ALCMAN

2B

Herodian on Griqnination Prewes: The Alemanie ‘figure’
is that whereby plural or dual neuns? er verbs are placed
between singular neuns which vo together. It oveurs four
times in Homer . . .; but it is more frequent in the lyric
poet Aleman ; whence its name. One has only to go as far
as his second ode to find :

O Castor—ye tamers of swift steeds. ve skilful
horsemen—and noble Polydeuces *

2C

Hephaestion Hundievk of Metre [on syllables long by posi-
tion]: For either the word will end in two consonants, for
instance . . . and μάκαρς ‘blessed,’ in this :

And reclining yonder in manifold content among
the Blest .. .

3-7 To tue Dioscurt (or To Lycaean Zevs)

Scholiast on Vergil [Such was Cyllarus when he bent to
the rein of Pollux]: ... According to the lyric poet
Aleman. the horses given by Neptune to Juno were named
Cyllarus for Bowleys) and Nanthus (or Bayard), Cylarus
being given to Pollux and Xanthus to his brother.

Aelian On Aaimsis: Homer, being a poet, deserves our
patdon for giving the horse Xanthus speech: and Aleman
should not be blamed for imitating Homer in such matters.

1 includes adjectives 5 εἰ, sch. Pind. P. 4. $18, Beh.
Ow. 10, 513, Eust. Ov. 1667. 34 2 ref. to Heracles ?
ef. Apoll. Pron. 8850 (Αλκμὰν)

Πωλυδεύκης κυδρὲ LE: mss nom. 3 σάλεσσι! MSS σάλεσι
huevos ΕΠ: mss κείμενος, ἥμερος πολλοῖς; Heph. om.

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