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[358] μεταστοιχί, in line; Antilochos naturally takes the inside (left-hand) place. Ar. and the other ancient critics took it to mean in file; “ὅτι ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐπὶ στίχων: οὐ γὰρ ἀπὸ ταὐτοῦ τέρματος ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τῶν δρομέων ἄφεσις γίνεται: διὸ καὶ κληροῦνται περὶ τῆς στάσεως. οὐ δεόντως οὖν ἐπὶ τῶν δρομέων μετάκειται στίχος ἐντεῦθεν” (757), Such An.an arrangement seems so absurd as to be incredible, especially as the race is run on the open plain (“ἐν λείωι πεδίωι”), with a narrow place at one point only (419), so that there is no excuse in want of room.

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