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Asclepius of Tralles: Commentary to Nicomachus' Introduction to ArithmeticAuthor(s): Leonardo TaranSource: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, Vol. 59, No. 4 (1969),pp. 1-89Published by: American Philosophical SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1006068Accessed: 14/07/2009 12:56

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TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

HELD AT PHILADELPHIA

FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE

NEW SERIES-VOLUME 59, PART 4

1969

ASCLEPIUS OF TRALLES COMMENTARY TO NICOMACHUS' INTRODUCTION

TO ARITHMETIC

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by

LEONARDO TARAN Department of Greek and Latin, Columbia University

THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

INDEPENDENCE SQUARE

PHILADELPHIA

AUGUST, 1969

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 69-I8747 Printed in Germany

at J. J. Augustin, Gliickstadt

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I wish to express my gratitude to Professor Harold Cherniss for suggesting that I undertake the edition of Asclepius' Commentary to Nicomachus, for putting at my disposal the materials he had himself collected, and for his generous and unfailing help.

The main part of the work was done at The In- stitute for Research in the Humanities of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin during I962-I963, and I wish to express my gratitude to the Institute for a fellow- ship which allowed me a year of uninterrupted concentration. I am grateful to Professor Germaine Bree, Acting Director of the Institute that year; to Professor Marshall Clagett for his help and his constant interest in my work; and to Professor Friedrich Solmsen for his kindness and encourage- ment.

I wish also to thank Professor Marcel Richard of the Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes, Paris, for his generosity in sending to me his own copy of a list of manuscripts of Nicomachus and his commentators; to Professor L. G. Westerink for sending to me a copy of his article on Asclepius and Philoponus, and other friendly communication. I am grateful to Miss Susan McWhirter and to Father Ralph Platz for their help in preparing the typescript, and to Father Platz also for proofread- ing it. Thanks are also given to the Research Com- mittee of the University of California at Los Angeles for helping to defray the expenses of photostats and secretarial help, and to the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, for the opportunity to work there during the summers of I964 and I965.

Leonardo Taran June I967

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ABBREVIATIONS

AJP. American Journal of Philology.

CAG. Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca.

R.E.G. Revue des ?tudes Grecques.

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Edited with an Introduction and Notes by LEONARDO TARAN

CONTENTS

page Introduction ................................... 5

Text .......................................... 24

Notes ........ ................................ 73

Index ..................................... ... 82

INTRODUCTION

THE NEOPLATONIC COMMENTARIES TO NICO- MACHUS' INTRODUCTION TO ARITHMETIC LATER

THAN THAT OF IAMBLICHUS

Nicomachus' Introduction to Arithmetic,l despite its poorness from a mathematical point of view,2 was the most influential work on arithmetic from the time it was written, sometime between the latter part of the first and the first part of the second centuries A.D.,3 until the sixteenth century.

1 Cf. Nicomachi Geraseni Pythagorei Introductionis Arithmeticae Libri II. Recensuit Ricardus Hoche (Lipsiae, I866).

2 Cf. Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics, 1 (Oxford, 1921): pp. 97-99; Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduction to Arithmetic. Translated into English by M. L. D'Ooge, with studies in Greek Arithmetic by F. E. Robbins and L. Ch. Karpinski (New York, 1926), pp. 46ff., pp. IIIff. See also p. I5 below.

3 We do not know the date of Nicomachus' birth or that of his death, but we may assume that he lived around A.D. Ioo. In his Enchiridion Harmonicum Nicomachus mentions Thrasyllus who arranged Plato's dialogues in tetralogies and lived under Tiberius; cf. Ench. Harmon., p. 260, 12-I6 (Jahn): Kal Trpoo-EKQTrlopE0a TOV TOU lvTOca- yOpIKO0 AEyO.PVOU KCV6VOOS Ka-raTrojVv adKpi3pS. Kal Kiar& T- po'r!lua rTOOSj TOU SiSaoCI&7ou OavvTiE-TrEXFapvrv, OCX bos 'Eporroo0vrqs a-ocpKoucrEV f1 ep6aXXoS, &A' cbs rxA.

Apuleius, born about A.D. 125, translated Nicomachus' Introduction into Latin (cf. n. 4). On Nicomachus' life see p. iv, note, in Hoche's edition; Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics 1: p. 97; and D'Ooge, Robbins and Karpinski, Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduction to Arithmetic, pp. 7Iff.

5

The treatise was soon translated into Latin by Apuleius4 of Madaura and some centuries later by Boethius5 and it is the ultimate source of the arith- metical treatises of Cassiodorus,6 Martianus Capel- la,7 and Isidorus8 of Seville, among others. In the Greek-speaking part of the world, Iamblichus, As- clepius, and Philoponus9 wrote commentaries which are still extant, an otherwise unknown Heronas'? did the same, and there is an anonymous commen- tary still unpublished which probably belongs to the Byzantine period,1l from which time date also the numerous scholia in our manuscripts. The in-

4 Cf. Cassiodorus, Institutiones, p. I40, I5-20 (Mynors): reliquae vero quae sequuntur, sicut eius iam qualitas virtutis ostendit, ut sint atque subsistent, indigent arithmetica disci- plina. quam apud Graecos Nicomachus diligenter exposuit. hunc prius Madaurensis Apuleius, deinde magnificus vir Boethius Latino sermone translatum Romanis contulit lecti- tandum. Isidorus, Etymologiae III.2.I (Lindsay): Numeri disciplinam apud Graecos primum Pythagoram autumant conscripsisse, ac deinde a Nicomacho difusius esse dispositam; quam apud Latinos primus Apuleius, deinde Boetius trans- tulerunt. Nothing remains from this translation of Apuleius.

5 Anicii Manlii Torquati Severini Boetii De Institutione Arithmetica libri duo, e libris manu scriptis edidit Godo- fredi Friedlein (Lipsiae, 1867). Boethius' treatise is not a mere translation of Nicomachus but an adaptation of it with expansions and suppressions, cf. D'Ooge, Robbins, and Karpinski, Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduction to Arithmetic, pp. I32-I37.

6 Cassiodori Senatoris Institutiones. Edited from the manuscripts by R. A. B. Mynors (Oxford, 1937), Liber Secundus, IIII: De Arithmetica.

7 Martiani Minnei Felicis Capellae De Nuptiis Philolo- giae et Mercurii, recensuit Franciscus Eyssenhardt (Li- psiae, I866), Liber VII: De Arithmetica. Cf. also Martianus Capella, edidit Adolfus Dick (Lipsiae, I925).

8 Isidori Hispalensis Episcopi Etymologiarum sive Ori- ginum Libri XX, recognovit brevique adnotatione critica instruxit W. M. Lindsay (Oxonii, I9II), Liber III De Mathematica.

9 Cf. below n. I5 and pp. 6ff. 10 Cf. Eutocii Commentarii in Libros De Sphaera et Cy-

lindro (see Archimedis Opera Omnia cum Commentariis Eutocii 3 (Lipsiae, 1915): p. I20, 20-23 [Heiberg]): cS cpacriv &aXol T? Kcai NIK6poaXOS iv T-rS rrpcT-cp TnEPI PouCliKfiS Kal 'Hpcbvas gv 'TC 0rop vIa-if -rrCTI Ets 'fv 'ApiOpJI'TIK'v EIcaywo- y Cv, KTA.

11 Cf. below pp. 7 and i8-20.

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fluence of Nicomachus may also be seen in an anonymous Quadrivium of the eleventh century12 and also in that of George Pachymeres.13 But the popularity of Nichomachus' treatise should be judged not only by the number of its commenta- tors and of authors who were influenced by it, but also by the number of writers who quote it. In the Arab world Nicomachus was known through the translation of Tha^bit ibn Qorah.14

The basis for any further study of the ancient Greek commentaries to Nicomachus' Itttroduction

to Arithmetic later than the commentary of Iambli- chus15 is constituted by P. Tannery's article "Rap- port sur une mission en Italie."'6 It will be con- venient to summarize the conclusions at which Tannery arrived after his study of some manuscripts of Nicomachus and his Neoplatonic commentators. Tannery distinguished four different recensions of these commentaries; of these four recensions I give, following Tannery, the beginning and the end of each of the two books.17

VrT\rcAXTCOV 0K5 COAyv 6 -ITaT-rYp -rot.! 1343dov KT1..

