τοῦτο μὲν ἐν βροτέων μελέων ἀριδείκετον ὄγκῳ. 335
ἄλλοτε μὲν Φιλότητι συνερχόμεν᾽ εἰς tv ἅπαντα
γυῖα τὰ σῶμα λέλογχε βίου θαλέθουσιν ἐν ἄκμῃ"
250 ἄλλοτε δ᾽ αὗτε κακῇσι διατμηθέντ᾽ ἐρίδεσσι
πλάζεται ἄνδιχ᾽ ἕκαστα παρὰ ῥηγμῖνι βίοιο.
236-237. Arist. Meteor. iv. 9 887 Ὁ 4.
237. MS. λεπίδες, corr. Karst. from a gloss of Hesych.
238-239. Plut. de fort. 98 pv.
238. MS. ἐχῖνος, corr. Steph. 239. MS. ὀξυβελὴς δέ re, text follows
Cd. Vulc.
240-242. Simpl. de caelo, Peyr. 28; Gaisford xliii. Brand. Schol. 512a.
The three lines are cited separately.
242. A ξυμπρώτ᾽, B ξυμπρώταις, corr. Karst.
243. Plut. Quaest. conv. 683 E.
244-246. Simpl. de caelo, Peyr. 46; Gaisf. xliv. Schol. Brand. 512 a.
244. Ar. de anim. iii.6; 430a29; degen. an.i. 18; 722 Ὁ 20, and com-
mentators.
244, MS. ἥ, 4, ὡς. 245. πολλαὶ, πολλῶν ἐμπλάζοντο.
247-253. Simpl. Phys. 268 τ.
247. MS. τοῦτον μὲν ἂν... ὄγκον, Vulg. omits ἂν, text from
Diels. 249. MS. θαλέθοντος, corr. Karst. 253. Ald. ὀρειμελέ-
ecow, corr. Schneider (cf. 438).
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236. Hair and leaves and thick feathers of birds are
the same thing in origin, and reptiles’ scales, too, on
strong limbs.
238. But on hedgehogs, sharp-pointed hair bristles
on their backs.
240. Out of which divine Aphrodite wrought eyes
untiring.
241. Aphrodite fashioning them curiously with bonds
of love.
242. When they first grew together in the hands of
Aphrodite.
243. The liver well supplied with blood.
244. Where many heads grew up without necks, and
arms were wandering about naked, bereft of shoulders,
and eyes roamed about alone with no foreheads.
