Fr. 78
Ὤφελες οὐλοὸν ἔγ[χος
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notes
Fr. 78 Harder (=78 Pf.) P.Oxy. 2213, fr. 2.5-6 [image],
Trismegistos 59392
This aition provides an explanation of why Isindians were excluded from Ionian sacrifices, namely, because once upon a time an Isindian had killed a guest.
scholia
Fr. 78b Harder = (Diegesis I 10-26) P.Mil.Vogl. I 18 col. I 10-26 [image], Trismegistos 59371
῎Ωφελες οὐλοὸν ἐγ[
]εις Ἰσίνδιον δ[
]. υπα[
]σισ[
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Fr. 78c = Σ G. Ov. Ib. 621
Isi<n>dius, a loco sic dictus, <Ae>t<h>alon, hospitem suum, occidit; quare Io<n> omnes homines illius regionis a sacrificio suo repellt.
A certain Isindian, thus being called after the place, killed his guest Aethalus; therefore the Ionians expel all people from that area from their sacrifices.
translation
If only the destructive spear. . .
neither(?). . .