CLXXVIII Europa
Europa Argiopes et Agenoris filia Sidonia: hanc Iupiter in taurum conversus a Sidone Cretam transportavit et ex ea procreavit Mino[n]em Sarpedonem Rhadamanthum. huius pater Agenor suos filios misit, ut sororem reducerent aut ipsi in suum conspectum non redirent. Phoenix in Africam est profectus ibique remansit; inde Afri Poeni sunt appellati. Cilix suo nomine Ciliciae nomen indidit. Cadmus cum erraret, Delphos devenit: ibi responsum accepit, ut a pastoribus bovem emeret, qui Lunae signum in latere haberet, eumque ante se ageret; ubi decubuisset, ibi fatum esse eum oppidum condere et ibi regnare. Cadmus sorte audita cum imperata perfecisset et aquam quaereret, ad fontem Castalium venit, quem draco Martis filius custodiebat. qui cum socios Cadmi interfecisset a Cadmo lapide est interfectus; dentesque eius Minerva monstrante sparsit et aravit, unde Spartoe sunt enati. qui inter se pugnarunt, ex quibus quinque superfuerunt, id est Chthonius Udaeus Hyperenor Pelorus et Echion. ex bove autem, quem secutus fuerat, Boeotia est appellata.
178. Europa and Cadmus
Europa was the daughter of Argiope and Agenor, a Sidonian; Zeus, changed into a bull, carried her from Sidon to Crete and fathered by her Minos, Sarpedon and Rhadamanthus. Her father Agenor sent his sons to bring their sister back, or else not to come back into his sight. Phoenix went to Africa and stayed there; from him the Africans were called Poeni (Phoenicians). Cilix gave his own name to Cilicia. Cadmus, wandering, came to Delphi, where he received the response that he should buy from shepherds a cow which had the sign of the Moon on its flank and drive it ahead of him; where it lay down, there it was fated that he should found a city and reign. When Cadmus had heard the oracle and had done what was commanded, and was looking for water, he came to the Castalian spring, which a serpent, a son of Ares, was guarding. When it had killed Cadmus' companions, it was killed by Cadmus with a stone; on Athena's instruction he scattered its teeth and ploughed them in, and from them the Spartoi (Sown Men) sprang up. They fought one another, and five survived, namely Chthonius, Udaeus, Hyperenor, Pelorus and Echion. From the cow he had followed, Boeotia was named.
CLXXVIIII Semele
Cadmus Agenoris et Argiopes filius ex Harmonia Martis et Veneris filia procreavit filias quattuor Semelen Ino Agauen Autonoen et Polydorum filium. — Iovis cum Semele voluit concumbere. quod Iuno cum resciit, specie immutata in Beroen nutricem ad eam venit et persuasit, ut peteret ab Iove, ut eodem modo ad se quomodo ad Iunonem veniret, ‘ut intelligas’, inquit, ‘quae sit voluptas cum deo concumbere’. itaque Semele petiit ab Iove, ut ita veniret ad se. qua re impetrata Iovis cum fulmine et tonitribus venit et Semele[m] conflagravit. ex utero eius Liber est natus (quem Mercurius ab igne ereptum Nyso dedit educandum) et graece Dionysus est appellatus.
179. Semele
Cadmus, son of Agenor and Argiope, had by Harmonia, daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, four daughters, Semele, Ino, Agave and Autonoe, and a son, Polydorus. — Zeus wished to lie with Semele. When Hera found out, she changed her appearance into that of Beroe, Semele's nurse, came to her and persuaded her to ask Zeus to come to her in the same way as he came to Hera, ‘so that you may understand’, she said, ‘what pleasure it is to lie with a god’. So Semele asked Zeus to come to her thus. When she had obtained this, Zeus came with lightning and thunder, and burned Semele up. From her womb Liber (Dionysus) was born (Hermes snatched him from the fire and gave him to Nysus to be brought up), and in Greek he was called Dionysus.
