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SCHOL. APOLL. Rhod. III 1179 ἐν δὲ τῆι γ̄ Μουσαῖος Τιτανογραφίαι [?] λέγεται ὡς Κάδμος ἐκ τοῦ Δελφικοῦ ἐπορεύετο προκαθηγουμένης αὐτῶι τῆς βοός.

Museo, nella 3ª Titanografia [?] racconta come Cadmo si partisse dalla terra delfica, per una via indicatagli dalla vacca.

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 189
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 4th edition (1922), Diels 1922, fragment 1; historical running text, Open Greek and Latin / First 1KGreek transcription. View original source ↗

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DK 2 B 2

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- IV 156 ἐν τούτοις καὶ τοῖς ἐφεξῆς φησι τὴν Μήδειαν ἐπιρραίνουσαν ἀρκεύθωι φάρμακον κομίσαι τὸν δράκοντα ἐπάιδουσαν . . . ἡ δὲ ἄρκευθος δένδρον τι ἀκανθῶδες Ἀπόλλωνος ἴδιον ὡς ἱστορεῖται ἐν τρίτωι τῶν εἰς Μουσαῖον ἀναφερομένων.

In questi versi e nei seguenti dice che Medea, spargendo un farmaco sul ginepro, vi menasse per arte magica il drago... E il ginepro è un certo albero spinoso appartenente ad Apollo, come si narra nel terzo dei carmi attribuiti a Museo.

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 189
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DK 2 B 3

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ὁ δ’ ἀετὸς ὠιὰ μὲν τίκτει τρία, ἐκλέπει δὲ τούτων τὰ δύο ὥσπερ ἔστι καὶ ἐν τοῖς Μουσαίου λεγομένοις ἔπεσιν· ὃς τρία μὲν τίκτει, δύο 〈δ’〉 ἐκλέπει, ἓν δ’ ἀλεγίζει.

The eagle produces three eggs, of which two only are hatched. This is also related in the poems of Musæus. The bird which lays three eggs, hatches two, and brings up but one.

Richard Cresswell · Aristotle’s History of Animals (George Bell & Sons, 1887 edition)
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    History of Animals · Z 6. 563ᵃ 18

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ARIST. hist. anim. Z 6. 563ᵃ 18 ὁ δ’ ἀετὸς ὠιὰ μὲν τίκτει τρία, ἐκλέπει δὲ τούτων τὰ δύο ὥσπερ ἔστι καὶ ἐν τοῖς Μουσαίου λεγομένοις ἔπεσιν· ὃς τρία μὲν τίκτει, δύο 〈δ’〉 ἐκλέπει, ἓν δ’ ἀλεγίζει.

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  • Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), pp. 190. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

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DK 2 B 3a

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φησὶ γοῦν καὶ Μουσαῖος εἶναι «βροτοῖς ἥδιστον ἀείδειν».

Musée l’a bien dit : …. Le chant, vrai charme de la vie.

French · Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire · Aristote, La Politique (1874), livre V, chapitre 5, §2 (modern VIII5, 1339b)
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DK 2 B 4

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4. [24]CLEM. Str. VI 5 (II 424, 26 St.) γράψαντός τε Μουσαίου ὡς αἰεὶ τέχνη μέγ’ ἀμείνων ἰσχύος ἐστίν Ὅμηρος λέγει· μή τί τοι κτλ. [Ψ 315]· πάλιν τοῦ Μουσαίου ποιήσαντος·

And Musæus having written:-- "Since art is greatly superior to strength,"-- Homer says:-- "By art rather than strength is the woodcutter greatly superior." Again, Musæus having composed the lines:--

William Wilson · Clement of Alexandria, translated by William Wilson, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. II (1885)
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  • Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), pp. 190. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

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DK 2 B 5

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5. [25] ὡς δ’ αὔτως καὶ φύλλα φύει ζείδωρος ἄρουρα· ἄλλα μὲν ἐν μελίηισιν ἀποφθίνει, ἄλλα δὲ φύει· ὣς δὲ καὶ ἀνθρώπων γενεὴ καὶ φῦλον ἑλίσσει, Ὅμηρος μεταγράφει· φύλλα τὰ μὲν κτλ. [Ζ 147. 148].

"And as the fruitful field produceth leaves, And on the ash trees some fade, others grow, So whirls the race of man its leaf," -- Homer transcribes:-- "Some of the leaves the wind strews on the ground. The budding wood bears some; in time of spring, They come. So springs one race of men, and one departs."

William Wilson · Clement of Alexandria, translated by William Wilson, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. II (1885)
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  • Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), pp. 190. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

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DK 2 B 6

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6. [p. 14] CLEM. Str. VI 25 (II 442, 3 St.) αὐτοτελῶς γὰρ τὰ ἑτέρων ὑφελόμενοι ὡς ἴδια ἐξήνεγκαν καθάπερ Εὐγάμων ὁ Κυρηναῖος ἐκ Μουσαίου τὸ περὶ Θεσπρωτῶν βιβλίον ὁλόκληρον.

For stealing entirely what is the production of others, they have published it as their own; as Eugamon of Cyrene did the entire book on the Thesprotians from Musæus,

William Wilson · Clement of Alexandria, translated by William Wilson, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. II (1885)
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DK 2 B 7

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7. [23] — — VI 26 (II 42, 15 St.) Ἡσίοδός τε ἐπὶ τοῦ Μελάμποδος [fr. 164 Rzach.²] ποιεῖ· ἡδὺ δὲ καὶ τὸ πυθέσθαι, ὅσα θνητοῖσιν ἔδειμαν ἀθάνατοι δειλῶν τε καὶ ἐσθλῶν τέκμαρ ἐναργές, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς παρὰ Μουσαίου λαβὼν τοῦ ποιητοῦ κατὰ λέξιν.

