.α̣ηνεω̣ς | ⟦..α.ς.⟧ | | Αἴας τ̣ι̣να | Τέκμησσαν | Ὀδυσσεύς | αια̣ιν | ο̣τ̣ι̣ (ἐστι) τὸ ἧπαρ | αιαις( ) | ἤτοι πολὺ καθέλ|κει ἢ τ(ὴν) πολὺ μακρ(ήν) | ἐδίδαξαν αἱ κατὰ λεπτ(όν) | οὐκ ἐδίδ(αξεν) ἡ μεγάλ(η) | λέγει ὅτι γλυκ(ὺς) ὁ Μίμνερμος | ὧδ̣ε οὕτω(ς) ἡδὺ ἐν το(ῖς) μικ(ροῖς) | ἔλλετε Βασκ(ανίης) κἂν̣ | μηδὲν γ(ὰρ) δυν̣η(θῶσι), | ποσῶς βλάπτουσι | οὐκ ἔχω τὰ μακρὰ | ὥσπερ οὐδ(ὲ) τὰ β̣ρον̣τ̣(ήματα), | οἱ δ(ὲ) μέγα ψοφέο(ντες) | κραυγάν̣ο(νται) κ(αὶ) εκλ̣.. | ὡς κ(αὶ) ὄνο(ς) σ(υμ)βαλλ(όμενος) τέττιγ(ι) | Λύκ̣ιο(ς), ἐπεὶ ξένο(ις) ἥ̣δ(ε)ται· | (ἐστὶ) δʼ ἄλ̣λ(ως) κ(αὶ) μαντ(εῖον) ἐν Λυκ(ίᾳ), | ὁ δʼ Ἀριστο(τέλης), ἐπεὶ Λητ(ὼ) | τίκτο(υσα) εἰς λ̣ύκ̣ο̣(ν) | μετέβαλε | οἷμον πάτο(ν) ὁμοί(ως) | τ(ὴν) πλατεῖαν| ἆ πάντως κ(αὶ) τὰ ἑξ̣(ῆς) | ὤ̣φελον ἵνα τ̣ὸ̣ [γῆρας] | κ(αὶ) τ(ὴν) δρόσο(ν), πρότερο(ν) | πρὸς̣ τ̣ὸ̣ δεύ̣τ̣ε̣ρ̣(ον) | ἣν μὲν ἔδων | τὸ δ̣ʼ ἐ̣κδ̣ύο̣[ι]μι | ἀναγν.( ) | δὲ σφα..( ) κ̣(αὶ) ...| χειρος π̣.... | πελιας̣....α̣ι̣ς| ἐπεὶ κε̣ρ.νο( )..λεις̣ | κοτο( ) τὸν Ἐν̣κ̣έ̣λ̣(αδον?) | δεκ̣ά̣ς ..ο̣ξ̣.ελυς̣ | παλον̣...τ̣η̣ρ | παιδ( ) π̣α̣..οκ.τ̣.( ) | η Ἀρσιν̣(όη) δυ̣ω... | ἦν ἄνω̣(θεν?) ἢ ὅτι δ(ε)κάτ̣η̣(ν) | Μοῦσαν ἐκδ̣(ε)....( ) | λίγεια «τοῖον γ(ὰρ) ὑ⸤π⸥ώ|ρορε Μοῦσα λίγε̣ι̣α̣» | κ(αὶ) Ἀλκ(μὰν) | «Μῶσʼ ἄγε Μ̣ῶ̣σ̣ʼ ἄγε | λίγ〈ε〉ια» | Ἀρκαδ( ) πεμπ( ) ἐπεὶ οἱ | Πελοπονν(ήσιοι) ὠνο̣ύ̣μ(εν)ο̣ι̣ | τοὺς Ἀρκαδ(ικοὺς) ὄνους ἀνέ̣|τ̣εινον, ἵνα δύνω(νται) ταῖς | παρʼ αὐ̣τ̣ο̣ῖς τροφ(αῖς) χρᾶσθ(αι), οἱ δὲ | ἀνάπαλ(ιν) ὡς ἐνὶ δὴ | πα̣τ̣ρίο(ις) οὔτοι ὡς ἐν δη- | μοκρατίᾳ· ἐξουσία γ(άρ) (ἐστι) | πολ̣λ̣ῶ(ν) ἄλλο καλὸ(ν) ἀντ(ὶ τοῦ) | ἀλ̣λ̣οῖον «διώκειν ὄρνεον ἄλλο»
The Scholia on Aetia I comprises ancient marginal annotations on the first book of Callimachus's Aetia, a major Hellenistic elegiac poem. These scholia, composed by anonymous commentators, provide glosses, mythological references, textual criticism, and interpretive notes. They are a crucial scholarly resource because the Aetia itself survives only fragmentarily, primarily on papyri; the scholia aid in reconstructing the text and clarifying its dense allusions.
The scholia address several key areas:
The scholia are preserved alongside the poem's fragments on papyri, most significantly from Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. They were not transmitted through a continuous medieval manuscript tradition but survive in these recovered documents, which represent copies used in scholarly or educational settings.
These notes are indispensable for modern study of the Aetia, offering direct insight into how later antiquity read and taught Callimachus's complex work. They illuminate the poem's reception and are fundamental to all contemporary editions and interpretations of the text.