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147. Arist. X. Z. G. βροτέων, de coelo, Clem. γλώσσης: Clem. ἐλθόντα. 148. Clem. εἰδότων.

149. Plut. de fac. lun. 920 C.

MS. ὀξυμελὴς, Xylander ὀξυβελὴς: MS. ἠδὲ λάινα, corr. G. Dindorf. Cf. Hesych. ἱλάειρα; Preller λάιν’ ἠδὲ.

150. Macrob. Saturn. i. 17; Etym. Mag., Orion Etym., Suidas, under ἥλιος; Cramer, Anec. ii. 444.

Macrob. οὕνεκ’ ἀναλισθείς, Suid. Cram. ἀλεῖσθαι; Et. M. μέσον.

151. Plut. Pyth. or. 400 B; Galen, de us. part. iii. 3.

Plut. ἀνταυγεῖν, Galen ἀνταυγέω.

152. Simpl. Phys. 74 v; 331, 7.

a DF ψύχε, E τύχε: MSS. γαίης, Stein αὐγῆς.

153. Plut. de fac. lun. 929 E.

153a. Diels, Hermes xv. 175, constructs the following line from Philo ed. Aucher, p. 92:

καὶ μέγαν, αὐτίκ’ ἀνῆλθε, θέουσ’ ὡς οὐρανὸν ἵκοι.

154. Achill. Tat. Introd. in Arat. c. 16 p. 77 Pet. 155. Plut. de fac. orb. lun. 925.

155. Plut. (σελήνη) περιφερομένη πλήσιον, ἅρματος ὥσπερ ἴχνος ἀνελίσσεται ἥτε περὶ ἄκραν.

156. Bekk. Anecd. i. 337.

157-159. Plut. de fac. lun. 929 C.

157. MS. ἀπεσκεύασε, Xyl. ἀπεσκέδασεν, Bergk ἀπεσκίασεν. 158. MS. ἔστε γαία, Xyl. ἐς γαῖαν: Stein ἱσταμένη or εἰς αἴθρην: MS. ἀπεσκνίφωσε, corr. Karst. 159. γλαυκώπιδος, cf. Plut. de fac. lun. 934 D (Diels, Hermes xv. 176).

160. Plut. Quaest. Plat. 1006 F.

161. Plut. Quaest. conv. 720 E.

MS. ἀγλαώπιδος, corr. Xyl. Cf. Hesych. ἀλαῶπιν· ... οὐ βλέπουσαν.

162. Prokl. on Tim. iii. 141.

MS. οὔδεος, Sturz writes ὕδεος from following. Diels finds connection only with preceding and writes ἕδεος. Cf. Hesych. ἕδος· ... γή.

163. Plut. Quaes. conv. 685 F.

Karst. πολυσπορέων. Cf. 214.

164. Hephaest. Enchir. c. 1 p. 4 Gais.

165. Arist. Meteor. ii. 3; 357 a 26; Plut. Placit. phil. iii. 13, and de Is. 365 B. Clem. Al. Strom. 676. Porphyr. Vit. Pyth. c. 41.

166-167. Arist. de Gen. et Corr. ii. 6; 334 a 3. 167. Phys. ii. 4; 196 a 22.

166. Diels suggests ῥιπαῖς. Cf. v. 164.

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