CLXXX Actaeon
Actaeon Aristaei et Autonoes filius pastor Dianam lavantem speculatus est et eam violare voluit. ob id Diana irata fecit ut ei cornua in capite nascerentur et a suis canibus consumeretur.
180. Actaeon
Actaeon, son of Aristaeus and Autonoe, a herdsman, spied on Artemis while she was bathing and wanted to rape her. For this Artemis in her anger made horns grow on his head, and he was devoured by his own dogs.
⟨CLXXXI⟩ Diana
[Diana cum in valle opacissima cui nomen est Gargaphia aestivo tempore fatigata ex assidua venatione se ad fontem cui nomen est Parthenius perlueret, Actaeon Cadmi nepos, Aristaei et Autonoes filius, eundem locum petens ad refrigerandum se et canes, quos exercuerat feras persequens, in conspectum deae incidit: qui ne loqui posset, in cervum ab ea est conversus. ita pro cervo laceratus est a suis canibus], quorum nomina, masculi: [Melampus Ichnobates [Echnobas] Pamphagos Dorceus Oribasus Nebrophonos L⟨a⟩elaps Theron Pterelas ⟨Agre⟩ Hylaeus Nape Ladon ⟨Asbolus⟩ Poemenis [Therodanapis Aura] Lacon Harpy⟨i⟩a Aello Dromas Thous Canac[h]e Cyprius Sticte Labros [Arcas] Argiodus Tigris Hylactor Alce Harpalus Lycisce Melaneus Lachne Leucon. item tres qui eum [Gnosius] consumpserunt [foeminae] Melanchaetes [Agre] Theridamas Oresitrophos. Item alii auctores tradunt haec nomina:] Acamas Syrus Aeon Stilbon Agrius Charops Aethon †Coran Boreas Draco Eudromus Dromius Zephyrus Lampus Haemon Cyllopodes Harpalycus Machimus Ichneus Melampus Ocydromus Borax Ocythous †Pachitus Obrimus, f[o]eminae: Argo Arethusa Urania Theriope Dinomache Dioxippe Echione Gorgo Cyllo Harpyia Lynceste Leaene Lac⟨a⟩ena Ocypete Ocydrome Oxyroe Orias †Sagnos Theriphone Volatos Chediaetros.
181. Artemis and Actaeon; the names of the dogs
[When Artemis, tired from constant hunting in the summer season, was bathing in a very shady valley called Gargaphia, at a spring called Parthenius, Actaeon, grandson of Cadmus, son of Aristaeus and Autonoe, coming to the same place to cool himself and the dogs which he had trained in chasing wild beasts, fell into the goddess's sight; so that he should not be able to speak, he was changed by her into a stag. So, in the form of a stag, he was torn apart by his own dogs], whose names are, the males: [Melampus, Ichnobates [Echnobas], Pamphagos, Dorceus, Oribasus, Nebrophonos, L⟨a⟩elaps, Theron, Pterelas, ⟨Agre⟩, Hylaeus, Nape, Ladon, ⟨Asbolus⟩, Poemenis, [Therodanapis, Aura], Lacon, Harpy⟨i⟩a, Aello, Dromas, Thous, Canac[h]e, Cyprius, Sticte, Labros, [Arcas], Argiodus, Tigris, Hylactor, Alce, Harpalus, Lycisce, Melaneus, Lachne, Leucon. Likewise the three that devoured him [the Gnosian] [females]: Melanchaetes, [Agre], Theridamas, Oresitrophos. Other authors give these names:] Acamas, Syrus, Aeon, Stilbon, Agrius, Charops, Aethon, †Coran, Boreas, Draco, Eudromus, Dromius, Zephyrus, Lampus, Haemon, Cyllopodes, Harpalycus, Machimus, Ichneus, Melampus, Ocydromus, Borax, Ocythous, †Pachitus, Obrimus; the females: Argo, Arethusa, Urania, Theriope, Dinomache, Dioxippe, Echione, Gorgo, Cyllo, Harpyia, Lynceste, Leaene, Lac⟨a⟩ena, Ocypete, Ocydrome, Oxyroe, Orias, †Sagnos, Theriphone, Volatos, Chediaetros.
