# Fragmenta 2

Menecrates Elaita, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg2_MENECRATES_ELAITA. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/menecrates-elaita/fragmenta/2

Τοὺς Μυσοὺς οἱ μὲν Θρᾷκας, οἱ δὲ Λυδοὺς εἰρήκασι, κατ ̓ αἰτίαν παλαιὰν ἱστοροῦντες, ἣν Ξάνθος ὁ Λυδὸς (fr. 8) γράφει καὶ Μενεκράτης ὁ Ἐλαίτης· ἐτυμολογοῦντες καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τὸ τῶν Μυσῶν, ὅτι τὴν ὀξύην οὕτως ὀνομάζουσιν οἱ Λυδοί· πολλὴ δ ̓ ἡ ὀξύη κατὰ τὸν Ὄλυμπον, ὅπου ἐκτεθῆναί φασι τοὺς δεκατευθέντας· ἐκείνων δὲ ἀπογόνους εἶναι τοὺς ὕστερον Μυσοὺς, ἀπὸ τῆς ὀξύης οὕτω προσαγορευθέντας· μαρτυρεῖν δὲ καὶ τὴν διάλεκτον· τέως μὲν γὰρ οἰκεῖν αὐτοὺς περὶ τὸν Ὄλυμπον. Τῶν δὲ Φρυγῶν ἐκ τῆς Θρᾴκης περαιωθέντων, εἵλοντο τόν τε τῆς Τροίας ἄρχοντα καὶ τῆς πλησίον τῆς. Ἐκείνους μὲν ἐνταῦθα οἰκῆσαι· τοὺς δὲ Μυσοὺς ὑπὲρ τὰς τοῦ Καίκου πηγὰς πλησίον Λυδῶν.

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MENECRATES ELAITA, Fragmenta. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4344.tlg001.local002/.