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Appendix M
of Zeus1 by the Danaid Hesione2 or by Hermippe daughter of Boiotos3. Alleged
descent from Zeus presupposes a line of kings believed to incarnate Zeus. Was
one of them that Minyas. of Aeolian ancestry4, whose name was attached by the
Orchomenians to their famous prehistoric l/iolos3 ? It would seem so ; for among
the relics of funerary cult discovered by Schliemann within the tholos, relics
ranging from ' Minoan' to Roman times6, was a slab of white marble inscribed
with a late dedication to Zeus Teleios and Hera Teleicv. The old pre-Greek
king, whose underground cupola with its rosettes of glittering bronze mimicked
the midnight sky8, was indeed aptly succeeded by an Aeolian dynast reverenced
as a nether Zeus0. With all the prestige of immemorial tradition behind him
such an one would watch over the fortunes of his people. For instance, in or
about the year 329 B.C., as we know from an inscription formerly (1868) to be
seen in the court of the neighbouring monastery10, Orchomenian troopers, who
1 Eustath. in II. p. 272, 3 c 6 BotwTtos be tlj tov Aids 'Opxoptevtp e-jruvb/iao-Tat.
- Schol. Ap. Rhod. 1. 230 'Ho-tovr/s ('Iffibv-qs cod. Paris.) be rfjs Aavaov Kal Atbs ytverai
'Opxoptevbs, d(p' ov koX i] rrbXts 'Opxoptevbs KaXeirai (eKXf)dr) cod. Paris). Rutin, recognit. lo.
21 Hippodamiam et Isionen Danai filias (sc. vitiat Iupiter), quarum unam Hippodamiam
<matrem (inserui) > Olenus, Isionen vero Orchomenus sive Chryses habuit. O. Holer in
Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 939 f. conjectures that the mother's name was 'laovbrj: but
see G. Weicker in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. viii. 1240.
3 Schol. D. 77. 2. 511 tov ev rrj BotUTtq Xeyet 'Opxopevbv, tov vtto Mtvvov fiaatXevdevra,
tov bvojia.o'dtvTa dirb 'Opxop-evov tov Atbs vlov Kai'Fip/xiTnnjs Trjs Bolojtov.
4 Ap. Rhod. 3. 1094 AtoXtbrjv Mtvvrjv with schol. ad toe. (cod. Paris.) AioXlbrjv be tov
~Sltvvav Xeyet, oi>x &vra vtbv tov AioXov, dXX dis p.r]Tpbdev d.w eneivov KaTayo/J-evov.
iLiavftov yap tov AioXov iralSes " AXfxos kolI Ylopcpvpiojv, 3Lpvo~oy6vr]s d£ tt}s"AX/j.ov Kal Ilocret-
8lovos Mivvas. ware e/c p.rjTpb'S fiev AioXidrjs 6 ~Mivvas, irarpbs 8£ UoaeiSQivos.
5 The genealogy of Minyas is very variously given : see in primis schol. Pind. Isthvi.
1. 80 tovtov 8e tov Mivvav 01 p.kv 'Opxop-evov yeveaXoyovaiv, i>s 4>epeKv87js (frag. 84 (Frag,
hist. Gr. i. 92 Milller)), evioi 5e ifxiraXiv tov 'Opxo/j.evbv Mlvvov, evioi bk d/xcpoTepovs
'Ereo/c\eos yeveaXoyovai, Aiovdaios (quisl Perhaps the Rhodian, cp. schol. Pind. Pyth.
1. 109, Nem. 3. 104) be tov MimW "Apeos dvaypd<pei, 'Apio-Tobrnxos (sc. b 'AXe^avbpevs, cp.
schol. Pind. Islhm. 1. 11) Se'AXeov tov Mivuav, /cat rous 'Apyovavras be "Mivvas evTevdev
ypdcpei Trpoarjyopevadai with K. Tumpel's article in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 3016 ff.
