Fr. 96
Θεοὶ πάντες κομποῖς νεμεσήμονες, ἐκ δέ τε πάντων
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Fr. 96 Harder (= 96 Pf., = 199 Mass.)
1-2 P.Oxy. 2170, fr. 2, 6-7 [image], Trismegistos 59370
1 P.Mil.Vogl. I 18 col. III 34 sq. [image] Trismegistos 59371
Next is an ironical tale of a hunter who boastifully dedicates the head of a boar he had killed to himself instead of Artemis. He hangs the head in a tree, then falls asleep under it; of course, the head falls on him while he sleeps and kills him. The same story occurs in Libanius (Orations 5. 39) and Diodorus (4.22.3). In both, the location is Italy (Paestum in Diodorus). Diodorus juxtaposes the impiety of the hunter with the piety of Heracles, who is passing through the land.