# Scholia in Euripidem (scholia vetera) 331.2

Scholia In Euripidem, Scholia in Euripidem (scholia vetera), ΣΧΟΛΙΑ ΕΙΣ ΟΡΕΣΤΗΝ, Line 331. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-euripidem/scholia-in-euripidem-scholia-vetera/331.2

ἵνα μεσόμφαλοι λέγονται: ὀμφαλὸς κέκληται ἡ Πυθὼ παρὰ τὰς ὀμφὰς τὰς ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ χρηστηριαζομένας. ἢ παρὰ τὸ εἶναι ἐν μέσῳ τῆς οἰκουμένης τὴν Πυθώ. λέγεται γὰρ τὸν Δία μαθεῖν βουλόμενον τὸ μέσον τῆς γῆς δύο ἀετοὺς ἰσοταχεῖς ἀφεῖναι, τὸν μὲν ἀπὸ δύσεως, τὸν δὲ ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς, καὶ ἐκεῖσε αὐτοὺς ἀπαντῆσαι, ὅθεν ὀμφαλὸς ἐκλήθη. ἀνακεῖσθαί τε χρυσοῦς ἀετούς φασι τῶν μυθευομένων ἀετῶν ὑπομνήματα: — MTAB

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg5023.tlg001.local001/.