6 H. Schliemann Orchomenos Leipzig 1881 p. 56 fi. = id. 'Exploration of the Boeo-
tian Orchomenus' in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1881 ii. 137 ff., Perrot—Chipiez Hist. deVArt
vi. 439 f, Frazer Pausanias v. 189, 191.
7 H. Schliemann Orchomenos p. 58 = /^. in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1881 ii. 139 ('a slab
of marble broken on the left side, with the inscription:— ... E I fi H P AT E A E IA
which Professor Sayce [May he be forgiven ! a.b.c.] holds to be the end of an hexameter'),
Inscr. Gr. sept, i no. 3217 [........Ati TeX]ei(p,'"Hpa TeXeia.
8 Supra i. 751 f.
0 Notice Inscr. Gr. sept, i no. 3218 Orchomenos [................to]v iavrwv yvp.vao-'i-
apxov I .............tov '^pp-rj Kal Mtvva, which proves a definite cult of Minyas. Br 1889 a
herm of white marble was found near the church of Haghios Charalambos on a small hill
to the W. of Thespiai : beneath the phallos was inscribed toI iepdpxat dvedeav \ toi e<p'
"Iwwtovos (LpxovTos I toIs Aaipovecrcrf \ k.t.X. (P. Jamot in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1895 xix.
375 ff. no. 28, Dittenberger Syll. inscr. Gr.2 no. 752, Michel Recueil d?Inscr. gr. no. 1102).
This inscription (c. 300 b.c.) associates Hermes with certain Aal/xoves. May we venture to
conclude that they were the souls of bygone Thespian kings?
10 The monastery named after the Kotptrjats Trjs QeoroKov, the 'Falling Asleep of the
Mother of God,' is believed to occupy the site of the ancient temple of the Charites
(Frazer Pausanias v. 186, H. Hitzig—H. Blumner on Paus. 9. 38. 1, K. Baedeker Greece
Leipsic 1889 p. 188, J. Murray Handbook for Travellers in Greece"' London 1900 p. 562).
Appendix M
of Zeus1 by the Danaid Hesione2 or by Hermippe daughter of Boiotos3. Alleged
descent from Zeus presupposes a line of kings believed to incarnate Zeus. Was
one of them that Minyas. of Aeolian ancestry4, whose name was attached by the
Orchomenians to their famous prehistoric l/iolos3 ? It would seem so ; for among
the relics of funerary cult discovered by Schliemann within the tholos, relics
ranging from ' Minoan' to Roman times6, was a slab of white marble inscribed
with a late dedication to Zeus Teleios and Hera Teleicv. The old pre-Greek
king, whose underground cupola with its rosettes of glittering bronze mimicked
the midnight sky8, was indeed aptly succeeded by an Aeolian dynast reverenced
as a nether Zeus0. With all the prestige of immemorial tradition behind him
such an one would watch over the fortunes of his people. For instance, in or
about the year 329 B.C., as we know from an inscription formerly (1868) to be
seen in the court of the neighbouring monastery10, Orchomenian troopers, who
1 Eustath. in II. p. 272, 3 c 6 BotwTtos be tlj tov Aids 'Opxoptevtp e-jruvb/iao-Tat.
- Schol. Ap. Rhod. 1. 230 'Ho-tovr/s ('Iffibv-qs cod. Paris.) be rfjs Aavaov Kal Atbs ytverai
'Opxoptevbs, d(p' ov koX i] rrbXts 'Opxoptevbs KaXeirai (eKXf)dr) cod. Paris). Rutin, recognit. lo.
21 Hippodamiam et Isionen Danai filias (sc. vitiat Iupiter), quarum unam Hippodamiam
<matrem (inserui) > Olenus, Isionen vero Orchomenus sive Chryses habuit. O. Holer in
Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 939 f. conjectures that the mother's name was 'laovbrj: but
see G. Weicker in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. viii. 1240.
