Vol. 13 No. 3 (1987): XIII - 1987, fascicolo 3
Articoli

Due studi sulla VII Olimpica di Pindaro. I. Quando cadde la pioggia d’oro ?

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  • Mario Cantilena
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14601/prometheus-18977

Published 2016-09-19

Keywords

  • Pindar,
  • Zeus,
  • Rhodes,
  • Greek mythology
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Abstract

While Pind. O. 7.35 seems to mean that Zeus poured a rain of gold on Rhodes at the birth of Athena, lines 50 ff. say that the golden rain happened after Helios’ sons accomplished their sacrifice. The alleged inconsistency may be explained once we realize that ἁνίκα at line 35 should be taken in the genral meaning of ‘at the age of’, rather than ‘at the moment of’.
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