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that this distinction is preserved in Herodotus ; I quote but one, in 



winch the distinction is clear, 8, 64 : rjpepr) re iyivfTO K.a\ ajia rw 17X10) dvi- 

 ovtl ueiapos eyevero iv re rrj y>) Ka\ ry daXdaar/. Secondly, since the forms 



iyev6fxT]v and eyivofxriu differ from each other only in one letter, confusion 

 between them, and especially the change from aorist to imperfect, was 

 easy, especially in capitals (C to I) ; indeed the much more difficult in- 

 terchange between eyiyvoprjv and tyevoprjv was not unheard of in Greek 

 MSS.* That these words were actually confused in Herodotus is proved 

 by the fact that out of the 60 cases cited above, the MSS. disagree in 

 18 cases. Thirdly, in view of the recognized shortcomings of the MSS. 

 of Herodotus the method of determining the text in the passages under 

 discussion by a mere numerical count does not commend itself. t 



There is a variation among the principal MSS., ABCPR s v % in 

 these places: 1, 105; 2, 93, 103, 107, 181; 3, 45, 78, 80; 4, 9, 80; 

 5, 33; 6, 58 [122]; 7, 23, 207 ; 8, 76, 121 ; 9, 117. I will first con- 

 sider briefly the cases where the MSS. disagree, and where I would 

 depart from Kallenberg's reading. 1, 105 : ol 8e iireire dvaxa>peovTes 

 <j7T(0"co ey'ivovro rijs 'Svptrjs iv ActkciXcovi 7r6Xi, rcov 7r\e6va>v HkvBhov 7rapetje\66vTa>v 

 do~iveuiv< oXiyoi rives uvtu>v imokeKpOevres e'o~v\r)o-av Trji ovpavirjs A(ppobiTr)s to Ipov. 

 Zyivovro, AB, Kal.,§ II. II; iyevovro, CPU, St.,H Kr.,** Ab., ft vH.t} 

 This passage raises the question of the use in Herodotus of ylvopat with a 

 preposition (Kara, Iv, iiri, rrpoV), meaning to "come to (or opposite) a 

 place," "to arrive at a place." Such a combination occurs in the clauses 

 now under discussion 19 times; 10 times all MSS. give the aorist stem 

 (1, 9, 105 ; 2, 60 ; 3, 25 ; 6, 19, 43, 118 ; 7, 77 ; 9, 4, 96) ; six times 

 MSS. differ (1, 105 2 ; 2, 103, 107 ; 3, 45, 80; 5, 33) ; and three times 

 all MSS. give the imperfect (1, 70, 189 ; 4, 173). In 3, 45, 80 and 5, 

 33, the MSS. evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of the aorist ; in the 

 other three cases where the MSS. disagree and in the three cases where 

 all MSS. give the imperfect, the aorist is to be expected, as I shall 

 attempt to show below. 



As to 1, 105, the meaning expected here is simply, "after they came 

 to (reached) Askalon." iytvovro can mean here nothing but "after that 

 they were arriving at Askalon." Now Trapzt-c\86vTa>v shows that most of 



* Cf. Thuc, 1, 49, 7: lylyvero C, fyevtro ABEFM ; 1, 119: yiyveaOai CG ; 

 yfvtffdai ABEFM. 



I Cf. Smyth, Ionic Dialect, pref., p. x, §§ 88 and 91. 

 f I follow the nomenclature of Stein in designating the MSS. 

 § Kallenberg. || Holder. H Stein. 



** Kriiger. ft Abieht. \\ van Herwerden. 



