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plus persuasif"). The point is sharp enough if we think of 

 Polemon robbing some god of his due possession in order to 

 make a more plausible appearance of sacrificing to a god (Hermes). 

 The correction, if it be a variant, may simply imply that many 

 sacrificers are not in carnest. 



In 1. 26 sq.: 



IT. ayexe — j—, — - — • — 

 J. y.al (.vrjv e/iulfev h^tévat d[rj yto tcoctijq, 



Weil has felt the necessity of making the command of Polemon 

 correspond with the folio wing assurance of Doris that both the 

 bride and the father-in-law already were on the way when she 

 left them: xa\ /.irjv etc. Adhering to the reading of the editors 

 AFETE [ - • • "] 3 [ he supplies ayire [åt] fi]|[w rtjv xogrjv], laying 

 stress on e|w, but I think we might just as well be entitied to 

 stress %(.isXIev, meaning "don't hurry, she is coming already" 

 aysre [vvv rayovg ye del (or retaining the uncertain E which the 

 publication gives, aysrs {rtqa^ai åel Ta%a). L. 29 is especially 

 difficult as the editors rather hesitatingly give E 



AKONTOSE •/[*•] HNØ • PAN[ , but the first N looks much 

 more like M (or Al). Supposing the words to belong to Doris 

 we want a reason for her disappearing from the stage in company 

 with her master, 1. 30 élcssiiu y.a.i%\ øv (.morj gov g '[ , either she 

 observes that Polemon has already entered his house and shut 

 the door behind him in order to be quite safe from the 

 approaching father-in-law or she already hears the door being 

 opened in the neigbouring house {o^toi å' åxoito rovg rcélag 

 ipocpelv d-iqav). L. 30 Gvf.i7toi Gova 3 [el %i åsl, the editors with 

 Blass; one might think of Gvf.i7trjoGovG 3 [aGyolUg or [å9-Mq> too. 

 L. 34 Pataecus summons somebody L to call for Polemon: 



cck[l 3 hrtjaXeirco rig a [ ] v avr[bv — ■ — (Gr.-H.-Bl.). If 



the uncertain a may be read as n it is obvious to supply 

 eyxaXéixio xig IJoléj-iov abrov [ååficov 1 . Weil's dgafxcov does 

 not seem to fill the lacuna. 



1 toya is given as the last word by Weil, Dz. 



