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Retrospect 855
kvSlctt ddavdroov, 7ro\vcovvp,e, 7rayKpare<; alei,
Zed, (pvcreoos dp-^rjye, vofiov /nera irdvra Kvfiepvwv,
%alpe' ere yap rravrecrci BepLs Ovqrolai TrpocravSdv.
ere crov yap yevos ecrpuev, "fr^ou1 pLip.rjp,a Xa^ovTes
pbovvoi, bcra %ooei re teal epiret Ovrjr eirl yalav
rep ere Ka0vp.vijcra> teal crov tepdros alev aeiaw.
Most glorious of immortals, many-named2,
Almighty Zeus, creation's primal lord,
Whose lawful government is over all,
Hail!—for we mortals unto thee may speak.
We are thine offspring3; we alone of all things
That live and move on earth can copy God.
Thee therefore I will praise, thy power will sing.
1 Corrections either save or sacrifice yevos Icrixe'v. On the one hand, J. J. Scaliger
cj. 6'xou ('corpus enim o'xW1* tpuXV*')' R- F. P- Brunck cj. Vqs, C. W. Ahhvardt cj. laov
('wir sind theilhaftig geworden des Bildes deiner Gleichheit, des Bildes von dir selber'),
C. Petersen cj. 8 crov, T. Bergkcj. b\ov, H. Usenercj. *vSrjs(cp. voetv etc.), C. Wachsmuth
cj. vov crov r/x?},ua or a 5r/ crov Tp.rjpa, W. L. Newman cj. dyov ('leader'), E. B. Birks cj.
lxvovs. On the other hand, F. Gedike cj. £k aov, A. Meineke cj. yevbpecrda \byov,
C. Wachsmuth cj. t}xov Tip.rjp.a (' linguae honorem '), A. C. Pearson formerly cj. yevbpeada
fxbvov or en crov, J. von Arnim cj. yevos elcr tfxov ixifj.i)p.a.
1 am indebted to Prof. Pearson for the following new and attractive solution (June 17,
1922): 'I have looked up my notes and find that I have suggested deov to Powell and
E. V. Arnold... I should account for the mysterious ijxov as a supra-linear gloss i.e. ?? Xou
= rj Xpicrrov. That this would be a natural Christian gloss may perhaps be supported by
1 Cor. xi. i fMfj.riTai /jlov ylveade kclOois Kayo} XpicrroO, Eph. v. i yivecrde ovv p.ip.rjTal tov
deov, 1 Th. i. 6 p.ifj.t]Tal riixtxiv eyevr/drjTe kciI tov Kvpiov. Now from the Stoic point of
view cf. Musonius ap. Stob. Jlor. 117. 8 avdpuiiros Lilix-qpa deov p.bvov tQv ernyeluv, which
sounds like an echo of Cleanthes. The only objection I see is that it involves the adoption
of yevbpecrda, and I don't like to suggest confusion with Aratus.'
2 E. Zeller The Stoics, Epicureans and Sceptics'1 trans. O. J. Reichel London 1880
p. 358 : ' To the Stoics, as to their predecessor Heraclitus, Zeus is the one primary Being,
who has engendered, and again absorbs into himself, all things and all Gods. He is the
universe as a unity, the primary fire, the ether, the spirit of the world, the universal
reason, the'general law or destiny. All other Gods, as being parts of the world, are only
parts and manifestations of Zeus—only special names of the one God who has many
names.' Id. id. p. 358 n. 2 cp. Diog. Laert. 7. 147 deov 5' elvai. fcooi' dddvarov, XoyiKov,
TeXeiov rj voepbv ev evSaip,ovia, KaKOv iravrbs dveiriSeKTOv, irpovor)TiKbv KocrfJ-ov re Kai tG>v ev
Kocrpip' elvai p.evroi dvdpwirbpopcpov. elvai 8£ tov p.ev Srjp.iovpybv tuv b\cov Kai oicrirep
irarepa irdvTcov koiv&s re Kai to p-lpos avrov rb 8it)kov bid irdvTUiv, 0 iroXXais irpocrriyopiaLS
irpocrovopd^ecrdai /caret rds Swd/xeis. ALa p.ev yap cpacri Si bv to. iravra, Zr/va 8e KaXovcri
Trap' bcrov tov ^r\v airibs ecrriv rj Sid tov 'ct\v Kex&prjKev, k.t.\. For Kleanthes in particular
see Plout. de comm. not. 31 dXXd ILpvcwnros Kai KXedvdrjS ep.ireirXrjKbres, cos tiros eiwelv,
to3 Xbyia deGiv tov ovpavbv, tt\v yrjv, tov depa, r-qv ddXarrav, ovSeva tGiv toctqvtwv aepdaprov
oi)S' a'iSiov diroXeXo'nracri, irX-qv /xbvov tov Albs, ei's bv irdvras KaravaXlcrKovcri robs dXXovs,
Plout. de and. poet. 11 8el be p,r)8e tQjv bvofxaTwv d/xeXcos aKoveiv, dXXd tt\v /xev KXedvdovs
iraiSiav irapanelcrQai. KaTeipwveverai yap eanv ore irpocriroiovfievos e^yelcrdai to (II. 3.
