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spelling (probably 'Opcjnxov was written 'Opcpstxov, and this s 

 again was pronounced a) does not make it probable that the 'Opcpixa 

 were rather familiar to the scribe (or the author). 



V. 454 tov xoto^ov tj xaTaSsajxov tj o av 7romg is a rather 

 inaccurate summing up of the different usages to which the 

 formula may be employed (V. 429 sqq.). xai outc:»? xaTaTi-9-sTat 

 (= JcaTopiiatTSTat, v. 450) == ztzzitoc x. 



V. 455 to &7c6[[lo]]ysiov (Ken. however accents 67ro/\oyiov in 

 his Index), see Kroll, Phil. 54,564. The sense is: y\ yap cts/V^vt), 

 to u7ra[[}lo]]yst,ov §t,o5suoucra, o sav sup?), lust, — toutou Ss ysvo[jtivou 

 (viz. the binding of 365 knots on the black string) 8ia[xsvsi ; the 

 subject of cnoc[iivei must be "every thing found by the Moon on her 

 way". V. 457: "every day you have to pronounce the following 

 sentence on the same spot", sid tou tottou toutou, where the xdhro^o? 

 is buried. Then the spot, not the Moon, is addressed in the fol- 

 lowing words : p] Tap ux 8u5ou (jxt]Se)vi (or tt] ZeXyjvt], pro- 

 nounce HzXlri) ebpy\azi[[q\] yap <([xs) p.£-ra TtoA/Vou xapaTou ; after 

 xafxdcTou is written ) ) — , but this is perhaps merely a blunder 

 for 1) , i. e. 7] Zs/Vyjvy] : the plate speaks through the mouth of 

 the magician. 



V. 456 we have perhaps to correct ysvojjivou into /leyojjivou 

 (better than yeivo^svou) ; the Xoyo? is the essential element in 

 this magic procedure, and we here expect the present time, not 

 the future. 



V. 459 Ken. correctly ■£ = yapaxTYjpag as in the repetition 

 of the philtre V. 462. V. 460 uxåp porov (Wess. Ken.) I think 

 rather enigmatic; probably urøp xaTov (so that the beloved one 

 may pass over it?) V. 462 Ixl /lap^a?) xa(ya , iTsp(tv^s), not acc. 

 as Wess. meant. As to V. 463 frumdcaas, i. e. ouaiacrag, s. Preisen- 

 danz, Wien. Stud. XL 6. 



V. 470 Aiy[io]v xa <ov6(jt.aTa> Wess.; v. 471 Y]j/ipa[[s]]. V. 

 471 ays [7.oi tyjv ((kiva) ^v) tj (8sTva) se. stsxsv. V. 474 8»joxg)v 

 Ss tov Åo(yov) ^Aiys^ tvjv apyvjv ourcog ' avayxov (= sveyxov, cf. 

 Pap. Berl. I 337 (/.eTÉvsyxov) etc. (magic words). 



V. 478 v] t, probably tj8 ' ; the Theocritean word 'Epa>Tu/\s may 

 have caused the use of the epic v]8s here; then s7ucrdcXsucTov "stir 

 up"? tov unov <(ayys/\ov) ? or {§ai|7.ova) ? V. 479 §7]Xouvt<x \xo\ 

 Trspl tou (SeTvos, Wess.) Tpay[jLaT05 — this word is written twice, 

 first as an abbreviation, then as xpog — , tou<to) yap s7roiy]cra xax' 

 sxiTayyjv — the genitive of the person commanding now follows — 



