Dear Friends,
Here is another new translation–albeit more straightfoward. Below is how the entry is reproduced in the text, minus the Small Caps for Akousilaos which really adds to the overall look.
AKOUSILAOS, c. second half of the 6th century BC
Ἀχ 13. Acheloios is the son of Okeanos and Tethys, and the greatest of his 3,000 siblings. Although this account places Acheloios beneath Okeanos in the cosmographical sense, he is given a highly elevated status vis-à-vis his siblings. Indeed, Didymus cites this fragment (cf. Ἀχ 250, from Macrobius) as rationale for why the Greeks called all rivers Acheloios.
Akousilaos 1a,2,F (ed. Jacoby) =Fragment 21 line 7 (ed. Diels and Krantz):
Ὠκεανὸς δὲ γαμεῖ Τηθὺν ἑαυτοῦ ἀδελφήν· τῶν δὲ γίνονται τρισχίλιοι ποταμοί· Ἀχελῷος δὲ αὐτῶν πρεσβύτατος καὶ τετίμηται μάλιστα.
Trans. GPT-3 Davinci 003 and Molinari:
Okeanos married Tethys, his own sister, thereby producing the 3,000 rivers. Acheloios himself is the oldest and most honored among them.
Thémata: Cosmography; Lineage; Okeanos; Status
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