Fr. 65

      Αὐτομά[της] εὐναὲς ἐπών[υμον, ἀλ]λ' ἀπὸ σ[εῖ]ο

           λούονται λοχίην οἰκέτιν [. . . . . . .]ης

 

Fr. 66

           ἡρῶσσαι [. .].ιᾶς Ἰασίδος νέπ[ο]δες·

      νύμφα Π[οσ]ειδάωνος ἐφυδριάς, οὐδὲ μὲν Ἥρης

           ἁγνὸν ὑφαινέμεναι τῇσι μέμηλε πάτος

      στῆναι [πὰ]ρ κανόνεσσι πάρος θέμις ἢ τεὸν ὕδω[ρ

5         κὰκ κεφ[α]λῆς ἱρὸν πέτρον ἐφεζομένας  

      χεύασθαι, τὸν μὲν σὺ μέσον περιδέδρομας ἀμφίς·

           πότνι' Ἀμυμώνη καὶ Φυσάδεια φίλη

      Ἵππη τ' Αὐτομάτη τε, παλαίτατα χαίρετε νυμφέων

           οἰκία καὶ λιπαραὶ ῥεῖτε Πελασγιάδες.

 

Fr. 65 Harder (= 65 Pf., = 164 Mass.) Comm. in Antimach. PRIMI
   1. 17 coll. II 13 sqq.

Fr. 66 Harder (= 66 Pf., = 165 Mass.)
  1-9 P.Oxy. 2211, fr. 1 recto, 1-9 [image], Trismegistos 59407
  2-3 Meletius, De.Nat.Hom.
  Comm. in Antimach. PRIMI 1. 17 coll. II 21 sqq.

In this brief bridge section Callimachus apparently treats the origin of the springs that were discovered by and named after the daughters of Danaus, upon his return to Argos. They are mentioned also in Ηymn 5.47, which is also set in Argos.

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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/es/callimachus-aetia/book-3/fountains-argos