... .EW 6oov av -rTs ET-fapKo(l Tov- TO TrolElV.

E'(prjT-rai fIpiv '8TI Tt TOt!Ti6 Ti

TroaoZ KT?\.

... Kal -TraVTvES O1

6p(.OVIKOi EVOECO-

pojTvrat 716yol.

II

Eiaaycoy? TrrtykypaTrTra ... VINa-rcITovimO C'O 6 ira-r'p -rot.! P1Wi[ov K-rT. ... KCli OjTOoS Vrr6 TC-AV

TrAEVpCOAV -rTCAV TETpaCkOVCAV -rTo?2cxaTrAaaiaL6 EvoS 'Er'

&?Ai71cas yiVETcat.

E'(prTl-rai liitv 'rl8 -riTooiiTT TOS Ti TOOUKT

-rrpos -ri ?rroaoO K-rX.

... KCa Tra&VTES 01 EV TCA

TrTjS IOVCTJKrjI opyavcA TCAOV

aVtlIpCAOVICAV ?O'yoI &vE?kX- TTEYS.

III VTX-rcAvtKO' COA 6 -rTac-Tp -ro'J I3i3M-

... Kac Erri Tr&V

aAAWc ov 6j0o{cA CA)Ol E1K6TCO)S TOIS

aKPOVJS TETpcoYCO-

vous EXoVoav.

EiprlT-rai 'iv "ri Ti (T1.

-rrpoS -ri K-rW. .ToaaTcra TOi-

VVV aPKE(TCO r TrpO EiCCXaY&)ylKrj V

Sl&baKcaiav.

IV

'ETrre'l I TXF 81T-r- Ta5 EXEI TaS EVEP- yEla5 KYT. ... TO ETrltiESp~S -roJ ETrTl-TpiiEpOJS Kal TOUTO TOrl

T8TrpaI.iEpOlJS.

'Ev-ra0ea PMAE1.

bdfcai OT-ri T'l lt6-rTrI KT-A.

'Ka' -rrn&Aiv

oiTros Aapc7Ov -rovij- -ro TrotEt TflV v8bi- iTac A)v Kcai ai&-

1TEVTE.

What Tannery calls recension I is constituted

by a commentary toNicomachus that our manuscripts ascribe to Philoponus. This commentary was pub- lished by R. Hoche.'8 What Tannery calls recension II is constituted by a particular version of recension I which contains variations and additions to some

12 Last edition: J. L. Heiberg, Anonymi logica et quadri- vium cum scholiis antiquis. Historisk-filologishe Meddelelser, udgivne af det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. 15 (1929), no. i. Cf. N. Zeegers-Vander Vorst, "L'Arithm6tique d'un quadrivium anonyme du XIe si6cle," L'Antiquit6 Classique 32 (1963): pp. 129-161. Its first editors attributed this treatise to Psellus.

13 P. Tannery, Quadrivium de Georges Pachymetre ou XYNTAFMA TCN TEX7APCWN MAEHMATLSN apiePTjTrlKtxfS, pOu- rKfi~S, YECWE-rpifaS ica

l akrTpovopdaS. Texte revise et 6tabli par

le R. P. E. Stephanou A. A. (Citt'a del Vaticano, 1940). Studi e Testi 94: pp. 5ff.

14 Tabit B. Qurra's arabische Ubersetzung der 'ApI1Ir1TxK1 Eta-ycoy'i des Nikomachos von Wilhelm Kutsch S. J. (Beyrouth, 1959), Recherches publi6es sous la direction de lInstitut de lettres Orientales de Beyrouth. Tome IX.

18 Cf. ILAANNOY ypapjaTrti<OU 'AXEcav5pEcoS (-roiD $li1o-rr6vov) 9Tly11Y-lq EiS -r6 T-rpC-rov -r1S ,NlKopa'XOV d&pl1eP1j-IT1Yr EiaaYCOYrlS. Primum edidit Ricardus Hoche, Part. I (Wesel, 1864). Ibid., Praef. et Part. II (Wesel, i865). Ibid., EIS 76 SE,r-rEpoV TTfs NwKop&Xov apl8pTyrylK1S Eicaaycoyis (Berolini, 1867).

paragraphs of the latter. This recension is attributed by our manuscripts to Philoponus, Hoche attributed it to one of Philoponus' students,19 and Tannery thought that recension II should be attributed to Isaac Argyros since his name occurs in the Vaticanus I4I1

15 Cf. lamblichi In Nicomachi Arithmeticam Introduc- tionem Liber. Ad Fidem Codicis Florentini Edidit H. Pi- stelli (Lipsiae, i894). The anonymous Prolegomena to Nicomachus published by Tannery, Diophanti Opera Omnia 2 (Lipsiae, 1895): pp. 73-76, and cf. also p. xiii, is not of concern to us here, for it contains nothing import- ant either mathematically or philosophically. There is, moreover, no obvious connection between it and the Neo- platonic commentaries studied here.

16 Originally published in Archives et Missions scienti- fiques et littMraires, 3e. serie, 13 (i888): pp. 409ff., now in- cluded in M6moires scientifiques 2 (Toulouse-Paris, 1912):

pp. 269ff. The relevant part for us is II: "Les Commen- taires sur Nicomaque," Mdmoires scientifiques 2: pp. 302-

3io. Also relevant are, in this same volume, pp. 3iiff., I1I; and in Mdmoires scientifiques 3 (Toulouse-Paris, 1915): pp. 259-260.

17 Cf. Mdmoires scientifiques, 2: p. 303. 19 Cf. Hoche, op. cit., Praef., et Part. II, p. ii and n. I.

Hoche thought that this recension was probably due to a certain Proclus Procleius mentioned by Suidas as the author of a commentary to Nicomachus (cf. p. 7 below).

Recension

Book I Beginning

End

Book II Beginning

End

I

6i

I

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and in its copy, the Parisinus 2377, in connection with the more important additions to recension I.20 Consequently, according to Tannery's suggestion, this recension would date from the fourteenth century. Of this recension II Hoche published only the variations that correspond to the first book of Philoponus' commentary;21 the variations which correspond to the second book were more recently published by A. Delatte,22 who seems to follow Tannery in attributing recension II to Isaac Ar- gyros.23

Recension III Tannery attributed to Asclepius of Tralles, following the authority of the Parisinus 2376, the Monacensis 43I, and the Ambrosianus B 77, which were the only manuscripts known to Tannery to contain recension III. Tannery thought that this recension exists in complete form only in the Parisinus 2376, while he considered the Mona- censis 431 and the Ambrosianus B 77 to contain incomplete copies of this same recension.

Finally, recension IV, which is really anonymous, Tannery attributed to Arsenius Olbiodorus on the basis of an epigram which is found at the end of some manuscripts of recension IV. The epigram reads as follows:

NIKOo(aXOIO rFpaoqmvoi 8s ?rTv TTuOayopEicov il6' apltiqTtKriS Eppnqv6rT Inpy' &pir1'Ur ypaE 8 i plv Truisl plaKapTroCaos ap)XIIT-rlS 'Apaovios OeoEsi8s 'OAp3t6copos TTEpyapou EpoCoT' f18 7ITrOc) co(pirS 6S Kai 6fi Ka6pEV E?jCEpinS Ou'VEKOa Traecv &AyEa rroA&a.

This epigram led Tannery to state, "l'epigramme nous revele le nom d'Arsenios dans des conditions telles qu'il est difficile d'y voir seulement un copiste, et non le redacteur du commentaire anonyme."24 So this recension, like recension II, would date only from the fourteenth century.

