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7)
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to p^eyeOo^;
fcal
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Be
oi
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ttjv
deicfiv'XXov
ecrTiv,
S*
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ttjv
d(j)OovLav TOV BevBpov ^7]paivovaL tov KapTrov Kal
TOV TTvprjva iraXdOa^, "TXrjjia
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KaTa
e^atpovvTe^
Be
tBtov
(j^vXXa Kal Hdt.
tl
KOirTOvai Kal
(pveTat irepl Me/x^^i^, ov
^XacTOV^ Kal
ttjv oXrjv piop^rjv
1
cf,
2
ffxao'ews coiij. R. Const. ; o-xio^^ «y Aid. irXcio-TT} conj. R. Const.; ttAc/ct^ cf. G.P. 6. 8. 7, where this olive is said to
^ ^ 5
Troiovau
I.e.
UMVAld.
cf.
300
Strabo, 17.
1.
35.
produce no
oil.
