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in the form of swine, and others in the form of bears and with pigs’ heads. But the aforementioned wise Phidalius the Corinthian set forth this poetic composition, interpreting it thus. That for Circe it was not at all fitting for the desire she wished to turn the multitude of men into beasts, but the poet signifies the manner of rival lovers, that like beasts Circe there made them roar and rage and rave out of longing, just as Circe commanded. For it is natural for lovers to cling to their beloved and to die for her; for such are lovers. For out of desire they are turned into beasts, reasoning nothing sensible, but being altered in their forms and in their body they become like beasts both in appearance and in their ways, attacking their rivals; for it is natural for rivals to see each other as beasts and to attack one another even to the point of murder. And they have different ways with regard to such desire; for some approach intercourse like dogs, mixing with many, while others seek the impulse and desire alone like lions, and others like bears 121 use intercourse foully. And he interpreted this more clearly and more truly in his own exposition. And setting out from the island of Circe, Odysseus was carried to another island, cast out by contrary winds; whom Calypso, the sister of Circe, also received, and deemed him worthy of much care, uniting with him also in marriage. And from there he was carried, where there was a great lake near the sea, called the Necyopompus, and the men dwelling in it were seers; who told him all that had happened to him and all that was to come. And being carried away from there, when a great storm at sea arose, he was cast upon the so-called Serenid rocks, which from the striking of the waves produce a peculiar sound. And having escaped from there he came to the so-called Charybdis, to wild and precipitous places; and there he lost all his remaining ships and army, but Odysseus himself alone was carried on a plank of the ship in the sea, awaiting a violent death. And some Phoenician sailors, sailing away, seeing him swimming in the waters, took pity and saved him, and brought him to the island of Crete to Idomeneus, a leader of the Greeks. And Idomeneus, seeing Odysseus naked and in need, behaving with compassion, gave him many gifts along with an army and his general and two ships and some men to 122 keep him safe, and sent him away to Ithaca. Which things the wise Dictys, having heard from Odysseus, also wrote down. Likewise also Diomedes, taking the Palladium, set out from Troy to his own fatherland. And Agamemnon, having Cassandra, whom he desired, crossed the sea of Rhodes, wishing to set out for the city of the Mycenaeans. Then Pyrrhus, seeing that all had sailed away, cremated Ajax son of Telamon and taking him in an urn buried him with great honor near the tomb of Achilles, his cousin, and the father of Pyrrhus, in a place called Sigeum. And Teucer, the brother of Ajax son of Telamon, arrived immediately, having come from Salamis, a city of Cyprus, to help his brother, and he found Pyrrhus. And having learned from him what had happened, and hearing of the honor done to the remains of Ajax, praising and praying for Pyrrhus he said, You have done nothing strange; for you are the son of that divine mind of Achilles. For time takes away the remains of good men, but virtue shines even in death. And Pyrrhus invites Teucer to partake of food and drink with him. And at the symposium, as Teucer was of his own kin, 123 Pyrrhus asked him to relate