Tannery also asserted that there are some manu- scripts which contain a conflation of recensions I and II and some others that contain a conflation of recensions III and IV. As a matter of fact the name of Asclepius is given as that of the author of recen- sion IV in some manuscripts which contain this version of the commentary or a conflation of it and

20 Cf. Tannery, Mdmoires scientifiques 2: pp. 302, 306, and 3o1ff.

21 Cf. Hoche, op. cit., Praef. et Part. II (Wesel, I865), pp. ii-xiv.

22 Anecdota Atheniensia et Alia. Tome II: Textes Grecs relatifs d l'histoire des sciences. RIdites par A. Delatte. Bib- liotheque de la Faculte de Philosophie et Lettres de l'Univer- sitd de Lidge. Fasc. LXXXVIII (Paris, I939), pp. I29-I87.

23 Cf. Anecdota Atheniensia 2: pp. I29-130. 24 Cf. Tannery, Mdmoires scientifiques 2: p. 3Io.

recension III. This caused Hardt to think that the work of Asclepius is represented by recension IV, while Philoponus would be the author of recension III.25 But Tannery was right in rejecting this thesis of Hardt, although not entirely for the right reasons. It should be noticed that of the three manuscripts which contain recension III none attributes the work to Philoponus, while the three manuscripts specifically ascribe the work to Asclepius. It is re- cension I and recension II that are ascribed to Philoponus by our manuscripts. There are, how- ever, many manuscripts which really contain re- cension IV and which attribute it to Asclepius; consequently Tannery, perhaps because his know- ledge of the manuscripts that contain recension IV was limited, was mistaken in asserting that recen- sion IV is never attributed to Asclepius26 as we shall see (cf. below p. i8ff.). But this ascription can, nevertheless, be shown to be mistaken.27

Recension I and recension III are so similar that Tannery postulated a common source for both; this source, he thought, must have been a commen- tary to Nicomachus by Proclus now lost. That Proclus wrote a commentary to Nicomachus' Intro- duction to Arithmetic Tannery deduced from a notice by Marinus, who in his life of Proclus says that in a dream it was revealed to the latter that the soul of Nicomachus was in him,28 and from what Suidas says, s.n. TTp6KoAo (3), Tpo6KOS, 6 TpoKAlioS xprlraTrio'aa, OEpeoiCovoS, AaoSlKEias TrfS Eupias, ispo(xav-rrT. Eypays E soXoyiav, Eis TOv rrap' 'Hai6oscp T's TTavbc pas pieOov, Eis ra Xpuoa& wrl, Eis T-rV NIKop((Xov Eicaycoyilv "riv &pliGlOTIrKrVv Kai aTAa -riva yECoPETpiKa. This is then followed by the notice on Proclus the Neoplatonic philosopher. Tannery thought that the attribution of these works to Proclus Procleius, a Hierophant of Laodicea, is due to one of the usual and typical confusions to be

25 Consequently Hardt thought that the Monacensis 43I which contains recension III and ascribes it to Ascle- pius is really due to Philoponus. In this he was followed, in part, by Hoche, op. cit., Praef. et Part. II, p. ii, n. i. Cf. p. I9.

26 Cf. Tannery, Mdmoires scientifiques 2: p. 304: "Rien ne prouve donc que l'attribution a Asclepius (sc. of recen- sion III) soit fautive, tant que ce nom ne se retrouve pas d'une fa9on expresse en tete de la recension IV."

27 Cf. below, pp. i8ff. 28 Cf. Marinus, Vita Procli 28 (Boissonade): OTI T-rS

'EpPaiKfiS eTrl ceipaS actaS pG E&Eacraro (sc. 6 TTp6OKXoS) KaI OTI Triv NtKocXov OU TOU nlucayopEiou YVXiV EXOI ovap rOTE ErirTrEuoEV. This probably implies that Nicomachus also was con- sidered as belonging to the succession of true philosophers or "golden chain" which in Homeric fashion connected men with the divine; cf. D'Ooge, Robbins, and Karpinski, Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduction to Arithmetic, pp. 77-78.

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found in Suidas and that the works attributed to this Proclus Procleius really belong to the Neopla- tonic philosopher. As a matter of fact one manu- script which contains recension II ascribes the commentary to Proclus the Neoplatonic philosopher, not to Proclus Procleius, but this ascription is in any case a mistaken one, as Tannery himself rec- ognized.29

Finally, Tannery indicated the need to publish the commentary of Asclepius and through a com- parison of it with the commentary of Philoponus (represented by recension I) to reconstruct the lost commentary to Nicomachus by Proclus. It is, then, Asclepius' commentary to Nicomachus that I am publishing here for the first time. My study of this commentary and of the three other recensions has led me to the following conclusions which in part modify those of Tannery.

In the first place, one cannot be sure that Proclus did in fact write a commentary to Nicomachus which is now lost. No great trustworthiness can be attached to the notice of Marinus and, in any case, even if what Marinus says should be true, it is to go too far to deduce that Proclus wrote a commen- tary to Nicomachus merely because he thought that the soul of the latter was in him. As to the notice of Suidas, Tannery may be right in thinking that the notice on Proclus Procleius is confused, but if this is so one cannot be sure that the notice of a commentary to Nicomachus is not due to a confusion too. But even if Proclus had written a commentrary to Nicomachus we have no evidence that either Asclepius or Philoponus had access to it. For one thing neither of them was a student of Proclus and on the other hand, and even more significant, Proclus is never mentioned in the com- mentary of Philoponus. He is mentioned once by Asclepius, but in a matter which is really irrelevant to the study of Nicomachus.30

29 That Proclus cannot be the author either of recension I or of recension II is proved by the fact that Ammonius is mentioned in them as "our teacher" (see below pp. 9ff.). The majority of our manuscripts ascribe recensions I and II to Philoponus. The only manuscripts known to me that ascribe the commentary to Proclus are the A theniensis I238, which dates only from the eighteenth century (cf. De- latte, Anecdota Atheniensia 2 p. I30 and n. i), and the Parisinus 2375, in which the ascription to Proclus is recent, the manuscript being really anonymous (cf. Tannery, Mdmoires scientifiques 2: pp. 260, note i and 305).

30 Cf. Asclepius, I. ia 76-80: 6 yap Eql TTp6KXoS' Ei oiv uvVar6v T'OS AUyKS A coS 69p0aX0pos iXovTor& T-vca p[Eyai 8ia paeous

TOVU Cobpotros Kal i68Ei Ko6-pov Koad WrraCav &aKOapciav, -icrOril &av rrTOov Ev iTv -r6 doxaXXiS Kcd cdaoXp6v. Proclus is mentioned again in a scholion found at the bottom of one page in the

manuscripts that contain the commentary of Asclepius. This scholion was written in connection with Asclepius, II.

Of Asclepius we know very little. His only other extant work is his commentary to Aristotle's Meta- physics, which is specifically given as being dTrr (covis 'A.ppcoviou.31 This by itself shows that he was a student of Ammonius the son of Hermeias and in the commentary to the Metaphysics he specifically states it: 6 58 ipcos 'ApIicbvios 6 Ip6TTOKXou v yEyovdoS

6KpocrTrs EOU 6e 'AoKarriTrou 86i8atoKaXoS XAEyEV KTr.,32 and repeatedly calls him 6 (ptlo6aoqos or 6 fli6TEpos qpi6l7aoos.33 From this commentary to the Metaphysics we gather that Asclepius was a philosopher with little of his own to say. He reports what Ammonius must have said and his only con- tribution was to contaminate the first four books (namely the commentary to A, a, B, and F) with extracts from Alexander's commentary.34 We may infer that the part of the commentary that is not contaminated by extracts from Alexander represents the work of Ammonius.35

We also know that Philoponus had some kind of connection with the school of Alexandria, although we do not know exactly what this connection was, and it is even possible that he never belonged for- mally to the school at all.36 Be that as it may, he certainly published many of Ammonius' courses37

iL, and reads as follows: 6 TTA&rcov rv rTEpI -ryv yEcopE6Tpiav ?EyopuVv av &araycyi lh rroiro,'v. &rraycoyh 6S o-rnv, cAs craiv nfp6oKos iv -rT TpiT-r Xo6ycA TrCV EIl TOv rrpT-roV EUKAEiSous TrolXEov, pErTapactlS arr' aXJAou TrpopX7ilraros ii eEcoprjoproS TT'

aXXo, o0i yvco-OevrTOS i Tropio0Evros K al TO rpoKEipEvov ?o-rat

Kaoracqavcs. This is a verbatim quotation of Proclus, In Eucl., p. 212.24-P. 213.2 (Friedlein); one cannot be sure, however, that Asclepius himself wrote the scholion. At any rate it appears to be absent from Philoponus, and even if Asclepius himself wrote the scholion this would show only that he knew Proclus' commentary to Euclid not his supposed commentary to Nicomachus.

