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1, 189: eiretre 8e 6 Kupos nopevopevos . . . eylveTO eVj Tuv8r) noTapeo, . . . 

 tovtov 8fj tov Vvv8r]v noTcifiov u>s 8iaftaiveiv erreipuTO 6 Kupor, . . . evdavrd ol 

 tu>v tis lpu>v Ittttoiv . . . vtto vfipios i(TJ3cis is tov TTOTafiov 8iaj3aiveiv eneipaTo, 



K.T.A. 



The context makes the imperfect lyivero here absurd. It is self-evident 

 that the action both of o>s . . . iireiparo and tvdavra . . . eneipaTo did not 

 take place until Cyrus had reached the river. The meaning we require 

 is, " After Cyrus came to the Gyndes river."' Unless we admit an inaccu- 

 racy of expression such as Herodotus is guilty of with no other verb, we 

 must believe that the true reading is tyeuero. 



3, G9 : entire uvTj)i pepos eyivero rrjs dni^ios napa tov pdyov (ev TTfpiTpoTTj] 

 yap 8rj ai yvvaiKes (^oiroxri toicti Ylepatjai) , eXdovaa Trap avTov t]v8e, kt\. 



Here it is difficult or impossible to elicit a satisfactory meaning from 

 the imperfect, "after that it was becoming," etc. The real meaning can 

 only be, " after her turn had come," and to express this ly'eveTo is 

 demanded. 



4, 17b : Ka\ ene'iTe eylvovTO ev rfj \j/dppm, nvtvo-as 6 votos fcare^cjtre a(peas. 



Here the imperfect is not wholly impossible, but, for reasons similar 

 to those given above, the aorist is to be preferred. Cf. 3, 25 : eVel 8e Is 



ttjv \jsdppov cittIkovto, 8eiv6v epyov avTcov Tives epydaavTo. 



8, 37 : ol 8e ffdpftapoi (7Tfi8>] eylvovTO eneiyopevoi kotu to Ipov ttjs Ylpoviprp; 

 AdrjvaiTjs, eruyiveTai o~(pi Tepea en pe£ava, k.t.X. 



If this sentence be considered by itself, the case is similar to 1, 70 

 (above), and the aorist, though not necessary, would be more natural. 

 But a little later in the same chapter we have eWi yap 8q rjo-av emovTes ol 

 /3(ip,Siipoi Kara to Ipov ttjs Tlpov. 'Ad., k.t.A., referring to the same event as 

 the preceding clause, enei8!) eylvovTo. Strictly speaking, iyivovTo and rjo-av 

 cannot be exactly equivalent. But if we read eyevovm in the first clause 

 the meaning of the two clauses becomes the same, and the required sense 

 is thus satisfied. 



It remains to speak of the use of ylvopai with u>s and okoos. The present 

 or the aorist stem of ylvopai occurs with to? in these passages : 1,10, 50, 67, 

 108,113,190; 2, 104, 113, 119, 121 y, 1218; 3,16,41,85,86; 4, 126. 154, 

 179 ; 5, 12, 18, 32, 33, 56, 63,65 ; 6, 14, 77, 'JO, 109, 110, 112, 129, 129. 2 , 

 140; 7, 18, 119, 146, 166, 197; 8, 13, 14,44, 94, 94. 2 , 108, 126, 132, 

 132 2 ; 9, 39, 62, 118; oW — 2, 133; 9, 06. In 17 of these 53 places 

 there is a greater or less degree of variation in the reading of the MSS. 

 In nine passages, where most of the MSS. agree, the readings as given 

 in Kalleuberg are doubtless correct. In two passages where the MSS. 

 differ, I would depart from Kallenberg's reading. 4, 154: 7rapa\a[3a)v 



