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Extracts from Dionysius Periegetes 322

Original


Ο δ' αὐτὸς Αρριανὸς καὶ Θρᾴκην τινὰ ἱστορεῖ νύμφην σοφὴν ἀμφὶ ἐπῳδάς τε καὶ φάρμακα ὁποία τις καὶ ἡ Μήδεια ἱστόρηται καὶ ἡ ̓Αγαμήδη καὶ ἡ θρυλουμένη Κροκοδίκη. Καὶ ἀπὸ ταύτης τῆς Θρᾴκης δοκεῖ ὠνομάσθαι ἡ χώρα, Πέρκη ποτὲ καλουμένη.

Translation in Greek


Και ο ίδιος ο Αρριανός εξιστορεί πως η Θράκη ήταν μια  νύμφη με γνώση βαθιά στις μαγγανείες και στα μαγικά φίλτρα, όπως μάγισσες ήταν και η Μήδεια, η Αγαμήδη και η φημισμένη Κροκοδίκη. Και από αυτή τη Θράκη φαίνεται να πήρε το όνομά της η χώρα, που κάποτε ονομαζόταν Πέρκη.

Translation in English


And Arrian himself relates that Thrace was a nymph with a profound knowledge of sorcery and magic potions, and that Medea, Agamede and the famous Crocodice were also witches. And it was from this Thrace, it seems, that the land once known as Perce took its name.


Author: Eustathios of Thessalonica

Language : Ancient Greek

Text type: Byzantine scholia

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