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(bjJLOi T avx^vLOL re Trapaa(f)vpLOL re revovres 

 olXkyj KVfiaLvovai /cat rjvoper) ravvovrai- 

 avrap 6 y aayaXooiv 6Svvt]s vtto p^apvarai Ix^vs, 

 cXkcov av ipvovra, jStcu/xevo? els ciXa Swat, 31( 



dax^ra fjiaificoiov 6 Se /ceVAerat dvSpas eraipovs 

 efiTTLTrreiv eXdrrjcn' BicoKopbevrjs S aKaroLO 

 einraXiv €k Trpvfjivrjs oXos eA/cerat Ixdvos opp-jj' 

 /cAa^et S' oppiirj, -xeipos 8' dnoXeL^eraL at/ia 

 7Tpi.op,evr]s' 6 8' ap' ovtl ^apvv p.edirjaiv dyiova. 311 

 (hs 8e Sua> p,ep,ad)Tes VTrep^toc dvepes dXKTjV 

 dp,p,ar eiT^ dXXr^XoLat rtratvofievoL ^LocovraL 

 eXKvaai, piTTfjOLV 6TTiado(j>6poLs epvovres, 

 hrjpov t' dpL(j>6repoL KapLdrcov laa p-erpa (f)epovTeg 

 efjLfMevecog eXKOvai /cat ip,jj,eveo)s epvovraf 32< 



d)s TOt?, Ixdv^oXcp re /cat IxdvC, vet/co? opcope, 

 rov p,ev avrat^at, rod 8' eA/ce/xev lp.eipovros. 

 ov fiev fj,LV XeiiTOvaLV ev dXyeaiv l^dves dXXoi 

 dvBiai aAA' edeXovatv dp,vvep,ev, ev Se ol avro) 

 vcora ^LYj ^pt/xTTTouat /cat ep,7n7Trovatv e/cacrros", 32i 

 d(f>poves, ovS^ evoTjoav eov reipovres eralpov. 

 TToAAa/ct /cat dcopLLyya AtAatdp,€vot yevyecrcrt 

 prj^aL dp.TjXCivocoGLV, enel crr6p,a roZaiv donXov. 

 oijje Se fiiv Kap,dra> re /cat aAyeci pt,oxdl-t,ovra 

 TTVKvaZs t' elpeair^ai. ^LcopLevos earraaev dvqp- 33( 



" So of a fisherman Theocr. i. 42 f. <pair]i xa yviojv viv oaov 

 ffdivos iWoTneveiv ■ | &d^ oi oJS'^/cacrt Kar' avx^va vavrodev Ives. 



" dpL/jLara is not = crxot^ia (ropes), as the schol. interprets, 

 but the hold or grasp of the wrestler. Cf. Plut. Akih. ii. 

 iv uef yap t<^ iraXaicLv irie^ov/xevos virep rov fii) ireaeiv dvayayuv 

 irpbi t6 (TTO/j-a ra, afinara rov TriefoOyTOS olos ^v Siacpayeiu tAj 

 Xelpo-i. a.(f>evTO^ Se t7]v Xo^tjv iKeivov Koi eitrSproi ' " AdKvtis, 

 S} 'AXKi^iddt], Ka.da.wep ai yvvalKe^," " Ovk iyoiye," eXirev, " dX\' 

 lis oi XfOJ'Tes " ; Fah. xxiii. ihairep ddX-rjTris dya6bs iiraytavi.- 



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