And Hesiod writes of Melampous:-- "Gladly to hear, what the immortals have assigned To men, the brave from cowards clearly marks;" and so forth, taking it word for word from the poet Musæus.

William Wilson · Clement of Alexandria, translated by William Wilson, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. II (1885)
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DK 2 B 8

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8. [3] [ERATOSTH.] catast. 13 ἐσχημάτισται δ’ ἐν τούτωι ἡ Αἲξ καὶ οἱ Ἔριφοι. Μουσαῖος γάρ φησι Δία γεννώμενον ἐγχειρισθῆναι ὑπὸ Ῥέας Θέμιδι, Θέμιν δὲ Ἀμαλθείαι δοῦναι τὸ βρέφος, τὴν δὲ ἔχουσαν αἶγα ὑποθεῖναι, τὴν δ’ ἐκθρέψαι Δία· τὴν δὲ Αἶγα εἶναι Ἡλίου θυγατέρα φοβερὰν οὕτως, ὥστε τοὺς κατὰ Κρόνον θεούς, βδελυττομένους τὴν μορφὴν τῆς παιδός, ἀξιῶσαι Γῆν κρύψαι αὐτὴν ἔν τινι τῶν κατὰ Κρήτην ἄντρων· καὶ ἀποκρυψαμένην ἐπιμέλειαν αὐτῆς τῆι Ἀμαλθείαι ἐγχειρίσαι, τὴν δὲ τῶι ἐκείνης γάλακτι τὸν Δία ἐκθρέψαι· ἐλθόντος δὲ τοῦ παιδὸς εἰς ἡλικίαν καὶ μέλλοντος Τιτᾶσι πολεμεῖν, οὐκ ἔχοντος δὲ ὅπλα, θεσπισθῆναι αὐτῶι τῆς αἰγὸς τῆι δορᾶι ὅπλωι χρήσασθαι διά τε τὸ ἄτρωτον αὐτῆς καὶ φοβερὸν καὶ διὰ τὸ εἰς μέσην τὴν ῥάχιν Γοργόνος πρόσωπον ἔχειν· ποιήσαντος δὲ ταῦτα τοῦ Διὸς καὶ τῆι τέχνηι φανέντος διπλασίονος, τὰ ὀστᾶ δὲ τῆς αἰγὸς καλύψαντος ἄλληι δορᾶι καὶ ἔμψυχον αὐτὴν καὶ ἀθάνατον κατασκευάσαντος, αὐτὴν μέν φασιν ἄστρον οὐράνιον [κατασκευάσαι] 〈γενέσθαι, τὸν δὲ Δία αἰγίοχον κληθῆναι〉.

Sono stati rappresentati in questo luogo la Capra e i Capretti. Museo infatti dice che Zeus, appena generato, fu da Rea affidato a Temi; che poi Temi diede il neonato ad Amaltea, e questa, che aveva una capra, lo accettò e fece allevare Zeus; ma la Capra era figlia di Elios e tanto spaventevole che gli dèi sottoposti a Cronos, sbigottiti dall’aspetto di questa fanciulla, pregarono Gea di nasconderla in qualcuna delle caverne sotto Creta, e affidarne ad Amaltea la cura segreta. Essa allevò Zeus col latte di quella; ma arrivato il bambino a pubertà e dovendo combattere coi Titani, ma non avendo armi, gli fu annunziato di valersi della pelle di quella capra come di arma, perché essa era invulnerabile e paurosa ed aveva in mezzo al tergo il viso della Gorgone. Ciò avendo fatto Giove ed essendosi manifestato duplice nella sua abilità, occultando le ossa della capra col resto della pelle e rendendola animata di vita immortale, dicono che essa divenne un astro del cielo, e Giove fu egioco chiamato.

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 190
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[ERATOSTH.] catast. 13 ἐσχημάτισται δ’ ἐν τούτωι ἡ Αἲξ καὶ οἱ Ἔριφοι. Μουσαῖος γάρ φησι Δία γεννώμενον ἐγχειρισθῆναι ὑπὸ Ῥέας Θέμιδι, Θέμιν δὲ Ἀμαλθείαι δοῦναι τὸ βρέφος, τὴν δὲ ἔχουσαν αἶγα ὑποθεῖναι, τὴν δ’ ἐκθρέψαι Δία· τὴν δὲ Αἶγα εἶναι Ἡλίου θυγατέρα φοβερὰν οὕτως, ὥστε τοὺς κατὰ Κρόνον θεούς, βδελυττομένους τὴν μορφὴν τῆς παιδός, ἀξιῶσαι Γῆν κρύψαι αὐτὴν ἔν τινι τῶν κατὰ Κρήτην ἄντρων· καὶ ἀποκρυψαμένην ἐπιμέλειαν αὐτῆς τῆι Ἀμαλθείαι ἐγχειρίσαι, τὴν δὲ τῶι ἐκείνης γάλακτι τὸν Δία ἐκθρέψαι· ἐλθόντος δὲ τοῦ παιδὸς εἰς ἡλικίαν καὶ μέλλοντος Τιτᾶσι πολεμεῖν, οὐκ ἔχοντος δὲ ὅπλα, θεσπισθῆναι αὐτῶι τῆς αἰγὸς τῆι δορᾶι ὅπλωι χρήσασθαι διά τε τὸ ἄτρωτον αὐτῆς καὶ φοβερὸν καὶ διὰ τὸ εἰς μέσην τὴν ῥάχιν Γοργόνος πρόσωπον ἔχειν· ποιήσαντος δὲ ταῦτα τοῦ Διὸς καὶ τῆι τέχνηι φανέντος διπλασίονος, τὰ ὀστᾶ δὲ τῆς αἰγὸς καλύψαντος ἄλληι δορᾶι καὶ ἔμψυχον αὐτὴν καὶ ἀθάνατον κατασκευάσαντος, αὐτὴν μέν φασιν ἄστρον οὐράνιον [κατασκευάσαι] 〈γενέσθαι, τὸν δὲ Δία αἰγίοχον κληθῆναι〉. LACT. inst. div. I 21, 39 huius capellae corio usum esse pro scuto Iovem contra Titanas dimicantem M. auctor est, unde a poetis αἰγίοχος nominatur. Vgl. Epimenides 68 B 24 II 193, 23.

