Fr. 98
Εὐθύμου τὰ μὲν ὅσσα παραὶ Διὶ Πῖσαν ἔχοντι
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Fr. 98 Harder (= 98 = 99 Pf., = 201 + 202 Mass.) P.Mil.Vogl. I 18
col. IV 5 [image], Trismegistos 59371
This is a second story about an Olympic victor, the boxing champion Euthymus of Locri, that places heroes of the Trojan War in a bad light again. The region is Temesa, a city of the Brutii in South Italy, where one of Odysseus’ crewmen was left on the shore during the return voyage from Troy. The crewman raped a local woman and was stoned to death. In expiation, the locals were required to appease his ghost by leaving him a bed and a virgin as an annual tribute. Euthymus put an end to the practice. The story is well attested: versions occur in both Pausanias (6.6.4-11) and Strabo (6.1.5, 255C).
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Fr. 99a Harder (=Diegesis IV 5-17; 1.103 Pf.) P.Mil.Vogl. I 18 col. IV 5-17 [image], Trismegistos 59371
Εὐθύμου τὰ μὲν ὅσσα παραὶ Διὶ Πῖσαν ἔχοντι
ὅ[τ]ι ἐν Τεμέσῃ ἥρως περίλοιπος τῆς Ὀ-
δυσσέως νεὼς ἐδασμοφόρει ἐπιχω-
ρ[ίου]ς τε καὶ ὁμόρους, οὓς κομίζοντας
5 αὐτῷ κλίνην καὶ κόρην ἐπίγαμον
ἐάσαντας ἀπέρχεσθαι ἀμεταστρε-
πτεί, ἕωθε[ν] δὲ τοὺς γονεῖς ἀντὶ παρ-
θέ[ν]ου γυ[ναῖ]κα κομίζεσθαι. τὸν δὲ
δ[ασ]μὸν [τοῦ]τον ἀπέλυσεν Εὔθυμος
10 πύκτης [. .].λέξας τὰς [τῷ ἥρ]ωϊ κυ-
ν. .ζ[. . . . . .]φηαφης[. . . . . . . .]. . .
πρ.[ ]το.[
συ[ ]. .[
lines 14-17 are missing
"Of Euthymus all the things in (the temple) of Zeus, who rules at Pisa"
that in Temesa a hero, a survivor of Odysseus'
ship, forced the people of the area
and their neighbors to pay tribute
to him: they had to bring a couch and a marriagable5
girl to him and go away without looking back, leaving
them behind; the next morning the parents could
take away the girl as a woman.
The boxer Euthymus put an end to this
tribute . . .10
translation
Fr. 98
of Euthymus all the things at (the temple) of Zeus who rules at Pisa