# Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes 33.Part a

Scholia in Pindarum, Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes, Scholia in Olympionicarum carmen III., Line 33. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-pindarum/scholia-in-pindarum-olympian-odes/33.Part%20a

a. ἤδη γὰρ αὐτῷ: περὶ τοῦ χρόνου καθ᾿ ὃν ἄγεται τὰ Ὀλύμπια καθ᾿ ἑκάστην Ὀλυμπιάδα, καὶ Κώμαρχος ὁ τὰ περὶ Ἠλείων συντάξας φησὶν οὕτως· πρῶτον μὲν οὖν παντὸς περίοδον συνέθηκεν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ . . . . ἄρχειν νουμηνίαν μηνὸς ὃς Θωσυθιὰς ἐν Ἤλιδι ὀνομάζεται, περὶ ὃν τροπαὶ ἡλίου γίνονται χειμεριναί· καὶ -πα- Ὀλύμπια ἄγεται η΄ μηνί· ἑνὸς δὲ ὄντος διαφέροντων τῇ ὥρᾳ, τὰ μὲν ἀρχομένης τῆς ὀπώρας, τὰ δὲ ὑπ᾿ αὐτὸν τὸν ἀρκτοῦρον. ὅτι δὲ καὶ ἄγεται ὁ ἀγὼν, καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Πίνδαρος μαρτυρεῖ.

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Scholia in Pindarum, Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes, ed. A. B. Drachmann. 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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