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συομόρφους, ἑτέρους δὲ ἀρκομόρφους καὶ χοιροκεφάλους. ὁ δὲ προγεγραμμένος σοφὸς Φειδαλίος ὁ Κορίνθιος ἐξέθετο τὴν ποιητικὴν ταύτην σύνταξιν ἑρμηνεύσας οὕτως. ὅτι τῇ Κίρκῃ οὐδὲν ἥρμοζε πρὸς ἣν ἠβούλετο ἐπιθυμίαν πολυοχλίαν ποιεῖν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους θηριομόρφους, ἀλλὰ τρόπον σημαίνων ὁ ποιητὴς τῶν ἀντερώντων ἀνδρῶν, ὅτι ὡς θηρία ἐποίει αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖ ἡ Κίρκη βρύχειν καὶ μαίνεσθαι καὶ λυσσᾶν ἐκ πόθου, καθὼς ἐκέλευσεν ἡ Κίρκη. φυσικὸν γὰρ τῶν ἐρώντων ἀντέχεσθαι τῆς ἐρωμένης καὶ ὑπεραποθνήσκειν· τοιοῦτοι γὰρ ὑπάρχουσιν οἱ ἐρῶντες. ἐκ γὰρ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ἀποθηριοῦνται, μηδὲν ἔμφρενον λογιζόμενοι, ἀλλὰ ἀλλοιούμενοι τὰς μορφὰς καὶ τῷ σώματι ὡς θηριόμορφοι γίνονται καὶ τῇ θέᾳ καὶ τοῖς τρόποις, ἐπερχόμενοι τοῖς ἀντερασταῖς· φυσικὸν γὰρ τοὺς ἀντεραστὰς ὁρᾶν ἀλλήλους ὡς θηρία καὶ πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἐπερχομένους ἄχρις φόνου. οἳ καὶ διαφόρως ἔχουσι πρὸς τοὺς τῆς τοιαύτης ἐπιθυμίας τρόπους· οἱ μὲν γὰρ ὡς κύνες ἐπέρχονται τῇ μίξει, πολλὰ συμμιγνύμενοι, οἱ δὲ ὡς λέοντες τὴν ὁρμὴν καὶ μόνην τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ζητοῦσιν, ἄλλοι δὲ ὡς ἄρκτοι 121 μιαρῶς κέχρηνται τῇ συνουσίᾳ. καὶ μᾶλλον σαφέστερον οὗτος καὶ ἀληθινώτερον ἡρμήνευσεν ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἐκθέσει. Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς νήσου τῆς Κίρκης ἐξορμήσας ὁ Ὀδυσσεὺς ἀνήχθη εἰς τὴν ἄλλην νῆσον, ὑπὸ ἀνέμων ἐναντίων ἐκριφείς· ὅντινα ἐδέξατο καὶ ἡ Καλυψώ, ἡ ἀδελφὴ τῆς Κίρκης, καὶ πολλῆς θεραπείας ἠξίωσεν αὐτόν, συμμιγεῖσα αὐτῷ καὶ πρὸς γάμον. κἀκεῖθεν ἀνήχθη, ἔνθα λίμνη ὑπῆρχε μεγάλη πλησίον τῆς θαλάσσης, λεγομένη ἡ Νεκυόπομπος, καὶ οἱ οἰκοῦντες ἐν αὐτῇ ἄνδρες μάντεις· οἵτινες ἐξεῖπον αὐτῷ πάντα τὰ συμβάντα αὐτῷ καὶ τὰ μέλλοντα. καὶ ἀναχθεὶς ἐκεῖθεν χειμῶνος μεγάλου γενομένου θαλάσσης ἐκρίπτεται εἰς τὰς Σερενίδας οὕτω καλουμένας πέτρας, αἳ ἐκ τῶν κρουσμάτων τῶν κυμάτων ἦχος ἀποτελοῦσιν ἴδιον. κἀκεῖθεν ἐξειλήσας ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν καλουμένην Χάρυβδιν, εἰς τόπους ἀγρίους καὶ ἀποτόμους· κἀκεῖ πάσας τὰς ὑπολειφθείσας αὐτῷ ναῦς καὶ τὸν στρατὸν ἀπώλεσεν, αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Ὀδυσσεὺς μόνος ἐν σανίδι τοῦ πλοίου ἐν τῷ πελάγει ἐφέρετο, ἀναμένων τὸν μετὰ βίας θάνατον. τοῦτον δὲ ἑωρακότες τινὲς ἀποπλέοντες ναῦται Φοίνικες νηχόμενον ἐν τοῖς ὕδασιν ἐλεήσαντες διέσωσαν, καὶ ἤγαγον αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ Κρήτῃ νήσῳ πρὸς τὸν Ἰδομενέα, ἔξαρχον Ἑλλήνων. καὶ ἑωρακὼς τὸν Ὀδυσσέα ὁ Ἰδομενεὺς γυμνὸνκαὶ δεόμενον, συμπαθῶς φερόμενος, δῶρα αὐτῷ πλεῖστα δεδωκὼς σὺν στρατῷ καὶ στρατηγῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ δύο νῆας καὶ δια 122 σώζοντας αὐτόν τινας, ἐξέπεμψεν αὐτὸν εἰς Ἰθάκην. ἅτινα καὶ ὁ σοφὸς ∆ίκτυς παρὰ τοῦ Ὀδυσσέως ἀκηκοὼς συνεγράψατο. Ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ὁ ∆ιομήδης λαβὼν τὸ Παλλάδιον ἐξώρμησεν ἀπὸ τῆς Τροίας εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν πατρίδα. Ὁ δὲ Ἀγαμέμνων ἔχων τὴν Κασσάνδραν, ἣ ἐπόθει, ἐπέρασε τὸ τῆς Ῥόδου πέλαγος, βουλόμενος ἐπὶ Μυκηναίων πόλιν ὁρμῆσαι. Λοιπὸν ὁ Πύῤῥος ἑωρακὼς πάντας ἀποπλεύσαντας, τεφρώσας τὸν Τελαμώνιον Αἴαντα καὶ λαβὼν ἐν ὑδρίᾳ ἔθαψε μετὰ τιμῆς μεγάλης πλησίον τοῦ τύμβου τοῦ Ἀχιλλέως, τοῦ ἐξαδέλφου αὐτοῦ, πατρὸς δὲ τοῦ Πύῤῥου, εἰς τόπον λεγόμενον Σίγριν. Ὁ δὲ Τεῦκρος, ὁ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ Αἴαντος τοῦ Τελαμωνίου, κατέφθασεν εὐθέως, ἐλθὼν ἀπὸ τῆς Σαλαμῖνος, πόλεως τῆς Κύπρου, πρὸς βοήθειαν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ εὗρε τὸν Πύῤῥον. καὶ μεμαθηκὼς παρ' αὐτοῦ τὰ συμβάντα, ἀκούσας δὲ καὶ τὴν γεναμένην τιμὴν τῶν λειψάνων τοῦ Αἴαντος, ἐπαινῶν καὶ ἐπευχόμενος τῷ Πύῤῥῳ ἔφη, Οὐδὲν ξένον πεποίηκας· ἐκείνης γὰρ τῆς Ἀχιλλέως θείας φρενὸς ὑπάρχεις υἱός. λείψανα γὰρ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν ἀφαιρεῖται ὁ χρόνος, ἡ δὲ ἀρετὴ καὶ θανοῦσα λάμπει. καὶ παρακαλεῖ ὁ Πύῤῥος τὸν Τεῦκρον ἅμα αὐτῷ μεταλαβεῖν βρωτοῦ καὶ ποτοῦ. καὶ ἐν τῷ συμποσίῳ, ὡς ὄντα ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου γέ 123 νους, τὸν Τεῦκρον ὁ Πύῤῥος ᾔτει διηγεῖσθαι