Fragments on Thessalian AleuasἈποσπάσματα περὶ Θεσσαλοῦ Ἀλεύου
Hegemon of Alexandria Fragments on Thessalian Aleuas PDF
The Fragments on Thessalian Aleuas is a lost work by Hegemon of Alexandria, known only from a single surviving excerpt preserved in the ancient scholia to Pindar's Pythian Ode 10. The fragment records the foundational myth of Aleuas, the legendary progenitor of the Aleuad dynasty, detailing his division of Thessaly into four distinct regions: Thessaliotis, Hestiaeotis, Pelasgiotis, and Phthiotis. This brief testimony provides crucial information on Thessalian political geography and legendary history, serving as a key source for understanding the origins of the region's most prominent aristocratic family. Its preservation within the Pindaric scholia underscores its ancient value as an authoritative reference for explicating regional and genealogical allusions in classical poetry. The original scope and full content of Hegemon's collection are otherwise unknown.
| 1391 004.2b,110,F.1 | AELIAN. N A VIII 11: Ἡγήμων ἐν τοῖς Δαρδανικοῖς μέτροις περὶ Ἀλεύα τοῦ Θετταλοῦ φησι καὶ ἄλλα μέν, ἐν δὲ τοῖς καὶ ὅτι ἠράσθη δράκων αὐτοῦ. καὶ ὅτι μὲν εἶχε κόμην χρυσῆν ὅδε ὁ Ἀλεύας λέγων τερατεύεται [ὁ Ἡγήμων δηλονότι], ἐμοὶ δὲ ἔστω ξανθή. καὶ βουκολεῖν μὲν αὐτὸν ἐν τῆι Ὄσσηι φησὶν ὡς ἐν τῆι Ἴδηι τὸν Ἀγχίσην, παρὰ δὲ τῆι κρήνηι νέμειν τὰς βοῦς τῆι καλουμένηι Αἱμονίαι. Θετταλὴ δ’ ἂν καὶ ἡ κρήνη εἴη. δράκοντα οὖν μεγέθει μέγιστον ἐρασθῆναι τοῦ Ἀλεύα καὶ ἀνέρπειν ἐς αὐτὸν καὶ τὴν κόμην οἱ καταφιλεῖν καὶ τῆι γλώττηι περιλιχμώμενον τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ ἐρωμένου καθαίρειν καὶ δωροφορεῖν αὐτῶι θηρῶντα πάμπολλα. |