Fr. 93
Νέκταρος α[. . . . . .]ν γλύκιον γένος ηραπεδο[
κ[.].δονηδυ[. . . . . . . ]ς ἀμβροσίης
ὑμέας γαῖ' ἀνέδ[ωκε, τ]ὰ καὶ τερπνίστατα πά[ντων
νεῖσθε διὰ γλῶσ[σαν γλεύ]κεος ὅσσα πέρα.
5 δείλαιοι, τυ[τθόν] μιν ἐπὶ πλέον ἢ ὅσον ἄκ[ρον
χεῖλος ἀναγλ[. . . . . . .]π[.]ρ ἀναινομένου
ἀνδρὸς ανουν[. . . . . . . . . .]ς ἐπέτασσεν[.].[
ω.[.] μίαν νης.[
οἰκήσας Λιπά[ρ
10 της ω. Τυ[ρσην
ἤλυθ' ἄγων π[
πολλά, τὸ δ' ἐκ.[
φη[.]αρ ἀποτρ[
ἱερὸς εἰ Φοίβου[
15 δημόθεν ως.[
τουτο. ενει[
.]στ' ἐπὶ τὴν ν[
.]ησαιον προτ[
notes
Fr. 93 Harder (= 93 Pf., = 196 Mass.)
1-18 init. P.Oxy. 2170, fr. 1, 4-21 [image] Trismegistos 59370
1-7 fin. PSI 1218c, 4-10 [image], Trismegistos 59370
1 P.Mil.Vogl. I 18-III 12 sq. [image] Trismegistos 59371
When Lipara was being besieged by the Etruscans (Τυρσηνοί), the Etruscans pledged to Apollo that, if he gave them the victory, they would sacrifice the most courageous warrior of the Liparians to him after the battle. This was a man with the prescient name of Theudotus (or "Given to the god").
Bibliography
Massimilla, Giulio. 2011. 'Theudotus of Lipara (Callimachus, fr. 93 Pf.).' In Culture in Pieces. Essays on Ancient Texts in Honour of Peter Parsons, edited by Dirk Obbink and Richard Rutherford, 208-19. Oxford: Oxford University Press.