrem regno expulit, 3. 1. 7 habent quoque
fabulae, vel hunc {sc. Saturnum) patris sui Caeli virilia abscidisse, et abscissa in mare
jecisse, et ex ipsorum cruore spumaque maris Venerem natam esse ; vel ipsum a filio
castratum fuisse, et de ipsius itidem virilibus, in mare missis, Venerem provenisse. de
hac tamen diversitate nonnisi idem sentimus; testiculique utriuslibet abscissi fructus
naturales, quos tempora producunt, teste Fulgentio (Fulgent, myth. 1. 2), designant, etc.,
schol. cod. G. Ov. Ibis 273 Saturnus Caelo patri suo genitalia amputauit (patri suo Caelo
uirilia abscidit ne alium filium generaret cod. C. caelo patri abscidit uirilia cod. Ask.),
unde Calixto (Promptius uel Calmethes cod. C. callisthenes cod. Ask. R. Ellis cj. Pro-
percius uel Callisthenes): Saturnus credens unum laesisse parentem, | tres, non tantum
unum laeserat ille patrem. | non impune tamen, nam parte est laesus eadem, j poenamque
a nato quam dedit ipse tulit. | peccat uterque male (sic), sed cum male peccat uterque (malis
male sed cum uterque cod. C. male ille male hie male peccat uterque cod. Ash.), | hie
peccat peius qui prius ilia (ista codd. C. Ask.) facit. | credere uix ausim esse deos ; me
iudice nempe j tam male qui peccat nec deus est nec homo.
2 The story has come down to us in two different settings. (1) Apollod. 1. 6. 3 : When
the gods had vanquished the Gigantes, Ge in anger consorted with Tartaros, and brought
forth in Kilikia Typhon the most monstrous of all her children. Down to the waist he
was human in shape, but big enough to overtop the mountains; his head often touched
the stars; his hands reached the east and the west, and from them started a hundred
snaky heads. Below the waist he had serpentine coils that reared and hissed. There were
wings all over his body, bristly hair on his head and cheeks, fire in his eyes. He attacked
heaven with hissing and shouting, as he hurled rocks and breathed out fire. The gods on
Zeus1, or that of Zeus by Typhon2, as meaning merely that the
called Meliai. The genitals tossing on the deep caused the white foam, aphros, amid
which Aphrodite was reared), 472, Antim. frag. 35 Kinkel ap. Plout. qtcaestt. Rom. 42,
Apollod. 1. 1. 4, Ov. Ibis 273 f. with schol. ad loc., Cornut. theol. 7 p. 7, 17 ff. Lang,
Tert. ad nat. 2. 12, Arnob. adv. nat. 4. 24, Aug. de civ. Dei 7. 19, Macrob. Sat. 1. 8. 6 ff.,
a/id. The Phaiakes were sprung from the drops let fall by Ouranos (Alkaios frag. 116
Bergk4 and Akousilaos frag. 29 {Frag. hist. Gr. i. 103 Miiller) ap. schol. Ap. Rhod. 4.
992, where T. Bergk cj. 'AX/c/xdf for 'AXkcuos). Phaiakia or Korkyra is called Apexdvij
(Aristot. frag. 469 Rose ap. Steph. Byz. s.v. 2%epta, cp. schol. Ap. Rhod. 4. 983 ; Kallim.
frag. 554 Schneider ap. Plin. nat. hist. 4. 52) or Apeiravov (Tzetz. in Lyk. Al. 762 and
869) or "ApTrr) (Lyk. Al. 761 f. with schol. ad loc.) because the Spewavov used by Kronos
to mutilate Ouranos, or by Zeus to mutilate Kronos, lies buried beneath it (Timaios frag.
54 {Frag. hist. Gr. i. 203 Miiller) ap. schol. Ap. Rhod. 4. 983 : Ap. Rhod. 4. 982 ff. and
ct. wag. p. 287, 31 f. make Kronos the agent, Lyk. Al. 761 f. and Tzetz. in Lyk. Al. 762,
869 make him the patient), though others referred these names to the Speiravov (schol.
