S. EITREM. [No. 10. 



• ea o^rjloyoig 



XOQOV 



vvaty.egy.0 Qivd-tovite&ov 

 vof.ioia 



/.i oQcprjv 



As for the readings in Col. II I have noted that in 1. 1 

 we may read eowog or xovrog, followed by a letter which may 

 be a or o. L. 7 otcyj ■ tov looks like oyx • rjv. L. 8 oXi or o(.i. 

 L. 9 a or y. L. 21 # or /?. Col. III 1. 3 rjv or rca. L. 5 v or 

 v or [i. L, 10 ex or eia (cp. Ken.). L. 13 the last v. may be 

 read lg. L. 14 before a room for one or two letters. L. 15 and 

 1. 16: the last letters close the lines. L. 16 åsv or åe£, then 

 something which looks like the npper part of an o. L. 17 sn • • 

 or etc ■ • L. 18 second a written above the line. L. 19 v or 

 e] over ag is written oa; has the copyist intended a correction 

 of xectQ into ymqcc? The v. looks very much like q • • L. 20 

 £ or x or rest of it. L. 21 t or re or /. L. 23 toi or 7taf. 

 L, 24 dr] or <5s. L. 26 yd or a«d. L. 30 ex or «. L. 31 vepat, 

 or vaat. 



It is not easy to make any conjectures as to the contents 

 of these scanty remains. L. 18 sq. of col. III seem to indicate 

 the effect of the poisonous gifts of Medea, cp. Seneca Med. 835 sqq. 

 and 926, Soph. Trach. 1052 sqq. — the poison might be said 

 to pass through the whole body, veins and heart. The /nrjooi, 

 of the victim Medea may mention in bitter remembrance of her 

 own pleasures of love which now are gone (Eur. Med, 497? 

 q>£v • • • riovås yovattov tog (.larrjv xeftQ too/ns&a I ymxov rtgog 

 avåqog; cp. Phoeniss. 1625). L. 17 rovf-irtahv aåtp 3 oid } ert 

 seems to refer to the ya/uoi evdo^oc of Jason, Eur. Med. 592: 

 the revenge will soon come, the enemies shall see that Medea 

 has not got her bad reputation (Eur. Med. 293) in vain (ad-llag 



