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&*p(3?'py$ (pdpoy 7rpar1op.£Vy$ p.«^oj r£ 7rpc'1epov, Mt-- 

 J&pKJaTo rco Eu7ral1opt 7rap£ cVojx.£ r>}y ap^V. Parija- 

 dss cum non poffet rejijiere barbaris tnbutum pofcen- 

 tibus maius, quam antea 7 Miihriditi li.upatori tra- 

 didit principatum. Huic Parifadae fubfidio venifTe 

 ■videtur Neoptolemus dux Ulius cum Scythis duas 

 pugnas recenfet Strabo duobus loeis.. Vno in loco 

 equeftre. certamen fuper glacie Maeotidis paludis 

 ponit ante nauale praelium eadem in Maeotide.(7) 

 Ot Ss, inquit, 7rayot. 7ra| at/1oT$ ; roiyrot riyeg ucriv 

 e.7ri to 5-cfJLali. r%, AijjL^s. r-vjg MaicultcVog , gjV &' 

 ^wptu, iv ol %£tfJUjVog ra Mt-9-pi^aly ^palvjyog ivi- 

 K^cre ryg £ap(3apy$ t7r7rop.a;>(_aV £7rt. rw 7rayco, ry^: 

 dulbs JtalavatJ/jia^-vycrai 3-f'pyg , XvB:ev]og : ry 7rayy. G/#- 

 czVj «p«<2 ^oj- £tf«ta <?/? in ojlio lacus Maeotidis r vt 

 eodem in loco r in quo hieme Mithridatis dux barbaros 

 equejlri certamine fuper glacie vicit , nauali praelio 

 eosdem fuperauerauit aejiate r giacie foluta,- Alibi 

 praelium nauale ponere videtur ante equeftre et 

 liibernum , (8) ita enim fatus eft: N£07r1o'A£jut.ov <5e 

 $acn rdv rs. MtS-picYals. s-pal^yoV, iv r& atilco 7ro- 

 pco 3-£pb'£ \x.lv vavixa^ict Trfpiyevec&ocf r&v £apj3apcdv, 

 ^«jjlwvos cV' t7r7rofjLa^ta. Neoptolemum , aiunt, Mi~ 

 thridatis cfucem eodem intraieffiu, aejiate nauali prae- 

 lio fuperiorem fuijfe barbaris r hieme autem equejlri 

 certan.ine. Sed apparet priori loco eum multo 

 curatius temporum ordinem refpexiffe, in altero 

 rem magis quam tempiiSi. Oftium Maeotidis, tra- 



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(-7) Strabo p. $po (8) id. p; 212; 



