Fr. 79a Harder (= Diegesis I 27-36; 1.87 Pf.) P.Mil.Vogl. I 18 col. I 27-36 [image], Trismegistos 59371
Τεῦ δὲ χάρον.ο.[ κικλήσ-]
κουσιν ἑξῆ[ς] φ[ησι γυναῖκας δ]υσ-
τοκούσας τὴν Ἄρτε[μιν καίπερ ο]ὗ-
σαν παρθένον ἐπ[ικαλεῖν, ὃτι. .]. .
5 τη ἀπεκυήθη, ἢ ὃτι δ[ιὰ ἐφημοσ]ύ-
νην τοῦ Διὸς ἡ Εἰλείθυια [αὐτὴν] τοῦ-
τ'ἔχειν ἔδωκεν ἐξ[α]ίρετον, ἢ δι-
ότι τὴν ἑαυτῆς μητ[έρα ἐ]λύσατο
τῶν ὠδίνων ὅτε ἐπέτικτεν
10 τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα.
Why do they call. . .
Next he says that women suffering in
childbirth invoke Artemis although
she is a virgin either because
she was born, or that on account of an order 5
from Zeus Eileithya gave her
this honor to hold,
or because she relieved her own mother's
pain when she was giving birth to
Apollo.10
