ΠΕΡΙ ΑΙΤΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΣΗΜΕΙΩΝ ΟΞΕΩΝ ΠΑΘΩΝ, ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΝ.

αἱ γὰρ τῶν πρηγμάτων ἐς τὸ ἔσχατον ἐπιτάσιες εἰς τὴν ἐναντίην μεταβάλλουσι ἰδέην. ἐπὴν οὖν λυθῇ τῆς φύσιος τὰ δεσμὰ, τόδε ἐστὶ ἡ συγκοπὴ, τότε ἱδρὼς ἄσχετος πάντη τοῦ σώματος, ἀναπνοὴ ψυχρὴ, ἀτμὸς ἀνὰ ῥῖΝας πουλὺς, ἄδιψοι, ἐξήρανται γὰρ τά τ' ἄλλα, ἀτὰρ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα διψαλέα ὄργανα, στόμα, στόμαχος·

Ermerins transposes all this clause, ἐξήρανται. ..... στόμαχος, to the beginning of the chapter, after δέρματος. I find difficulty in reconciling myself to this change; indeed, in either place, the meaning of these words is not clear.

οὖρα λεπτὰ, ὑδατώδεα· κοιλίη τὰ πολλὰ μὲν ξηρὴ, ἔστι δὲ καὶ οἷσι ὑποφέρει βραχέα χολώδεα, πουλὺς πλάδος, διαρρέει δὲ καὶ τὰ ὀστέα λυόμενα · καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων ὡς ἐν ποταμῷ ἐς τὰ ἔξω ἡ φορή.

Ψυχῆς κατάστασις ,

There has been much difference of opinion respecting these two words. I regard the construction as an Attic anacoluthon, of which many examples occur in our author's works, and in those of Ælian and Arrian, who were about his age. Ermerins mentions that Kün was disposed to regard them as belonging to the Glossema. This, I know, was suggested to him by the late Dr. Kerr, of Aberdeen, whose correspondence with Kün I saw at the time it took place, about thirty years ago.

αἴσθησις σύμπασα καθαρὴ, διάνοια λεπτὴ, γνώμη μαντική. προγιγνώσκουσι μὲν οὖν πρώτιστα μὲν ὡυτέοισι τοῦ βίου τὴν μεταλλαγήν · ἔπειτα τοῖσι παρεοῦσι προλέγουσι τὰ αὖθις ἐσόμενα · οἱ δὲ αὐτέους μὲν ἔσθ' ὅτε καὶ ἀλλοφάσσειν

This conjectural emendation of Petit, which is adopted by Ermerins and Wigan, is an ingenious substitute for the common reading, ἄλλο φασὶ, which evidently has no meaning. A still more simple emendation, however, would be, ἄλλο φάσθαι-- that is to say, the spectators "fancy that they speak strange, i. e. incoherent." See Liddel and Scott's Lexicon under ἄλλος, for this meaning of the word.

δοκέουσι· τῇ ἀποβάσι δὲ τῶν εἰρημένων θωϋμάζουσι ὥνθρωποι. μετεξέτεροι δὲ καὶ προσλαλέουσι τῶν κατοιχομένων τισὶ, τάχα μὲν παρεόντας ὁρεῦντες αὐτοὶ μοῦνοι, ὑπὸ λεπτῆς καὶ καθαρῆς αἰσθήσιος, τάχα δ' αὐτῶν τῆς ψυχῆς προγγινωσκούσης, καὶ διηγευμένης τοὺς ἄνδρας οἷσι ξυνέσονται . πρόσθεν μὲν γὰρ ἐν τοῖσι ὑγροῖσι