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title: Fragments on Mythology
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Μυθολογίας
author: Aristonicus of Tarentum
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# Fragments on Mythology

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Μυθολογίας*

**Author:** Aristonicus of Tarentum

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## Text

### 1

Ptolemaeus Hephaest. Nov. Hist. I: Ἀχιλλέα μὲν Ἀριστόνικος ὁ Ταραντῖνος διατρίβοντα ἐν ταῖς παρθένοις παρὰ Λυκομήδει Κερκυσέραν καλεῖσθαί φησιν· ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ καὶ Ἰσσὰν καὶ Πυρρὰν Ἄσπετος καὶ Προμηθεύς.

### 2

Id. ib. lib. II: Ὅτι τὴν μέσην κεφαλὴν τῆς Ὕδρας Ἀριστόνικός φησιν ὁ Ταραντῖνος χρυσοῦν εἶναι.

### 3

Hyginus Poet. astron. II, 34: Hunc (Orionem) Hesiodus Neptuni filium dicit, ex Euryale Minois filia natum, concessum autem ei, ut super fluctus curreret, nec eos infringeret. Aristonicus autem di cit quendam Hyrea fuisse Thebis, Pindarus autem in insula Chio. Hunc autem, quum Jovem et Mercurium hospitio recepisset, petiisse ab iis, ut sibi aliquid liberorum nasceretur. Itaque quo facilius petitum impetraret, bovem immolasse et his pro epulis apposuisse. Quod quum fecisset, poposcisse Jovem et Mercurium quod corium de bove fuisset detractum, et quod fecerant urinae, in corium infudisse: ex quo postea natum puerum, quem Hyreus e facto Uriona nomine appellavit.

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