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" irepi (pdivovaav oirtopav Eutecn. rpoirai here, not in its 

 strict sense of the Solstice, but of the Equinox, Cf. Sext. 

 Empir. Adv. M. v. 11 iv Kpii^ ixev yap iapivr) yiverai rpoin^, 

 iv AiyoKipij] 5i xet^eptj'jj, iv KapKiuw Si Oepivri, /cat iv Zvytfi 

 (fidivoirupivq. So in Latin tropicus of the Equin. as well as 

 the Solst. Cf. Auson. Opusc. vii. 15. 1 Nonaginta dies et 

 quattuor ac medium Sol Conficit, a tropico in tropicum dum 

 permeat astrum ; ibid. 15 Scandit Lanigeri (Ram) tropicum 

 Sol aureus astrum ; Manil. iii. 6-21 Quae tropica appellant, 

 quod in illis quattuor anni Tempora vertuntur signis. 



" The Olive. 



" yavXis pail, basin, tub. Cf. Kvpris Nicand. A. 493 with 

 schol. 



"* For exi^uiv i-TTiXrivia cf. Mart. iv. 44. 2 Presserat hie 

 madidos nobilis uva laciui. We assume that iiriX-^vLOv is 

 part of the wine-press, whether the press strictly, cf. Suid. 

 and E.M. s. TpiirT-qp . . . TnddKvr) iKviraXos ola to. iiriXrivta, 



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