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Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses (Collection of Transformations), Tale 16 of 41.

Previous tale: Meropis (Tale 15). This page is Tale 16 only, in Greek. Contents heading: Οἰνόη εἰς γέρανον. An English translation of this tale has not been published yet; translations are added tale by tale as each is finished. See the Antoninus index for all 41 tales.

Ἱστορεῖ Βοῖος Ὀρνιθογονίας β'.

1

Παρὰ τοῖς λεγομένοις ἀνδράσι Πυγμαίοις ἐγένετο παῖς ὄνομα Οἰνόη τὸ εἶδος οὐ μεμπτή, ἄχαρις δὲ τὸ ἦθος καὶ ὑπερήφανος.

2

ταύτῃ φροντὶς οὐδεμία ἐγίνετο τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος οὐδὲ Ἥρας.

3

γαμηθεῖσα δὲ Νικοδάμαντι τῶν πολιτῶν ἑνὶ μετρίῳ καὶ ἐπιεικεῖ ἔτεκε παῖδα Μόψον.

4

καὶ αὐτῇ Πυγμαῖοι πάντες κατὰ φιλοφροσύνην πλεῖστα δῶρα πρὸς τὴν γένεσιν τοῦ παιδὸς ἀπήνεγκαν.

5

Ἥρα δὲ μεφθεῖσα τὴν Οἰνόην, ὅτι αὐτὴν οὐκ ἐτίμα, γέρανον αὐτὴν ἐποίησε καὶ τὸν αὐχένα μακρὸν εἵλκυσε καὶ ἀπέδειξεν ὑψιπετῆ ὄρνιθα καὶ πόλεμον ἐνέβαλεν αὐτῇ τε καὶ τοῖς Πυγμαίοις.

6

Οἰνόη δὲ διὰ τὸν πόθον τοῦ παιδὸς Μόψου περιεπέτετο τὰ οἰκία καὶ οὐκ ἐξελίμπανε, Πυγμαῖοι δὲ καθοπλισάμενοι πάντες ἐδίωκον αὐτήν.

7

καὶ ἐκ τούτου ἔτι καὶ νῦν Πυγμαίοις καὶ γεράνοις πόλεμος ἐνέστηκε.

Notes

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