3 Schol. D. 77. 2. 511 tov ev rrj BotUTtq Xeyet 'Opxopevbv, tov vtto Mtvvov fiaatXevdevra,
tov bvojia.o'dtvTa dirb 'Opxop-evov tov Atbs vlov Kai'Fip/xiTnnjs Trjs Bolojtov.
4 Ap. Rhod. 3. 1094 AtoXtbrjv Mtvvrjv with schol. ad toe. (cod. Paris.) AioXlbrjv be tov
~Sltvvav Xeyet, oi>x &vra vtbv tov AioXov, dXX dis p.r]Tpbdev d.w eneivov KaTayo/J-evov.
iLiavftov yap tov AioXov iralSes " AXfxos kolI Ylopcpvpiojv, 3Lpvo~oy6vr]s d£ tt}s"AX/j.ov Kal Ilocret-
8lovos Mivvas. ware e/c p.rjTpb'S fiev AioXidrjs 6 ~Mivvas, irarpbs 8£ UoaeiSQivos.
5 The genealogy of Minyas is very variously given : see in primis schol. Pind. Isthvi.
1. 80 tovtov 8e tov Mivvav 01 p.kv 'Opxop-evov yeveaXoyovaiv, i>s 4>epeKv87js (frag. 84 (Frag,
hist. Gr. i. 92 Milller)), evioi 5e ifxiraXiv tov 'Opxo/j.evbv Mlvvov, evioi bk d/xcpoTepovs
'Ereo/c\eos yeveaXoyovai, Aiovdaios (quisl Perhaps the Rhodian, cp. schol. Pind. Pyth.
1. 109, Nem. 3. 104) be tov MimW "Apeos dvaypd<pei, 'Apio-Tobrnxos (sc. b 'AXe^avbpevs, cp.
schol. Pind. Islhm. 1. 11) Se'AXeov tov Mivuav, /cat rous 'Apyovavras be "Mivvas evTevdev
ypdcpei Trpoarjyopevadai with K. Tumpel's article in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 3016 ff.
6 H. Schliemann Orchomenos Leipzig 1881 p. 56 fi. = id. 'Exploration of the Boeo-
tian Orchomenus' in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1881 ii. 137 ff., Perrot—Chipiez Hist. deVArt
vi. 439 f, Frazer Pausanias v. 189, 191.
7 H. Schliemann Orchomenos p. 58 = /^. in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1881 ii. 139 ('a slab
of marble broken on the left side, with the inscription:— ... E I fi H P AT E A E IA
which Professor Sayce [May he be forgiven ! a.b.c.] holds to be the end of an hexameter'),
Inscr. Gr. sept, i no. 3217 [........Ati TeX]ei(p,'"Hpa TeXeia.
8 Supra i. 751 f.
0 Notice Inscr. Gr. sept, i no. 3218 Orchomenos [................to]v iavrwv yvp.vao-'i-
apxov I .............tov '^pp-rj Kal Mtvva, which proves a definite cult of Minyas. Br 1889 a
herm of white marble was found near the church of Haghios Charalambos on a small hill
to the W. of Thespiai : beneath the phallos was inscribed toI iepdpxat dvedeav \ toi e<p'
"Iwwtovos (LpxovTos I toIs Aaipovecrcrf \ k.t.X. (P. Jamot in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1895 xix.
375 ff. no. 28, Dittenberger Syll. inscr. Gr.2 no. 752, Michel Recueil d?Inscr. gr. no. 1102).
This inscription (c. 300 b.c.) associates Hermes with certain Aal/xoves. May we venture to
conclude that they were the souls of bygone Thespian kings?
10 The monastery named after the Kotptrjats Trjs QeoroKov, the 'Falling Asleep of the
Mother of God,' is believed to occupy the site of the ancient temple of the Charites
(Frazer Pausanias v. 186, H. Hitzig—H. Blumner on Paus. 9. 38. 1, K. Baedeker Greece
Leipsic 1889 p. 188, J. Murray Handbook for Travellers in Greece"' London 1900 p. 562).