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ἀνήνυτον κακόν: “an evil to which there is no end.” The striving to satisfy the desires is also called an ἀνήνυτον ἔργον in Phaedo 84 a, and compared with the web of Penelope, which was begun every day anew. On the apposition, see G. 137, 3; H. 626.

13 f.

λῃστου βίον ζῶντα: for the appositional partic. see Kr. 56, 15, 3.

ἀδύνατος: in an active sense.

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