![]() Greek text available from the same website. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press London, William Heinemann Ltd. The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica.Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press London: William Heinemann, Ltd. Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. ![]() in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press London, William Heinemann Ltd. Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S.Bekker Scholia on Nicander, Alexipharmaca 134 ^ Apollodorus, 1.5.1 Diodorus Siculus, 5.4 Photius, Bibliotheca Codices 239.Iambe was believed to have given the name to iambic poetry, for some said that she hanged herself in consequence of the cutting speeches in which she had indulged, and others that she had cheered Demeter by a dance in the Iambic metre. So she pleased the goddess afterwards with her kindly temperament. Made many jokes and turned the mood of the divine lady,īy smiling and laughing, and keeping her heart gracious: ![]() Till Iambe, who was knowing and careful, with jests ![]() She sat wasting away in longing for her deep-girdled daughter, Nor did she embrace anyone in word or deed,īut without laughing and not tasting food or drink There she sat down, and held a veil in front of her.įor a long time she sat on the couch without speaking, sorrowing, Till Iambe, who was knowing and careful, placed for herĪ fixed seat, and draped a bright-shining fleece over it. The extravagant hilarity displayed at the festivals of Demeter in Attica was traced to her, for it is said that when Demeter, in her wanderings in search of her daughter, arrived in Attica, Iambe cheered the mournful goddess with her jokes. Others call her a slave of Celeus, king of Eleusis. Iambe ( Ancient Greek: Ἰάμβη means 'banter'), in Greek mythology, was a Thracian woman, daughter of Pan and Echo, granddaughter of Hermes, and a servant of Metaneira, the wife of Hippothoon. ![]()
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