Chapter 3: Olympos, the Underworld, and Minor Divinities
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♠ Hesiod fr 10a.17-19 (olim 123) – Hesiodi Theogonia, Opera et Dies, Scutum, p. 227, ed F. Solmsen. 3d ed. Oxford 1990.
from whom the Nymphai, goddesses of the mountains, were born, and the race of worthless unfit for work Satyroi, and the Kouretes, playful dancing gods. (Transl. E. Bianchelli)
♠ Hesiod fr 10b MW – Hesiodi Theogonia, Opera et Dies, Scutum, pp. 230, ed F. Solmsen. 3d ed. Oxford 1990.
Strabo x. 3. 19 p. 471
For Hesiod says that from Hekateros and the daughter of Phoroneus five daugthers were born “from whom the Nymphai, goddesses of the mountains, were born, and the race of worthless unfit for work Satyroi, and the Kouretes, playful dancing gods.” (= 10 (a). 17-19). (Transl. E. Bianchelli)
♠ Hesiod fr 10a.13 MW Hesiod fr 10b MW – Hesiodi Theogonia, Opera et Dies, Scutum, p. 227, ed F. Solmsen. 3d ed. Oxford 1990.
and Iphthime (Transl. E. Bianchelli)
♠ Nonnos, Dionysiaka 14.105-17
And the horned Satyrs were commanded by these leaders: Poemenios and Thiasos, Hypsiceros and Orestes, and Phlegraios with horned Napaios. There was Gemon, there was bold Lycon armed; playful Phereus followed laughing tippling Petraios, hillranging Lamis marched with Lenobios, and Scirtos tripping along beside Oistos. With Pherespondos walked Lycos the loudvoiced herald, and Pronomos renowned for intelligence – all sons of Hermes, when he had joined Iphthime to himself in secret union. She was the daughter of Doros, himself sprung from Zeus and a root of the race of Hellen, and Doros was ancestor whence came the Achaian blood of the Dorian tribe. Greek Text
♠ HAph 5.262-63 – Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite
and with them the Sileni and the sharp-eyed Slayer of Argus mate in the depths of pleasant caves. Greek Text
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Edited by Elena Bianchelli, Retired Senior Lecturer of Classical Languages and Culture, Univ. of Georgia, March 2021
