Cook, Arthur B.: Zeus: a study in ancient religion (Band 3,1): Zeus god of the dark sky (earthquake, clouds, wind, dew, rain, meteorits): Text and notes (Cambridge, 1940)

Ritual of the Dipolieia 577

(a) Ritual of the Dipolieia.

The ritual of the Dipolieia is known to us primarily from
passages in Porphyrios1 and Pausanias2. Porphyrios appears to be

1 It will be convenient here to print the passages in extenso as they stand in the
Teubner text (ed. A. Nauck) and further on to discuss particular points.

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J°v Ka-pTr{ov 6 /3o0s irpoaeXdwv aTreycvaaTo tov lepov Tcekdvov ovvepyobs yap Xa/3wy tovs
aXXous baoL Traprjaav, diriKTCLve tovtov.

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tA ' VTcpayavaKT-qtravTa t<£ <rvfif}dvTi, weXiKcdis (J. J. Reiske cj. TriXeKvv) twos
Wiov aKovupevov, tovtov dpTtd^avTa, Trard^ai tov /3oCc. reXevTr/o-avTos Si too fjods, us
^ fVs op-y^i KaTao-t&s o-vvccppbvqacv olov Ipyov t)v clpyao-pivos, tov piv fiovv ddirrci, <pvyi]v
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Men a"°" tr"^w $v (or ov). J. J. Reiske had cj. airiBavev epyaoiq Xb)ov) (creaBai. yevo~a-
te tou tcBvcSitos Kal p.7) KaTaaxovaiv (Nauck condemns Kal psq KaraaxoOffiv as

"ctcu^ CorruP'-a')- b6cv £t)tt)o-cws yevopivr/s Kal tov [XurraTpov (expunxit Nauck)]
*4t4 i " ^S0 J' J' Reiske for nera) tt\s irpd|eais dvevpc$ivTos, 'Zdnrarpos vofilaas rfjs irepl
o„Tos , ec'" Pr- avTo codd. Mm.) SwrxoX/as dwaXkayqo-co-dai tlis cvayovs ovtos (lis tvayovs
Tairb) Ver,'3a au' sPur'a videntur esse aut vitiosa' Nauck), el Kotvfi tovto (J. Bernays cj.
kbtbh 7r^a^ela" Tavrcs, iipT\ Tpbs tovs auTov (so ed. pr. avrb codd. Mm.) p.eTc\8bvTas, Sciv
t°Cto ^ fiovv vtto T?is 7r6Xetos. diropovvTwv de t'ls 0 iraTdi-wv eVrcu, irapaoxclv avTots
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P tea sy° *

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^antabri i T^1' T^6Kl"' ^TeP0S» o 5' €7raTa^e tov f$ovv, dWos 3' £<r<pa£ev t&v 5i (so ed.
''"Pa^g^ lae ^55 for 5?;) ^uera raura Stipavrtov, tyetiffavTo tou j8o6s Trd^res. to&tujv 8t
Sopdv tov /3o6s pd\f avTes Kal xbpT(i> eiroyKuvavTes (so Nauck for
^Potr^-g^ TCS,01 c^7re7'cwcra»'rcs) e^avccT-qaav, e'xottTa TavTov biccp Kal £&v ^ox€v ^XV^j ka^
^7rQ^oytav'1' ^P0TP0V ^5 epya^op.e'vw. Kpiffiv 5e Troiovp-evoi tov (pbvov rrdvTas CKd\ovv els
t°"s o-kov .T°US T^s "'P'ifews KOivoivrjoavTas. tSv 6tj (so J. Bernays for us Be) al p.ev vbpotpbpoi
E7r'^'56i;7.aj , a! avT&v -qtiQivto fxdWov, ol He aKOVT)aavTes tov (TriobvTa (so Nauck for
1 istage) NauT?" *^eitwi ovros Si tov eTCL<r<pd£ai>Ta (on the assumption that this omits
' rbv Va ,j °j' 01'tos Si tov ward^avTa, 6 Si irard^as rbv acpd^avTa and Bernays cj. ovtos
tl)" p-°-Xaipala"Ta', t ^ T°" "r'<r'/'afa>'7a. But see infra p. 584 n. 1), Kal 6 tovto Spdaas
r°'! Ai17ro^ ^s oi)<n;s d<po>vov tov <pbvov Kardyvwo-av. ajro S' 4kcIvov /tf'XP' T°v

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yap cirl tt/s x^Xk^s (Nauck cj. ewl xaXx-^s)
'c'i,rretttl_ k°*ov Ka>- Tpaio-rd, wepieXavvovo-t tovs KaTavep-r/eivTas fiovs, w 6 ycvffdfj.evos
^aTafa„Tos .j, w TaGra Spuvrwv (utiv vvv (Nauck cj. fan Tpla)- ol piv dub tou

^^os Kevr?^a'T!'°vSdelevit Nauck)] /Souri/irot KaXovptevoi ttAvtcs, ol S' Awb tov TrepieXd-
^»QUtas 7(a°a'', T0l's 0' dxo tou cTTi<r<pdiavTos Sairpovs bvofidtov<rtv Sid tt\v iK tt)s
""^uiriu ^e"';'' 5ai7o. TrX-qputravTes Si ttjv fiiipaav, tirav irpbs tt)V Kplaiv axBSiaiv,
C, jjj ^' Bernays cj. K-araTovToOo-i. But see infra p. 584 n. a) tt\v fi&xaipap.

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