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<strong>10</strong>8 CHAPTER <strong>10</strong><br />
32. Fate reserved for <strong>the</strong> papyrus inappropriate vicissitudes at <strong>the</strong> h<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> later<br />
descendants. Columns refer to Merkelbach’s edition. The numbers <strong>of</strong><br />
Janko’s new Interim Text are added.<br />
33. Scholia ad loc.: ñappleËÓ¤ÌÈ· ηÏÂÖÙ·È Ùa ‰›¯· Û˘ÓÔ˘Û›·˜ ηd ̛͈˜.<br />
Photius, Lexicon s.v. ñappleËÓ¤ÌÈ·Ø Ùa ‰›¯· Ûapple¤ÚÌ·ÙÔ˜ ôÚÚÂÓÔ˜. Hesychius<br />
s.v. ñappleËÓ¤ÌÈ· ˇè¿Ø Ùa ‰›¯· ÙÔÜ ç¯Â˘ıÉÓ·È ÁÂÓÓÒÌÂÓ·. Cf. Lucian, De<br />
sacrific. 6: ¬ÌÔÈ· ‰b ÙÔ‡ÙÔȘ ηd appleÂÚd Ùɘ ≠HÚ·˜ ÷±‰Ô˘ÛÈÓ, ôÓ¢ Ùɘ appleÚe˜<br />
ÙeÓ ôÓ‰Ú· ïÌÈÏ›·˜ ñappleËÓ¤ÌÈÔÓ ·éÙcÓ apple·Ö‰· ÁÂÓÓÉÛ·È ÙeÓ ≠HÊ·ÈÛÙÔÓ.<br />
Plato (<strong>the</strong> comic playwright) or (maybe again) Aristophanes used <strong>the</strong> word<br />
in this sense (Scholia on Aristophanes, Nubes 659 = Plato, Daedalus fr. 1<br />
Meineke II, 619. A<strong>the</strong>naeus IX 374E. Photius s.v. ñappleËÓ¤ÌÈ·. Aristophanes,<br />
Daedalus Fr. VI No. 187 Blaydes = 237 Dindorf = Fr. 194 PCGr. vol. III 2<br />
p. 118). Aristotle, De generatione animalium Γ, 749a34: Û˘Ó›ÛÙ·Ù·È ÌbÓ<br />
ÔsÓ Î˘‹Ì·Ù· ÙÔÖ˜ ùÚÓÈÛÈ Î·d ·éÙfiÌ·Ù·, L ηÏÔÜÛÈÓ ñappleËÓ¤ÌÈ· ηd ˙Âʇ-<br />
ÚÈ¿ ÙÈÓ˜. The fertilizing power <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> wind’s breath (spirit) is suggested by<br />
both appellations. Cf. Aristotle, De animalibus historiae Z, 560a6: ˙ÂʇÚÈ·<br />
‰b ηÏÂÖÙ·È Ùa ñappleËÓ¤ÌÈ· ñapplefi ÙÈÓˆÓ, ¬ÙÈ ñapplee ÙcÓ â·ÚÈÓcÓ œÚ·Ó Ê·›ÓÔÓÙ·È<br />
‰Â¯fiÌÂÓ·È Ùa appleÓ‡̷ٷ ·î ùÚÓÈı˜. As mentioned above, <strong>the</strong> wind KÔÏapple›·˜<br />
(which must be <strong>the</strong> Phoenician Zephyr) fertilizes Baan (Chaos)<br />
according to <strong>the</strong> Phoenician doctrines <strong>of</strong> Sanchouniathon, <strong>and</strong> in this way<br />
<strong>the</strong> first generation <strong>of</strong> Aeon <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> Protogonus is engendered (FGrH<br />
790F<strong>10</strong> Λ7). The bearing <strong>of</strong> eggs called ñappleËÓ¤ÌÈ· (wind-eggs) does not<br />
depend on remnants <strong>of</strong> a previous copulation according to normal<br />
oviparous generation. Aristotle, op. cit. Z, 559b20: Ôî ‰b ϤÁÔÓÙ˜ ¬ÙÈ<br />
ñappleÔÏ›ÌÌ·Ù¿ âÛÙÈ Ùa ñappleËÓ¤ÌÈ· ÙáÓ öÌappleÚÔÛıÂÓ âÍ ç¯Â›·˜ ÁÈÓÔ̤ӈÓ, ÔéÎ<br />
àÏËıÉ Ï¤ÁÔ˘ÛÈÓØ tappleÙ·È ÁaÚ îηÓᘠõ‰Ë àÓfi¯Â˘ÙÔÈ ÓÂÔÙÙ›‰Â˜ àÏÂÎÙÔÚ›-<br />
‰ˆÓ ηd ¯ËÓáÓ Ù›ÎÙÔ˘Û·È ñappleËÓ¤ÌÈ·. As was to be expected, <strong>the</strong> ñappleËÓ¤ÌÈ·<br />
are barren. Plinius, Naturalis Historia X §166, 60 (80): quidam et vento<br />
putant ea (sc. <strong>the</strong> barren eggs) generari, qua de causa etiam zephyria<br />
appellant. Aristotle, op. cit. E, 539a31: âÍ zÓ Á›ÓÂÙ·È œÛappleÂÚ âÓ ÙÔÖ˜ ùÚÓÈÛÈ<br />
Ùa ñappleËÓ¤ÌÈ·. Ta ÌbÓ ÔsÓ çÚÓ›ıˆÓ ôÁÔÓ· apple¿ÓÙ· âÛÙd Ù·ÜÙ· (̤¯ÚÈ ÁaÚ<br />
ÙÔÜ ˇèÔÜ Á¤ÓÓËÛÈÓ ‰‡Ó·Ù·È ì ʇÛȘ ·éÙáÓ âappleÈÙÂÏÂÖÓ), âaÓ Ì‹ ÙȘ ·éÙÔÖ˜<br />
Û˘Ì‚FÉ ÙÚfiappleÔ˜ ôÏÏÔ˜ Ùɘ ÎÔÈÓˆÓ›·˜ appleÚe˜ ÙÔf˜ ôÚÚÂÓ·˜ (cf. Z, 561a1: âÍ<br />
zÓ Ôé Á›ÓÂÙ·È ÓÂÔÙÙe˜ Ôéı›˜, àÏÏ’ ñappleËÓ¤ÌÈ· apple¿ÓÙ· Ùa ÙÔÈ·ÜÙ·). The<br />
‘o<strong>the</strong>r way <strong>of</strong> intercourse with <strong>the</strong> male partner’ is <strong>the</strong> fertilizing copulation<br />
that occurs after <strong>the</strong> conception <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> egg (<strong>and</strong> before <strong>the</strong> formation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
white part) cf. e.g. Z, 560a9 sqq. Cf. Plinius op. cit. X §169, 58 (79). X<br />
§166, 60 (80).In <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong> primordial Darkness, <strong>of</strong> pre-eternal Night, <strong>the</strong><br />
Egg, albeit ñappleËÓ¤ÌÈÔÓ, is unsurpassably potent <strong>and</strong> extremely prolific.<br />
34. The same word as in <strong>the</strong> Aristophanic Cosmogony, â΂ϷÛÙ¿Óˆ. Literally,
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