Fr. 43b
Ὥ]ς ἡ μὲν λίπε μῦθον, ἐγὼ δ᾽ἐπὶ καὶ τ[ὸ πυ]θέσθαι
ἤ]θελον - ἦ γάρ μοι θάμβος ὑπετρέφ[ε]το -,
Κ]ισσούσης παρ᾽ ὕδωρ Θεοδαίσια Κρῆ[σσαν ἑ]ορτήν
ἡ] πόλις ἡ Κάδμου κῶς Ἁλίαρτος ἄγ[ει
5 κ]αὶ στυρὸν ἐν μούνοισι πολίσμασι[. . . .]. ι. .τω.
κ]αὶ Μίνω μεγάλοις ἄστεσι γαῖα φ[έρει,
. .]ωθεδετι κρήνη ῾Ραδαμάνθυο[ς. . . . .].[. . .]ν
ἴ]χνια τῆς κείνου λοιπὰ νομογραφ[ίης
. .].[.]αμον ἐν δὲ νυ τοῖσι σοφὸν τόδε τηι[
notes
Fr. 43b (= 43.84-92 Pf., = 50.84-92 Mass.)
1-9 P.Oxy. 2080 col. II 86-94 [image], Trismegistos 59388
19-50 P.Oxy. 2080 col. III [image], Trismegistos 59388
34 EtGen. AB s.v. Ζαγρεύς
This episode is part of the dialogue in the previous episode but the attention of the speakers moves to Haliartus in Boeotia. This very broken section also mentions Cnossos and Dionysus Zagreus. The Theodaesia was a well known Cretan festival; it is a type of theoxenia, in which gods are feted at a ritual meal, celebrated in many locations in the Greek world.
7. Rhadamanthys was Minos' brother. According to ps.-Apollodorus 2.4.11 and 3.1.2 Rhadamanthys married Alcmene after the death of Amphitryon and relocated in Boeotia.