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Epode 2

λέγοντι μάν: μάν with a note of defiance. Cf. P. 3, 88:λέγονται μάν” , and especially P. 1.63. The challenge does not refer to the old tale of the deluge, but to the new version of the line of Opus. I renounce the examination of the spider-web speculations that have been spun about the relations of Elis and Opus.


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