Bacchylides : a Prose Translation
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He faid that only two men follow him: that from his gleaming ftioulders hangs a fword [. . . .], two poliflied javelins are in his hands : a fhapely Spartan helm prefles his auburn locks : a purple tunic and a woollen mantle of Theflaly enfold his breaft : his eyes flaih red volcanic flame : he is in youth's earlieft prime : his delight is in the games of Ares, war and battle's brazen clangour : and his feet are bound for fplendour-loving Athens.
21 This ode celebrates a v'lBory at Nemea by a n...ative of Fhlius. The river Afopus on -which Fhlius flood •was the mythical father of many daughters viho gave their names to various cities andijlands, e.g. Thebes, Aegina, Salamis, ^c. After touching on the origin of the Nemean games and the viSor's deeds, 'Bacchy- lides feems about to launch on fame Theban mythology ■when the fragment ends abruptly.
When AdrafittSj king of Argos, and the other ' Seven againjl Thebes ' -were at Nemea on their march to ajjtji the exiled Folynices to recover his throne, the death of the child Archemorus was recognized by the fon of Oecleus, the prophet Am- phiarauSj one of the Seven, as an omen of dif after, and he vainly urged his companions to abandon the enterprife, Achilles traced his lineage, through Feleus, Aea- cus, and Aegina, to the river-god Afopus.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He faid that only two men follow him: that from his gleaming ftioulders hangs a fword [. . . .], two poliflied javelins are in his hands : a fhapely Spartan helm prefles his auburn locks : a purple tunic and a woollen mantle of Theflaly enfold his breaft : his eyes flaih red volcanic flame : he is in youth's earlieft prime : his delight is in the games of Ares, war and battle's brazen clangour : and his feet are bound for fplendour-loving Athens.
21 This ode celebrates a v'lBory at Nemea by a n...ative of Fhlius. The river Afopus on -which Fhlius flood •was the mythical father of many daughters viho gave their names to various cities andijlands, e.g. Thebes, Aegina, Salamis, ^c. After touching on the origin of the Nemean games and the viSor's deeds, 'Bacchy- lides feems about to launch on fame Theban mythology ■when the fragment ends abruptly.
When AdrafittSj king of Argos, and the other ' Seven againjl Thebes ' -were at Nemea on their march to ajjtji the exiled Folynices to recover his throne, the death of the child Archemorus was recognized by the fon of Oecleus, the prophet Am- phiarauSj one of the Seven, as an omen of dif after, and he vainly urged his companions to abandon the enterprife, Achilles traced his lineage, through Feleus, Aea- cus, and Aegina, to the river-god Afopus.
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