3002 (return) [ While the Greeks were sacrificing at Aulis, a serpent
appeared and devoured eight young birds from their nest and lastly the
mother of the brood. This was interpreted by Calchas to mean that the
war would swallow up nine full years. Cp. _Iliad_ ii, 299 ff.]
3003 (return) [ _i.e._ Stasinus (or Hegesias: cp. fr. 6): the phrase
‘Cyprian histories’ is equivalent to “The Cypria”.]