31 Cf. Asclepii in Aristotelis Metaphysicorum Libros A-Z Commentaria, edidit M. Hayduck (Berolini, I888) = CAG VI.2.

32 Asclepius, In Metaph., p. 92.29-30 (Hayduck). 33 Cf., e.g., Asclepius, In Metaph., p. 5.6, p. 40.16, p.

43-36-37, P. 121.5. 34 Cf. Hayduck's preface, CAG VI.2, pp. v-vi and

Westerink, Anonymous Prolegomena to Platonic Philos- ophy. Introduction, text, translation and indices (Amster- dam, 1962), p. xi. I am indebted to the learned pages that Professor Westerink devotes to the Alexandrian school in this book.

35 For what we know about Ammonius' life and work cf. Westerink, Anonymous Prolegomena, pp. x-xiii.

36 Cf. Simplicius' attack on Philoponus (De Caelo, p. 42.17 [Heiberg]): 6 86 veap6s iVl0v oirroS Kopa, ipiuaov S8 KOXoI6S KTrX., although here it refers to Philoponus' borrowing from Xenarchus. See also Westerink, R.E.G. 77 (I964), P. 534.

37 Namely, the commentaries to the Categories, Prior and Posterior Analytics, De Anima, De Generatione Ani- malium, Physics, De Generatione et Corruptione, and Meteo- rologica.

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and must have considered himself as one of the official editors of the work of the latter. This much can be gathered from what the ascriptions of our manuscripts tell us.

Asclepius I. S: iULLtoLlCeva X?v V TS &g &PXiq &itsou

aXVnS cp6aIL. <aVTi TOOU) Tfi aPXovomrS OAUrS. XEyEi oCiv 8ia Ta accbioiara TaUOraot On ptpOUVT1a TfMV UirljV. 6 IEVTOI I)tX6acro(o0 'AppIcVIOS, 6 T)PE'TEPOS S1-

a8oKcxaoS, E'p] OTI0 OU KacQOS ETITE TO pEioeCTealt OU8EVos yap 'rrapaSEtyia cx Eo-rv 1i Air' TiS yap EIe1 UArI yEV&- aOai;

Asclepius I. L: XnY y&p 81' 8X5S jv rTCpcT) xal &XXoLWxT. KCaKcS ETrTE Kai TOUTO, COS q)TIcylv 0 eEO0S 8ilSacKta- Aos. SEi yap EiTrEiV CTpElTrptKl Kai dAXoicoTiKfl'" Trrpi au-rrv yap ati TpoTrai Kal aAioicbaEls yivovrat, oO

8ilTrou yap aurr TpeTrpEErat 11 aAAotiOUTai. E? yap au- T1i ETpTrETro, EErTO ETEpas UXrAI E?V EiXEAAEV &Aoxol0- aeac Kai TpETrecreat. bcOrTE auTr'n l pv aTrpETrToS Kai avaAXoicoTros, ra 8E iTEpi avCT1rV E15r11 ao&X?oUvTat, AEyco S'i TrOOTTrrlT-r KaCi wroO6T-rTES Kai slaoEjcriS Kai

EVEpyEiai Kai icr6oTTTEs Kai raVTra v TOC ToiaCra.

Both the commentary of Philoponus and the one by Asclepius have all the characteristics of being notes of a course, as is the case with most of the Neoplatonic commentaries after Proclus. The char- acteristic parts of eEcopia and ~tiS are clearly

Now Ammonius is mentioned by both Asclepius and Philoponus, and they mention him specifically in connection with his interpretations of Nicoma- chus. I transcribe the texts.38

Philoponus I. L: rT)v gt apxsq. a&vri TOU rfs ,apXou- oTlS avTrcv OuAXr &apa yap TTr aPX)i Ka!i l url. Xy?E ouv T CoITK Ta coVTEaTlKa orcra E16rl, ?V 61 KVEKE 6oVTa pUOcEl, ptpiOUVTa Tfis uNKwfS aKciS oV &PXTSs TO aCaTTrov' KaKEiVTI yap, sUV&CIpE T rwavra oCTaa Ta ET8rl, OUK aVEXE- Tra TO aUTO oT0-EyEv ETO805 &C. 6 1pVTOI1 iX?6aoCpos 'Aippj.bvtos, 6 iprEiTEpos 5l6cO'KaiAoS, E?prl OTt ov KaotXS ElT?E -TO pIpicaeat -c' TV VJAv' oU5Ev6o yap Trapxa6Eyyp& Eo-rtv f UXr11 -riS yap 0XEAE uArl yEvEoaat; &AA' ovxl TroCrTO oljpal TO NiK6OjCaXOV 8rlnSOv t5ia -TOv pipioEati, T-r cos Trpos TrapaSlEyja rTacirrv aTrropA3XovTra 1pItE-

Tat aUTrV ra eiSrl, &x' cb5 Ei ?XEyEV OT8I T-r aiotOa-ra 6Ia TOU'TO EV COVVEXE1 TcTI IETa[PO1fi, Tr1 OiKEia aPXq, Tri) vAi cprla, cvvEwo0ji0oi1ovto Va vTC) 1.i_ 8C'vaac i 6tia TO ao-raTOV aUTifi EV auTri Elvat aEi' CorTrEp av Ei Kai rTO EV Tr71oick,6lVE1caio Kai auTorv 61ia Kai rTavTr vo- 1|lovTa, AEyot 'ri TO aoraTro TOU TTroioVu PtuPElocat.

Philoponus I. T: pe7Tin xai. KaKCoS ErrTE Kai TOUJTO, cOs Erl 6 aUTOs5 IJIaV 6t6&aacaoS' E8Et yap EiTEtiv "TpE=TTiKn KaCi a&oiOtwTIK1"r TrEpi auTvt'l yap ai Tpo- Trai Kai ai aA&OICdCYES yivovTart ov 61iTroU yap avT-r TpETTETa 1 aotOuTat. Ei yap aUT] ETpETrETO, EE8T' av ETEpaS 1ANrs Ev i EiEAAEV &dAoioUoJOa t 1 TpEwTEreOat CO(CTE aUTrri pEV aTprprTOS Kai ava?AoiTcoTr, Ta 6S TrEpi avCTVv EiSrt aI?oiOUVTrai, Eyoo 6r TwcrO'6TTrTES Kai TTOIOT6-TES Kai s6aEtO SKa Kai EVEpyEial Kai 1T)I?KO6TI- TES. i(jAov 5E TrO 0C'VOETOV KaTC TauTa TTIV diAoiCOCYIV UWTOpiVEI' TO) pEV yap &a?otoUCiEvov UTr0opVEtv 8Ei Kai

oACOS TO KIVOVp1EvOV' TaUTa &6 ovUX urTropEVEt OTaV KaT'

aUC-ra ra &AAocoiat yEvilTaC TO yap EK AEUKO yItv6OE- vov EXiav, olov avepcoTros, aCrTOs pEv vrowtYEVEI, itcrra- pEvoU 6E TOU AEUKOi &VTtriXaIpaVEIT TO pEAav. ECo-r 6S

n-raAv &rroAoyouiC'Evov V 7rrtp 7T NIKOpaXOU eyEItv OT8 TO o6Ar 6S1' o S TpwTTETat OU)X COS Kai aOrUTT Ka0O UAl' ErOTi TJETapaclcO'rTlS Kai EtioTaotpiEVTr TOV Elval

UAri, &xA' COcrTrEp &V EiTr0tpEV O76ov St' 6A ou TOV Xoh- KOV EiS TO EV aUTco ytvopE6va XCaKUKEtKa E8186 TpEWTE-

cO1at, oU Trfis oucriaS TOU XaXKOU EK rTOU Ei6ous TOU

Eau-rS E{ tirTautEvris, &A . cOS TrEUK6oTOS auTou KaO' OXov aCr6v, ra pEv itlolt IUEI TcOV Ei6ooV, Ta 6E 6EXE- o-eoa, o'Tcos Kai T'iV UAi)V pETapA&Etv Et'prIKE.