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  • Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 190. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

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DK 2 B 10

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ἔπη δὲ ἄιδεται Μουσαίου μέν, εἰ δὴ Μουσαίου καὶ ταῦτα, Τριπτόλεμον παῖδα Ὠκεανοῦ καὶ Γῆς εἶναι.

And it is sung by Musæus, (if indeed the lines are by Musæus), that Triptolemus was the son of Ocean and Earth

Arthur Richard Shilleto · Pausanias’ Description of Greece, volume I (London: George Bell and Sons, 1886), I.14.3
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PAUS. I 14, 3 ἔπη δὲ ἄιδεται Μουσαίου μέν, εἰ δὴ Μουσαίου καὶ ταῦτα, Τριπτόλεμον παῖδα Ὠκεανοῦ καὶ Γῆς εἶναι. Vgl. Pherekydes b. Apoll. bibl. I 32.

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DK 2 B 11

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ἔστι δὲ ἐν Ἕλλησι ποίησις, ὄνομα μὲν τοῖς ἔπεσίν ἐστιν Εὐμολπία, Μουσαίωι δὲ τῶι Ἀντιοφήμου προσποιοῦσι τὰ ἔπη. πεποιημένον οὖν ἐστιν ἐν τούτοις Ποσειδῶνος ἐν κοινῶι καὶ Γῆς εἶναι τὸ μαντεῖον καὶ τὴν μὲν χρᾶν αὐτήν· Ποσειδῶνι δὲ ὑπηρέτην ἐς τὰ μαντεύματα εἶναι Πύρκωνα. καὶ οὕτως ἔχει τὰ ἔπη· αὐτίκα δὲ Χθονίης φωνὴ πινυτὸν φάτο μῦθον· σὺν δέ τε Πύρκων ἀμφίπολος κλυτοῦ Ἐννοσιγαίου.

And the Greeks have a poem called Eumolpia, the author of which was they say Musæus the son of Antiophemus. In this poem Delphi is represented as a joint oracle of Poseidon and Earth, and we read that Earth delivered her own oracles, but Poseidon employed Pyrcon as his interpreter. These are the lines:

“Forthwith Earth uttered forth oracular wisdom,
And with her Pyrcon, famed Poseidon’s priest.”

Arthur Richard Shilleto · Pausanias’ Description of Greece, volume II (London: George Bell and Sons, 1886), X.5.6
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— X 5, 6 ἔστι δὲ ἐν Ἕλλησι ποίησις, ὄνομα μὲν τοῖς ἔπεσίν ἐστιν Εὐμολπία, Μουσαίωι δὲ τῶι Ἀντιοφήμου προσποιοῦσι τὰ ἔπη. πεποιημένον οὖν ἐστιν ἐν τούτοις Ποσειδῶνος ἐν κοινῶι καὶ Γῆς εἶναι τὸ μαντεῖον [zu Delphi] καὶ τὴν μὲν χρᾶν αὐτήν· Ποσειδῶνι δὲ ὑπηρέτην ἐς τὰ μαντεύματα εἶναι Πύρκωνα. καὶ οὕτως ἔχει τὰ ἔπη· αὐτίκα δὲ Χθονίης φωνὴ πινυτὸν φάτο μῦθον· σὺν δέ τε Πύρκων ἀμφίπολος κλυτοῦ Ἐννοσιγαίου.

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  • English · Arthur Richard Shilleto. Pausanias’ Description of Greece, volume II (London: George Bell and Sons, 1886), X.5.6. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

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  • French · Étienne Clavier. Pausanias, Description de la Grèce (1814–1823), X5.6. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

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  • Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), pp. 190–191. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

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PHILOD. de piet. 59, 1 p. 31 G. ἀλ〉λ’ ὁ Ζε〈ύς, ὥς φασι〉ν, τὴν κεφαλὴν ὑπὸ Ἡφαίστου διαιρεῖται, κατὰ δὲ τὸν 〈τὴν〉 Εὐμολπ〈ίαν συν〉θέντα [τα] πο〈ιητὴ〉ν ὑπὸ Παλαμάονος. SCHOL. PIND. Ol. VII 66 ἐν τοῖς Μουσαίου Παλαμάων λέγεται πλῆξαι τοῦ Διὸς τὴν κεφαλήν, ὅτε τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν ἐγέννα.

