Fr. 78

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    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.

    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.

    If only the destructive spear. . .

       neither(?). . .

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    Susan Stephens, Callimachus: Aetia. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-947822-07-8.https://dcc.dickinson.edu/callimachus-aetia/book-3/isindian-guest