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6. Clem. Euseb. and Theod. after preceding fragment. Line 5 stands third in MSS. and earlier texts; Karsten places it fifth.

V. 1: Clem. and Theod. ἀλλ’ εἴ τοι χεῖρας εἶχον: Clem. Euseb. λέοντες, Theod. ἐλεφάντες. V. 2: Euseb. FG καὶ, other MSS. ἢ, corr. Hiller. V. 3: Euseb. and Theod. καί κε: Eus. DEFG δώματ’. V. 4: MSS. ἔσχον, corr. Karst.: MSS. ὁμοῖον, Meineke ἕκαστοι. V. 5: Clem. Theod. ὁμοῖοι, Eus. ὅμοιοι, Karst. ὁμοῖα.

7. Sext. Emp. Math. ix. 193 and i. 289 combined.

V. 3: MSS. ὅς, Karst. καὶ.

8. Sext. Emp. Math. x. 313; Stob. Ecl. Phys. i. p. 294, Dox. 284; Schol. Vill. and Schol. Min. to Homer, Il. Η 99.

9. Sext. Emp. Math. ix. 361 and x. 313; Eustath. Il. Η 99, p. 668, 60.

10. Simplic. Phys. 41 r 189, 1, attributes this verse to Anaximenes on the authority of Porphyry. Joh. Philoponus (Phys. i. 188 b 30) attributes it to Xenophanes on the same authority.

MS. γίνονται, corr. Diels.

11. Schol. Genev. to Homer, Il. Ι 199, 2. V. Sitz. d. berl. Akad. June 18, 1891. I have inserted Diels’ emendation in lines 2 and 3. The first line also occurs in Stob. Flor. ed. Gais. iv. App. p. 6.

12. Achill. Tat. in Isagoge ad Aratum (Petavii Doctr. Tempor. iii. p. 76). Cf. Aristotle, de Xenophane, &c., 2; 976 a 32.

V. 2: καὶ ῥεῖ προσπλάζον, τὰ κάτω δ’ εἰς, Karst. αἰθέρι.

13. Eustath. Il. Λ 24, p. 827, 59; Schol. Vill. ad Il. Λ 27 and Schol. Leyd. in Valckenaer, Diatr. Eurip. p. 195.

14. Sext. Emp. Math. vii. 49 and 110, and viii. 326. Vv. 1-2: Plut. aud. poet. 17 E; Laer. Diog. ix. 72. Vv. 3-4: Hipp. Phil. 14, Dox. 565; Origen, Philos. xiv. vol. i. p. 892; Galen, de diff. puls. iii. 1, viii. p. 62. Last half line: Sext. Emp. Pyrrh. ii. 18; Proklos in Tim. p. 78, &c.

V. 1: Sext. Diog. ἴδεν. V. 3: Galen ἢν γὰρ καὶ τὰ μέγιστα τύχῃ τετελεσμένα, Hipp. τύχῃ.

15. Plut. Symp. ix. 746 B. Karst. reads δεδόξασται.

16. Stob. Flor. xxix. 41 G, Ecl. Phys., I. 224.

V. 1: Flor. ἐπέδειξαν, Ecl. παρέδοξαν. V. 2: Ecl. MS. Flor. ἐφευρίσκουσιν, other MSS. ἐφεύρισκον.

17. Athen. ii. p. 54 E. V. 3: Eustath. p. 948, 40.

18. Diog. Laer. viii. 36; Suidas, v. Ξενοφάνης. Anthol. Graec. i. 86, p. 345, ed. Bosch. prefixes two verses which Karsten assigns to Apollodoros on the evidence of Athen. 418 E.

V. 1: MSS. νῦν οὖν τ’, corr. Steph. V. 3: Suidas φησί γ’. V. 5: Karst. τῆς. Suidas BE φθεγξαμένην.

19. Athen. x. 413 F.

V. 3: Schneidewin ῥοὰς, cf. v. 21. V. 5: MSS. τί, Wakef. τὸ. V. 6: Vulg. πρὸς ἄκρα, Jacobs προσορᾶν from MS. A προσέραν. V. 8: MSS. σιτείη, corr. Turnebus. V. 10: Dindorf connects with the preceding line and reads οὔ κ’ ἔοι ἄξιος. V. 15: A λαοῖσιν ἔτ’ εἴη, corr. Steph.

20. Athen. xii. p. 526.

V. 1: MSS. ἁφροσύνας, corr. Schneider V. 2: Vulg. ἐπὶ στυγερῆς, corr. Dindorf. V. 4: AB ὥσπερ, PVL ἤπερ. V. 5: Last word: Schneidewin ταναῇσιν, Bergk⁴ prefers ἀγάλμασί τ’.

21. Athen. xi. p. 462.

Vv. 4-8: Eustath. Od. ι 359, p. 1633, 53. V. 2: MSS. ἀμφιτιθεὶς, corr. Dindorf. V. 13: Bergk⁴ reads πορσύνει. V. 4: Eust. omits δὲ and reads ἐμφροσύνης. V. 5: AE οἶνος ἐστὶν ἕτοιμος, Karst. ἄλλῳ δ’ οἶνος ἕτοιμος. Text follows Meineke and Bergk. V. 11: Vulg. αὐτὸ μέσον, corr. Karst. V. 14: MSS. λόγοις, Eichstädt νόοις, Schneid. νόμοις. V. 16: Vulg. puts colon after πρήσσειν and period at end of line. Meineke puts comma at end of line, and colon after ὕβρις. Bergk reads ταῦτα γὰρ ὧν ... ὕβρις as parenthetical. Schneid. προαιρέτεον. V. 19: Hermann ἀναφαίῃ. V. 20: Vulg. ἡ μνημοσύνη, καὶ τὸν ὃς, Schneid. οἱ μνημοσύνη καὶ πόνος, Bergk οἱ μνημοσύν’ ᾖ, καὶ τὸν, ὃς. V. 21: Bergk διέπει. V. 22: Hermann οὐδέ τι, Bergk οὐδ’ αὖ: MSS. πλασμάτων, corr. Hermann. V. 23: MSS. φενδόνας, Scalig. φλεδόνας, Osann. σφεδανάς. V. 24: Scalig. adds δὲ: MSS. ἀγαθήν, corr. Franke et al.

22. Athen. ix. P. 368 E. V. 3: MSS. ἀφίξεται, corr. Karst. V. 4: Meineke κλέος Ἑλλαδικῶν, Bergk ἀοιδοπόλων ᾖ γένος Ἑλλαδικῶν.

23. Athen. xi. p. 782. V. 2: Vulg. ἐγχεύας, corr. Casaub.

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