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eg Kpora(f)ovs 7Te(f)vovaiv' eVei (f>(jL>Kr)aLV oXedpos 390 

 o^vraro'S K€(f)aX'fj(f)LV LKaveTai ovrafjievrjai,. 



Nat fxrjv Kal ;^eAu€S' /xaAa TroAAa/cis" dvTtdcycrat 

 drjprjv Xcu^-^aavTO /cat drS/aaat Trrjua yevovro. I 



raoov S' eTrAero p,6)(dos iXelv p-qlaTog dvavrajv 

 avepL dapaaXecp /cat drap^ea dvjjLov exovrr 393 



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 VTTTiov dvcrrpeip€L€v in oarpaKOv, ovKen KCLvq 

 TToAAct Kat Ufievrj SvvaraL fMopov i^aXeeiveiv 

 viJjL 8' dvaTrXcoeL Kov(f)ov ttXoov doTraipovaa 

 TToaaiv, dXos /xe/xauta* ye'Aoj? 8' e;;(et dypevrrjpas . 400 

 Ti)t' 8' OT€ /u.ei' deivovat aihrjpeLrjaL ^oXijcnv, 

 dXXore 8' ev" ^poxi^^^aaLV dvaipdixevoi jjuedeTTOvariv . 

 COS" 8' ore vr^TTiaxo- (f)pov€wv Trd'Cs ovpeaL(f)OLTOv 

 dvcTTpei/jrj Tpr])^eLav eAcov -x^iXw, rj 8' errl varra 

 KCKXifxevr] fxdXa noXXd AtAaterat ovSas iKeadai, 405 

 piKvd TToBcbv creiovaa Kal dyKvXa yovvara, jjL6)(da) 

 TTVKVov eTraairaipovaa, yeXcog 8' €)(^i os k€V tSrjraL, 



COS" K€IVT]S 6p,6(j)vXoV dXoS 8d/C0S' V7TTLOV dXpLTJ 



ep.(f>ipeTaL Xoj^rjTov vtt* dvSpdatv l-)(dv^6Xoi(Ti. 



IloAAd/ct 8' es" Tpa(f)€prjv dvaviaaeraL, e/c 8e ^oXdcov 410 



" if. i. 397 n. 



* The main points of vv. 394-415, but rather differently 

 combined, are found in two accounts: (1) Plin. ix. 35 f. 

 Capiuntur multis quidem modis sed maxime evectae in 

 summa pelagi antemeridiano tempore blandito, eminente 

 toto dorso per tranquilla fluitantes, quae vohiptas libera 

 spirandi in tantum fallit oblitas sui ut sol is vapore siccato 

 cortice non queant mergi invitaeque fluitent opportunae 

 veiiantium praedae. Ferunt et pastum egressas noctu 

 avideque saturatas lassari atque, ut remeaverint matutino, 

 summa in aqua obdormiscere. Id prodi stertentium sonitu. 

 Tum adnatare leviter singuHs ternos. A duobus in dorsum 

 verti, a tertio laqueum inici supinae atque ita e terra a 



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