[145] ἅ τε Φιλίστας μάτηρ…ἅ τε Μελιξοῦς, 'the mother of Philista and Melixus.' One person is meant not two. The repetition of the article in this way with conjunction is classical but very rare. Xenoph. Anab. iii. 1. 17 “τοῦ ὁμομητρίου καὶ τοῦ ὁμοπατρίου ἀδελφοῦ”: Plato, Rep. 334 e τὸν δοκοῦντά τε, ἦ δ᾽ ὅς, καὶ τὸν ὄντα χρηστὸν φίλον: Antiphon, i. 21 τῷ τεθνεῶτι καὶ τῷ ἠδικημένῳ: Demosth. De Cor. 205 τὸν τῆς εἱμαρμένης καὶ τὸν αὐτόματον θάνατον.
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The Idylls of Theocritus. R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901.
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