Water-carrying and the Dana'ides 365
normal form in Greek writers. Had Virgil tradition behind him,
when he made Danae found Ardea1, the capital of Turnus the son
°f Daunus2? Danae—Dannus may be more than a mere assonance.
But, if the Daunioi were really akin to the Danaoi, we might look
to find the former like the latter associated with the irrigation of a
Waterless region. In point of fact the Roman poets do emphasise
the arid character of Daunia. Horace3 speaks of it as the land
Where Daunus, scant of water, ruled .
The rustic tribes.
And Ovid4 mentions
the parched fields
Of Iapygian Daunus.
That the Daunioi, like the Danaoi, constructed t/wlos-tombs is a
Possible, though precarious, inference from a few lines in Lykophron5.
This writer of prophetic rigmarole sets out to tell how the Daunioi
shall bury alive certain Aetolian envoys, sent to recover the quondam
P°ssessions of Diomedes6:
Within a darksome grave that savage folk
Shall hide them, living yet, in the inmost nooks
Of a hollow passage. Aye, for them the Daunites
Shall build a tomb, with never a funeral rite,
Roofed over by a pile of rounded stones.
whether the Daunioi had tholoid wells, we cannot even conjec-
e- Surviving examples of the type on Italian soil are the
Ioq° ^'runum)> Cariaus (ii. v no. 3922 Arurnates near Verona), Cnodauus (ib. iii no.
ticca ^urse"a 'n Upper Pannonia), Licaus (Dessau Inscr. Lat. sel. no. 2577 Dalmatia)
j22" * (Corp. inscr. Lat. vi no. 26528 Rome, ix no. 42 Brundisium) Liccau...(ib. iii no.
ij2g. ^Ss°nium), Lomoliauus {ib. v no. 450 Piquentum), Opiauus (ib. iii nos. 10121,
3'2 alrnatia) Opiaua (ib. iii no. 2900 Corinium), Ildrpaos (Corp. inscr. Att. ii. 1 no.
Witn j **w^<»'Ta Ylarpaov llafovo [cp. the silver coins of Paionia, struck c. 340—315 b.c.,
Cat c^Cnd ^ATPAOY (Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Macedonia, etc. p. 2 f. figs., Hunter
p. 236*7" l' 348 p1' *♦> 8' McClean Cat- Coins M. 81 f. pi. 137, 12—20, Head Hist, num.2
Ho. ' g 149)])> Quasannaus (Corp. inscr. Lat. v no. 3463 Verona), Ridaus (ib. iii
Venetiaf S-aet'a^' ^emauus (ib- >2 no- 2195 near Aquileia) god of the river Timavus in
from \x 'za°s (ched by F. Ribezzo La lingua degli antichi Messapii Napoli 1907 p. 6
0r ^a^ofi1 ^alal)ria)> Virraus (Corp. inscr. Lat. v no. 3842 a Verona). Add 'Za.va.bs
buck o'er " T ' a town in Phrygia near Laodikeia (\V. Pape—G. E. Benseler IVorler-
1 y*nec**KAeH Eigennamen* Braunschweig 1875 ii. 1338).
a O f> Ae"' 7' 409 £' Serv- Verg- Aen- 7- 372' 4:o-
3 Ho^OSSbaCh m Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. iv. 2234.
1 Ov ' 3°' 11 ^ 1ua PauPer aquae Daunus agrestium | regnavit populoruni.
5 Lyk J, '4' 510 ^ ^pygis arida Dauni | arva.
~''a-a'<t>a.yo$ I "»I , T0^s (Is tpe/mov fivras w/iijffTai T&fov | Kpifovni. KolX-qs iv jxv%oi%
6 Tzet' "'S5 iKTif"-<>T<»> Aowitoi veupCiv \ eTT\o-Qvai xmot^ TpOX/uP^fi KaT-qpcQh.
^aUnia\ : l" Lyk- AL 105°- The story is told, with some variation (Brundisium, not
'* m lust. 12. 2. 7 ff.
normal form in Greek writers. Had Virgil tradition behind him,
when he made Danae found Ardea1, the capital of Turnus the son
°f Daunus2? Danae—Dannus may be more than a mere assonance.