CLXXXII ⟨Oceani filiae⟩
Oceani filiae Idothea A⟨ma⟩lthea Adrast⟨e⟩a (alii dicunt Meliss⟨e⟩i filias esse) Iovis nutrices] quae nymphae Dodonides dicuntur (alii Naiades vocant) quarum nomina Cisseis Nysa Erato Eriphia Bromie Polyhymno. hae in monte Nysa munere alumni potitae sunt, qui Medeam rogaverat, et deposita senectute in iuvenes mutatae sunt, consecrataeque postea inter sidera Hyades appellantur. alii tradunt vocitatas Arsin⟨o⟩e Ambrosie Bromie Cisseis Coronis.
182. The Hyades
[Daughters of Oceanus: Idothea, A⟨ma⟩lthea, Adrast⟨e⟩a (others say they were daughters of Melisseus), nurses of Zeus] who are called the Dodonid nymphs (others call them Naiads), whose names are Cisseis, Nysa, Erato, Eriphia, Bromie, Polyhymno. On Mount Nysa they obtained their reward from their foster-son, who had begged for Medea, and, laying aside old age, were turned into young women, and were afterwards consecrated among the stars and are called the Hyades. Others report that they were called Arsin⟨o⟩e, Ambrosie, Bromie, Cisseis, Coronis.
CLXXXIII Equorum Solis et Horarum nomina
Eous; per hunc coelum verti solet. Aethops quasi flammeus est, concoquit fruges. hi funales sunt mares, f[o]eminae iugariae: Bronte quae nos tonitrua appellamus, Sterope quae fulgitrua. huic rei auctor est Eumelus Corinthius. [Item quos Homerus tradit Abraxas Soter Bel Iao. item quos Ovidius Pyrois Eous Aethon et Phlegon.] Horarum vero nomina (hae sunt Iovis Saturni filii et Themidis filiae Titanidae)
Auxo Eunomia Pherusa
Carpo Dice Euporie
Thallo Irene Orthosie.
alii auctores tradunt decem his nominibus: Auge Anatole Musice Gymnastice Nymphes Mesembria Sponde †elete †Acteethecypris Dysis.
183. Names of the horses of the Sun and of the Hours
Eous; by him the sky is usually turned. Aethops is, as it were, fiery, and ripens the crops. These are the trace-horses, males; the females are the yoke-horses: Bronte, whom we call thunder, and Sterope, whom we call lightning. The authority for this is Eumelus of Corinth. [Likewise those given by Homer: Abraxas, Soter, Bel, Iao; likewise those given by Ovid: Pyrois, Eous, Aethon and Phlegon.] The names of the Hours (these are daughters of Zeus, son of Cronus, and of Themis, a Titaness) are
Auxo, Eunomia, Pherusa;
Carpo, Dice, Euporie;
Thallo, Irene, Orthosie.
Other authors give ten, with these names: Auge, Anatole, Musice, Gymnastice, Nymphes, Mesembria, Sponde, †elete, †Acteethecypris, Dysis.
CLXXXIIII Pentheus et Agaue
Pentheus Echionis et Agaues filius Liberum negavit deum esse nec mysteria eius accipere voluit. ob hoc eum Agaue mater cum sororibus Ino et Autonoë per insaniam a Libero obiectam membratim laniavit. Agaue †ut suae mentis compos facta [est,] ut vidit se Liberi impulsu tantum scelus admisisse, profugit ab Thebis atque errabunda in Illyriae fines devenit ad Licotersen regem. quam Licoterses excepit . . . . .
184. Pentheus and Agave
Pentheus, son of Echion and Agave, denied that Liber (Dionysus) was a god and refused to accept his mysteries. For this his mother Agave, with her sisters Ino and Autonoe, in a madness sent upon her by Liber, tore him limb from limb. When Agave †ut had become mistress of her mind again [and] saw that, at Liber's prompting, she had committed so great a crime, she fled from Thebes and wandered into the territory of Illyria, to King Lycotherses. Lycotherses received her . . . . .
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