# Exegesis in Hesiodi theogoniam 306a

Anonymi Exegesis in Hesiodi Theogoniam, Exegesis in Hesiodi theogoniam, Section 306a. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/anonymi-exegesis-in-hesiodi-theogoniam/exegesis-in-hesiodi-theogoniam/306a

306. τῇ δὲ Τυφάονα. ἐντεῦθεν οὐκέτι περὶ ὧν ἔλεγε διεξέρχεται, ἀλλὰ περὶ τὰ καθʼ ἡμᾶς διατρίβη, καί φησιν, ὅτι τῇ Ἐχίδνῃ, ἤγουν τῇ τῶν καρπῶν ἀφθόνῳ ἀπολαύσει, συνελθὼν ὁ Τυφών, ἤτοι ἡ θερμότης τοῦ ἔρωτος 6), ἡ ἐν ἡμῖν οὖσα, (ἐτυμολογουμένου τοῦ ὀνόματος ἀπὸ τοῦ τύφω τὸ καίω), ἐγέννησε7 ) πρῶτον μὲν τὸν Ὄρθον, ἤγουν αὐτὴν τὴν κίνησιν τὴν εἰς τὰ πάθη, ὃν ὁ σοφώτατος Ὅμηρος ὀρόθυνσιν λέγει, μετὰ ταῦτα γεννᾷ καὶ τὸν Κέρβερον, ἤτοι τὴν κάκωσιν καὶ τὸ βάρος τοῦ κέαρος, ἤγουν τῆς ψυχῆς. Ἀίδεω κύνα. παρὰ τὸ σκότον ἐμποιεῖν τῇ ψυχῇ. πεντηκοντακέφαλον. πολλὰς γὰρ ἀρχὰς κέκτηται.

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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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