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Zeus Meilichios 1129
had their counterpart in another Greek custom. ' Food that fell from the tables,'
says Athenaios, 'they used to assign to their dead friends.' And by way of proof
he quotes from Euripides the couplet descriptive of the love-sick Sthenoboia,
who believes that Bellerophontes is dead :
Never a crumb falls from her finger-tips
But she must cry: ' For the Corinthian guest1 !'
Athenaios might have added the Pythagorean precept not to pick up food from
the floor, a precept utilised by Aristophanes in his Heroes and duly recorded by
Aristotle On the Pythagoreans'1.
a bearded human head wearing a modius, the latter as a draped goddess likewise wearing
a modius and holding a leafy spray (hardly corn-ears) in her right hand, a cornu copiae in
her left, while a large jar projects from the ground beside her.
Agathos Daimon was, on this showing, a chthonian power essentially akin to Zeus
Soter. As a fertilising agent he was naturally brought into connexion with Dionysos (see
bibliography at the beginning of this note), with whom he is even identified (Philonides
de unguentis et coronis ap. Athen. 675 b). The postprandial draught of unmixed wine is
referred to Agathos Daimon by Aristoph. eq. 105 ff., vesp. 525, pax 300 with scholl.
ad locc, Antiphanes lampds frag: 1 Meineke ap. Athen. 486 f and 487 b, Theophr. ap.
Athen. 693 c—d, Aelius Dionysios ap. Eustath. in Od. p. 1471, 32 ff., Ail. var. hist. 1.
20, Hesych. s.v. 'Ayadov Aai/xovos iro/Aa = Bekker anecd. i. 209, 14 ff., i. 334, 4 ff. = Apostol.
1. 10. Cp. also the 'AyadoSaL/xouiaTai (Hesych. s.v.) or 'Ayado5aifj.ovia.aTai (Aristot. eth.
Eud. 3.6. 1233 b 3 f., Inscr. Gr. ins. i no. 161, 5 = Collitz—Bechtel Gr. Dial.-Inschr.
iii. 1. 478 f. no. 3842, 5 /cat inro [Aioo~~\aTa{Bvpiao~Tav Ayado5ai/j.oviacrTai> <&i\(ii})i>el&v kolvov
k.t.X., with Plout. symp. 3. 7. 1). The toast 'Ayadov Aai/novos is distinguished from the
toast Aios SojTTjpos by Eriphos frag. 3 Meineke ap. Athen. 693 C, Xenarchos didymoi
frag, r Meineke ap. Athen. 693 b—c, Diod. 4. 3, Poll. 6. 100, Athen. 692 f, Souid. s.v.
'AyaQov Aai.ix.ov os, schol. Aristoph. pax 300, cp. Philochoros frag. 18 {Frag. hist. Gr. i. 387
Miiller) ap. Athen. 38 c—d and frag. 19 [Frag. hist. Gr. i. 387 Midler) ap. Athen.
693 d—e, and never really confused with it (Diphilos Sappho frag. 1 Meineke ap. Athen.
487 A 'Apx^oxe, de^ai rrivSe T7)v ixeravLTTTpLoa \ /xearriv Albs "Ecorrjpos, 'Ayadov Aai/xovos is a
case of asyndeton, not of apposition. Cp. e.g. Herond. 2. 67 f.).
A kdntharos with knotted handles from Athens (Nicole Cat. Vases a"Athenes Suppl.
p. 272 f. no. 1173, C. Watzinger in the Ath. Mitth. 1901 xxvi. 74 no. 17 fig., P. Wolters
id. 1913 xxxviii. 198 n. 2) has round its neck a yellow ivy-wreath, above which is
painted in white ATAOOY 0EOY. A small vase at Kentoripa (Centorbi) is inscribed
A TAOOYAAAAO b, which is perhaps to be read as 'Ayadov Aaiixovos rather than as
'Aya60Sa.fj.ov [Inscr. Gr. Sic. It. no. 2406, 109, P. Wolters toe. cit.). Cp. a fragment of
black ware with relief-decoration and the inscription H ZTY+- HZ = ['Ayad]?is Tvxvs
round its neck, found on the W. slope of the Akropolis at Athens (A. Koerte in the Ath.