38 Cf. also Westerink, R.E.G. 77 (I964): pp. 528-530. I follow Westerink in preferring the reading of the manu- scripts to Hoche's emendations of the text of Philoponus in I I and I. rl. Westerink's emendations in Asclepius, I. L are the readings of the Monacensis 43I and the Ambro- sianus B 77.

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present in both texts.39 Consequently the passages quoted above and whatever else we know of Ascle- pius and Philoponus point to the fact that both commentaries go back to a course on Nicomachus' Introduction to Arithmetic given by Ammonius. To be sure, the expression c-rr6 (pcovfs40 'AAicoviou is lacking from the manuscripts which contain both commentaries; nevertheless, since, as we just said, both commentaries go back to a course on Nico- machus, and given the evidence of the passages quoted above, our conclusion seems to be a safe one.

A comparison of the commentary of Asclepius with that of Philoponus shows that both texts are very close in content and in language. Philoponus' commentary is longer and seems to be a revised and corrected edition of Asclepius' commentary. It is difficult to decide whether Philoponus based his commentary directly on the text of Asclepius or not.41 The other possibility would be that he either had his own set of notes of Ammonius' course on Nicomachus or had access to a version different from that of Asclepius.42 Be that as it may, there can be no doubt that Asclepius' commentary is closer to the lectures of Ammonius than that of Philoponus is; and the inference to be drawn from a close study of both texts is that Philoponus reworked, corrected, and expanded a set of notes into his own commen-

tary. In the two passages quoted above we see that

Asclepius limits himself to a mere report of the criticism that Ammonius directed against Nico- machus, whereas Philoponus not only reproduces the criticism of Ammonius against Nicomachus, but in both passages has a retort to offer to Am- monius on behalf of Nicomachus. This is exactly what we should expect from Asclepius (since, as we said above, he does not appear to have been very original) and from Philoponus who was a philo- sopher of some originality. Two of the courses of Ammonius that he published, the one on the Cate-

gories and the other on the First Analytics3 are also extant in two other versions,44 and his version is in each case quite different from the others. This may be due in part, as Westerink points out,45 to the fact that they may be based on courses of lectures given at different times; but this difference must also be due, in part, to Philoponus' originality in reworking the notes which either he took himself or which were otherwise available to him.46 At any rate his De Aeternitate Mundi Contra Proclum shows that he had some talent of his own. More- over, his attack on Ammonius and his justification of Nicomachus are not unique; we have another such instance in his commentary to Aristotle's Physics, where he attacks Ammonius' defense of Aristotle.47 Moreover, Philoponus as a Christian must have opposed the pagan Ammonius;48 a re- flection of this opposition we have in the very com- mentary on Nicomachus where Philoponus has simply suppressed a text which contains an inter- pretation of Plato's Timaeus in which Ammonius argues for the eternity of the world according to Plato. I transcribe the texts.

43 Cf. CAG XIII.i and CAG XIII.2. 44 Cf. CAG IV.4 and CAG IV.6. 45 Cf. Westerink, R.E.G. 77 (I964): p. 535. 46 For Philoponus' independence and originality as an

editor of Ammonius' courses, cf. also iltvrard, R.E.G. 78 (I965): pp. 596-597.

47 Cf. Philoponus, in Phys., pp. 583.I3-585.4 (Vitelli). Ammonius is not mentioned but in p. 583I.4 6 qtX6oC9oOS most probably refers to him (cf. also p. 584.4: f To0U qplo- a6o(ou uTrrp 'AptorroT-rouvs d&ro7oyia).

48 I am not convinced by Westerink's suggestion (Ano- nymous Prolegomena, pp. xii-xiii) that the concession made by Ammonius in his pact with Athanasius II was a pro forma conversion to Christianity. Cf. 1?vrard, R.E.G. 78 (I965): pp. 597-598.

39 Cf. below, pp. I6-I7. 40 For the meaning of Trr6 (covfis (= "from the teaching

of"), cf. M. Richard, Byzantion 20 (I950): pp. I9Iff. 41 That the commentary of Asclepius was really the

source of the commentary of Philoponus was suggested by Tannery, Mdmoires scientifiques 2: p. IIo, n. 2.

42 These two other possibilities seem to be preferred by Westerink in his article "Deux commentaires sur Nicoma- que: Asclepius et Jean Philopon," R.E.G. 77 (I964): pp. 526-535, esp. p. 535. This article reached me while I was writing this introduction to my edition of Asclepius' com- mentary. I am glad to see that Professor Westerink has reached the same conclusion as I did in regard to the ulti- mate source of these commentaries, namely, that it was a course on Nicomachus given by Ammonius.

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Asclepius I. y 68-79: i< ToiVUV TrorUrcv orTIV EtXio'aacra Kai 'TO Trap&a RTArcovos Ev Tilaiac Eiprl- Eivov' Ti TO Ov p?V aei, yEvsEov 6E OVK ?Xov; Kai Tri-r yiv6OjPvov Pv, Ov 8E o08o-rroTE; 68fjov yap OTI OV ?Ev &di, yEvEoc1v 8E OVK E)XOV TO VOrlTOV Tav Kai a&isov

KacX' Tri 86 TO" yiv6iEvov p.V, OV OVS'Erro0T Tr TrI5E. Kai 'rrpoii-rr6v oTriv Ort oUX, cxS TrvE vopilovucr, -rT yEvr-rTv Ev-raUOa aUrTOv p3oUE-?Tar, TrorUro 6E Eo-ri yE- VTiTS o K6oCioS' &ai yap yiveacrt acurrov AVyEl, a&Aax yEv-rTOv KaXET TO pETa3Xapr'T6v Kai TpE'Trrv cS Eipij- KapEV' oOEV Kaci v (&vri TroO Kupicos ovros) OE6?wTOT?

Eo-ri' Ir&S yap uivaTrat;

We can see that Philoponus has suppressed Am- monius' specific interpretation of the Timaeus as asserting the eternity of the world and his polemic against those who thought that Plato in calling the universe yevrnr6s was postulating an origin for it; Philoponus has replaced this passage with a non- committal ylv6Opvov 86 Kai oUwSETroTr TO Tr r rrav at& TrO vXuvXe TrS peTa3poXMS. One must grant to Philoponus the desire to correct Asclepius' Greek, but this still does not justify the suppression of this text. We know that Ammonius believed in the eternity of the cosmos,49 a dogma that Philoponus as a Christian did not accept and against which he wrote at length in his De Aeternitate Mundi. It should also be noticed that in another place of his commentary to Nicomachus, Philoponus, in con- nection with this same passage of the Timaeus (27 D-28 A), says: Or' 6'E Kai ra oupavla aXotoiTrai Kacrra Troi6TrT-a, Ev TraTS eiS Tr ME-rTcopa cXo(XaCIs ESEiCapIEV (Philoponus, I. 1S, 4-5), whereas there is no such reference and no such notion about -r opa&via in the commentary of Asclepius. Professor Westerink rightly maintains that Philoponus is referring to his own commentary on Aristotle's Meteorologics; and he asserts that this part of the commentary to which Philoponus is referring has been lost. Ac- cording to tvrard, however, the reference is to an extant part of Philoponus' commentary to the Me- teorologics.50 In this passage Philoponus argues against Aristotle's notion that the sun is the source of heat because of its motion and concludes that it is the source of heat because it is itself hot, a con- clusion which for Philoponus entails that the sun

49 In the commentary to the Metaphysics Asclepius specifically attributes to Ammonius the belief in the eternity of the cosmos; cf., e.g., p. 89.4-5; p. 90.27-28; p. I71.9-II; p. I86.1-2; p. 194.23-26; p. 226.12-15; quoted by Westerink, Anonymous Prolegomena, p. xii, n. 28. On Asclepius I. y 68-79 cf. n. ad loc.

