[129] δεσμά: this is the plur. of “δεσμός” in the hymns (h. Herm. 157, 409, vii. 12, 13) without variant; in Homer the form is “δέσματα”. Here there is some force in the repetition of “σε”, and this may induce us with Matthiae, to give the preference to p's reading. J. H. S. xv. p. 263.
131-132. Apollo here claims his prerogatives; he will be a god of music, an archer, and a prophet. Gemoll compares. For the “κίθαρις” of Apollo see on h. Herm. 450. φίλη: hardly an epithet, like “καμπύλα”, but predicative with “εἴη”, “for my own”; cf. 144.“Φοίβῳ γὰρ καὶ τόξον ἐπιτρέπεται καὶ ἀοιδή
κείνου δὲ Θριαὶ καὶ μάντιες
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