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78 SVENSK DIKTNING .
Dodonas ekar talade fordomdags,
ur helga skuggor stammades ödets dom.
(Dodona’s oaks aforetime their message spake;
From sacred shadows stammering Fate’s decree.)
TEGNÉR’S “Träden.”
42. The three great commanders and statesmen here
named flourished about 500—450 B. C. and their
achievements were still fresh in the memory of the Athenians after
more than two hundred years, hence, (43) de leva ännu —
de stå mig när. Great as these heroes were, the hyperbole
in line 41, då en värld befriades, is obvious.
45. Kerameikos, the old Potters’ Quarter in Athens,
transformed into one of the finest parts of the city, with a
wide square or plaza which is here specifically meant.
46. pyrririsk vapendans — the ancient Pyrrhic dance was
performed to the music of flutes, by armed men simulating
a hand to hand battle.
63. ett panateneiskt festtåg — the Panathenaea was the
most ancient and important festival of Atbens, celebrated
in honor of the goddess Athena, in part by a festive
procession to her temple in the center of the Acropolis.
75. falang — the Greek phalanx was a body of heavily
armed infantry formed in close ranks and files varying from
four to twenty-five ranks deep.
76. tyrteiska hymnen, a martial hymn by the ancient
Spartan poet Tyrtaeus who flourished in the seventh
century B. C.
81 ff. The Song of the Athenians is written in distich
form, a strophic group of two lines; this was a favorite
form for elegiac and other solemn poetry.
93 ff. The Song of the Goths is characterized both by the
irregularity of old German verse and the alliteration of the
Eddic poetry of Scandinavia. It forms a striking contrast
to the careful chiseling of the Greek verse.
94. nickar here implies not only a nodding or swaying
motion but a command, as expressed in what follows. Thus,
the pine tree of the North, like the oak of Dodona, is voicing
the decree of destiny.
112. lekt Maraton. The beating off of the Goths on this
occasion, however, did not prove as decisive a battle as that
of Marathon. Not until their defeat by Claudius in the
battle of Naissus two years later did the Goths cease to
harass and devastate Greece and other territories of the
a empire inadequately protected by its legions (see
ine 8).
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