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πᾶσι δέκα is not literal but an idiom for abundance; cf. ix. 81 and the stronger expression μυπία τὰ πάντα, iii. 74. 2.

ζῷα, ‘figures’ of all kinds; cf. i. 70. 1 n. H. had of course seen this painting at the Heraeum (iii. 60 n.). For that temple as an art gallery cf. Strabo 637 and Introd. p. 30.

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