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Mediterranean.[111] i.e. nature would not be likely to supply so many regularlyascending circles. Stein alters the text so that the sentence runsthus, "and whereas there are seven circles of all, within the lastis the royal palace," etc.[112] i.e. "to laugh or to spit is unseemly for those in presence ofthe king, and this last for all, whether in the presence of theking or not." Cp. Xen. Cyrop. i. 2. 16, {aiskhron men gar eti kainun esti Persais kai to apoptuein kai to apomuttesthai}, (quotedby Stein, who however gives a different interpretation).[113] {tauta de peri eouton esemnune}: the translation given is thatof Mr. Woods.[114] {allos mentoi eouton eu ekontes}: the translation is partly dueto Mr. Woods.[115] i.e. East of the Halys: see note on ch. 95.[116] See iv. 12.[117] Cp. ch. 72.[118] {ten katuperthe odon}, i.e. further away from the Euxineeastwards.[119] {o theos}.[120] {khoris men gar phoron}: many Editors substitute {phoron} for{phoron}, but {phoron} may stand if taken not with {khoris} butwith {to ekastoisi epeballon}.[121] Cp. ch. 184, "the Assyrian history."[122] {uperthemenos}, a conjectural emendation of {upothemenos}, cp.ch. 108 where the MSS. give {uperthemenos}, (the Medicean with{upo} written above as a correction).[123] Or "expose me to risk," "stake my safety."[124] Or "thou wilt suffer the most evil kind of death": cp. ch. 167.[124a] {tas aggelias pherein}, i.e. to have the office of{aggeliephoros} (ch. 120) or {esaggeleus} (iii. 84), the