ALCAEUS

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Eustathive om the JAwd:s τείρεα * constellations” comes
Cither from ἐΐρευν "σῦν string’ . 2. or from retpe tte rub or
wear out - on whieh point the following cecurs ino the
writings of Georgius?: ἡ Many of the stars get exhausted

and it is clear that the werd should be spelt with οἱ
(and not 7) because Alcaens uses the genitive τειρέωτ'

of the constellations

without the ¢.’

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Priscian Grammar [on the Vocative]: ... Even in ἃ
feminine noun Alcaeus uses Νήρῃ

O daughter of Nereus

for Νηρηΐ, while Theopempus makes the vovative of Nes
‘Chares,’ Xdpn.

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From a Second-Century Papyrus :

.. Through tlelen ‘tis said there sprang from
evil deeds a branch bitter unto Priam and all the
Trojans, and a flame rolled around sacred Ilium.
Not such was the dainty maiden whom the son of
Aeacus, with all the Gods gathered at his longed-
for espousals, took from the palace of Nereus and

1 ef. Gram. AP. 4. 192. 10 * Choeroboscus
20 iid. τὸ, TMM. 12; 5 = ehdbot οἵ. FM. We. 27
4 ἐκ Fédev LV: P εἰ (corr. to ex) σεθεν ἔλλατο : cf. Aca,
ἤλσατο, Him. Gr. Dial. 2. 486 5 = τοιαύταν

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