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fiaivei. teal epwBibs opOpiov ffrfleyyoaevos vScop 

 r) TTvevfia arj/jiaivei,' teal eav eVt 0d\arrav Trero- 

 aevos ftoa, jjLa\\ov v&aros arjfjielov r) 

 KOI 6'A,&>9 ftowv dve/j,w>e<;. 



19 Kal o (nrivos ev OLKLO, oi/covfjievy eav 

 ewdev, vScop cnj/jiaivei, r) %6i/JLa>va. real 

 (nrivOrjpi^ovora 7rd(ra TrepiTrXews vSaTos 



KOi IOV\01 TToXXot 7T/009 TofyoV GpTTOVTeS 



SeX^l? Trapa <yrjv /coXvjjifBwv /cal dva&v6/JLvo<> 

 TTVtcva vBcop rj xeijuwva a^jjiaivei. 



20 r "Tfjir)TTO<; e\aTTCi)v, avvSpos fcaXov/jievos, eav T&> 



ve<f)e\iov e^y, vSaro? cnjfieiov Kal eav o 

 / Tyu.77TT09 TO) Oepovs e^rj ve(f)e\a<$ avwdev 

 l etc 7r\a<yiov, #Saro9 arj/melov. /cal eav 6 avv- 

 8/309 f/ T^TT09 \evrcds e%Y) avaOev Kal e/c 7r\a<yiov. 

 Kal eav Trepl layfJiepiav \l^r Trvevarj, vScop cri;- 



21 A/ Be ftpovral al pev ^ei/jieptval Kal ew6wal 

 fjia\\ov <ave/jiov rj> vScop ari^aivovcnv al Be 

 depival jueo-rj/jippias Kal ea-Trepival fipovral vSari- 

 KOV o-rj/jieiov. dcrrpaTral Se eav j TravTayjoQev 

 yevtovrai, vSaros av TJ dvefiov o-rjjmeiov, Kal 

 ecnrepival wGavTws. Kal eav aKpwplas vorov 

 TTveovTO? voroOev d<7Tpd\jfr), v8o)p crrjfjiaivei rj dve- 

 fjiov. Kal %e(f)vpo<; do-rpaTrrcov 77/009 /Bopeiov rj 

 XeijAWva TI v8a)p a-rjaaivei. Kal Oepovs al ecr- 

 Trepiai darpaTral vScop avrcKa crrj^aivova'tv rj 



1 Sch. cites Plin. 18. 364, vermes terreni erumpentes, as 

 representing this, which seems doubtful. 



2 c/. Plin. 18. 361 ; Cic. Div. 2. 70. 



3 eav rif. ? eaj/ iv T$. 



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