ALCAEUS
51 At

Eustathius on the Glasser: According to the ancient
marginal note Aleaeus says ἐπιάλτας

the nightmare
for ἐφιάλτης.
52
The Same on the Ziad: It is said that Alcaews and
Archilochus knew the unruly and insolent as ἀγέρωχοι or

overweening

53 To Pitrracus (?)

Hephaestion Hondbook of Metre fon the Junie a majure) :
Some of the acatalectic trimeters are composed of one ionic
and two trochaics thus:

O thou destroyer of hips and haws ?—for ‘tis no
shame to an Arcadian [to be called that |

54

Artemidorus Ov Dreams: The fruit of the oak was eaten
by the Arcadians ; compare Alcaeus:

The Arcadians were eaters of acorns.

55
Apollonius Pronvins: The possessive reds ‘thy’ is equiva-
lent in Doric to os... . 3 and also in Aeolic ; compare

Alcaeus Book i: (12); and:

Near to your house and near to your infamies ... :
in the latter passage the same poet uses the common form
σός.

1 @f, ΚΜ. 434. 12 “te. eater of wild fruit, like a bird ;
Pittaeus was of low birth, cf. 54: cf. Choer. Bp. 1. 272

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