# Scholia in Euripidem (scholia vetera) 123.3

Scholia In Euripidem, Scholia in Euripidem (scholia vetera), ΣΧΟΛΙΑ ΕΙΣ ΕΚΑΒΗΝ, Line 123. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-euripidem/scholia-in-euripidem-scholia-vetera/123.3

τὼ Θησείδα δ’ ὄζω Ἀθηνῶν: τοὺς Θησέως παῖδας ἔνιοί φασι μὴ ἡγεμόνας στρατεύεσθαι ἐπὶ Ἴλιον μηδὲ τῆς συμμαχίας χάριν, ἀλλὰ ἀποληψομένους τὴν Αἴθραν· διὸ καὶ τὸν Ὅμηρον [Β 552] λέγειν τὸν Μενεσθέα ἡγεῖσθαι τῶν Ἀθηναίων. Διονύσιος γοῦν ὁ τὸν Κύκλον ποιήσας φησί [FHG IV p. 653a]· Δημοφῶν δὲ ὁ Θησέως ἐδεῖτο αὐτοῖς δοῦναι Αἴθραν τὴν Πιτθέως τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς μητέρα, ὅπως αὐτὴν κομίσωσιν οἴκαδε. Μενέλαος δὲ πρὸς Ἑλένην πέμπει Ταλθύβιον κελεύσας ἄγειν Αἴθραν. καὶ Ἑλένη δωρησαμένη Αἴθραν παντοδαπῷ κόσμῳ ἀποστέλλει πρὸς Δημοφῶντα καὶ Ἀκάμαντα. Ἑλλάνικος δέ φησιν [frg. 75] αὐτοὺς ἐστρατευκέναι, ὅπως, εἰ μὲν ἕλοιεν Ἴλιον, λάφυρον αὐτὴν λάβοιεν, εἰ δὲ μή, κἂν λυτρώσαιντο δώροις. φεύγειν δὲ αὐτοὺς διὰ τὸ μὴ βούλεσθαι ἄρχεσθαι ὑπὸ Μενεσθέως. ἦσαν δὲ μετὰ ⟨τοῦ Ἐλεφήνορος τοῦ⟩ Χαλκώδοντος τοῦ Ἄβαντος ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ: — MA

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Scholia in Euripidem, Scholia in Euripidem (scholia vetera), ed. Eduard Schwartz. 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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