Ma Zeus, come dicono, ebbe diviso il capo da Efesto; ma, secondo il poeta che compose l’Eumolpia, da Palamaone. — Scoliasta di Pindaro, Ol., VII, 66: nei canti di Museo è detto che Palamaone batté il capo di Zeus, quando generò Atena.

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191
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Brackets indicate substantial restorations in the damaged Philodemus passage; the second witness is intact

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Diels’s restoration τὸν 〈τὴν〉 Εὐμολπ〈ίαν συν〉θέντα [τα] πο〈ιητὴ〉ν names the poet who composed the Eumolpia, rather than Eumolpus. This reading agrees with Losacco’s il poeta che compose l’Eumolpia.

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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 4th edition (1922), Diels 1922, fragment 12; historical running text, Open Greek and Latin / First 1KGreek transcription. View original source ↗

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Both ancient witnesses are translated. Losacco follows a historical restoration yielding il poeta che compose l’Eumolpia; the supplied DK Greek has the alternative restoration Εὔμολπ〈ον ἢ τὸν συν〉θέντα 〈ταῦ〉τα πο〈ιητὴ〉ν. This edition difference is retained and not silently harmonized

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191 Published translation ↗

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  • Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

    Translation: Public-domain historical translation in the United States and life-plus-70 jurisdictions: published 1929; Michele Losacco (1871–1944).

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PHILOD. de piet. 97, 18 p. 47 G. (Argos) ἐστὶ τέτταρας ἔχων ὀφθαλμούς. Μουσαῖος δὲ τὸν 〈Ἄργον〉 φησὶ τέτταρας Αἰθί〈οπ〉ας καὶ βασιλεῖς 〈μερ〉όπων ἐκ Κελαινοῦς γεννῆσαι τῆς Ἄτλαντος.

(Argo) possiede quattro occhi. Museo però dice che 〈Argo〉 generò quattro Etiopi e ‘re di uomini’ da Celene, figlia di Atlante.

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191
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The papyrus is restored at “Argus” and within the quoted words “Ethiopians” and “mortals.”

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Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191 Published translation ↗

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  • Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

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14. [1] — — 137, 5 p. 61 G. ἐμ μέν τισιν ἐκ Νυκτὸς καὶ Ταρτάρου λέγεται τὰ πάντα, ἐν δέ τισιν ἐξ Ἅιδου καὶ Αἰθέρος· ὁ δὲ τὴν Τιτανομαχίαν γράψας ἐξ Αἰθέρος φησίν, Ἀκουσίλαος δ’ ἐκ Χάους πρώτου τἆλλα· ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἀναφερομένοις εἰς Μουσαῖον γέγραπται Τάρταρον πρῶτον 〈καὶ Ν〉ύκτα.

In alcuni autori è detto che dalla Notte e dal Tartaro sian venute le cose tutte, in altri da Ade e dall’Etere. Colui che scrisse la Titanomachia dice: dall’Etere; Acusilao vuole che dal Caos primitivo sorgessero le altre cose; nei canti attribuiti a Museo è scritto che in principio era il Tartaro e la Notte.

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191
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  • Philodemus

    On Piety · 137, 5 p. 61

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    — — 137, 5 p. 61

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    • PHILOD. de piet. 97, 18 p. 47
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— — 137, 5 p. 61 G. ἐμ μέν τισιν ἐκ Νυκτὸς καὶ Ταρτάρου λέγεται τὰ πάντα, ἐν δέ τισιν ἐξ Ἅιδου καὶ Αἰθέρος· ὁ δὲ τὴν Τιτανομαχίαν γράψας ἐξ Αἰθέρος φησίν, Ἀκουσίλαος δ’ ἐκ Χάους πρώτου τἆλλα· ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἀναφερομένοις εἰς Μουσαῖον γέγραπται Τάρταρον πρῶτον 〈καὶ Ν〉ύκτα. Vgl. 13, 16 p. 80 G. ἐν δὲ τῶι δευτέρωι [Chrysippos’ Περὶ φύσεως] τά τε εἰς Ὀρφέα καὶ Μουσαῖον ἀναφερόμενα . . . πειρᾶται συνοικειοῦν ταῖς δόξαις αὑτῶν. 14, 18 p. 81 κἀν τῶι 〈δ〉ε〈υ〉τ〈έρ〉ωι [nämlich Περὶ φύσεως] τὴν Νύκτα θεάν φησιν εἶναι πρωτίστην.

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The passage is Philodemus 137.5. The dossier’s further parallels at 13.16 and 14.18 are not translated here

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191 Published translation ↗

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  • Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

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SCHOL. APOLL. Rhod. III 1 ἐν δὲ τοῖς εἰς Μουσαῖον ἀναφερομένοις δύο ἱστοροῦνται γενέσεις Μουσῶν, πρεσβυτέρων μὲν μετὰ Κρόνου, νεωτέρων δὲ τῶν ἐκ Διὸς καὶ Μνημοσύνης.

Nei carmi attribuiti a Museo vengono riferiti due nascimenti delle Muse: delle più anziane, con Cronos; delle più giovani, da Zeus e da Mnemosine.

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191
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Exact content match to the scholion on Apollonius III.1. Losacco’s preceding bibliographic shorthand is not repeated; the carrier is identified from the actual Greek quotation

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  • Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

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Μουσαῖος ἱστορεῖ Δία ἐρασθέντα Ἀστερίας μιγῆναι καὶ μιγέντα δοῦναι αὐτὴν τῷ Περσεῖ.

Museo narra che Zeus innamorato di Asteria si congiunse a lei e, dopo essersi congiunto, la diede a Perseo.

