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τόκος: Not a separate poem (see Introduction), but payment in full with usance added.

ὁρᾶτ᾽ ὦν: So Schneidewin for the unmetrical θνατῶν of the better, the ἀνδρῶν of the inferior MSS. Hermann writes ὀνάτωρ, “beneficial;” in the mercantile sense, “a good round interest.” Mommsen, γε τόκος ἀνδρῶν. So also Mezger. Fennell, who desiderates proof for ὦν with imper. in P., has ὁράτω. One might be satisfied with Homer's οὖν and imper.

ψᾶφον: The Schol. refers ψ. to ἐπιμομφάν, “the accumulation of censure.” In view of the technical use of ψᾶφος as “a counter,” it seems more natural to refer it to the debt; but as the ἐπιμομφά consists in the accumulation of the βαθὺ χρέος thus rolled up, there is no great divergency in the two views.


Pindar: The Olympian and Pythian Odes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. Anne Mahoney. edited for Perseus. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1885.

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