Note 295 — APPENDIX.
William Dansey translation
For Perseus’s title to this post of honour Oppian is my only voucher; but his words are decisive:
Cyneg. L. ii. vs. 8.
ἐν μερόπεσσι δὲ πρῶτος ὁ Γοργόνος αὐχέν’ ἀμέρσας, Ζηνὸς χρυσείοιο πάϊς κλυτὸς εὕρατο Περσεύς.