50 Cf. CAG XIV, i, pp. 49.25-52.5. See Evrard, R.E.G. 78 (I965): pp. 593-594-

Philoponus I. y 54-58: ?K Tro'rTov To-riv TriXola- o!}ai Kai 'TO Trap&a TAarcovos Ev Tipcxaic EIoiypEvov' ri rTO Ov ai, yEVEaIv 8E O0UK EXOV; T'i 8 TO yIv6Opvov pEv, Ov 5E o8UiTwrorE; 8qfov yap OT-rI y PEv aEi, yEVEacV 86 OIK ?XOV TO vo1rTOv iwav Kai ciSiov KCaXET 5ia rTO wraVTTr aVpE?Tap&rlTrov ElvaI, yiv6OPivov 86 Kai o wTTrroTr 6O TO T-ro WV ta TO ojvexsE TjS pS ?TaC 3poAg.

must experience also qualitative change, whereas for Aristotle the sun is avaXAoioTov. This is clear from Philoponus' own words (Philoponus, In Me- teor., p. 50, 20-28): Ei pil WTraVTEAoS aTrraOS ?OCTIV EKETVO -TO acota rIS' avact?oicoTOV, &AAoico(lS 6 o(YC-

parTO oV6&v ETEp6V T arTIV q pEf o TaPo,1 KaTa 'rroi6TrTra,

Trra&olS 56 (TCOLaTTIKiS Trroi6TrTo ati T 5pcoTCt S0o TCrOV

avTirtOaEcoV EaOpXouo'v Tr TrOU Opp0oj Kai TroU WuvXpou TOOU E?pOU TE Kai vypOi, KCai EorTV a&8UvaTov TOV &a- XCV E?TEXEIV TIVOS TO)V PI TOUOTCOV pErT?XOTra rp6OTEpOV (Tra&aa yap 'ApioroTo-rXiS ?eIsg TE S rac AXas iTr' EKeivaS &vayvopivas), e oUv &aotoUTrai Ktai wraCXEI TO OEOV a5cpa, TravTcoS a&vyKrl Ka-ra Trva TCrV Eiprlpivcov T?C- 'rapcov TOIOT-il-rV rpoiryoupEvcos aXotiovo eat, KaeQ

6oKET Kai 'lTXrcovt. Perhaps this is not the pas- sage to which Philoponus refers in his commen- tary to Nicomachus, since it only refers to thesun; but however this may be, there is no question that Evrard is right in considering that the whole passage is connected with Philoponus' polemical attitude towards the dogma of the eternity of the cosmos,51 and it is important that Philoponus refers to this doctrine of his about T-r ovpa&vta in the commentary to Nicomachus. Asclepius for his part considers that Tr& oipa&vla are intermediate between the in- telligible world and the realm of yVEtols and express- ly says that they are subject only to change of place, and implicitly denies that they can experience any change of ovocia. Just before the passage where he argues against those who interpret the Timaeus literally he says (Asclepius, I. y, 55-68): -ra IEVTOI

oipavta, coS p-rTaUi 6VTra, EKEiVOIS .?V Kc-ra Tr1V ovariav KOIvcovEi (Kai yap auTa aitia Kai OETa), fiPiv 85 KaT' Ev)pyE1ta ( jiETaXArlrTa yap, aXX' ouX or'rcos

IuETs)- aSa TrVil TOT-IKT1V pov16v IJiTcapOAlV irro- pIVOUCvot KaOo aTrro &varroNXcv 7Ti Suo'apX KiVOUVTLra Kai TTr voUCp&jv Erli avaTroX&s. rTO TXrov o0v EKEI-

51 Cf. 1-vrard, op. cit., and also in Bulletin de l'Academie Royale de Belgique, Classe des Lettres 39 (I953): pp. 333- 334.

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voIS KOlvcovEl, cds rTrX lAnC ovra TroIs &Ei Kal dcaacOroos ovaiv- OTI yap EKEIVOIS KOIVCOVE1 6 ovpavos Kai TrpoS TO) 6EicO Eci KCa KaCtaposp TruyX&v, 8?Xov K Troi voPil[EiV TpaS Kai TOV OEbV KE1i Elvat, 6c00rEp yap TOV EyK pcaXov pAXXov awToXaUE1v A"yopEv TOV Trfs vuvXiS EvEpyEcov, OUT'co Kai aCOr6v 6QOv Kai -ra X1paS rr'v- TES oi avpco)Troi EiX6OPEvoI EiS oupavov EVTrEivopEv cbS av ?K?1 TOVJ OEiov KaTOIKOUvrOS. The fact that Philopo- nus in the parallel passage to the lines of Asclepius just quoted52 has preserved this same notion that TO- ov- pavia are intermediate and that they only experience change of place, can only be explained as an oversight on his part. At any rate he suppressed the interpreta- tion of the Timaeus as upholding the eternity of the world, and he later inserted a reference to his own doctrine that Tr oOipacvia &7Aotoirrat Kcrra Tro6- TrTra.

It is also noteworthy that Asclepius in I. s and Philoponus in I. Z have 6 pEvrot p lX6raoos 'AppIcVIOS, 6 1rE TpoS i&aoxKaXoS, whereas when in I. I As- clepius writes co prIv 6 OETo S 86a1KoxaoS, Philopo- nus in I. rT has cos eqpr 6o acxbroS ilfpv St6a<aKcos; it is not surprising that the Christian Philoponus avoids the word e10os here.

Of the two commentaries the one by Asclepius is shorter and bears the marks of being much closer to the course given by Ammonius than the com- mentary of Philoponus (see also below pp. I2f.). The lemmata in Asclepius are longer than those given by Philoponus (if Hoche's edition of Philopo- nus can be trusted);53 the latter's lemmata are limited to one or two essential words, whereas those given by Asclepius are usually sufficient for the understanding of the commentary. There are many places, however, where Philoponus has given a different word or different words of Nicomachus as

52 Cf. Philoponus, In Nicomachi Isagogen I, y, 46-54: Tra pEVTOIr oVpavia, cds pETarU d&pipoTipcov OVTra, EKEiVOIS

EV KcrTa T-rV oicrlav KOIVCOVET, 5O &Tp'TapXrTa KaCT' ouoiav,

rilJiv 8e KCCT' MV?pyEtav' E?TacXArTa yap TaUcra, T-v TOWTlKTV IpETX-

poThiv UVrToT,vov-Tar KCaeo a&To avraTocv ETiT 8urap&S KIVEtTaT Kai &aiT 8ualcov ETri avaTroXaS'a TO iTrXEOV OtJV EKEiVOIS KOIVCOVET, CbS

Tr7XrlacatovTa TOI &dai Kai cocavrcoAS EXOUCvIV' oQe Kal wT'avTe

TKEI TOV EOEv iSpUioal voCpilovutv, c6S5 tJiAAov TOrv oupavlcov Tfrs EKEiVOU eXAc(apco5 ECS IETEXOVTCOV coaTrep yap TOV EyKEcaAov piA- Xov a&XrrToauc v EiyopEv TCOV T- ns yvX)(qS vEpyEicov, OVTCO Kai 'TOv

oVpaVOv T-rS TOJU EOs pya&Xov EiKOS perTXEIV EXMPaECoS' oOEEV Kai

rTas Xipas TrC'VTES ot avepco-Trol E'X6Jpvoi a&vco atpouiov Cos &v

EKEl TOOU OEIo KaTOrKOUVTOS. 53 I mention this in view of the fact that Hoche used

only a few of the extant manuscripts of recensions I and II. Thanks to the courtesy of Professor David Pingree of the University of Chicago, who lent me a microfilm of cod.

Gayri islami Eserler, Poz Topkapi Sarai5 in Istanbul which contains recension II, I have been able to see that the lemmata in recension II are longer and sometimes different from those of the commentary by Philoponus as published by Hoche.

the lemmata of certain paragraphs. I have given at the bottom of each page the numbers of the para- graphs of the commentary of Philoponus that cor- respond to those of the Asclepius commentary. In the commentary itself there are similarities and differences; but where there are similarities the reader will see that the two texts are so close that the corrections, expansions and suppressions of Philoponus cannot conceal the fact that he used the commentary of Asclepius or another version very close to our Asclepius as the basis of his text. If I am right in thinking that the commentary of As- clepius was left unrevised (see below p. 2 f.), then the possibility is that this is what led Philoponus to revise the commentary and publish it under his name.

