[336] πειρήσεαι, i.e. ‘observe for yourself’—not trusting to report (“πυθέσθαι”): while any other man would have made for his home without even enquiring.
347-348. Repeated wrongly in some MSS. from ll. 103-104. The cave is first mentioned in l. 349, and with the deictic “τοῦτο”: ‘and there &c.’Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position:
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