# Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes 71.Part b

Scholia in Pindarum, Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes, Scholia in Olympionicarum carmen VII., Line 71. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-pindarum/scholia-in-pindarum-olympian-odes/71.Part%20b

b. ἄλλως· ὁ Ἥλιός, φησι, παρεκελεύσατο τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ παισὶ καὶ Ῥόδης, μελλούσης γεννᾶσθαι τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς, ὅπως αὐτοὶ πρῶτοι θύσωσιν· ἐκεῖ γὰρ μέλλειν οἰκεῖν τὴν θεὸν, | παρ᾿ οἷς ἂν πρῶτον θυσία αὐτῇ ἐπιτελεσθῇ. ἀνερχόμενοι δὲ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν πρῶτοι οὗτοι ἐπελάθοντο πῦρ κομίσαι. συνέβη οὖν πρώτους Ἀθηναίους θῦσαι· διόπερ καὶ τὴν θεὸν αὐτόθι καθιδρυθῆναι, | τιμῆσαι δὲ καὶ τὴν θεὸν τοὺς Ῥοδίους. διὰ τοῦτο δέ φασι τοὺς Ῥοδίους ἄπυρα θύειν, ὥσπερ οἱ πρῶτοι τῇ Αθηνᾷ ἔθυσαν· τινὲς δὲ ὅτι καὶ φυλαξάντων αὐτῶν ὑπερησθεὶς ὁ Ζεὺς πλοῦτον καὶ εὐδαιμονίαν παρέσχε, δωρησαμένης καὶ αὐτῆς τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς τὴν περὶ τὴν τέχνην ἀρετήν.

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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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