Fr. 94

     Τὸν νεκρ[]ν.[. . . . . .].τ[. . . .]υβατονιστιναευω   

 

Fr. 95

           . .[
      πατρο. .[
           δακρυσας.[
      αἰαῖ καὶ μαλ[                     ‘Ἵππου]
5        καὶ Κούρης’ α[   

Fr. 94 Harder (= 94 Pf., = 197 Mass.) P.Mil.Vogl. I 18 col. III 25
   sq. [image], Trismegistos 59371

The end of the line seems to have an error in it and defies articulation. If there is a corruption, Korte's ο]ὐ βατὸν ("not to be walked on, inaccessible") followed by Maas's εἴ τιν’ ἀκούω ("If I hear someone") suggests a line of approach.


Fr. 95 Harder (= 95 Pf., = 198 Mass.) P.Oxy. 2170, fr. 2 [image], Trismegistos 59370

Leimonis was the daughter of Hippomenes, the last descendent of Codrus of Athens. When her father discovered that she had been seduced, he closed her up in a stall with a horse that killed her. He then killed the man who had seduced her, tied him to a horse, and dragged him through the town. The cruelty of Hippomenes was legendary and is cited as the reason that the rule of the Codrids came to an end.

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Susan Stephens, Callimachus: Aetia. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-947822-07-8.https://dcc.dickinson.edu/sv/callimachus-aetia/book-4/leimonis