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191
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  • Anonymous scholiasts on Apollonius

    Scholia on the Argonautica · III 1035

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    — III 1035

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The name is Perses, the Titan, not the hero Perseus

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Losacco stops after giving Asteria to Perseus. The concluding clause about Hecate and the separate scholion III.467 are not supplied in Italian. This is explicitly an excerpt, not the full dossier

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191 Published translation ↗

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  • Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

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— III 1377 τὰς δὲ τοιαύτας φαντασίας (n. τῶν διατρεχόντων ἀστέρων) ὁ M. ἀναφερομένας φησὶν ἐκ τοῦ ὠκεανοῦ κατὰ τὸν αἰθέρα ἀποσβέννυσθαι. τοὺς δὲ ὑπὸ Μουσαίου ἀστέρας εἰρημένους Ἀπολλώνιος πιθανῶς μαρμαρυγὰς εἴρηκε.

Ma tali apparenze (degli astri raggianti) dice Museo che portate su dall’oceano si spengano sotto l’etere. Quelli detti astri da Museo, Apollonio in modo convincente li ha chiamati splendori.

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191
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  • Anonymous scholiasts on Apollonius

    Scholia on the Argonautica · III 1377

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    — III 1377

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    • SCHOL. APOLL. Rhod. III 1
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Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191 Published translation ↗

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  • Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

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18. [7] SCHOL. ARAT. 172 p. 369, 24 Maass Θαλῆς μὲν οὖν δύο αὐτὰς εἶπεν εἶναι [n. τὰς Ὑάδας] . . . Μουσαῖος ε̄. SERV. in Georg. 138 Hyadas] . . . nutrices Liberi patris, ut M. scripsit, ab Hya fratre, quem in venatione interemptum fleverunt, unde Hyades dictae. SCHOL. GERM. p. 75, 10 [Robert Eratosth. 110] M. ita refert: Aethra ex Oceano procreavit filias duodecim, ex quibus quinque stellis figuratas Hyadas, septem autem Pliadas. his unus fuit frater Hyas, quem omnes sorores dilexere. quem in venatu alii ab leone, alii ab apro interfectum dicunt.

Talete dunque che siano due queste [le Jadi]... Museo, 5. — Servio, comm. alle Georgiche, 138. [Le Jadi] ... nutrici del padre Libero, come scrisse Museo, dal fratello Ja, che ucciso alla caccia piansero, onde furono dette Jadi. — Scol. di Germanico, p. 75, 10. Museo cosi riferisce: Etra dall’Oceano procreò dodici figlie, delle quali cinque figurate nelle costellazioni come le Jadi, sette poi come le Pleiadi. Queste ebbero un sol fratello, Ja, che tutte le sorelle amarono. Alcuni dicono sia stato ucciso nella caccia da un leone, altri da un cinghiale.

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191–192
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SCHOL. ARAT. 172 p. 369, 24 Maass Θαλῆς μὲν οὖν δύο αὐτὰς εἶπεν εἶναι [n. τὰς Ὑάδας] . . . Μουσαῖος ε̄. SERV. in Georg. 138 Hyadas ] . . . nutrices Liberi patris, ut M. scripsit, ab Hya fratre, quem in venatione interemptum fleverunt, unde Hyades dictae. SCHOL. GERM. p. 75, 10 [Robert Eratosth. 110] M. ita refert: Aethra ex Oceano procreavit filias duodecim, ex quibus quinque stellis figuratas Hyadas, septem autem Pliadas. his unus fuit frater Hyas, quem omnes sorores dilexere. quem in venatu alii ab leone, alii ab apro interfectum dicunt. quae flentes eum obierunt Hyadas nuncupatas, alias Pliadas. Vgl. SCHOL. AR. 254 p. 386, 13 M. HYG. II 21.

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Losacco omits the final Latin clause beginning quae flentes eum obierunt. The matching original stops at the same point. The omission is not filled by a new translation

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191–192 Published translation ↗

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  • Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191–192. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

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καὶ ὡς δή φασι τὸ τριπόλιον καθ’ Ἡσίοδον καὶ Μουσαῖον εἰς πᾶν πρᾶγμα σπουδαῖον χρήσιμον εἶναι, δι’ ὃ καὶ ὀρύττουσιν αὐτὸ νύκτωρ σκηνὴν πηξάμενοι.

Thus they say that tripolion according to Hesiod and Musaeus is useful for every good purpose, wherefore they dig it up by night, camping on the spot.

Arthur Hort · Theophrastus: Enquiry into Plants, volume II, Loeb Classical Library (1916), IX.19.2, p. 313
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Complete testimony about the herb tripolion; the printed footnote marker is omitted. English was visually checked against the 1916 printed page

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English: Arthur Hort · Theophrastus: Enquiry into Plants, volume II, Loeb Classical Library (1916), IX.19.2, p. 313 Published translation ↗

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THEOPHR. h. plant. IX 19, 2 καὶ ὡς δή φασι τὸ τριπόλιον καθ’ Ἡσίοδον [fr. 229 Rz.²] καὶ Μουσαῖον εἰς πᾶν πρᾶγμα σπουδαῖον χρήσιμον εἶναι, δι’ ὃ καὶ ὀρύττουσιν αὐτὸ νύκτωρ σκηνὴν πηξάμενοι.