Philoponus, while correcting the text, has per- fected and expanded some of the references to ancient authors quoted or paraphrased by Ammo- nius, has suppressed some, and has added some new ones. But we should not always assume that the quotation or paraphrase given by Philoponus is better than the one given by Asclepius. For certain texts Philoponus probably did not have anything else to consult but the text of the notes of Ammonius' lectures. That this would not prevent him from expanding can be seen from the report that he gives of the opinion of Ammonius quoted above (cf. Asclepius, I. Z = Philoponus, I. rl); for the opinions of Ammonius Asclepius must remain our main source. Where Philoponus agrees with him we have a confirmation; where he deviates we must assume that this is not Ammonius. Many times what Asclepius and Philoponus quote or para- phrase from ancient authors is probably based only on the text of Nicomachus that Ammonius must have had in front of him while he lectured.

Granted that the text of Asclepius as preserved in the manuscripts is often corrupt, still there are some mistakes and inaccuracies that go back to the author. Such phenomena point to the conclusion that the text of Asclepius was left unrevised by its author and was probably never meant for publica- tion. If we remember that Asclepius' commentary goes back to a course given by Ammonius most of these inaccuracies can be explained. There are of course some indications that Asclepius revised his

original material, as is shown by his calling Am- monius 6 i'uITEpoS 5i8ao-KaxoS, etc. But such revi- sion was not at any rate complete, for the latter part of the commentary, especially in the second book, shows more signs of being an unrevised draft than the first pages would lead us to suppose. The bulk of Asclepius' commentary consists, then, of notes taken from Ammonius' lectures on Nicoma-

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chus. Similar characteristics in the Anonymous Prolegomena to Platonic Philosophy led Professor Westerink to the same conclusion.54 Philoponus has corrected this kind of inaccuracy, which shows that he reworked his set of notes of the course given by Ammonius. The following additional evi- dence seems to support our conclusion: Asclepius has a wrong reference to Aristotle's De Anima55 which Philoponus has omitted. A wrong reference can easily happen in a lecture where the lecturer may probably be quoting or paraphrasing from memory; but a wrong reference would be more difficult to explain if a person revised a text with a view to publication. In the commentary of Ascle- pius we find mistakes, inaccuracies, and unnecessary repetitions of examples which cannot in all instances be ascribed to scribes' mistakes.56 In the correspond- ing passages of the commentary of Philoponus we find the necessary corrections. Philoponus also offers us more accurate and grammatical Greek, although we cannot always assume that he intended to correct Asclepius or his immediate source, since in other places he uses the same constructions57 that we find in Asclepius.

Now the fact that Philoponus revised either the commentary of Asclepius or another version close

Asclepius I. K0 8-15: OTr 86 Xaipouciv ati uvXai Trri Tr i EipoaEl T-rOV 8oypaTrcov, 6ifov K T7O 'qiSEeat

PiaLs EivpioKoVTa's -r, Kai ovrcoAS i6SE0eai cos Kai Sa- Kpuov TrpoX)(ETeoal. &PaXEl Kai 6 9ptXo6o0pos 'ApipcbvIos EX?yEv OrT "Errpac'rr6 TIVI avSpi ypaipaS, Kali i5ETO Travu 7Ayovro6s pou -r6 eEcbprlpa. 60 v raucaapEvou poU p:rl 'XAvrTouat o-r vrov wrrXipcooaS, fi'eAov y&p

<KOiUEv TfiS &rroSEiEoCo'."

Just immediately before this passage there is a quotation of Hesiod, Opera et Dies, from which Philoponus has suppressed half a line.62

Nevertheless, the language, the unnecessary re- petitions, and the mistakes which are present in the text of Asclepius make it plausible that his version is very close to the lectures given by Am- monius and that Philoponus reworked this text of Asclepius or another set of notes close to our Asclepius

54 Cf. Westerink, Anonymous Prolegomena, pp. ix-x and n. 4.

55 Cf. Asclepius, II. Ar 5-6 and n. ad loc. 56 Cf., e.g., notes to I. vs, vO, gs, pta, pKe, etc. 57 Cf. below p. 22f. 62 Cf. n. to I. KO.

to it does not entitle us to the conclusion that in all instances the commentary of Philoponus is the more correct one. Some examples will suffice to make this clear. If Hoche's edition of Philoponus' commentary can be trusted, in the first book, paragraphs I. iL and I. rll, which are comments to Nicomachus 1.2.4, are really in the reverse order, whereas the corresponding passages in the version of Asclepius, I. ty (= Philoponus, I. It) and I. 16 (= Philoponus, I. iL) are in the correct order.58 Sometimes the paragraphing of Asclepius is better than that of Philoponus; for example, Asclepius, I. tO = Philoponus I. Ka; but whereas Philoponus has this paragraph as part of his commentary to Nicomachus 1.2.5, Asclepius includes his comments in the paragraph devoted to Nicomachus 1.3.3, which is more correct.59 There are in Asclepius some references to ancient authors which have been suppressed by Philoponus. He has done so with the quotation or paraphrase from Proclus60 and with the story about Plato and the duplication of the cube.61 The story that Asclepius narrates men- tioning the name of Ammonius, Philoponus modifies to show his special relationship with the latter.

Philoponus I. Ke 6-II: Ort S6 Xaipoucvv ai vuxai ?Tti 7ri EvpEal TrC)v soypoaTcov, 86Xov K Tro7 i5Eo-e6at riPaS eVpioKovTras T-, Kai ourcoS 'iSecrai os U)p' fiSovfis Kai a6CKpUOV TrOAA CKtS TrpOXElOCai. Trro7r youv TiS Ep0o cuviOrlS o&r6Steiv yECOpE'TpiKOU TlVros Ecop1lpaT'OS vrrb TO U tlbacoKac ov rrapaXapcBov Kai Tri KaTaoKUvij Aiav Eprl856pevoS, wTreIS? 1rpbs -TCo aTuprpacpaTi yE- yovev, aviao-eat Eprl TOU Ao6you 'rpas ?iXrp90Tro, bco- Trep Ei 'lrs o6cp Afiav f6iovTl qiO Tlr nvi, TreVlSav 5a-

wravTr0eiTi, AuTrov0pCVOS.

into his own commentary. Philoponus has also ex- panded the original commentary adding examples and quotations,63 tightening some explanations64 and including some philosophical digressions.65

We have said that both the commentary of As- clepius and that of Philoponus go back to a course on Nicomachus given by Ammonius; this is based

58 Cf. also note to I. ty-iS 59 On the problem of paragraphing, cf. p. 22. 60 Cf. Asclepius I. ia 76-80 and n. ad loc. 61 Cf. Asclepius II. iL 8-17 and n. ad loc. 63 Cf. e.g. Philoponus I. KL 2-3 and note to I. a, Philo-

ponus I. Aa 5 and n. to I. Aa 64 Cf. Asclepius I. vs = Philoponus I. Ca and n. to I. vs

Asclepius I. v0 = Philoponus I. is and n. to I. ve etc. 65 Cf., e.g., Philoponus I. porl and n. to I. pvp.

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on the following facts: (a) that both commentaries still preserve the divisions into eEcA)pia and A'~iS,66 (b) that both commentaries quote Ammonius in connection with his interpretations of Nicomachus, (c) other evidence concerning Ammonius' activities in the school of Alexandria. We may now add the following considerations. We know that Ammonius was not inclined to publish the lectures he gave and that he left the publication of them to his students. All the works that we possess by him, ex-

cept his commentary to the De Interpretatione, are said in one form or another to be &rro q covi 'AI.Wo- vio.67 We also know that his fame rested not only in his ability as an Aristotelian commentator, but also in his competence as a mathematician and astro- nomer. This is shown by two extracts from Damas- cius' Life of Isidorus preserved by Photius, cod. i8i, I27 A 5-IO (Bekker - p. i92, Henry): Kai 'Appc'bvioS Ev 'AXE~avbpEia 6 'EpPEi'oV, by oivi ps'po

6Tpco -rC-OV KaO' 'Tav-rOv AEri 9poaopi'a prlai (sc. 6 aaa'rKtoS) Siaq(pE'lv, Kai p&Xi.xo-ra TroIS t.cxjae .aai.