But, if the Daunioi were really akin to the Danaoi, we might look
to find the former like the latter associated with the irrigation of a
Waterless region. In point of fact the Roman poets do emphasise
the arid character of Daunia. Horace3 speaks of it as the land
Where Daunus, scant of water, ruled .
The rustic tribes.
And Ovid4 mentions
the parched fields
Of Iapygian Daunus.
That the Daunioi, like the Danaoi, constructed t/wlos-tombs is a
Possible, though precarious, inference from a few lines in Lykophron5.
This writer of prophetic rigmarole sets out to tell how the Daunioi
shall bury alive certain Aetolian envoys, sent to recover the quondam
P°ssessions of Diomedes6:
Within a darksome grave that savage folk
Shall hide them, living yet, in the inmost nooks
Of a hollow passage. Aye, for them the Daunites
Shall build a tomb, with never a funeral rite,
Roofed over by a pile of rounded stones.
whether the Daunioi had tholoid wells, we cannot even conjec-
e- Surviving examples of the type on Italian soil are the
Ioq° ^'runum)> Cariaus (ii. v no. 3922 Arurnates near Verona), Cnodauus (ib. iii no.
ticca ^urse"a 'n Upper Pannonia), Licaus (Dessau Inscr. Lat. sel. no. 2577 Dalmatia)
j22" * (Corp. inscr. Lat. vi no. 26528 Rome, ix no. 42 Brundisium) Liccau...(ib. iii no.
ij2g. ^Ss°nium), Lomoliauus {ib. v no. 450 Piquentum), Opiauus (ib. iii nos. 10121,
3'2 alrnatia) Opiaua (ib. iii no. 2900 Corinium), Ildrpaos (Corp. inscr. Att. ii. 1 no.
Witn j **w^<»'Ta Ylarpaov llafovo [cp. the silver coins of Paionia, struck c. 340—315 b.c.,
Cat c^Cnd ^ATPAOY (Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Macedonia, etc. p. 2 f. figs., Hunter
p. 236*7" l' 348 p1' *♦> 8' McClean Cat- Coins M. 81 f. pi. 137, 12—20, Head Hist, num.2
Ho. ' g 149)])> Quasannaus (Corp. inscr. Lat. v no. 3463 Verona), Ridaus (ib. iii
Venetiaf S-aet'a^' ^emauus (ib- >2 no- 2195 near Aquileia) god of the river Timavus in
from \x 'za°s (ched by F. Ribezzo La lingua degli antichi Messapii Napoli 1907 p. 6
0r ^a^ofi1 ^alal)ria)> Virraus (Corp. inscr. Lat. v no. 3842 a Verona). Add 'Za.va.bs
buck o'er " T ' a town in Phrygia near Laodikeia (\V. Pape—G. E. Benseler IVorler-
1 y*nec**KAeH Eigennamen* Braunschweig 1875 ii. 1338).
a O f> Ae"' 7' 409 £' Serv- Verg- Aen- 7- 372' 4:o-
3 Ho^OSSbaCh m Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. iv. 2234.
1 Ov ' 3°' 11 ^ 1ua PauPer aquae Daunus agrestium | regnavit populoruni.
5 Lyk J, '4' 510 ^ ^pygis arida Dauni | arva.
~''a-a'<t>a.yo$ I "»I , T0^s (Is tpe/mov fivras w/iijffTai T&fov | Kpifovni. KolX-qs iv jxv%oi%
6 Tzet' "'S5 iKTif"-<>T<»> Aowitoi veupCiv \ eTT\o-Qvai xmot^ TpOX/uP^fi KaT-qpcQh.
^aUnia\ : l" Lyk- AL 105°- The story is told, with some variation (Brundisium, not
'* m lust. 12. 2. 7 ff.