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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.53.18–I.49.53.20
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p. 139053.18
Εἶτα λέγει·
θάπτε με, ὅττι τάχιστα πύλας Ἀίδαο περήσω.Εἴρηται δέ, ὅτι τὰ ἔνδον τοῦ ποταμοῦ Ἄιδα προσαγορεύει· καλεῖται δὲ καὶ τὰ ἔξω ποταμοῦ, ὡς ἐδείκνυμεν, [ἐν] Ἅιδου δόμοι·
ἀλλ᾽ αὔτως ἀλάλημαι ἀν᾽ εὐρυπυλὲς Ἄιδος δῶ.53.19
Τί οὖν πάσχουσι, φησίν·
⟨τῆλέ με εἴργουσι ψυχαί, εἴδωλα καμόντων,⟩ οὐδέ μέ πως μίσγεσθαι ὑπὲρ ποταμοῖο ἐῶσι.53.20
Ὅτι δὲ ὑπερβᾶσαι τὸν ποταμὸν οὔτε γνωρίζουσι τοὺς ζῶντας, οὔτε ἐξουσίαν ἔχουσι τούτοις ἐπιφαίνεσθαι, ἐὰν μὴ πεμφθῶσιν, ἐπάγει·
καί μοι δὸς τὴν χεῖρ᾽, ὀλοφύρομαι, οὐ γὰρ ἔτ᾽ αὖτις νίσομαι ἐξ Ἀίδαο, ἐπὴν με πυρὸς λελάχητε.Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 139153.18 · Burial and the halls of Hades
Then he says:
Bury me, that I may pass the gates of Hades as soon as possible.
It has been said that he calls the region inside the river Hades; but the region outside the river too, as we showed, is called [in] the halls of Hades:
Instead I wander aimlessly through Hades’ wide-gated house.1670
53.19 · Exclusion from the crossing
He says, then, what they suffer:
⟨The souls keep me far away, images of those who have toiled,⟩ and will not let me join them beyond the river.1671
53.20 · The farewell to Achilles
That, after crossing the river, souls neither recognize the living nor have permission to appear to them unless sent, he adds:
And give me your hand, I beseech you; for never again shall I return from Hades once you have given me my share of fire.1672
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