Introduction
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μηθε{ο}ύς. / βουλήσ<ε>ι μακάρ̣ων ̣ν ̣αρτοπολυκα̣μεν
θνητάς δεκάχερος. / γῆν οὖν̣ ὕδατι̣ μ̣ίξας κα̣ι ̣υ̣αλεν
̣ρ ̣ ̣θε̣ς̣ ἐποίησεν. / δυσαπό̣σπ̣αστον̣ καὶ κ̣υά̣ν̣ε-
5ο̣ν μετ{α}εξεποίησεν τρίχωμα. / ε̣π̣εισειξευ̣πρ̣ε ̣ ̣
̣ ̣ε ̣τ̣τ̣ονκ ̣χ̣ο̣ρ̣ ἢ ὀφρύας προβάλλων. / ζυγὸν
δὲ ἐμ μέσω(*) τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὴν ῥίνα ἐποίη-
σεν ὀρέξεν(*). / ηρ ̣ ̣ ̣ δὶς̣ μ ̣ ̣νε ̣δ̣ ̣ ̣ε̣σ̣α̣ [κ]α̣ὶ̣ τοῖς
κροτάφοις̣ προσηκόλλαν(*). / θησαυρός(*) ἔσω στό-
10μ̣ατος γλώσ<σ>ης ἐπὶ τὸν λόγον ἐποίησεν./
ἱκανὸν ἔπλασεν μῆλα γελω ̣ ̣κ ̣ ̣ ̣ισ
παριεσσι συνέμιξεν.
Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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Notes
- 1.
διαμορφες was daggered in the ed. pr. See comments ad loc.
- 3.
δεκάχερος would be a hapax. The letters were daggered in the ed. pr. See comments ad loc.
- 12.
παριεσσι daggered in ed. pr. The commentary (ad loc.) notes, "perhaps for παρειαῖσιν 'cheeks' (West), but in that case one would need a single short syllable before it."
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APIS Translation (English)
(Translation from P. L. Bat. 25) Modelling, Prometheus made mortals from the divine image (?). According to the wish of the gods - - - (he made?) mortals by hand (?). So, having mixed earth and water, he made - - - . Hard to tear away and dark, he - - - finished the hair. - - - putting eyebrows in front. As a bridge in the middle of the eyes he stretched out and made the nose. - - - twice - - - and to the temples he fastened. He made within the mouth the treasury of the tongue for the speech. Adequately he formed cheeks, he combined - - - with cheeks (?)