ORPHIC FRAGMENT 255 - OTTO KERN

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SUMMARY: This fragment is another excerpt from the Dodekaeteris.

Excerpt from the Δωδεκαετηρίς V (compare to Orphic Fragment 251):

<Διὸς Λέοντα περιπολεύοντος> τὸ [δὲ] ἔτος [αὐτοῦ, ὅπερ κυριεύσει] ὡρίσθη ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς πάμφορον (compare to Orphic Fragment 249)· πλουτήσει ἐν οἴνωι καὶ ἐλαίωι παντί, ἀλλὰ τῶν θηρίων τότε ἐπάνοδος ἔσται· βορὰ τετραπόδων· βροτοῖς δὲ μῆνες ἐρίδων· ἐλαίας ὁ καρπὸς ὀλεῖται· συκῆ καρποφορεῖ· καὶ ἄμπελος ἐκβλύσει τὸν οἶνον.

“When Jupiter crosses through Leo, the year [of itself, the very one which will rule] has been determined very productive from the beginning (compare to Orphic Fragment 249): it will be rich in every type of wine and olive-oil, but at that time there will be a return of wild beasts; food for four-footed creatures; months of quarrels for mortal men; the fruit of the olive-tree will perish; the fig-tree bears fruit; and the grape-vine will gush out wine.”

(trans. by the author)

Josef Heeg 27 fr. 6.

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