[526] Διὸς Γόνον: i.e. a hero such as Heracles; for “ἄνδρα” Baumeister compares the Homeric “ἡμιθέων γένος ἀνδρῶν”. The correction “Διὸς γόνου” misses the point: “θεὸν” and “ἄνδρα Διὸς γόνον” are subdivisions of “ἀθάνατοι”.
A lacuna is here clearly indicated: the transition from indirect to direct narration is not warranted by Il. 4.303 “, Ψ” 855; Longinus de sublim. defends such transitions in an interesting chapter (xxvii), but his Homeric example Il. 15.348 can be otherwise explained. Moreover, “ἐκ” has no reference, “τέλειον” seems unnatural with “σύμβολον”, and “σε” is indispensable. Since the sanction of Zeus appears necessary both here and in 568f., and is stated in 575 “χάριν δ᾽ ἐπέθηκε Κρονίων”, perhaps a line has fallen out such as “αἰετὸν ἧκε πατήρ: ὁ δ᾽ ἐπώμοσεν, ἦ σε μάλ᾽ οἶον” (J. H. S. xvii. p. 266). Possibly the missing passage was longer, containing a reference to the exchange of the pipe, and a direct request by Hermes for “μαντεία”. This view, however, is unnecessary; see further on 533.This text is part of:
The Homeric Hymns, edited, with preface, apparatus criticus, notes, and appendices. Thomas W. Allen. E. E. Sikes. London. Macmillan. 1904.
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