Fr. 22
τέμνοντα σπορίμην αὔλακα γειομόρον
Fr. 23
ἀστέρα, ναὶ κεραῶν ῥῆξιν ἄριστε βοῶν.’
ὣ]ς ὁ μὲν ἔνθ' ἠρᾶτο, σὺ δ' ὡς ἁλὸς ἦχον ἀκούει
Σ]ελλὸς ἐνὶ Τμαρίοις οὔρεσιν Ἰκαρίης,
ἠϊ]θέων ὡς μάχλα φιλήτορος ὦτα πενιχροῦ,
5 ὡς ἄδικοι πατέρων υἱέες, ὡς σὺ λύρης
– ἐσσ]ὶ γὰρ οὐ μάλ' ἐλαφρός, ἃ καὶ λι.ος ουσεχελέξ.. –
λυ]γρῶν ὣς ἐπέων οὐδὲν [ὀπι]ζόμ[εν]ος
. . . . .
21 χαῖρε βαρυσκίπων, ἐπίτακτα μὲν ἑξάκι δοιά,
ἐκ δ' αὐταγρεσίης πολλάκι πολλὰ καμών
. . . . .
ἔμμοτον
notes
Fr. 22 Harder (= 22 Pf., = 24 Mass.) EtGen. AB s.v. γειόμορος
Fr.23 Harder (= 23 Pf., = 25 Mass.)
1-23 P. Berol. 11629 B recto [image], Trismegistos 98082
15 EtGen. AB α 653 s.v. ἀμίστυλλον
21-22 Σ BDP Pi. N. 3, 42c
The story takes place near Lindos on Rhodes. Apparently Heracles asked a Lindian peasant for food and, when he was refused, killed the peasant's ox. Consequently, the peasant cursed Heracles, and the moment was commemorated by the ritual. This section lists a series of negative comparisons to illustrate Heracles turning a deaf ear to the farmer's pleading.
Line 6: Wilamowitz' supplement of the second half of line: ἃ καὶ Λίνος οὔ σ’ ἔχε λέξ[αι ("what Linus was unable to tell you") is very attractive for two reasons: it fits both space and sense, and the introduction of Linus, Heracles' music teacher, fits Callimachus' practice of alluding to more than one character with the same name. The aition immediately following the two Heracles tales is about another Linus (see Stephens 2002).
Bibliography
Dettori, Emanuele. 2008. ‘Su Call. fr. 22 Pf. (24 Mass.).’ In Atti della giornata in onore di Roberto Pretagostini (Seminari Romani di Cultura Greca 11.2), edited by E. Dettori and R. Nicolai, 263-88. Rome: Quasar.
Stephens, Susan. A. 2002. "Linus song." Hermathena, no. 173/174:10-24.