Fr. 104

       Οἰσύδρεω Θρήϊκος ἐφ' αἵματι πολλὰ Θάσοιο

    Fr. 104 Harder (= 104 Pf., = 207 Mass.) P.Mil.Vogl. I 18, col. V 9
       [image], 
    Trismegistos 59371

    Apparently, this section is about a war between Parians and Thracians on Thasos. When the Parians killed a Thracian named Oesydres, they were besieged for a long time. After consulting Delphi, they paid a penalty to the Thracian tribe of the Bisalti to lift the siege.

    Fr. 104

    Οἰσύδρης -εω, ὁ: Oesydres 

    Θρήϊξ, -ϊκος: (masc. adj.) Thracian, of Thrace (Ep. and Ion. for Θρᾷξ, Θρᾳκός)

    Θάσος -ου, ἡ: Thasos, an island in the Aegean

    Fr. 104a Harder (= Diegesis V 9-17; 1.108 Pf.) P.Mil.Vogl. I 18 col. V 9-17 [image], Trismegistos 59371

           Οἰσύδρεω Θρήϊκος ἐφ' αἵματι πολλὰ Θάσοιο

                   Φησὶν Παρίους Οἰσύδρην τὸν Θρᾶικα

                   φονε[ύ]σαντας διαπολιορκηθῆναι Θα-

                   σι[. . . .]ως τὸ ἀρέσκον Βισάλταις [ἐ]πιτί-

    5            μιο[ν τ]ίνειν ἔχρησεν ὁ θεός• οἱ δετει-

                   χο.[. . .].αυνοθ. .[. . . .] Θασίοις ἐρ[ω]τῶ-

                   σι [. . . .]ειν.η.[. . . . . . .]πέμπειν πα[

                   .[. . . . . .].[.].α.[. . . . . . . . .]..πλη.κο

                   .[

           

    "Because of the Thracian Oesydres' murder, much of Thasos"

         He says that when the Parians killed the Thracian

         Oesydres, they were besieged . . .

         the god ordered them to pay

         what the Bisalti wanted as a penalty. . .5

    Fr. 104

    Because of the Thracian Oesydres' murder, much of Thasos

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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-4/thracian-oesydres