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[40] {es to megaron}.[41] {oida d' ego}: oracles often have a word of connection such as{de} or {alla} at the beginning (cp. ch. 55, 174, etc.), which mayindicate that they are part of a larger connected utterance.[42] Cp. vii. 178 and ix. 91 ("I accept the omen.")[43] See viii. 134.[44] {kai touton}, i.e. Amphiaraos: many Editors retain the readingsof the Aldine edition, {kai touto}, "that in this too he had founda true Oracle."[45] {emiplinthia}, the plinth being supposed to be square.[46] {exapalaiota}, the palm being about three inches, cp. ii. 149.[47] {apephthou khrusou}, "refined gold."[48] {triton emitalanton}: the MSS. have {tria emitalanta}, which hasbeen corrected partly on the authority of Valla's translation.[49] "white gold."[50] Arranged evidently in stages, of which the highest consisted ofthe 4 half-plinths of pure gold, the second of 15 half-plinths,the third of 35, the fourth of 63, making 117 in all: see Stein'snote.[51] {elkon stathmon einaton emitalanton kai eti duodeka mneas}. The{mnea} (mina) is 15.2 oz., and 60 of them go to a talent.[52] {epi tou proneiou tes gonies}, cp. viii. 122: the use of {epi}seems to suggest some kind of raised corner-stone upon which theofferings stood.[53] The {amphoreus} is about 9 gallons.[54] Cp. iii. 41.[55] {perirranteria}.[56] {kheumata}, which some translate "jugs" or "bowls."