Fr. 2
ποιμένι μῆλα νέμοντι παρ' ἴχνιον ὀξέος ἵππου
Ἡσιόδῳ Μουσέων ἑσμὸς ὅτ’ ἠντίασεν
μ]ὲν οἱ Χάεος γενεσ[
]ἐπὶ πτέρνης ὑδα[
5 τεύχων ὡς ἑτέρῳ τις ἑῷ κακὸν ἥπατι τεύχει
]ῶ ζώειν ἄξιον α[
].εν πάντες σε· τὸ γα[
].δε πρήσσειν εὐμα[
]...ιπὰ ʿ[..].[
notes
Fr. 2 Harder (= 2 Pf., = 3 + 4 Mass.)
1-9 P.Oxy. 2208, [image], Trismegistos 59406
1-2 Fronto Epist. ad M. Caes. 1, 4, 6
5 Ael. VH 8, 9
In a dream Callimachus is transported to Mt. Helicon where he meets and converses with the Muses. A scholium mentions that he is "newly bearded" (ἀρτιγένειος), therefore, a young man when this happens. The sequence is an imitation of Hesiod's poetic initiation in the Theogony 22 ff., and was in turn imitated by Ennius and other Roman poets.