The Delphic Oracle, 418 Parke/Wormell = Q 159 Fontenrose in Eusebius, Evangelical Preparation 5.32.2 = T 34 Kannicht
M = reading of the whole MS tradition
m = reading of part of the MS tradition
P = reading on a papyrus
m = reading of part of the MS tradition
P = reading on a papyrus
“ἔσται σοι κοῦρος, Μνησαρχίδη κοῦρος παῖς Μνησαρχίδης M, ὅντινα πάντες,
ἄνθρωποι τίσουσι, καὶ ἐς κλέος ἐσθλὸν ὀρούσει
καὶ στεφέων ἱερῶν γλυκερὴν χάριν ἀμφιβαλεῖται”·
ὁ δὲ κοῦρος ἦν Εὐριπίδης…
‘You will have a son, Mnesarchides, whom all men will honour, and he will rise to excellent fame and will be clothed in the sweet grace of holy garlands.’
And the son was Euripides…
| Relevant guides | Euripides |
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