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 o\ov irreXea p,ev iv rS> depi, Bpv<i he KaropvT- 

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 yap oXo)9 acraTre? elvai' hi o Kal et? rov'i ttotu- 

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1 Plin. 16. 213. 



'■^ TeOrjcravpKTij.fi'a . . . sKftro conj. Bentley; TtdTjaavpiafitvat 

 . . . tKfivTo Aid. II.; P has fKfiro, 



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