Old Man · Atlas · Falsafa

spoken of as

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Old man of Onchestus1 mention

But an old man tilling his flowering vineyard saw him as he was hurrying down the plain through grassy Onchestus.

in the texts

Iphigenia in AulisClassical · Greek

Elderly attendant of Clytemnestra's household, sent by Tyndareus to serve her, entrusted by Agamemnon with the counter-message meant to stop Iphigenia's journey.

Menelaus:

iphigenia in aulis ¶

Menelaus:

iphigenia in aulis ¶

Menelaus:

iphigenia in aulis ¶

OrationsImperial · Greek

An unnamed elderly man at the gymnasium who knew Melancomas and mourns his death.

"What," said I, "is Melancomas dead?

oration 28 ¶

And his father, who was very famous—that Melancomas from Caria, who won other contests and at Olympia—him, though not yet a man, he surpassed;

oration 28 ¶

"This, mind you, is Iatrocles, the antagonist of Melancomas, and the only one who thought not fit to yield to that man—so far at least as in him lay.

oration 28 ¶

ElectraClassical · Greek

Agamemnon's aged former servant who saved the infant Orestes, now a shepherd; he recognizes Orestes by his scar and helps plan both killings.

Orestes:

electra ¶

Orestes:

the banks the preservation of the union ¶

Orestes:

electra ¶

Hymn 4 to HermesClassical · Greek

The old man of Onchestus is a mythic mortal vineyard worker who witnesses Hermes' cattle drive and later gives Apollo guarded testimony.

But an old man tilling his flowering vineyard saw him as he was hurrying down the plain through grassy Onchestus.

hymn 4 to hermes ¶

-->“Old man, weeder of grassy Onchestus, I am come here from Pieria seeking cattle, cows all of them, all with curving horns, from my herd.

hymn 4 to hermes ¶

And when Apollo heard this report, he went yet more quickly on his way, and presently, seeing a long-winged bird, he knew at once by that omen that the thief was the child of Zeus the son of Cronos.

hymn 4 to hermes ¶

Barlaam and JosaphatMedieval · Greek

An aged man Josaphat encounters, prompting his questions about old age and death.

And after not many days, passing by again, he met an old man worn out with many days, wrinkled in face, slack in his legs, bent over, and altogether grey, deprived of his teeth, and speaking with broken words.

chapter 5 ¶