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κἂν εἰ has come to mean no more than καὶ εἰ: cf. infra V 477 A, IX 579 D, X 612 C and Jebb on Soph. El. pp. 224 f. The change from the plural πιόντες to the singular νοσώδη has been doubted by Herwerden; but see I 347 A note In illustration of κυκεῶνα πιόντες Schneider (Addit. p. 25) refers to Hippocr. περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων II p. 304 f. Littré οἱ γὰρ ἀρχόμενοι τῶν ὀξέων νουσημάτων ἔστιν ὅτε οἱ μὲν σιτία ἔφαγον—οἱ δὲ καὶ κυκεῶνα ἐρρόφεον: ἅπαντα δὲ ταῦτα κακίω μέν ἐστιν ἢ εἰ ἑτεροίως τις διαιτηθείη κτλ. Μίδου πλουσιώτεροι: with reference (as Stallbaum observes) to Tyrt. 12. 6 (Bergk): cf. Laws 660 E. τραγῳδοποιοί τε καὶ Πίνδαρος. Aesch. Ag. 1022 f., Eur. Alc. 3, Pind. Pyth. 3. 55—58 (αἴθων δὲ κεραυνὸς ἐνέσκιμψεν μόρον).
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