SOME OF GERCKE S READINGS 



Rendering in the Text. 

 I- P- 5, 7, tne Strymon. 



8, i, the explanation . . . 



Philosophy. 



9, 2, such as ... answer 



me. 

 20, 10, an oar ... water. 



37, i, Bothynae (cave- 

 like . . .). 



40, 3, one has seen . . . 

 ( = star-struck). 



40, 4, of which more anon. 



41, 7, For we judge . . . 



foreign body. 



II. 51, 2, After &quot;rain, snow,&quot; 



56, 2, hold together as one 



body. 

 63, 4, on account of ... 



clouds. 



348 



Translation of Gercke s Text, 

 the Danube and the Bal 

 kans, 

 my opinion. 



which each knows the other 

 cannot answer. 



an oar is covered with 

 shallow water and pre 

 sents a broken appear 

 ance. 



putei (well-like . . .). 



what is struck by them we 

 call smitten with a flash, 

 that is, struck without 

 lightning-bolt, what the 

 Greeks call da-TtpoTrXrjKra 

 ( = star-struck). 



of which we have spoken. 



But we judge that it is the 

 deceptive appearance of 

 a mirror, which merely 

 gives a counterfeit repre 

 sentation of a foreign 

 body. 



add &quot; winds, earthquakes, 

 lightnings.&quot; 



be subject to tension. 



when it has accumulated, 

 is thrust violently upward 

 by the massing of the 

 clouds. 



