Elegy and Iambus, Volume II
J. M. Edmonds, Ed.

CASTORION

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Elegiac

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To Pan

“The poem to Pan by Castorion of Soli, according to Clearchus, is of this kind: each of its feet beginning and ending without breaking a word, it has all its ‘meters’¹ interchangeable [ i.e. interchangeable in the same line], thus:²

O Thou that hast thy dwelling in Arcadias's snow-storm-beaten land, Thee Pan, thou herdsman of wild beasts, will I praise with an all-famous compound of verse in this cunning style, verse hard, Lord, for the unskilled to understand; O Beast that servest the Muses, and utterest wax-poured³ charms ...

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and the rest in the same way. Now each of these ‘meters,’⁴ whatever its position in the line, will give the same metre or rhythm, thus

σὲ τὸν βολαῖς νιφοκτύποις δυσχείμερον

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and

νιφοκτύποις σὲ τὸν βολαῖς δυσχείμερον.

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Note too that each of the ‘meters' consists of eleven letters.⁵

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Athenaeus Doctors at Dinner

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To Dionysus

“In the procession of the Dionysia which he celebrated when he was archon （in 309 B.C.） the chorus sang in his honour a poem by Castorion ⁶ of Soli, in which he was called Sun-like, thus:

and before all others the high-born Sun-like Archon extolleth Thee with holy honours.⁷

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” Athenaeus Doctors at Dinner