Thomas W. Allen, E. E. Sikes, Commentary on the Homeric Hymns, line 18

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HYMN TO DIONYSUS

HYMN TO DEMETER

HYMN TO APHRODITE

HYMN TO APHRODITE

HYMN TO ARTEMIS

HYMN TO APHRODITE

HYMN TO DEMETER

HYMN TO THE MOTHER OF THE GODS

HYMN TO HERACLES THE LION-HEARTED

HYMN TO ASCLEPIUS

HYMN TO THE DIOSCURI

HYMN TO HEPHAESTUS

HYMN TO POSEIDON

HYMN TO THE MUSES AND APOLLO

HYMN TO DIONYSUS

HYMN TO ARTEMIS

HYMN TO EARTH THE MOTHER OF ALL

HYMN TO THE DIOSCURI

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[18] “οὔρεσι κτλ.”=Il. 21.485 (of Artemis). With the whole passage cf.

“τῇ τόξα λαγωβολίαι τε μέλονται
καὶ χορὸς ἀμφιλαφὴς καὶ ἐν οὔρεσιν ἑψιάασθαι
”
Callim. h. Art. 2 f.

. M's reading can hardly be due to mere mistake; perhaps a line has fallen out between 18 and 19 “καὶ γὰρ τῇ ἅδε [ . . . πουλύχρυσα δὲ] τόξα κτλ.”

The omission was due to homoeomeson, sc. “ἅδε” and “-α δέ. πολύχρυσος” in Homer is applied to persons and places, but Artemis' bow is “παγχρύσεα” in xxvii. 5. “πουλύχρυσος” in not Homeric.

The Homeric Hymns, edited, with preface, apparatus criticus, notes, and appendices. Thomas W. Allen. E. E. Sikes. London. Macmillan. 1904.

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