Mitth. 1896 xxi. 294, P. Wolters loc. cit.).
1 Athen. 427 e rots de TereXevrrjKoaL rwv (piXwv direveiiov ra TTLTrrovra rrjs rpocprjs cltto
twv Tpawe'c'Cov 5to teal Ei}pt7n5?7s irepl rrjs 2deve(3oias (pr/criv, (wecdri vop.L 'c'ei rbv BeWepocpovrrjv
redvavai, 1 irecrbv 8e viv XeXr/dev ovdev 4k xepos, ] a\\' evdiis av5a " tQi Kopivdiq} ^evq)" '
(Eur. frag. 664 Nauck2). The Euripidean passage is parodied by Kratin. fab. inc. frag.
16. 4 {Frag. com. Gr. ii. 179 ff. Meineke) ap. Athen. 782 d—e, Aristoph. thesm. 404 f.
with schol. ad loc, cp. Hesych. s.v. KopivBios ^evos.
2 Aristot. frag. 190 Rose ap. Diog. Laert. 8. 34 rprjai 5' 'AptcrT0Te\r]s...Trapayy4X\eii'
aiirbv (sc. Ylvdaybpav).. .ra.. .ireaovT airb Tpatre'^ris p.7) avaipeiadai, vwep rod e0L^ea9ai (jlt)
aKoXdaTOJs eadieiv 7) on cttI TeXevry tlvos ('sive quod essent mortuo destinata' Ambrosius
revised by C. G. Cobet)- /cat 'ApLarocpdvTjs 5e tQv ripwuv (pr]o-lv etvai ra iriirTovTa, Xeyoiv ev
tois "Hpucn (frag. 2 (Frag. com. Gr. ii. 1070 f. Meineke)) ' fj.rj8e yevead' arr dv ii>rbs
(I. Casaubon and W. Canter, followed by C. Jacobitz, cjj. e/cros) t?)s rpaire^s Karaireo-y ' -
Souid. s.v. HvOayopa ra crv/j.f3o\a.
had their counterpart in another Greek custom. ' Food that fell from the tables,'
says Athenaios, 'they used to assign to their dead friends.' And by way of proof
he quotes from Euripides the couplet descriptive of the love-sick Sthenoboia,
who believes that Bellerophontes is dead :
Never a crumb falls from her finger-tips
But she must cry: ' For the Corinthian guest1 !'
Athenaios might have added the Pythagorean precept not to pick up food from
the floor, a precept utilised by Aristophanes in his Heroes and duly recorded by
Aristotle On the Pythagoreans'1.
a bearded human head wearing a modius, the latter as a draped goddess likewise wearing
a modius and holding a leafy spray (hardly corn-ears) in her right hand, a cornu copiae in
her left, while a large jar projects from the ground beside her.
Agathos Daimon was, on this showing, a chthonian power essentially akin to Zeus
Soter. As a fertilising agent he was naturally brought into connexion with Dionysos (see
bibliography at the beginning of this note), with whom he is even identified (Philonides
de unguentis et coronis ap. Athen. 675 b). The postprandial draught of unmixed wine is
referred to Agathos Daimon by Aristoph. eq. 105 ff., vesp. 525, pax 300 with scholl.
ad locc, Antiphanes lampds frag: 1 Meineke ap. Athen. 486 f and 487 b, Theophr. ap.
Athen. 693 c—d, Aelius Dionysios ap. Eustath. in Od. p. 1471, 32 ff., Ail. var. hist. 1.
20, Hesych. s.v. 'Ayadov Aai/xovos iro/Aa = Bekker anecd. i. 209, 14 ff., i. 334, 4 ff. = Apostol.
1. 10. Cp. also the 'AyadoSaL/xouiaTai (Hesych. s.v.) or 'Ayado5aifj.ovia.aTai (Aristot. eth.
