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the coasts of Asia Minor; see i. 103 and 177.[4] {katapausantes}: the expression is awkward if meant to beequivalent to {kai katepausan}, but it is hardly improved by thealteration to {katapausontes}. Perhaps the clause is out of place.[5] {ponos}.[6] {peristixantes}: so the two best MSS.; others have {peristesantes}or {peristexantes}. The word {peristixantes} would be from{peristikho}, equivalent to {peristikhizo}, and is acknowledged inthis sense by Hesychius.[7] The connexion is not clear either at the beginning of the chapteror here. This clause would seem to be a repetition of that at thebeginning of the chapter, and that which comes between should bean explanation of the reason why the slaves are blinded. As itstands, however, we can only refer it to the clause which follows,{ou gar arotai eisi alla nomades}, and even so there is no realsolution of the difficulty, for it is not explained why nomadsshould have blinded slaves. Perhaps the best resource is tosuppose that some part of the explanation, in connexion with themanner of dealing with the milk, has been lost.[8] {te per}: a conjectural emendation for {e per}, "which is a verygreat lake."[9] {epi touton arkhonton}: the word {arkhonton} is omitted in someMSS. and by some Editors.[10] {sagarin}.[11] {tous basileious}: so Wesseling. The MSS. have {tous basileas},"the kings," which may perhaps be used here as equivalent to {tousbasileious}: some Editors, including Stein, adopt the conjecture{tou basileos}, "from the youngest of them who, was king, thosewho," etc.[12] {tou basileos}: some Editors read by conjecture {Skolotoubasileos}, "after their king Scolotos."[12a] {katazonnumenon}: or {kata tade zonnumenon}, "girded in thismanner."[13] {mekhanesasthai ten metera Skuthe}: the better MSS. read{mekhanasthai} and {Skuthen}: the meaning seems doubtful, and some