Hesiod, Catalogues of Women, Fragment 76(Merkelbach - West) (= fr. 48 Most): the race of Atalanta and Hippomenes/Melanion

Hesiod, Catalogues of Women, Fragment 76(Merkelbach - West) (= fr. 48 Most): the race of Atalanta and Hippomenes/Melanion

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Indeed, unequal [for both participants] was the contest: for she, [even fair, swift-footed Atalanta], ran scorning the gifts of [golden Aphrodite]; but for him [the race] was for his life, [either to find his doom], or to escape it. Therefore with thoughts [of guile he said to her]:
‘O daughter of Schoeneus, [pitiless in heart], receive these glorious gifts [of the goddess, golden Aphrodite]’
(6 lines that cannot be reconstructed)
But he, following [lightly on h]is feet, c[ast the first apple]: and, swiftly as a Harpy [with her feet high up in the air], she snatched it. Then he [cast] the second [to the ground with his hand]. And now fair, swift-footed [Atalanta] had two apples and was near the goal; but Hippomenes cast the third apple [to the ground], and therewith escaped death and [black fate]. And he stood panting and […]

H.G. Evelyn-White, Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica. (= Loeb Classical Library; 57), London 1914. (slightly modified)

οὐ̣ γ̣ὰ̣ρ̣ ἴ̣σ̣[ον ἀμφοτέροισιν
ἆθλον ἔκειθ’· ἣ μέν̣ ῥ̣α π[οδώκης δῖ’ Ἀταλάντη
ἵετ’ ἀναινομένη δ̣ῶρα̣ [χρυσῆς Ἀφροδίτης,
τῶι δὲ̣ περὶ ψυχῆς πέλε[το δρόμος, ἠὲ ἁλῶναι
ἠ̣ὲ φυ̣γ̣εῖν· τῶι καί ῥα δολο̣[φρονέων προσέειπεν·
“ὦ̣ θύγατερ Σχοινῆος, ἀμ[είλιχον ἦτορ ἔχουσα,
δ]έ̣ξο τάδ’ ἀγλα̣[ὰ] δ̣ῶρ̣α̣ θ̣ε̣[ᾶς χρυσῆς Ἀφροδίτης
(6 lines that cannot be reconstructed)
αὐτὰρ ὃ̣ [ῥίμφα πό]δ̣ε̣σσι μ̣[ετελθὼν ἧκε τὸ πρῶτον
ἣ δ’ αἶψ’ ὥσθ’ Ἅρπυια μετ[αχρονίοισι πόδεσσιν
ἔμμαρψ’· αὐτὰ̣[ρ ὃ] χειρὶ τὸ δεύτερον ἧ[κε χαμᾶζε·
καὶ δὴ ἔχεν δύο μῆλα ποδώκης δῖ’ Ἀτ[αλάντη·
ἐγγὺς δ’ ἦν τέλεος· ὃ δὲ τὸ τρίτον ἧκε χ̣[αμᾶζε·
σὺν τῶι δ’ ἐξέφυγεν θάνατον καὶ κῆ̣[ρα μέλαιναν,
ἔστη δ’ ἀμπνείων καὶ [...]

R. Merkelbach and M.L. West, Fragmenta Hesiodea, Oxford 1967. (slightly modified)