Eud. 3.6. 1233 b 3 f., Inscr. Gr. ins. i no. 161, 5 = Collitz—Bechtel Gr. Dial.-Inschr.
iii. 1. 478 f. no. 3842, 5 /cat inro [Aioo~~\aTa{Bvpiao~Tav Ayado5ai/j.oviacrTai> <&i\(ii})i>el&v kolvov
k.t.X., with Plout. symp. 3. 7. 1). The toast 'Ayadov Aai/novos is distinguished from the
toast Aios SojTTjpos by Eriphos frag. 3 Meineke ap. Athen. 693 C, Xenarchos didymoi
frag, r Meineke ap. Athen. 693 b—c, Diod. 4. 3, Poll. 6. 100, Athen. 692 f, Souid. s.v.
'AyaQov Aai.ix.ov os, schol. Aristoph. pax 300, cp. Philochoros frag. 18 {Frag. hist. Gr. i. 387
Miiller) ap. Athen. 38 c—d and frag. 19 [Frag. hist. Gr. i. 387 Midler) ap. Athen.
693 d—e, and never really confused with it (Diphilos Sappho frag. 1 Meineke ap. Athen.
487 A 'Apx^oxe, de^ai rrivSe T7)v ixeravLTTTpLoa \ /xearriv Albs "Ecorrjpos, 'Ayadov Aai/xovos is a
case of asyndeton, not of apposition. Cp. e.g. Herond. 2. 67 f.).
A kdntharos with knotted handles from Athens (Nicole Cat. Vases a"Athenes Suppl.
p. 272 f. no. 1173, C. Watzinger in the Ath. Mitth. 1901 xxvi. 74 no. 17 fig., P. Wolters
id. 1913 xxxviii. 198 n. 2) has round its neck a yellow ivy-wreath, above which is
painted in white ATAOOY 0EOY. A small vase at Kentoripa (Centorbi) is inscribed
A TAOOYAAAAO b, which is perhaps to be read as 'Ayadov Aaiixovos rather than as
'Aya60Sa.fj.ov [Inscr. Gr. Sic. It. no. 2406, 109, P. Wolters toe. cit.). Cp. a fragment of
black ware with relief-decoration and the inscription H ZTY+- HZ = ['Ayad]?is Tvxvs
round its neck, found on the W. slope of the Akropolis at Athens (A. Koerte in the Ath.
Mitth. 1896 xxi. 294, P. Wolters loc. cit.).
1 Athen. 427 e rots de TereXevrrjKoaL rwv (piXwv direveiiov ra TTLTrrovra rrjs rpocprjs cltto
twv Tpawe'c'Cov 5to teal Ei}pt7n5?7s irepl rrjs 2deve(3oias (pr/criv, (wecdri vop.L 'c'ei rbv BeWepocpovrrjv
redvavai, 1 irecrbv 8e viv XeXr/dev ovdev 4k xepos, ] a\\' evdiis av5a " tQi Kopivdiq} ^evq)" '
(Eur. frag. 664 Nauck2). The Euripidean passage is parodied by Kratin. fab. inc. frag.
16. 4 {Frag. com. Gr. ii. 179 ff. Meineke) ap. Athen. 782 d—e, Aristoph. thesm. 404 f.
with schol. ad loc, cp. Hesych. s.v. KopivBios ^evos.
2 Aristot. frag. 190 Rose ap. Diog. Laert. 8. 34 rprjai 5' 'AptcrT0Te\r]s...Trapayy4X\eii'
aiirbv (sc. Ylvdaybpav).. .ra.. .ireaovT airb Tpatre'^ris p.7) avaipeiadai, vwep rod e0L^ea9ai (jlt)
aKoXdaTOJs eadieiv 7) on cttI TeXevry tlvos ('sive quod essent mortuo destinata' Ambrosius
revised by C. G. Cobet)- /cat 'ApLarocpdvTjs 5e tQv ripwuv (pr]o-lv etvai ra iriirTovTa, Xeyoiv ev
tois "Hpucn (frag. 2 (Frag. com. Gr. ii. 1070 f. Meineke)) ' fj.rj8e yevead' arr dv ii>rbs
(I. Casaubon and W. Canter, followed by C. Jacobitz, cjj. e/cros) t?)s rpaire^s Karaireo-y ' -
Souid. s.v. HvOayopa ra crv/j.f3o\a.