Our data, in fact, do not suffice to determine the question of structure here. I there-
fore print the verses without any attempt at indicating divisions.—The metre is
dactylo-epitrite.
‘Yea, and Peace, mighty goddess, brings forth wealth for mortals, and the flowers
of honied song; her gift it is that thigh-flesh of oxen and of fleecy sheep is burnt to
the gods in the yellow flame on carven altars ; and that youths disport themselves with
bodily feats, and with flutes and revels.
‘The webs of red-brown spiders are on the iron-bound handles of shields ; sharp-
pointed spears and two-edged swords are a prey to rust. No blast of bronze trumpet
is heard; sleep of gentle spirit, that comforts the heart at dawn, is not stolen from the
eyelids. Joyous feasting abounds in the streets, and songs in praise of youths flame
forth.
1, δέτε: cp. XII. 129 n.—Stephanus and Ursinus omit re. Bergk would prefer








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ν 3 e 7 ‘ 4 4 , A
Erepos ἐξ ἑτέρου σοφὸς τό τε πάλαι τό TE νῦν.
οὐδὲ γὰρ ῥᾷστον ἀρρήτων ἐπέων πύλας
ἐξευρεῖν.
Clem. Alex. Strom. Vv. 687: Ἕτερος δὲ... τὸ τε νῦν, φησὶ Βακχυλίδης ἐν τοῖς
Παιᾶσιν, οὐδὲ γὰρ κ.τ.λ.--- ΤΠς metre is logaoedic.
‘Poet is heir to poet, now as of yore; for in sooth ’tis no light task to find the
gates of virgin song.’—dpptjrew ἐπέων, verses, poetry, ‘ unuttered ’ before, —original :
cp. Soph. Ant. 556 ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐπ᾽ ἀρρήτοις γε τοῖς ἐμοῖς λόγοις.---πύλας, Pindaric: O. V1.
27 πύλας ὕμνων ἀναπιτνάμεν. Contrast Pind. O. 11. 86 σοφὸς ὁ πολλὰ fecdws pug’
μαθόντες δὲ λάβροι | παγγλωσσίᾳ, κόρακες ὥς, ἄκραντα γαρύετον | Διὸς πρὸς ὄρνιχα θεῖον.
