[1697] χάος: 'gloom,' 'murk'; used specially of the nether abyss, e.g. Plat. (?) Ax. 371, where it is coupled with Ἔρεβος: Quint. Smyr. 2. 614. πάντ᾽ ἐπικιδναμένου χάεος καὶ ἀεικέος ὄρφνης (of the underworld).
ἠέ τις ἄλλη: these words have been impugned by many, but the meaning seems to be simply that this pitchy darkness came either from heaven or from Tartarus. Wellauer explains ἄλλη σκοτίη as alter Tartarus, altera inferorum caligo (i.e. a second Tartarus, etc.), comparing ἄλλη Κύπρις, altera Venus, Musaeus 33. Merkel reads οὔλη on the assumption that Ap. is trying to give the meaning of κατουλάδα by the phrases νύκτ᾽ ὀλοήν, οὔλη σκοτίη.This text is part of:
Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.
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