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Qrjpcjjv ol jjiev eacriv eTTL^poves, aloXo^ovXoi, 25 

 aAAa hijxas ^aiot* toI S' ep,7TaXiv dXK'qevres, 

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 ov TToal pLVOKeptos TTLcrvvos, TToSes orrXa Xayojdjv 35 

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 /cat Kairpos fJievos olSev icov virepoTrXov ohovrojv. 



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 cervos ; Cic. N.D. ii. 50. 127 lam ilia cerniraus, ut contra 

 metum et vim suis se armis quaeque defendat : cornibus 

 tauri, apri dentibus, morsu leones ; aliae fuga se, aliae 

 occultatione tutantur ; atramenti eifusione sepiae, torpore 



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