The Isindian 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.