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πρῶτοι δ’ οὖν βασιλεύουσιν ἐν τῆι χώραι ταύτηι Πολυκάων τε ὁ Λέλεγος καὶ Μεσσήνη γυνὴ τοῦ Πολυκάονος. παρὰ ταύτην τὴν Μεσσήνην τὰ ὄργια κομίζων τῶν Μεγάλων θεῶν Καύκων ἦλθεν ἐξ Ἐλευσῖνος ὁ Κελαίνου τοῦ Φλύου. Φλῦον δὲ αὐτὸν Ἀθηναῖοι λέγουσι παῖδα εἶναι Γῆς. ὁμολογεῖ δέ σφισι καὶ ὕμνος Μουσαίου Λυκομίδαις ποιηθεὶς ἐς Δήμητρα.

However the first rulers of this country were Polycaon (the son of Lelex) and his wife Messene. Caucon, the son of Celænus, the son of Phlyus, introduced here from Eleusis the mysteries of the Great Goddesses. Phlyus was according to the Athenian tradition the son of Mother Earth. And this tradition of theirs is confirmed by the Hymn of Musæus made for the Lycomidæ in honour of Demeter.

Arthur Richard Shilleto · Pausanias’ Description of Greece, volume I (London: George Bell and Sons, 1886), IV.1.5
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English: Arthur Richard Shilleto · Pausanias’ Description of Greece, volume I (London: George Bell and Sons, 1886), IV.1.5 Published translation ↗

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ΥΜΝΟΣ ΕΙΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ ΛΥΚΟΜΙΔΑΙΣ.

PAUS. IV 1, 5 πρῶτοι δ’ οὖν βασιλεύουσιν ἐν τῆι χώραι ταύτηι Πολυκάων τε ὁ Λέλεγος καὶ Μεσσήνη γυνὴ τοῦ Πολυκάονος. παρὰ ταύτην τὴν Μεσσήνην τὰ ὄργια κομίζων τῶν Μεγάλων θεῶν Καύκων ἦλθεν ἐξ Ἐλευσῖνος ὁ Κελαίνου τοῦ Φλύου. Φλῦον δὲ αὐτὸν Ἀθηναῖοι λέγουσι παῖδα εἶναι Γῆς. ὁμολογεῖ δέ σφισι καὶ ὕμνος Μουσαίου Λυκομίδαις ποιηθεὶς ἐς Δήμητρα. Vgl. II 173, 28 Anm. 180, 5.

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  • English · Arthur Richard Shilleto. Pausanias’ Description of Greece, volume I (London: George Bell and Sons, 1886), IV.1.5. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

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ΧΡΗΣΜΟΙ. (Vgl. c. 15, 1 I 137, 6. 66 A 11. 67 A 6.) ἔχοντες Ὀνομάκριτον ἄνδρα Ἀθηναῖον χρησμολόγον τε καὶ διαθέτην Χρησμῶν τῶν Μουσαίου ἀναβεβήκεσαν [näml. ἐς Σοῦσα] τὴν ἔχθρην προκαταλυσάμενοι· ἐξηλάσθη γὰρ ὑπὸ Ἱππάρχου τοῦ Πεισιστράτου ὁ Ὀνομάκριτος ἐξ Ἀθηνέων ἐπ’ αὐτοφώρωι ἁλοὺς ὑπὸ Λάσου τοῦ Ἑρμιονέος ἐμποιέων ἐς τὰ Μουσαίου χρησμόν, ὡς αἱ ἐπὶ Λήμνωι ἐπικείμεναι νῆσοι ἀφανιζοίατο κατὰ τῆς θαλάσσης. διὸ ἐξήλασέ μιν ὁ Ἵππαρχος πρότερον χρεώμενος τὰ μάλιστα.

for there was one Onomacritos an Athenian, who both uttered oracles and also had collected and arranged the oracles of Musaios; and with this man they had come up, after they had first reconciled the enmity between them. For Onomacritos had been driven forth from Athens by Hipparchos the son of Peisistratos, having been caught by Lasos of Hermion interpolating in the works of Musaios an oracle to the effect that the islands which lie off Lemnos should disappear under the sea. For this reason Hipparchos drove him forth, having before this time been very much wont to consult him.

G. C. Macaulay · Herodotus, The History, translated by G. C. Macaulay (first published 1890; source transcription of the third edition, 1914), volume II
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ΧΡΗΣΜΟΙ. (Vgl. c. 15, 1 I 137, 6. 66 A 11. 67 A 6.)

HEROD. VII 6 (die Peisistratiden) ἔχοντες Ὀνομάκριτον ἄνδρα Ἀθηναῖον χρησμολόγον τε καὶ διαθέτην Χρησμῶν τῶν Μουσαίου ἀναβεβήκεσαν [näml. ἐς Σοῦσα] τὴν ἔχθρην προκαταλυσάμενοι· ἐξηλάσθη γὰρ ὑπὸ Ἱππάρχου τοῦ Πεισιστράτου ὁ Ὀνομάκριτος ἐξ Ἀθηνέων ἐπ’ αὐτοφώρωι ἁλοὺς ὑπὸ Λάσου τοῦ Ἑρμιονέος ἐμποιέων ἐς τὰ Μουσαίου χρησμόν, ὡς αἱ ἐπὶ Λήμνωι ἐπικείμεναι νῆσοι ἀφανιζοίατο κατὰ τῆς θαλάσσης. διὸ ἐξήλασέ μιν ὁ Ἵππαρχος πρότερον χρεώμενος τὰ μάλιστα. Vgl. 66 A 1ᵇ.

