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[399] Ilgen's ὡρέων (for “ὀρέων” M) is nearest to the MS., and preserves an Ionic form and Homeric synizesis; cf. “ἐρέω 406, Κρονίδεω 414. εἰς ἐΝιαυτόν”: the supplement of m can hardly be an invention of the scribe, and the lexx. give instances of the distributive force of “εἰς”, “every year.” See L. and S. s.v. ii. 2.

The division of time is followed by Apollod.i. 5. 3.Περσεφόνη δὲ καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐνιαυτὸν τὸ μὲν τρίτον μετὰ Πλούτωνος ἠναγκάσθη μένειν, τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν παρὰ τοῖς θεοῖς”. The third part of the year is of course the winter season, when the corn is below the earth. The editors note the old division of the year into three seasons. According to another account (Ovid Fast.iv. 614, Met. v. 567, Hygin. fab.146) the year is divided into two equal periods of six months each. See Preller-Robert i.^{2} p. 763 n. 3, where it is remarked that Apollo was thought to spend six months in Delos and Lycia respectively, according to Delian tradition, whereas the Delphians believed him to be present among them for nine months.


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