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 e'ir)' ivel jxaXa ttoAAo, koi aloXa fJirjxavocDvrat 

 Ixdveg iyKvpaavres dvcotaroiui SoXotcn. 

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 e'tr^, ixrjh vttvov ^lAe'ot Kopov o^v Se XevaaoL 

 iyp-qaacov KpaSlr] re /cat o/x/xacrt TreTrrafievotaLV . 

 €v 8e (f)epoL /cat x^ZpLa Alos /cat Siiffcov a>prjv 

 Heiptov LpueLpoL Se ttovcoi', ipdoi 8e daXdaarjS' 

 (LSe yap €vdyp7]s re /cat 'Epjueta (j)iXos etr). 

 Qijprj 8' ianepirj p^ev OTTCjpLvfjcnv iv (Zpais 

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 ^j^etjLtart 8' rjeXloio ^oXats dp,a KtSvapbevrjai 

 areXXeaOai' ttolv 8' rjpiap iv elapt TrjXedowvrt, 

 dypais TTavTolrjaLV d^e'AAerat, '^/xo? aTravres" 

 eAAoTres" T^tot'ecrcrtP' i(f>earLOL eyyvdi yairjs 

 e'A/covTat To/cercDj^ re pioycp ^Liftrj t' 'A^po8tTT]S". 

 atet 8' et? dvepuov tt aTrr aiv i piev , o? /cev' arjcnv 

 rjTTLOSy evhioMV, pLaXaKTjv dXa KOV(j)a kvXlvSojv 

 Xd^povs ydp rpop,€OV(n /cat €)(daipov(nv d-qra^ 

 l^Qves, oi)8' ediXovGiv vnelp dXa Sivevecrdar 

 evKpaet 8' dvepbo) TrepiSe^tog larcnai dyprj. 

 Trdvres he TrvoifjaLV evavria /cat podioiai 

 irXwres dXos Ovvovglv, inel cr(f)Lcnv S8e KeXevdos 

 pr^'Creprj areixovaiv eTT rjovas, ov8 vtt avayK'qs 

 e^omde pnrfjuiv eXavv6p,evoL p,oyeovacv. 



" H. V. 610 ijTrvi{) T ovx aXieuffiv ioLKbri. 



* Horn. H. xix. 14 (Pan) 6|ea 8epK6fJi.€vos. 



" Cf. C. iii. 332 Kvva 'Leipiov ; H. i. 152 omopLvoio kvv6s. 

 Sirius, or the Dog-star, the heliacal (morning) rising of which 

 in July was associated with extreme heat: Hesiod, S. 397 

 ISet. iv aKpoTOLTif} ore re XP''"'- ^fipi-os af«, cf. ibid. 153; W, 

 417, 587, 609 : the dies caniculares or dog-days ; cf. Calverley, 

 Lines on Hearing the Organ : Neath the baleful star of Sirius, 



348 



