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TiTjTTLaL av TolrjcxL ho\o(j>po(jvvr^ai fxeXovrai. 

 €OTt TLs ev iJirjKajai doXos KeivrjaL TTf.TTTjyco? 

 Kvdveos, TTiaarjs Svo(f)€pci}Tepos, ap^Auo? vyprjs 

 <f)dpfiaKov aTTpoTLOTTTOv, 6 re a^iaiv dXKap oXeupov 

 €vrp€(f)€TaL- rds S' eur' av eXj] <^6^os, avriKa kcCvov 160 

 6p(j)vaLas paddfXLyyas dv-rjiJieaav, dpL(f)l hk ttovtov 

 ndvra Tvepi^ ip^irjve /cat rjfJbdXhwe KeXevda 

 lxd>p d)(Xv6€Ls, dvd 8 krpave Trdaav oTTCorrrjV 

 at Se 8ta doXoevros d(j)ap cfievyovat iropoio 

 prjiSiuis Kol (fxjJTa Kal el nodi t^eprepov l')(6vv. 165 



Tat? 8' icra rexval^ovoL Kal 7)ep6(f)Oi,ra yevedXa 

 revdlSog- ov 8' apa rfjcjL /xeAas" doXos dXX' VTrepevdrjs 

 ivrpe(f)eraL, p^rJTLV 8e TraveiKeXov evrvvovrai,. 



Tot'ots' p^kv (f)pov€ovai vo-qfiacTLV' dXXd /cat epLTrrjs 

 oXXvvraL TtvKLvfjaiv i7n(f)pocrvvaig dXiijcov. 170 



Tovs fj,kv Br] TTeXdyeaaiv iv rjXc^droiaL deovras 

 prjiSlcog ipvovaiv eirel a(j)iaiv ovrt vo7]p,a 

 TTOLKiXov tJSt] ydp Tt? €7T€a7Taa€ Kai Kpop,voiai 

 yvpLVols t' dyKiarpoiaiv eAcov ireXayocrrpo^ov ixdvv. 

 oaaoi 8' av yairjs dXiepKcos dyxi- vepLOvrai, 175 



Totcrt /xev o^vrepos ireXerai voos, dXXd /cat avr&v 



" H. ii. 121 n. 



" A. 524 b 15 TOVTov (sc. tov 6o\ov) de irXelarov avrwi' (sc. 

 tQv fiaXaKiuv) Kal fieyiarov i] arjiria ^x" ' o.<f>lr](n fJ-^v o^v diravra, 

 6Tav (f)opTj6^, fxaXiffTa 5i i] arjirla ; cf. P.A. 679 a 4 ff. But 

 it is not only through fear that it employs this artifice: 

 A. 621 b 28 Twy 8e /uLaXaKiuiv TravovpyoTarov /xh ij <njwia Kai fiduov 



xoXvirovs Kal ij revOls oia <p6^ov dcpiijiXL tov doKov ; Plut. Mor. 

 978 a; Ael. i. 34; Phil. 105; Phn. ix. 84; Cic. N.D. ii. 50, 

 127 ; Ov. Hal. 18 Sepia tarda fugae, tenui cum forte sub 

 unda I Deprensa est iam iamque manus timet ilia rapaces, — 

 Inficiens aequor nigrum vomit ore cruorem | Avertitque 

 vias, oculos frustrata sequentes. 

 360 



