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above-mentioned editors draw from the signification of Spduaodi of the 
Xp. 77. 2015 and the form of the reading of P. the emendation rpsxov6ai. 
C. So far we have regarded the readings afforded ns in any way by 
the Xp. 77. as either superior or equal in value to those of our MSS. of 
the Bacchae. In Class C. will be collected all those passages in which 
the author of the Xp. 17. has apparently with the utmost arbitrariness 
changed the Euripidean text or with a more charitable supposition found 
in his MS. a very corrupted form of the Euripidean text. 
1. 8 . Xp. 77. 1583 has rspipovysv' 1 for zvcpopeva and a6f8s6zov for 
£ti C co6av. These changes were doubtless made to avoid 
the resolved feet. The Euripidean line is unmetrical and 
difficult. Barnes emended by dropping zs and he has 
been followed by all the editors but the line is not relieved 
of all its difficulties. 
2. 9. Xp. 77. 1584 itpos zr/vd> for sis kprjv. The same variation is 
found in 
3. 312. Xp. 77. 584 itpo 5 yrjv for sis yrjv and 
4. 776. Xp. 77. twice (2244 and 2222) rtpos rdv zvpavvov for sis tov 
zvpavvov. Of these three cases the first may have been 
due to the context. To obtain a final long syllable in 
KoXiv, repos may have been written after it instead of sis. 
But this explanation will not hold for the other two in¬ 
stances and the author of the Xp. 77. does not elsewhere 
show such attention to the laws of quantity. A short 1 
lengthened under the influence of the accent is not a rare 
phenomenon in the Xp. 77. 
5. 13. Xp. 77. 1587 -itavsvKXssis itoXsis for rtoXvxpv 6 ovs yvas. The 
reading of the Xp. 77. is testimony to the accusative. Elms- 
ley, followed by Wecklein, reads rtoXvxpvdGov. 
6 . 16. Xp. 77. 1590 7 tapsXQc2v for STtsXOcov. Here also ’ Appdftcov for 
'Apafiiav to avoid the resolved foot. sTtsXBaov is the 
reading of Str. 1.27, but Str. XV. 687 gives s7tr/XBov, which 
Wecklein has adopted. 
7. 22. Xp. 77. 1564 sjucpavGos for spcpavr/s. Similar is 
8 . 993 = 1013. Xp. 77. 1099 cpavspcAs for cpavspds. 
9. 46. Xp. 77. 1571 3’ for r. 
10. 56. Xp. 77. 1603 ejuds Oiados for Qia6os sjuds. 
11. 116 sq. Xp. 77. 1614 sv <p QrjXvysrss pivsi ysvos for svBa psvsi j| 
Qr/Xvysvrjs oxXos. 
12. 184. Xp. 77. 1154 XPV for 3 si. But 8 si is the emendation of Musli¬ 
ms for dp of the MSS., which corruption had its origin 
doubtless in itacism. 
13. 185. Xp. 77. 1155 rvv r/yov for s^pyov. 
