# Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes 50.Part a

Scholia in Pindarum, Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes, Scholia in Olympionicarum carmen IX., Line 50. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-pindarum/scholia-in-pindarum-olympian-odes/50.Part%20a

a. οὐδ᾿ Ἀίδας ἀκινήταν ἔχε ῥάβδον: τῇ ῥάβδῳ κέχρηται καθάπερ ὅπλῳ τινὶ, βίαν μὲν οὐδεμίαν παρεχομένῃ, καθάπερ ἢ τριόδους ἢ ξίφος ἢ δόρυ, ἀλλὰ δυνάμει συνεχρῆτο θελκτικῇ καὶ μαλακτικῇ τῆς ψυχῆς· ταύτῃ γοῦν φησι καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτὸν κατάγειν. ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους οὖν ὁ Ἅιδης ἐργωδίᾳ τῆς ῥάβδου ταύτης οὐδὲν ἠδύνατο δρᾶσαι διὰ τὸ τὴν δύναμιν αὐτῆς ὑπὸ τοῦ Διὸς ἀμβλύνεσθαι. ἀπὸ κοινοῦ δὲ τὸ εἰ μὴ κατὰ δαίμονα ἄνδρες ἐγένοντο, οὐκ ἂν οὐδὲ ὁ Ἅιδης ἀσθενῆ καὶ ἀκίνητον διαμαχόμενος Ἡρακλεῖ εἶχε τὴν ῥάβδον, | ἐν ᾗ ῥάβδῳ τὰ τῶν ἀνδρῶν σώματα ἀσθενῆ ποιῶν οὕτως εἰς τὸν κοῖλον τόπον [τοῦ Ἅιδου] κατάγει τῶν τελευτώντων.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg5034.tlg001.local002/.