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Ἕρμων δ᾽ ἐν Κρητικαῖς Γλώσσαις κοδύμαλα καλεῖσθαί φησι τὰ κυδώνια μῆλα. Πολέμων δ᾽ ἐν ε# τῶν πρὸς Τίμαιον ῾fr. 43 Pr' 'ἄνθους γένος τὸ κοδύμαλον εἶναί τινας ἱστορεῖν. Ἀλκμὰν δὲ τὸ στρουθίον μῆλον, ὅταν λέγῃ ῾fr. 90':' ‘μεῖον ἢ κοδύμαλον.' Ἀπολλόδωρος δὲ καὶ Σωσίβιος τὸ κυδώνιον μῆλον ἀκούουσιν. ὅτι δὲ διαφέρει τὸ κυδώνιον μῆλον τοῦ στρουθίου σαφῶς εἴρηκε Θεόφραστος ἐν β# τῆς ἱστορίας ῾2, 5'.'

διάφορα δὲ μῆλα γίνεται ἐν Σιδοῦντι, κώμη δ᾽ ἐστὶν αὕτη Κορίνθου, ὡς Εὐφορίων ἢ Ἀρχύτας ἐν Γεράνῳ φησίν ῾p. 44 M':'

ὥριον οἷά τε μῆλον, ὅ τ᾽ ἀργιλώδεσιν ὄχθαις
πορφύρεον ἐλαχείῃ ἐνιτρέφεται Σιδόεντι.
μνημονεύει δ᾽ αὐτῶν καὶ Νίκανδρος ἐν Ἑτεροιουμένοις οὕτως ῾fr. 50 Schn':'
αὐτίχ᾽ ὅ γ᾽ ἢ Σιδόεντος ἠὲ Πλείστου ἀπὸ κήπων
μῆλα ταμὼν χνοάοντα τύπους ἐνεμάσσετο Κάδμου.
ὅτι δ᾽ ἡ Σιδοῦς τῆς Κορίνθου ἐστὶ κώμη Ῥιανὸς εἴρηκεν ἐν α# Ἡρακλείας ῾p. 178 M' 'καὶ Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος ἐν ε# περὶ νεῶν καταλόγου. Ἀντίγονος δ᾽ ὁ Καρύστιος ἐν Ἀντιπάτρῳ φησίν ῾p. 170 Wil':'
ᾗχι μοι ὡραίων πολὺ φίλτερος ἡ δ᾽ ἀριμήλων
πορφυρέων, Ἐφύρῃ τά τ᾽ ἀέξεται ἠνεμοέσσῃ.

Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.

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