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Eu)po&lidi tw|~ th~j kwmw|di/aj poihth|~ di/dwsi dw~ron Au)ge/aj o( 0Eleusi/nioj sku&laka<br />

i0dei=n w(rai=on, Molotto_n to_ ge/noj, kai\ kalei= tou~ton o( Eu1polij o(mwnu&mwj tw|~<br />

dwrhsame/nw| au)to&n. kolakeuqei\j ou}n tai=j tr<strong>of</strong>ai=j, kai\ e0k th~j sunhqei/aj<br />

u(paxqei\j th~j makrote/raj, e0fi/lei to_n despo&thn o( Au)ge/aj o( ku&wn. kai/ pote<br />

o(mo&douloj au)tw|~ neani/aj, o1noma 0Efia&lthj, u(fairei=tai dra&mata& t<strong>in</strong>a tou~<br />

Eu)po&lidoj, kai\ ou)k e1laqe kle/ptwn, a)lla_ ei]den au)to_n o( ku&wn, kai\ e0mpesw_n<br />

a)feide/stata da&knwn a)pe/kte<strong>in</strong>en. xro&nw| de\ u3steron e0n Ai0gi/nh| to_n bi/on o( Eu1polij<br />

kate/streye, kai\ e0ta&fh e0ntau~qa: o( de\ ku&wn w)ruo&meno&j te kai\ qrhnw~n to_n tw~n<br />

kunw~n qrh~non, ei]ta me/ntoi lu&ph| kai\ limw|~ e9auto_n e0kth&caj a)pe/qanen e0pi\ tw|~ tr<strong>of</strong>ei=<br />

kai\ despo&th|, mish&saj to_n bi/on o( ku&wn. kai\ o3 ge to&poj kalei=tai mnh&mh| tou~ to&te<br />

pa&qouj Kuno_j Qrh~noj.<br />

Augeas <strong>of</strong> Eleusis gave Eupolis, the writer <strong>of</strong> comedies, a hound <strong>of</strong> f<strong>in</strong>e appearance, a<br />

Molossian, which Eupolis named after the donor. Now Augeas the hound, pampered <strong>in</strong><br />

its feed<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>fluenced by long association with its master, came to love him. On one<br />

occasion a young fellow-slave <strong>of</strong> the name <strong>of</strong> Ephialtes stole some plays <strong>of</strong> Eupolis, <strong>and</strong><br />

the theft did not pass unnoticed, for the hound saw him, fell upon him, <strong>and</strong> bit<strong>in</strong>g him<br />

mercilessly, killed him. Some time afterwards Eupolis ended his days <strong>in</strong> Aeg<strong>in</strong>a <strong>and</strong> was<br />

buried there, <strong>and</strong> the hound, howl<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> lament<strong>in</strong>g after the manner <strong>of</strong> dogs, let himself<br />

p<strong>in</strong>e away through grief <strong>and</strong> starvation <strong>and</strong>, disgusted with life, died soon after on the<br />

grave <strong>of</strong> the master that had fed it. And <strong>in</strong> memory <strong>of</strong> the sad event the place is named<br />

Hound’s Dirge.<br />

6<br />

Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1-21 V B.C.<br />

Text: D. L. Page, ed., Aeschyli. Septem quae supersunt tragoedias (Oxford, 1972).<br />

Translation: C. Collard, tr., Aeschylus. Oresteia (Oxford, 2002).<br />

FULAC<br />

1 qeou_j me\n ai0tw~ tw~nd' a)pallagh_n po&nwn,<br />

froura~j e0tei/aj mh~koj, h4n koimw&menoj<br />

ste/gaij 0Atreidw~n a1gkaqen, kuno_j di/khn,<br />

a1strwn ka&toida nukte/rwn o(mh&gur<strong>in</strong><br />

5 kai\ tou_j fe/rontaj xei=ma kai\ qe/roj brotoi=j<br />

lamprou_j duna&staj, e0mpre/pontaj ai0qe/ri<br />

a)ste/raj, o3tan fqi/nws<strong>in</strong> a)ntolai=j te tw~n:<br />

kai\ nu~n fula&ssw lampa&doj to_ su&mbolon,<br />

au)gh_n puro_j fe/rousan e0k Troi/aj fa&t<strong>in</strong><br />

10 a(lw&simo&n te ba&c<strong>in</strong>: w{de ga_r kratei=<br />

gunaiko_j a)ndro&boulon e0lpi/zon ke/ar:<br />

eu}t' a2n de\ nukti/plagkton e1ndroso&n t' e1xw<br />

eu)nh_n o)nei/roij ou)k e0piskopoume/nhn<br />

e0mh&n: fo&boj ga_r a)nq' u3pnou parastatei=,<br />

15 to_ mh_ bebai/wj ble/fara sumbalei=n u3pnwi:<br />

o3tan d' a)ei/de<strong>in</strong> h2 m<strong>in</strong>u&resqai dokw~,<br />

u3pnou to&d' a)nti/molpon e0nte/mnwn a1koj,<br />

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