Kitap 10
5.6
There is extant among the Greeks an hexameter poem, the name of which is Eumolpia, and it is assigned to Musaeus, son of Antiophemus. In it the poet states that the oracle belonged to Poseidon and Earth in common; that Earth gave her oracles herself, but Poseidon used Pyrcon as his mouthpiece in giving responses. The verses are these:—Forthwith the voice of the Earth-goddess uttered a wise word,And with her Pyrcon, servant of the renowned Earth-shaker.[Musaeus], EumolpiaThey say that afterwards Earth gave her share to Themis, who gave it to Apollo as a gift. It is said that he gave to Poseidon Calaureia, that lies off Troezen, in exchange for his oracle.
5.7
I have heard too that shepherds feeding their flocks came upon the oracle, were inspired by the vapor, and prophesied as the mouthpiece of Apollo. The most prevalent view, however, is that Phemonoe was the first prophetess of the god, and first sang in hexameter verse. Boeo, a native woman who composed a hymn for the Delphians, said that the oracle was established for the god by comers from the Hyperboreans, Olen and others, and that he was the first to prophesy and the first to chant the hexameter oracles.
5.8
The verses of Boeo are:—Here in truth a mindful oracle was builtBy the sons of the Hyperboreans, Pagasus and divine Agyieus.Boeo, work unknownAfter enumerating others also of the Hyperboreans, at the end of the hymn she names Olen:—And Olen, who became the first prophet of Phoebus,And first fashioned a song of ancient verses.Boeo, work unknownTradition, however, reports no other man as prophet, but makes mention of prophetesses only.
5.9
They say that the most ancient temple of Apollo was made of laurel, the branches of which were brought from the laurel in Tempe. This temple must have had the form of a hut. The Delphians say that the second temple was made by bees from bees-wax and feathers, and that it was sent to the Hyperboreans by Apollo.
