Ὄλυμπος. For Ὄλυμπος ὁ Φρύξ as τὰ παιδικά of
Marsyas, cp. Minos 318 B; Paus. X.
30; also Laws 677 D, 790 D ff.; Arist.
Pol. V. 5. 1340^{a} 8 ff.; Clem. Al. Strom. I. p. 307
C.
For κατέχεσθαι of “possession”
(by supernal or infernal powers), cp. Meno 99
D, Phaedrus 244 E; Ion 533 E ff. (Rohde Psyche
II. pp. 11, 18 ff., 48^{1}, 88). The orgiastic flute-music (having a cathartic effect
parallel to that of tragedy) provided, as Aristotle explains, a kind of homoeopathic
remedy for the fit of ἐνθουσιασμός.
M. λέγω που, τοῦ δ. I venture on this
slight innovation: otherwise it were best, with Badham, to cut down the τούτου to τοῦ.
δηλοῖ...δεομένους. Cp. the imitative
passage in Minos 318 B
καὶ μόνα κινεῖ καὶ ἐκφαίνει τοὺς τῶν θεῶν ἐν χρείᾳ
ὄντας. θεῶν δεόμενοι is virtually equiv. to κορυβαντιῶντες (215 E); cp. Rohde Psyche II. 48^{1}.
“μόνα=vorzugsweise. Vgl. Symp. 222 A” (Rettig).
ψιλοῖς λόγοις. I.e.
“in prose,” devoid of metrical form as well as of musical
accompaniment (ἄνευ ὀργάνων). Cp. Laws 669 D
λόγους ψ. εἰς μέτρα τιθέντες: Menex. 239 C.
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