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 LTrravraf (f)Xoy6ev Be aeXas •Tre/XTrouatv oTTCOTrals 

 o^vrarov /cat ttov nv* inroTTrT^aaovra -xapahpais 

 /cat nv VTTO ifja[j,ddois elXvp.€vov eSpaKov l-^Ovv. 

 oaaov yap Kov(f)OLaL /Lter' olcuvolaiv dvaKres 

 alerol r) d-qpeaai /xer' wfirjarfjcn Xeovres, 54i 



oaaov dpiarevovaiv iv eprtvarripai hpdKovres , 

 r oaaov /cat BeXcplves ev l\dvaLv 'qyejjiovrjes. 

 rot? 8' ovr^ ip)^ofjL€voLs TreXdaai ax^hov ovre ris dvrrjv 

 oaae jSaAetv rerXrjKev, viroTTrwaaovai S' dvaKros , 

 rqXodev dXfxara Beivd /cat dadfxara (fyvaLocovrog . 54 

 ol 8' oTTor^ Idvacoai AtAato/xevot jxerd (f>op^Ti^v, 

 rravr dfivBis KXoveovaiv ddea(j>ara TTcoea XLp,v7)s, 

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 areivovrai At/xeVe? re /cat r^'CovoJV eTTLcoyal gj 



irdvrodev elXoixeviov 6 Be Baivvrai ov /c' edeXrjaL, 

 KpivajjLevos rov dpiarov arreLpeoLOiv Trapeovrojv. 

 AAA kfJiTTrjg /cat rolaiv avapaioi avri(f)epovraL 

 Ix^ves, ovs dfxias KiKX-qaKopLev oi)8' dXeyovoL j 



BeX<l)lvo)v, [xovvat Be /car' dvria BrjpLoojvrai. gjl 



rats p-ev d<j)avp6repov dvvvcov Bep,as, dp,(f)l Be adpKes 



" As the Eagle ((S/cicrros TrererjvQv Horn. II. xxi. 253, iari 

 S' alerbs d}K{is iv Troracotj Pind. N. iii. 80) is the type of 

 swiftness in the air, so is the Dolphin (Pind. N. vi. 64 

 SeXcpifl Kev t6.xos di a\fj.as elKd^oi/xi Me^rjaiav) the type of 

 swiftness in the sea : Pind. P. ii. 50 ^eos, 6 nai vrepbevT altrdv 

 Kixf Kal daXacrcra'ioj' Trapa/xeiperai d€\<p7va. 



" Horn. II. xxi. 23 ws 5' i;7r6 d(\(f>lvos neyaK-qTtos ix^yes dWoi : 



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