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DK 2 B 21

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τῶν δὲ ναυηγίων πολλὰ ὑπολαβὼν ἄνεμος Ζέφυρος ἔφερε τῆς Ἀττικῆς ἐπὶ τὴν ἠιόνα τὴν καλεομένην Κωλιάδα. ὥστε ἀποπλῆσαι τὸν χρησμὸν τόν τε ἄλλον πάντα τὸν περὶ τῆς ναυμαχίας ταύτης εἰρημένον Βάκιδι καὶ Μουσαίωι καὶ κτλ. (folgt der Spruch des Lysistratos).

but many of the wrecks were taken by the West Wind and borne to that strand in Attica which is called Colias; so as to fulfil not only all that other oracle which was spoken about this sea-fight by Bakis and Musaios

G. C. Macaulay · Herodotus, The History, translated by G. C. Macaulay (first published 1890; source transcription of the third edition, 1914), volume II
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— VIII 96 [Schlacht bei Salamis] τῶν δὲ ναυηγίων πολλὰ ὑπολαβὼν ἄνεμος Ζέφυρος ἔφερε τῆς Ἀττικῆς ἐπὶ τὴν ἠιόνα τὴν καλεομένην Κωλιάδα. ὥστε ἀποπλῆσαι τὸν χρησμὸν τόν τε ἄλλον πάντα τὸν περὶ τῆς ναυμαχίας ταύτης εἰρημένον Βάκιδι καὶ Μουσαίωι καὶ κτλ. (folgt der Spruch des Lysistratos).

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DK 2 B 22

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τὴν δὲ πληγὴν Ἀθηναῖοι τὴν ἐν Αἰγὸς ποταμοῖς οὐ μετὰ τοῦ δικαίου συμβῆναί σφισιν ὁμολογοῦσι. προδοθῆναι γὰρ ἐπὶ χρήμασιν ὑπὸ τῶν στρατηγησάντων, Τυδέα δὲ εἶναι καὶ Ἀδείμαντον οἳ τὰ δῶρα ἐδέξαντο παρὰ Λυσάνδρου. καὶ ἐς ἀπόδειξιν τοῦ λόγου Σιβύλλης παρέχονται τῶν χρησμῶν . . . τὰ δὲ ἕτερα ἐκ Μουσαίου χρησμῶν μνημονεύουσι· καὶ γὰρ Ἀθηναίοισιν ἐπέρχεται ἄγριος ὄμβρος ἡγεμόνων κακότητι, παραιφασίη δέ τις ἔσται· ἦ τ(ε) ἅλις ἠμύσουσι πόλιν, τείσουσι δὲ ποινήν.

The reverse that the Athenians sustained at Ægos-potamoi they maintain befell them through foul play, for their Admirals Tydeus and Adimantus were they say bribed by Lysander. And in proof of this they bring forward the following Sibylline oracle. … They also cite these other lines from the oracles of Musæus, “Verily a fierce storm is coming on the Athenians through the villainy of their commanders, but there shall be some comfort, they shall level low the state that inflicted this disaster, and exact vengeance.”

Arthur Richard Shilleto · Pausanias’ Description of Greece, volume II (London: George Bell and Sons, 1886), X.9.11
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PAUS. X 9, 11 τὴν δὲ πληγὴν Ἀθηναῖοι τὴν ἐν Αἰγὸς ποταμοῖς οὐ μετὰ τοῦ δικαίου συμβῆναί σφισιν ὁμολογοῦσι. προδοθῆναι γὰρ ἐπὶ χρήμασιν ὑπὸ τῶν στρατηγησάντων, Τυδέα δὲ εἶναι καὶ Ἀδείμαντον οἳ τὰ δῶρα ἐδέξαντο παρὰ Λυσάνδρου. καὶ ἐς ἀπόδειξιν τοῦ λόγου Σιβύλλης παρέχονται τῶν χρησμῶν . . . τὰ δὲ ἕτερα ἐκ Μουσαίου χρησμῶν μνημονεύουσι· καὶ γὰρ Ἀθηναίοισιν ἐπέρχεται ἄγριος ὄμβρος ἡγεμόνων κακότητι, παραιφασίη δέ τις ἔσται· ἦ τ(ε) ἅλις ἠμύσουσι πόλιν, τείσουσι δὲ ποινήν.

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  • English · Arthur Richard Shilleto. Pausanias’ Description of Greece, volume II (London: George Bell and Sons, 1886), X.9.11. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

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  • Italian · Sebastiano Ciampi. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), pp. 192. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

    Translation: Public-domain historical human translation in the United States (1929 publication) and life-plus-70 jurisdictions; Sebastiano Ciampi (1769–1847).

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Diels 1922, fragment 2

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- IV 156 ἐν τούτοις καὶ τοῖς ἐφεξῆς φησι τὴν Μήδειαν ἐπιρραίνουσαν ἀρκεύθωι φάρμακον κομίσαι τὸν δράκοντα ἐπάιδουσαν . . . ἡ δὲ ἄρκευθος δένδρον τι ἀκανθῶδες Ἀπόλλωνος ἴδιον ὡς ἱστορεῖται ἐν τρίτωι τῶν εἰς Μουσαῖον ἀναφερομένων.

In questi versi e nei seguenti dice che Medea, spargendo un farmaco sul ginepro, vi menasse per arte magica il drago... E il ginepro è un certo albero spinoso appartenente ad Apollo, come si narra nel terzo dei carmi attribuiti a Museo.

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 189
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  • Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 189. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

    Translation: Public-domain historical translation in the United States and life-plus-70 jurisdictions: published 1929; Michele Losacco (1871–1944).

