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Spatial Humanities

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"Chrysorroi, on seeing Kallimachos fight and cut off the dragon's head, took a golden urn and went to the pool in order to get water to wash his hands. She also wanted to welcome the abominable demon of an evil old woman.

Before the lady arrived, the evil witch— who was the demons' tool, the lightning's companion, the thunder's mother, the devil's nursling, the grandmother of the Nereids;40 indeed an accessory to every wickedness—threw the golden apple at Kallimachos with the words, 'Here's an apple for your trouble.' He took it, looked at it and admired its beauty. He put it into his shirt and straightway fell down dead.

After the lady came from the castle with the urn she found Kallimachos stretched out dead on the ground while the witch was shouting and whistling loudly. When the king (who was in a constant state of worry and alarm) heard the whistling, he jumped on his horse and advanced with his hundred men. He found Kallimachos lying dead, the lady completely unconscious and dazed, and the old woman frolicking like a child and dancing erotically."

Page 62-63 in Betts' Three Midieval Greek Romances