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nSe fiev l)(0v^oTOL re vofxal /cat <^uAa OaXdaarjg 

 TrAa^op-Taf roicpSe ydjjico, rotT^Se yevedXr) 

 repTTovrai' rd 8e ttoi; ris" i.Tn)(dovioiaiv dnavra 

 adavarcov a'q^rjve' tl yap fMepoTreaaLv dvvarov 

 v6a(f)L decov; ou8' oaaov inreK ttoSos" "x^os delpai, 5 

 ou8' oCTov d/XTTeracjat pXe(f)dpcov Trepijyaia /cu/cAa* 

 dAA' auTot Kpareovat /cat lOvvovolv cKaara, 

 TTjXodev iyyvs eovreg' dvayKairf 8' drtVa/cros' 

 TTeideadaf rrjv 8' ourt TreAet adevos ovSe tls dA/c?) 

 TprfX^iaLS yevveaaiv V7T€p(f)t,dXcos ipvcraura 10 



€K<j>vy€eiv, are TTa>Xov d7TOTTrvcrri]pa ^^aAtrcuv 

 dAA' atet fjidKapes iravvnepTaroL iqvia TrdvTrj t 



kAii/ovct', ^ /c' ideXcoGLv, 6 8' eaTrerai oare aaocbpoiv, 

 rrplv x^XeTTfj ixdcmyi /cat ov/c ideXwv eXdr^r at. ! 



Ketrot /cat rexvo-S TToXvKepSeag dvdpJtjTToiatv 15 



8a)/cav €;)^etv' /cat Trdcrav eTn(j)poavvr]v ive-qKav. 

 dXXos 8' dAAototcrtv eTTci)Vvp.os CTrXero Salfxcov 

 epyoLs, otaiv eKaaros eiriaKOTTOv rjparo rijxrjv. 

 Arjd) /Ltev il^evyXrjs re ^ocov dporoio re yalr)s 



" irodbs txvos is SO common a periphrasis for ttoijs (Eur. 

 /. in T. 752 etc.), and alpio (Eur. Tr. 342 /utj Kod<j>ov atprj ^rjfi 

 is 'Apyeiuv (TTparov) so naturally refers to " lifting " the foot, 

 that this seems the safer rendering. Nor does vtt^k cause 

 any difficulty (Soph. Ant. 22i Kou<pov e^dpas 7r65a, Anonym. 

 Poet. ap. Suid. s. Taupos . , . tov avxiva \ Kvprus vire^aipovri), 



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