Ap. Rhod. 4. 983, ct. mag. p. 287, 33 ff.) or apirt) of Demeter (Ap. Rhod. 4. 986 ff.).
TidyKXr] (Steph. Byz. s.v.) or Api-navov in Sicily {ct. mag. p. 287, 35 ff, Serv. in Verg.
Aen. 3. 707, cp. Macrob. Sat. 1. 8. 12. Lyk. Al. 869 calls it dpwrjs Kpovov ir^d^p-a: see
C. von Holzinger ad loc.) and Apiiravov in Achaia (Paus. 7. 23. 4) were likewise con-
nected with the sickle of Kronos ; Apeiravov {et. mag. p. 287, 38 f.) or Apeirdvrj in Bithynia,
with that of Zeus (Steph. Byz. s.v. Apeirdv-q, citing the anonymous line Apewdvrjv kXciovo-lv
dwb Kpovidao cnSripov). On the fish 7ro/x7riXos, which together with Aphrodite sprang e/c
tou ovpaviov a'i/xaros (Athen. 282 F: cp. pervig. Ven. 9 cruore de superno), see Gruppe
Gr. Myth. Rel. p. 1351 n. 1.
1 According to the Rhapsodic theogony of the Orphists {c. 500 B.C.?), Zeus at the
advice of Nyx made Kronos drunk on honey, bound him beneath the tall oaks, and gelded
him on the spot {infra § 3 {c) i (v) and Append. G vied.). Cp. Timaios frag. 54 {supra
n. o), Lyk. Al. 761 f. {supra n. o), Lyd. de mens. 4. 64 p. 116, 21 ff. Wiinsch (Aphrodite
born diro tu>v Kpovov fir/Sewv, rovreariv dirb tov aiu>vos), Myth. Vat. 1. 105 Juppiter adultus,
quum Saturnus quodam die ad usum corporis exiret (? a mythological travesty derived
from the comic stage), illato cultro amputavit naturalia ejus, quae in mare projecit, ex
quibus Venus nata est; et mox Juppiter patrem regno expulit, 3. 1. 7 habent quoque
fabulae, vel hunc {sc. Saturnum) patris sui Caeli virilia abscidisse, et abscissa in mare
jecisse, et ex ipsorum cruore spumaque maris Venerem natam esse ; vel ipsum a filio
castratum fuisse, et de ipsius itidem virilibus, in mare missis, Venerem provenisse. de
hac tamen diversitate nonnisi idem sentimus; testiculique utriuslibet abscissi fructus
naturales, quos tempora producunt, teste Fulgentio (Fulgent, myth. 1. 2), designant, etc.,
schol. cod. G. Ov. Ibis 273 Saturnus Caelo patri suo genitalia amputauit (patri suo Caelo
uirilia abscidit ne alium filium generaret cod. C. caelo patri abscidit uirilia cod. Ask.),
unde Calixto (Promptius uel Calmethes cod. C. callisthenes cod. Ask. R. Ellis cj. Pro-
percius uel Callisthenes): Saturnus credens unum laesisse parentem, | tres, non tantum
unum laeserat ille patrem. | non impune tamen, nam parte est laesus eadem, j poenamque
a nato quam dedit ipse tulit. | peccat uterque male (sic), sed cum male peccat uterque (malis
male sed cum uterque cod. C. male ille male hie male peccat uterque cod. Ash.), | hie
peccat peius qui prius ilia (ista codd. C. Ask.) facit. | credere uix ausim esse deos ; me
iudice nempe j tam male qui peccat nec deus est nec homo.
2 The story has come down to us in two different settings. (1) Apollod. 1. 6. 3 : When
the gods had vanquished the Gigantes, Ge in anger consorted with Tartaros, and brought
forth in Kilikia Typhon the most monstrous of all her children. Down to the waist he
was human in shape, but big enough to overtop the mountains; his head often touched
the stars; his hands reached the east and the west, and from them started a hundred
snaky heads. Below the waist he had serpentine coils that reared and hissed. There were
wings all over his body, bristly hair on his head and cheeks, fire in his eyes. He attacked
heaven with hissing and shouting, as he hurled rocks and breathed out fire. The gods on