Aeschyli Tragoediae (Alt. Critical Edition)

Strabo I. 15, p. 23, citing Polybius, remembers men noble for their inventions: "Just as Danaus pointed out the water-wells in Argos, and Atreus the path of the sun opposite to the heavens, and kings were chosen as seers and observers of sacrifice; and the priests of the Egyptians and the Chaldeans and Magi, exceeding others in a certain wisdom, obtained leadership and honor from those before us." Briefly repeating this, Eustathius writes on p. 1645, 56, that not only was Aeolus honored for his wisdom and discovery of useful things, but along with countless others, Danaus was honored for showing the wells in Argos, as the geographer says, and others too. Therefore, the phrase to pansophon the all-wise has been called into question in vain.

306. The books Danaos d' adelphos estin pentekostopais, except that P has pentekontopais. Scaliger Danaos; adelphos d' estin, and Victorius already had esti. Heath pentekontapais. See the note on Prometheus 855.

307. kai tou danaoige M. G. E. Rob. Porson corrected it. tounomaphono M. by the first hand; by the second, tounom' aphone as in G. E. From P, aphthono is noted. Turnebus tounom' euphono by conjecture. Robortello tounom' aphthono.

308. Aiguptos d' eidos d' amon M. G. Aigupton d' eidos d' amon Rob. Aiguptos; eidos d' amon Turnebus.

309. anstesas M. G. E. and according to Faehsi, P; according to Butler, anthesas. ansteses Rob. ansteses Vict. In M. G. E. antesas is written in the margin, which is the truth. This was the task here for the Danaids, to show that they were Argive by origin. Sophocles, Antigone 981: "who encountered the seed of the ancient Erechtheidae."

310. dokeite moi M. G. E. dokeite gemoi Rob. dokeite de moi Turnebus.

312. leipein M. by the first hand.

313. aion' G. aiog' Ald.

314. deidois M. G. didois Rob. d' idois Turnebus. poteron M. G. E. P. pot Rob. pteron Turnebus.

315. epei tis M. G. Rob. epei tis Turnebus.

316. kelseien es M. G. E. P. kelsein es Rob. engenes M. G. E. Rob. eugenes Ald. Turn. Vict. Canterus restored engenes.

317. echei metaptoiousan M. G. E. ekei metaptoiousan Rob. Turnebus corrected it.

318. ti pheis' M. by the first hand, by the second ti pheis'.

319. neostepheis instead of leukostepheis E. neodreptois kladois M. by the first hand. neodrestous kladous G.

322. philous in all. onoito Turn. onoito others. The vulgate reading tis d' an philous onoito tous kektemenous who would buy friends as masters has vexed interpreters. But that philous is philous' loving, written by an interpreter or a learned scribe instead of philon loving because a woman was speaking. They say, "Indeed, we hate them: for..."