1715 (return) [ Of Miletus, flourished about 520 B.C. His work, a
mixture of history and geography, was used by Herodotus.]
1716 (return) [ The Hesiodic story of the daughters of Proetus can be
reconstructed from these sources. They were sought in marriage by all
the Greeks (Pauhellenes), but having offended Dionysus (or, according
to Servius, Juno), were afflicted with a disease which destroyed their
beauty (or were turned into cows). They were finally healed by
Melampus.]
1717 (return) [ Fl. 56-88 A.D.: he is best known for his work on
Vergil.]
1718 (return) [ This and the following fragment segment are meant to be
read together.—DBK.]
1719 (return) [ This fragment as well as fragments #40A, #101, and #102
were added by Mr. Evelyn-White in an appendix to the second edition
(1919). They are here moved to the _Catalogues_ proper for easier use
by the reader.—DBK.]
1720 (return) [ For the restoration of ll. 1-16 see “Ox. Pap.” pt. xi.
pp. 46-7: the supplements of ll. 17-31 are by the Translator (cp.
“Class. Quart.” x. (1916), pp. 65-67).]
1721 (return) [ The crocus was to attract Europa, as in the very
similar story of Persephone: cp. _Homeric Hymns_ ii. lines 8 ff.]
1722 (return) [ Apollodorus of Athens (fl. 144 B.C.) was a pupil of
Aristarchus. He wrote a Handbook of Mythology, from which the extant
work bearing his name is derived.]