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8ta</>opas'. 77oAi;77oSa fiev yap eoTL Trdvra Sea to 

 682 b TTpog rrfv ^paSvTTJra Kal KaTai/jv^LV rrj? (f)VGeaJs ttjv 

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 Kal jxaXiaTa TToXviroha ra pLaXiara Kareijjvyixeva Sta 

 TO [JirJKOs olov TO Twv lovXcxJv yevos . €tl 8e 8td to 

 6 dpxas ^x^LV TrXeiova^ at t ivTOfJLai etVt Kal ttoXv- 

 TToSa /caTct TavTo} ioTLV. 



"Oaa 8* iXoLTTOvas e;^€t 77o8as", tttt^vcl TavT* ioTl 

 npos TTjv eXXenpLV ttjv tG)v ttoSojv. avTcov 8e tcDv 



TTTTjVOJV (hv jJiiv ioTLV 6 ^LOS VOfiaSlKOS Kol SlOL TTjV 



Tpo(f)7]v dvayKalov eKTOTril^eiv, TeTpaTTTepd t€ ioTi 

 Kal Tov Tov ucLpiaTos €^€1 Kov<f)ov oyKov, olov at Te 



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 ^apea^ Kal TOt? ^tois iSpala TroXvTTTcpa jjiev o/xotco? 

 Tat? /xeAtTTai?* ioTLv, ex^L 8' eXvTpa TOt? TTTepols, 



15 otov at T€ fJLTjXoXovdai Kal Ta ToiavTa tcov ivTOficov, 

 07T0JS 0(x>t,rj TTjV TWV TTTepojv SuvafiLV ihpaicov yap 

 ovTOJv evSidcfiOopa fidXXov ioTi tojv evKivrjTOjv, 

 SioTTep €X€L (fypaypLOV Trpo avTOJV. Kal daxt-c^TOV Se 

 TOVTOJV ioTL TO 7TT€p6v Kal aKavXov ov ydp iuTi 

 7TT€p6v dXX V/JLTjV SepfxaTLKos, OS Sid ^rjpoTTjTa ef 



20 dvdyKTjg d^ioTaTai tov CTco/xaTo? avTOJV ipuxofievov 

 TOV oapKcoSovg. 



"EvTOfia 8' eoTt 8ta Te Ta? elp-qjievas atVta?, /cat 

 OTTOJS u<x)tpr]TaL hi dirdd €iav ovyKafirrTOfxeva' avv- 

 cAtTTeTttt ydp Ta fxrJKos exovT avTCJV, tovto 8' ovk 

 dv iyiveT avTols fXTj ovglv ivTOfJLOis. to, 8e firj 



^ ravrd Peck : Tavra Y : ravT vulg. : ravras Ogle. 

 ^ 7TT€pa TOV acvfxaTos vulg. : tov a. delevi. 

 • ^apda Ogle : ^paxda vulg. * /xeAtTrats {ovk) Piatt. 



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