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οἱ περὶ τὴν μουσικὴν κτἑ., ‘those engaged in musical and other contests’; cp. § 8 οἱ περὶ τὴν φιλοσοφίαν ὄντες, and for μουσική, § 1. οἱ δὲ περὶ τὴν μουσικὴν καὶ τὰς ἄλλας ἀγωνίας ὄντες, οἱ μὲν τὰς δυνάμεις τὰς αὑτῶν, οἱ δὲ τὰς τέχνας . . .: a good example of chiasmus; here τέχνας corresponds to μουσικήν, δυνάμεις to τὰς ἄλλας (i. e. gymnastic) ἀγωνίας. δυνάμεις: here ‘physical strength’; for other meanings see N. C. 9, note. κατέστησαν: gnomic aorist; cp. ad N. 7 παρέσχεν . . . ἔλαβεν. ὁ λόγος, ‘discourse’, ‘speech’.
Isocrates Cyprian Orations. Edward S. Forster.
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