The Narratives-Lyrica Ancient Scholia (Διηγήσεις εἰς Λυρικὰ Ἀρχαῖα Σχόλια) is a collection of ancient prose commentaries, or scholia, on early Greek lyric poetry. Attributed to the scholarly tradition of Callimachus of Cyrene, it provides glosses, interpretations, and narrative explanations for the works of lyric poets. The surviving text consists of four passages, representing the layered work of Alexandrian and later grammarians.
The scholia address characteristic exegetical themes:
Like most ancient scholia, this collection survives fragmentarily, likely preserved within medieval manuscripts of the lyric poets or Byzantine compilations. The original Hellenistic commentaries are lost; extant passages are later epitomes from Roman and Byzantine scholarship.
Scholia such as these preserve fragments of lost works, record ancient textual variants, and illuminate classical interpretive practices. They are crucial for reconstructing the fragmentary corpus of Greek lyric poetry and demonstrate the philological methodologies established by Alexandrian scholars that influenced subsequent literary criticism.
Callimachus Scholia Narratives-Lyrica Ancient Scholia in Greek in PDF
Callimachus Scholia Narratives-Lyrica Ancient Scholia in Greek in MD
| 226.col10 | Ἡ Λῆμνος τὸ παλαιόν, εἴ τις ἄλλη Πρὸς τοὺς ὡραίους φησίν· ἡ Λῆμνος πάλαι ποτὲ εὐδαίμων γενομένη ἐκακοδαιμόνησε, ἐπιθεμένων τῶν θηλειῶν τοῖς ἄρρεσιν· διόπερ καὶ ὑμεῖς εἰς τὸ μέλλον ἀποβλέπετε. |
| 227.col10.(6) | Ἔνεστ’ Ἀπόλλων τῷ χορῷ Παροίνιον εἰς τοὺς Διοσκούρους· καὶ Ἑλένην ὑμνεῖ, καὶ παρακλεῖ τὴν θυσίαν δέξασθαι· καὶ προτροπὴ τοῖς συμπόταις εἰς τὸ ἀγρυπνεῖν. |
| 228.col10.(10) | Ἀγέτω θεός, οὐ γὰρ ἐγὼ δίχα τῶνδ’ ἀείδειν Ἐκθέωσις Ἀρσινόης· φησὶν δὲ αὐτὴν ἀνηρπάσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν Διοσκούρων καὶ βωμὸν καὶ τέ μενος αὐτῆς καθιδρῦσθαι πρὸς τῷ Ἐμπορίῳ. |
| 229.col10.(14) | Δαίμονες εὐυμνότατοι, Φοῖβέ τε καὶ Ζεῦ, Διδύ μω[ν] γενάρχα Ἀπ[ό]λλων ἐκ Δήλου ἀφικνεῖται εἰς τὸ Μιλήτου χωρίον ὃ καλεῖται ἱερὰ ὕλη, ἵνα Βράγχος. |