The Anchor of the Argo Left at Cyzicus

Fr. 108

       Ἀργὼ καὶ σέ, Πάνορμε, κατέδραμε καὶ τεὸν ὕδωρ   

    Fr. 108 (= 108 Pf., = 211 + 212 Mass.) P.Mil.Vogl. I 18
       col. V 33 [image], 
    Trismegistos 59371

    This aition relates how the Argonauts, stopping at the harbor at Cyzicus for water, left an anchor stone on the shore and replaced it with a heavier one. The stone was subsequently dedicated to Athena. The story was also related in the Argonautica (1.953-6) as an event that occurred at the beginning of the voyage.

     

    Bibliography

    Cozzoli, Adele Teresa. 2007 'Segmenti di epos argonautico in Callimaco.' In L'epos argonautico. Atti del convegno Roma, 13 maggio 2004, edited by Antonio Martina and Adele-Teresa Cozzoli, 143-63. Roma: Università degli studi Roma Tre, Dipartimento di studi sul mondo antico.

    Fr. 108

    Ἀργώ -οῦς ἡ, the Argo, the ship in which Jason sailed to retrieve the Golden Fleece

    κατατρέχω -δραμοῦμαι -έδραμον: run down; disembark

    Πάνορμος -ου, ὁ: Panormus, one of the harbors of Cyzicus

    Fr. 109a Harder (= Diegesis V 33-9; 1, 111 Pf.) P.Mil. Vogl. I 18 V 33-9 [image], Trismegistos 59371

           Ἀργὼ καὶ σέ, Πάνορμε, κατέδραμε, καὶ τεὸν ὕδωρ

                   Φησὶ τοὺς Ἀργοναύτας ὑδρεύσασθαι ἀ-

                   ποβάντας εἰς Κύζικον ἀπολιπεῖν τὸν

                   λίθον ἐνθάδε ᾧ ἐχρῶντο ἀγκύραι, ἅτε

    5            ἐλαφρότερον ὄντα – τοῦτον δ' ὕστερον

                   καθιερωθῆναι Ἀθηνᾷ – , ἕτερόν γε μὴν

                   βαρύτερον ἀναλαβε[]ν.

       

    "On your shores, too, Panormus, the Argo landed, and your water"

         He says that the Argonauts, when they

         went ashore to fetch water at Cyzicus, left behind

         the stone that they used to anchor there because

         it was too light— and that later5

         it was dedicated to Athena— and they took another

         (stone) which was heavier.

    Fr. 108

    On your shores, too, Panormus, the Argo landed, and your water

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    Suggested Citation

    Susan Stephens, Callimachus: Aetia. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-947822-07-8.https://dcc.dickinson.edu/callimachus-aetia/book-4/anchor-argo-left-cyzicus