Ch. 15: The Line of Tantalos
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♠ Plato, Kratylos 395b
And so, too, the name of Atreus is likely to be correct; for his murder of Chrysippus and the cruelty of his acts to Thyestes are all damaging and ruinous (ἀτηρά) to his virtue. Now the form of his name is slightly deflected and hidden, so that it does not make the man’s nature plain to every one; but to those who understand about names it makes the meaning of Atreus plain enough. Greek Text
♠ Σ Or 4 – Scholia to Euripides, Orestes – Scholia in Euripidem 1, pp. 95-96, ed. E. Schwartz. Berlin 1887.
♠ Dositheos FGrH 54F1 – Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker 1, pp. 295-96, ed. F. Jacoby. 2 nd ed. Leiden 1957.
♠ Fab 85 – Hyginus, Fabulae
When Pelops blamed Hippodamia, she killed herself. Latin Text
♠ Paus 6.20.7 – Pausanias, Description of Greece
The story is that Hippodameia withdrew to Midea in Argolis, because Pelops was very angry with her over the death of Chrysippus. Greek Text
♠ Hes fr 190 MW – Hesiod, Ehoiai (Catalogue of Women) – Hesiodi Theogonia, Opera et Dies, Scutum, pp.90-91, ed. Solmsen. 3d ed. Oxford 1990.
P. Oxy. 2502, ed. Lobel
. . . they armed kindre[d] blood. [And after them in her hall]s the noble among women bore daughters, [Lysidike and Nikip]pe and Astydameia, [whom the sons of Perseus m]a[r]ied as wives; [Alkaios,] counselor equal [to a god] m[ade Astydameia his vigorous] bedfellow . . . [and the force of l]or[d Sthe]nelos [married Nikippe] . . . [Herakl]es’s [force] . . . he [or]dained labor[s] . . . [and o]n fastened [chariots] . . . (Transl. Silvio Curtis)
See Early Greek Myth, Ch. 10: Perseus and Bellerophontes, The Death of Akrisios and Perseus’ Children, p. 311.
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