Diels 1922, fragment 4

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4. [24]CLEM. Str. VI 5 (II 424, 26 St.) γράψαντός τε Μουσαίου ὡς αἰεὶ τέχνη μέγ’ ἀμείνων ἰσχύος ἐστίν Ὅμηρος λέγει· μή τί τοι κτλ. [Ψ 315]· πάλιν τοῦ Μουσαίου ποιήσαντος·

And Musæus having written:-- "Since art is greatly superior to strength,"-- Homer says:-- "By art rather than strength is the woodcutter greatly superior." Again, Musæus having composed the lines:--

William Wilson · Clement of Alexandria, translated by William Wilson, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. II (1885)
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5. [25] ὡς δ’ αὔτως καὶ φύλλα φύει ζείδωρος ἄρουρα· ἄλλα μὲν ἐν μελίηισιν ἀποφθίνει, ἄλλα δὲ φύει· ὣς δὲ καὶ ἀνθρώπων γενεὴ καὶ φῦλον ἑλίσσει, Ὅμηρος μεταγράφει· φύλλα τὰ μὲν κτλ. [Ζ 147. 148].

"And as the fruitful field produceth leaves, And on the ash trees some fade, others grow, So whirls the race of man its leaf," -- Homer transcribes:-- "Some of the leaves the wind strews on the ground. The budding wood bears some; in time of spring, They come. So springs one race of men, and one departs."

William Wilson · Clement of Alexandria, translated by William Wilson, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. II (1885)
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Diels 1922, fragment 6

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6. [p. 14] CLEM. Str. VI 25 (II 442, 3 St.) αὐτοτελῶς γὰρ τὰ ἑτέρων ὑφελόμενοι ὡς ἴδια ἐξήνεγκαν καθάπερ Εὐγάμων ὁ Κυρηναῖος ἐκ Μουσαίου τὸ περὶ Θεσπρωτῶν βιβλίον ὁλόκληρον.

For stealing entirely what is the production of others, they have published it as their own; as Eugamon of Cyrene did the entire book on the Thesprotians from Musæus,

William Wilson · Clement of Alexandria, translated by William Wilson, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. II (1885)
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Diels 1922, fragment 7

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7. [23] — — VI 26 (II 42, 15 St.) Ἡσίοδός τε ἐπὶ τοῦ Μελάμποδος [fr. 164 Rzach.²] ποιεῖ· ἡδὺ δὲ καὶ τὸ πυθέσθαι, ὅσα θνητοῖσιν ἔδειμαν ἀθάνατοι δειλῶν τε καὶ ἐσθλῶν τέκμαρ ἐναργές, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς παρὰ Μουσαίου λαβὼν τοῦ ποιητοῦ κατὰ λέξιν.

And Hesiod writes of Melampous:-- "Gladly to hear, what the immortals have assigned To men, the brave from cowards clearly marks;" and so forth, taking it word for word from the poet Musæus.

William Wilson · Clement of Alexandria, translated by William Wilson, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. II (1885)
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Diels 1922, fragment 13

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PHILOD. de piet. 97, 18 p. 47 G. (Argos) ἐστὶ τέτταρας ἔχων ὀφθαλμούς. Μουσαῖος δὲ τὸν 〈Ἄργον〉 φησὶ τέτταρας Αἰθί〈οπ〉ας καὶ βασιλεῖς 〈μερ〉όπων ἐκ Κελαινοῦς γεννῆσαι τῆς Ἄτλαντος.

(Argo) possiede quattro occhi. Museo però dice che 〈Argo〉 generò quattro Etiopi e ‘re di uomini’ da Celene, figlia di Atlante.

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191
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    Translation: Public-domain historical translation in the United States and life-plus-70 jurisdictions: published 1929; Michele Losacco (1871–1944).

Diels 1922, fragment 15

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SCHOL. APOLL. Rhod. III 1 ἐν δὲ τοῖς εἰς Μουσαῖον ἀναφερομένοις δύο ἱστοροῦνται γενέσεις Μουσῶν, πρεσβυτέρων μὲν μετὰ Κρόνου, νεωτέρων δὲ τῶν ἐκ Διὸς καὶ Μνημοσύνης.

Nei carmi attribuiti a Museo vengono riferiti due nascimenti delle Muse: delle più anziane, con Cronos; delle più giovani, da Zeus e da Mnemosine.

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191
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  • Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

    Translation: Public-domain historical translation in the United States and life-plus-70 jurisdictions: published 1929; Michele Losacco (1871–1944).

Diels 1922, fragment 17

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— III 1377 τὰς δὲ τοιαύτας φαντασίας (n. τῶν διατρεχόντων ἀστέρων) ὁ M. ἀναφερομένας φησὶν ἐκ τοῦ ὠκεανοῦ κατὰ τὸν αἰθέρα ἀποσβέννυσθαι. τοὺς δὲ ὑπὸ Μουσαίου ἀστέρας εἰρημένους Ἀπολλώνιος πιθανῶς μαρμαρυγὰς εἴρηκε.

Ma tali apparenze (degli astri raggianti) dice Museo che portate su dall’oceano si spengano sotto l’etere. Quelli detti astri da Museo, Apollonio in modo convincente li ha chiamati splendori.

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191
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    Scholia on the Argonautica · III 1377

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  • Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 191. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗

    Translation: Public-domain historical translation in the United States and life-plus-70 jurisdictions: published 1929; Michele Losacco (1871–1944).

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