# Exegesis in Hesiodi theogoniam 188

Anonymi Exegesis in Hesiodi Theogoniam, Exegesis in Hesiodi theogoniam, Section 188. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymi-exegesis-in-hesiodi-theogoniam/exegesis-in-hesiodi-theogoniam/188

188. μήδεα δʼ ὡς τὸ πρῶτον. οὐκ ἄλλως ἄν νοηθείη τοῦτο8) ἢ οὕτως, ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀρχῆς εἰσεκομίσθη ὁ σῖτος καὶ εἰς πλοῖα εἰσεβλήθη, οὕτως ἐφέρετο ἀνὰ τὸ πέλαγος πολὺν χρόνον. οἱ γὰρ ἔμποροι οὐκ ἄλλως τὸν σῖτον εἰς πλοῖα ἐνιᾶσιν, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐπʼ ἄλλην χώραν μετακομίσαιντο. διὸ καὶ1) τὸ πολὺν χρόνον προσέθηκεν. εἰ μὲν γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῦ μύθου ἐτίθει, τὸ ἀεὶ προσέθηκεν ἄν. ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς ἀλληγορίας οὐκέτι ἀλλὰ πολὺν χρόνον, τουτέστι τοσοῦτον χρόνον φέρεται ἀνὰ τὸ πέλαγος, ὅσον μετακομισθῆναι δεήσει πρὸς ἄλλας χώρας.

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Anonymi Exegesis in Hesiodi Theogoniam, Exegesis in Hesiodi theogoniam, ed. Hans Flach. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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