It is important to note that the common denominator in abduction myths is not the victim's gender, but their beauty
λάμπει δέ οἱ κλέος
ἐν εὐάνορι Λυδοῦ
Πέλοπος ἀποικίᾳ:
τοῦ μεγασθενὴς ἐράσσατο
γαιάοχος
Ποσειδᾶν, ἐπεί
νιν καθαροῦ λέβητος ἔξελε Κλωθὼ
ἐλέφαντι φαίδιμον ὦμον
κεκαδμένον.
υἱὲ Ταντάλου, σὲ δ᾽, ἀντία
προτέρων, φθέγξομαι,
ὁπότ᾽ ἐκάλεσε
πατὴρ τὸν εὐνομώτατον
ἐς ἔρανον φίλαν τε
Σίπυλον,
ἀμοιβαῖα θεοῖσι δεῖπνα
παρέχων,
τότ᾽ Ἀγλαοτρίαιναν ἁρπάσαι
δαμέντα φρένας ἱμέρῳ
χρυσέαισί τ᾽ ἀν᾽ ἵπποις
ὕπατον εὐρυτίμου ποτὶ
δῶμα Διὸς μεταβᾶσαι,
ἔνθα δευτέρῳ χρόνῳ
ἦλθε καὶ Γανυμήδης
Ζηνὶ τωὔτ᾽ ἐπὶ
χρέος.
Cui gloria splendet apud
praestantem viris Lydi Pelopis coloniam, quem praepotens amavit terram cingens
Neptunus, postquam eum splendido lebete exemerat Clotho, ebore in nitido humero
ornatum.
Fili Tantali, te vero contra quam superiores dicam, quando pater ad probissimas epulas et dilectam Sipylum vocavit, vicissim diis coenas praebens, tunc tridente inclutum deum rapuisse Domitum praecordia amore, ut aureo in curro ad supremam late venerandi Iovis domum te transferret, quo insequenti tempore venit etiam Ganymedes Iovi eundem ad usum.
--Pindar,
Olympian 1.23-27; 36-45; Translated into Latin by Augustus Boeckhius, 1821
...Your fame stands out
Among your peers in the famous colony of Lydian Pelops
The way that Pelops’ ivory shoulder did
as Klotho
rescued him from the glimmering stewpot*
When the mighty, all-encompassing Poseidon
fell in
love with him.
O Pelops, son of Tantalus,
I’ll tell you a tale different
than what earlier accounts tell of you.
When your father invited the gods to a feast at his dear Sipylus,
the trident-bearing god [Poseidon],
burning with love,
seized you
And with a chariot drawn by golden horses
Led you to the highest house of Zeus himself,
Where at a later time
Zeus would do the same
PINDAR |
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Name: Pindar Date: 518 – 438 BCE Works: Odes |
REGION 5 |
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Pindar
is a famous Greek poet from Boeotia (modern Greece) known for his victory
odes. These odes, for victors of Pythian, Nemean, and Olympic games, are rich
in mythological imagery, and help us understand the relationships of the
ancient Greeks to their cultural heritage and their understanding of the
past. |
GOLDEN AGE
GREECE |
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