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pcyehavas ohvvas /cat aTrrjvea xeiyiaros opyb-qv. 

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 ;^et/xaTos" evSiococra yaXrjvaLri re yevrjraL 46< 



-qTTLa KvjJiaLVovaa, tot Ix^ves aXXodev dXXot, 

 TTOvavhirj (j)OLrcjai yeyiqdorcs eyyvdi yatTj?. 

 d>S Se TToXvppaiarao V€(f)OS TToXejxoLO (f)vyovaa 

 oX^LT] ddavdrotaL (f)LXrj ttoXl?, tjv pd re S-qpov 

 Bvap,evecov irdyxaXKOs eTTeTrXrjpLfxvpe OveXXa, 46. 



oijje 8' aTToXXrj^aaa Kal dp^rrvevaaaa p,6doLo 

 daTTaatcos ydvvrai re /cat elprjv-qs Kap,droiai 

 repTTerac dpTraXeoLCJi /cat evhiog eiXaTTival^eL, 

 dvSpa)v re TrXrjdovaa -^opoirvTriiqs re yvvaiKcov 

 cos ot XevyaXeovs re ttovovs /cat ^pt/ca daXdacrqs 47( 

 daTraaicos 7Tpo<^vy6vre?, inrelp dXa KayxaXocovres , 

 dpcooKovres dvvovcrt ^PpoirvTreovoLV ofxoloi. 

 etapL 8e yXvKvs otarpos dvayKaiiqs ' A(f)poSlrrjg 

 /cat ydfJiOL rj^cocDai, Kal dXX'^Xcov (f)tX6rrjres 

 rrdaiv, oaot, yaldv re ^epea^iov 61 r' ava koXttovs 47i 

 rjepos oi t' ava TTovrov epi^pv^riv Soveovrai. 

 etapi he TrXelarov veTTohcov yevos EtAet^ytat 

 d)0(f)6pcov TTavovcL ^apvvoiJieviov (hbivwv. 

 at pbev yap yeverjs Kexp'rip^evat i^Se roKOLo 

 ^T^Aees" ev xltap-ddoiaiv dTTodXi^ovaiv dpaidg 48( 



yaarepas' ov yap pela SuararaL, aAA evexovrai 

 cod p,er dAATyAotatv dprjpora v7]Svos e'caco, 

 <f)vph7]v avjjL7re(f)v6jra' rd 8' dOpoa TTiog /ce reKoiev ; 

 areiv6p,evaL 8' d8wT7CTt p.6yig Kpivovai yevedXrjv. 

 CO? ov prfChi-qv yeverjv ou8' Ixdvai Mot/oat 48 



(Liraaav, ov8^ dpa puovvov eTTixdovirjcn yvvai^lv 

 dXyea, rrdvrr^ 8' elalv erraxdees EtAet'^utat. 

 dpaeves avr^ ctAAot [xev err' Ix^vai Krjpas dyovres 

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