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CHAP. XXVII.] CEPHALUS AT THOEICUS. 215
for Aurora was said to have carried him off from the
shores of Attica to dwell with the Gods. Thoricus be-
came famous as the place from which that Athenian
hero was removed to a heavenly climate : and with
the name of Thoricus was probably associated, in
an Athenian's mind, the idea of such an Elysian
translation2.
A migration of this character was the lot of CEdi-
pus at Colonus3. Its description by Sophocles may
derive some light from this the Elysian character of
Thoricus. CEdipus is there represented as standing
on the brink of another world. He has reached the
brazen threshold, and the rugged descent which is
to lead him to it. Near him stands registered the
solemn compact which Theseus made with Peirithous,
when they took together the same journey on which
CEdipus is going alone. There is a marble tomb
' Eur. Hippol. 455.
- avi)piraaev
tj KaXXifpeyyrj^ 'KitpaXov eis Oeous "Ews,
epioTos oftve/c,...
from Thoricus, Apollodoi. II. 4. 7. See the representation on the vase
in Mfflin. Gal. Myth. i. p. 23.
3 (Ed. Col. 1590.
eirei 8' dtpiKTo tov KarappaKT^v 6dov,
XoKkoTs fidQpouTi ytjdev eppt%o>fxevov,
€<tt?j KeXeudaiv ev woXvaxl^Ttev fita,
koiXov ireXas KpaTrjpos, oZ to Qijtretos
HepiQov re Keirai irltrT' del ^vvdrip:aTa'
dtp' o5 p.earos eras, tow *re QopiKiou irirpov,
KoiX)is t* dxepSoii, Kairo Xati/ov rdipov,
koOe^ct'...
for Aurora was said to have carried him off from the
shores of Attica to dwell with the Gods. Thoricus be-
came famous as the place from which that Athenian
hero was removed to a heavenly climate : and with
the name of Thoricus was probably associated, in
an Athenian's mind, the idea of such an Elysian
translation2.
A migration of this character was the lot of CEdi-
pus at Colonus3. Its description by Sophocles may
derive some light from this the Elysian character of
Thoricus. CEdipus is there represented as standing
on the brink of another world. He has reached the
brazen threshold, and the rugged descent which is
to lead him to it. Near him stands registered the
solemn compact which Theseus made with Peirithous,
when they took together the same journey on which
CEdipus is going alone. There is a marble tomb
' Eur. Hippol. 455.
- avi)piraaev
tj KaXXifpeyyrj^ 'KitpaXov eis Oeous "Ews,
epioTos oftve/c,...
from Thoricus, Apollodoi. II. 4. 7. See the representation on the vase
in Mfflin. Gal. Myth. i. p. 23.
3 (Ed. Col. 1590.
eirei 8' dtpiKTo tov KarappaKT^v 6dov,
XoKkoTs fidQpouTi ytjdev eppt%o>fxevov,
€<tt?j KeXeudaiv ev woXvaxl^Ttev fita,
koiXov ireXas KpaTrjpos, oZ to Qijtretos
HepiQov re Keirai irltrT' del ^vvdrip:aTa'
dtp' o5 p.earos eras, tow *re QopiKiou irirpov,
KoiX)is t* dxepSoii, Kairo Xati/ov rdipov,
koOe^ct'...