320) "ZeD irdrep, "I8y]6ev iAe8euv,'/ Kai to (II. 16. 233) " ZeO civa, AuSiovale," KeXeuwv
dvayiyvu)o~Keiv b<jl ev, (is tov ck ttjs yrjs dvadvp.ubfJ.evov depa Std tt\v dva8oo~iv dva8uScovalov
bvra, schol. B. L.T. //. 16. 233 wes be " dva8usSuivale " v<p' ev, irapd rr/v dvabocriv tujv
dyadwv. 3 Supra i. 664 n. 3.
kvSlctt ddavdroov, 7ro\vcovvp,e, 7rayKpare<; alei,
Zed, (pvcreoos dp-^rjye, vofiov /nera irdvra Kvfiepvwv,
%alpe' ere yap rravrecrci BepLs Ovqrolai TrpocravSdv.
ere crov yap yevos ecrpuev, "fr^ou1 pLip.rjp,a Xa^ovTes
pbovvoi, bcra %ooei re teal epiret Ovrjr eirl yalav
rep ere Ka0vp.vijcra> teal crov tepdros alev aeiaw.
Most glorious of immortals, many-named2,
Almighty Zeus, creation's primal lord,
Whose lawful government is over all,
Hail!—for we mortals unto thee may speak.
We are thine offspring3; we alone of all things
That live and move on earth can copy God.
Thee therefore I will praise, thy power will sing.
1 Corrections either save or sacrifice yevos Icrixe'v. On the one hand, J. J. Scaliger
cj. 6'xou ('corpus enim o'xW1* tpuXV*')' R- F. P- Brunck cj. Vqs, C. W. Ahhvardt cj. laov
('wir sind theilhaftig geworden des Bildes deiner Gleichheit, des Bildes von dir selber'),
C. Petersen cj. 8 crov, T. Bergkcj. b\ov, H. Usenercj. *vSrjs(cp. voetv etc.), C. Wachsmuth
cj. vov crov r/x?},ua or a 5r/ crov Tp.rjpa, W. L. Newman cj. dyov ('leader'), E. B. Birks cj.
lxvovs. On the other hand, F. Gedike cj. £k aov, A. Meineke cj. yevbpecrda \byov,
C. Wachsmuth cj. t}xov Tip.rjp.a (' linguae honorem '), A. C. Pearson formerly cj. yevbpeada
fxbvov or en crov, J. von Arnim cj. yevos elcr tfxov ixifj.i)p.a.
1 am indebted to Prof. Pearson for the following new and attractive solution (June 17,
1922): 'I have looked up my notes and find that I have suggested deov to Powell and
E. V. Arnold... I should account for the mysterious ijxov as a supra-linear gloss i.e. ?? Xou
= rj Xpicrrov. That this would be a natural Christian gloss may perhaps be supported by
1 Cor. xi. i fMfj.riTai /jlov ylveade kclOois Kayo} XpicrroO, Eph. v. i yivecrde ovv p.ip.rjTal tov
deov, 1 Th. i. 6 p.ifj.t]Tal riixtxiv eyevr/drjTe kciI tov Kvpiov. Now from the Stoic point of
view cf. Musonius ap. Stob. Jlor. 117. 8 avdpuiiros Lilix-qpa deov p.bvov tQv ernyeluv, which
sounds like an echo of Cleanthes. The only objection I see is that it involves the adoption
of yevbpecrda, and I don't like to suggest confusion with Aratus.'
2 E. Zeller The Stoics, Epicureans and Sceptics'1 trans. O. J. Reichel London 1880
p. 358 : ' To the Stoics, as to their predecessor Heraclitus, Zeus is the one primary Being,
who has engendered, and again absorbs into himself, all things and all Gods. He is the
universe as a unity, the primary fire, the ether, the spirit of the world, the universal
reason, the'general law or destiny. All other Gods, as being parts of the world, are only
parts and manifestations of Zeus—only special names of the one God who has many
names.' Id. id. p. 358 n. 2 cp. Diog. Laert. 7. 147 deov 5' elvai. fcooi' dddvarov, XoyiKov,
TeXeiov rj voepbv ev evSaip,ovia, KaKOv iravrbs dveiriSeKTOv, irpovor)TiKbv KocrfJ-ov re Kai tG>v ev
Kocrpip' elvai p.evroi dvdpwirbpopcpov. elvai 8£ tov p.ev Srjp.iovpybv tuv b\cov Kai oicrirep
irarepa irdvTcov koiv&s re Kai to p-lpos avrov rb 8it)kov bid irdvTUiv, 0 iroXXais irpocrriyopiaLS
irpocrovopd^ecrdai /caret rds Swd/xeis. ALa p.ev yap cpacri Si bv to. iravra, Zr/va 8e KaXovcri
Trap' bcrov tov ^r\v airibs ecrriv rj Sid tov 'ct\v Kex&prjKev, k.t.\. For Kleanthes in particular
see Plout. de comm. not. 31 dXXd ILpvcwnros Kai KXedvdrjS ep.ireirXrjKbres, cos tiros eiwelv,
to3 Xbyia deGiv tov ovpavbv, tt\v yrjv, tov depa, r-qv ddXarrav, ovSeva tGiv toctqvtwv aepdaprov
oi)S' a'iSiov diroXeXo'nracri, irX-qv /xbvov tov Albs, ei's bv irdvras KaravaXlcrKovcri robs dXXovs,
Plout. de and. poet. 11 8el be p,r)8e tQjv bvofxaTwv d/xeXcos aKoveiv, dXXd tt\v /xev KXedvdovs
iraiSiav irapanelcrQai. KaTeipwveverai yap eanv ore irpocriroiovfievos e^yelcrdai to (II. 3.
320) "ZeD irdrep, "I8y]6ev iAe8euv,'/ Kai to (II. 16. 233) " ZeO civa, AuSiovale," KeXeuwv
dvayiyvu)o~Keiv b<jl ev, (is tov ck ttjs yrjs dvadvp.ubfJ.evov depa Std tt\v dva8oo~iv dva8uScovalov
bvra, schol. B. L.T. //. 16. 233 wes be " dva8usSuivale " v<p' ev, irapd rr/v dvabocriv tujv
dyadwv. 3 Supra i. 664 n. 3.