Correspondence. 1 33 book 7repi j3eXo7rouKc3i/, as well as of the above-cited passage of Vitruvius [x. 10. (13)3, which has hitherto been given up as inexplicable, they have contributed greatly to the solution of this difficult question. See Grie- chische Kriegsschriftsteller. Griechisch und deutsch, vnit kritischen und erkla- renden Anmerkungen von Kochly u. Riistow. Th. I. JEneas, von Vertheidi- gung der Stddte. Heron u. Philon, vom Geschiitzbau. Nebst Anhangen u. Zehn Tafeln Abbildungen. Leipzig. 1853. 8." Marquardt in the con- tinuation of Becker's Rom. Alterth. in. 2, p. 464 n, " Kochly has proved (Herbstprogramm der Zurcher Universitat, 1851. Cf. Gesch. d. Gr. Krkgsw. p. xvi.) that the Tactica of iElian and of Arrian are only differ- ent forms of one and the same book, and belong to the time of Trajan," ib. p. 455 n.] Correspondence. I. In a MS. of the 15th century, containing treatises of Ge- mistus, Aristotle, &c, in the Cambridge University Library (Dd. iv. 16), occurs (p. ult.) a distich, ascribed to Euripides, the Tragic poet, a little corrupted, but which should apparently be thus read : top [5eJ o~o(p6p avbpa, kclp enas vairj x@op6s, kav lienor oacrois elaida (avrbv oaa-ois irpoaLbw MS.), KpLva> (pikou. The lines do not seem to be found in Euripides. Can any one inform me whether they exist anywhere in print ? In the same MS. occurs (p. 180 b) a short fragment apparently of some late philosopher: in the margin is written, airb <pa>i>rjs Qeodapov. It runs thus : oti T) "^v^T] ot] ep okco tco acopari koa 0X77 ep e/caoTG) tu>p pepcop ov- (TKodcbs drjXopon' Tjj yap eVreXf^eia rod (pvaiKOV opyapiicov dvpapei farjv e^opros (TG>pa.Tos f o Si) tt)v ^v^v 6pi6pe6a, ravra co-tip etre oXov ti etre pepos XapfiavoiTO otiovp. dvpapiicas ye pep q drjop on epepyei rj yj/vxr/, rj voovaa rj emOvpoxxra rj Bvpovpevrj rj alardapopepr], olop ep t< eyicecpa<d (j/ooucra) rj ep 777 Kapbia (Ovpovpevrj) m ep tg> rjiran (Jiri6vpovo~a) rj ep rois cucr8r)Tr)pLoi$ (aladavopevr)*), ov% 6X171/ ep ocdoTG) reap pep&p, Kai okrjp ep oXo) eipai (papevy aXX' ep run pepea-LP. Now I would gladly be informed whether Theodorus is the author, or whether cfxopfj Qeodcopov is the title of the book. (See AriStOt. Jxnet. III. 2. olop rj Qeobcopov (pcopTJ TTeiropde npos rrjv rap SXXcop v7roKpiT&p.) If Theodorus is the author, is it Theodorus of Asina? Or, in fine, is the text of the MSS. corrupt ? In the MS. imme- diately follows a passage irep fiao-mpLasy without specification of
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