T-rovOV Kal -T&)v VRaTcAOVlKCOV F'Tflyij-r'v airrcp yEyE- vjaci Aatoi'aoKios vaypa&pEI, KCa TfjS ouvra Ecos Tr&v

a0o-rpovo0iLCmov ITTTo7?Eaiov 13Ptf3 v. cod. 242, 341 B 22-28 (Bekker): OTti 6 'Appc'bvios (piNo-rrovcb1T aVroS yY- 'YOVE, Kacl TU\Ei'-OovS &'AXpE71VE TC)v TrCA'7OT?E yEYEV1PEVCOV

E'rfyrT$vr I.L&71ov 8E -ra 'Apl(rro-r6NovuS E'01(KT0T. E-rT 8E Bt11VEYKEV 01. TC_)V KaOe' EiavTOv p6vov daxKai TrG$v TTrpEOj3pvT2pcoV TOO T[p6KAov E-rTaipcov, boMyou 6n crro- 62CE Kat -rc)V TTCA'rTOTE EYEYEVrj.EVCA)V Ei'TE7i1V, T"a aI.tI

YECITE-rpiav TE Kai &aoTpovotitav. See also what Pho- tius says in his own name, whether he derived it from Damascius or not, speaking ai propos of the obscurity of Nicomachus' Theologumena, cod. 187, 145 A

35-40 (Bekker = p. 48, Henry): EiTE'i viiv -rTa TE yECo-

PETrpIKa KCa aptl.yrtiKa' Kai T"r7cXXa TG-v i.taOip&rcv, cb Kca 0rVi ojCVETriorTacrat, -ITr 'it TC6)V f i.a&S EYVcOK6- TGA)V ON1 EPXTT0ov, olpat, -roij -rrmatiS 'EpjE'ioV (ol8as

avTrcos TTlV TrEPi TaV.IT otT a -roi 'A.wcoviov)

iayKpIPoCiBai, Kall oV'SE%v aCrTroVS ?6eot &av -rSv Oe&)pr - 'ar~w auvEi'mtoaot.T 1K aXos Trc TrrEpt apti.cov PaTcov, io -KErEcn vKXE7 NIK' 11 'Cj rpidptep

- Trr6vcp.68 So, although we are not expressly told that

Asclepius' and Philoponus' commentaries to Nico- machus are a&rro .pcovis 'Apicov(ov in all probability they are.69

This conclusion is strengthened by the occurrence in both commentaries of doctrines that are typical of Ammonius. We have already referred to his

interpretation of the Timaeus as upholding the

eternity of the world and to the fact that the eter-

66 Cf. below pp. i6f. 67 Cf. Richard, Byzantion 20 (1950): PP. I92ff., and

Westerink, Anonymous Prolegomena, p. xi. " Cf. also Simplicius, In Phys., p. 59, 23-30. 69 Cf. also Westerink, R.E.G. 77 (1964): pp. 533-534.

nity of the world was a belief of Ammonius. Other

examples of doctrines that either originated with Ammonius or were held by him are his derivation of ao(p(a from aaqA'a (Asclepius I. a 6ff. - Philopo- nus, I. a 7ff.) which he somehow read into Aristotle, Metaphysics 993 B 7-II (see Asclepius, I. a 8-io =

Philoponus, I. a IO-I3 and Asclepius, I. y 36ff. =

Philoponus, I. y 33ff.). These texts should be com- pared with Asclepius, in Metaph., p. 3.30-34 (Hay- duck), ibid., p. 4.30-35, ibid., p. I4.32-p. I5.2, ibid., p. I9.33-34, ibid., p. II4.1-io and 29ff., ibid., p. 117.24-32; Philoponus, Anal. Post., p. 332.5-24 (Wallies), Philoponus, De Anima, p. 23.26-p. 24.3 (Hayduck).10 It was a characteristic in the school that references and quotations from ancient authors became stereotyped. See, for example, the connec- tion of Pythagoras and of the definition (ptkoaoq'a Eo-ril pt?da uoypias with the quotation of Homer, Iliad XV.4I2 and the particular quotation of Iliad XXIII.7I2 as E'frei aoyoS flpapE TEKTwcAV (Asclepius, I. a 34ff. == Philoponus, I. a 32ff.) and compare with Ammonius, In Porphyrii Isagogen, p. 9.7-I5 (Busse). Also remarkable is the quotation of Iliad

XX.2i6-2I7 (which is expanded by Philoponus: he

quotes lines 2I5-2i8) in connection with humanity's loss and recovery of knowledge and which is repro- duced in the same connection in Asclepius, In

Metaph., p. IO.30-p. 11.5 (Hayduck).7' In the second book of Asclepius' commentary a

passage occurs which reads as follows (Asclepius II. ta 37-38): EorTt 8' Ka'ai &AAri p6Oo8oS -rTETpay'vcov, liTiS

6vop1tae-rat 6(av?1oS, EiprjT-rat 8' Katl Ev -rTaiS vctyKaiS

(sic). Since there is a similar passage in the commen-

tary of Philoponus (II. a 9Ig-20): Ego-rt 8 Kai &Aij pVEo8oS -rETpayCo'vcAv, ITIS 'VOVpa'.ETrat iavXoS, E(prl- -rTat 8' E ti-v Ev T0ols tvaJtKois -imrpl avrroij-, and in the latter it refers to Philoponus' commentary to Aristotle's Physics,72 it may be thought at first that the commentary of Asclepius cannot go back to Ammonius. But this supposed difficulty disappears

70 Philoponus I. a 8-42 (= TTEpI Ii7oaoypias, fr. 8 [Ross]) was taken by Bywater, Journal of Philology 7 (1877): PP. 64-75, who was followed by many critics, as a fragment from Aristotle's De Philosophia. But the quotation or paraphrase from Aristotle comes from Metaphysics a minor (993 B 7-Ii), as is said both by Asclepius (I. y, 36ff.) and Philoponus (I. y, 33ff.); cf. also the passage from Philoponus' De Anima mentioned above in the text. This was first seen by Cherniss, Gnomon 31 (1959): p. 38 and n. 4 and 5. See also my review of Untersteiner, Aristotele. Della Filosofia (Roma, 1963), in AJP 87 (1966): esp. pp. 467-468, and notes to I. a and I. y. Cf. also W. Haase, "Ein vermeintliches Aristoteles-Fragment bei Johannes Philoponos," Synusia. Festgabe ftir Wolfgang Schadewaldt (1965), PP. 323-354.

7' Cf. n. to I. a. 72 Cf. Philoponus, In Phys., p. 393, I5-27 (Vitelli).

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once we recall that Philoponus' commentary to Aristotle's Physics is said to be based on a course given by Ammonius, so that in the commentary of Asclepius Ammonius himself is referring to his own lectures on Aristotle's Physics. Moreover, in his commentary to the Metaphysics, Asclepius also refers to the commentary on the Physics.73

The method to find square numbers called 8iaUvos is not original with Ammonius, since it was known to Iamblichus,74 and from the way in which the latter refers to it75 we may infer that he was not its inventor either. The 8iaucAo is based on the principle that the sum of two consecutive triangular numbers is a square, a principle which is stated by Nicoma- chus himself.76

It will be well now to compare briefly the commen- tary of Iamblichus with those of Asclepius and Philoponus. It is necessary to give first a short characterization of Nicomachus' treatise.77 Whereas Euclid represents numbers by straight lines to which letters are attached, a system which allows him to work with numbers in general without having to attach specific values to them, Nicoma- chus represents numbers with letters having specific values, a system which forces him to give examples with concrete numbers after a general principle has been stated. This way of representing numbers is, however, not the cause, but rather the consequence of the fact that in Nicomachus we do not find real

73 Cf. Asclepius, Metaph., p. 236, 1-I12: i& -roUTo AEy-o- PiV iv T OUai)iKi &KpOaCOi 6T Tt OatTa AyEI EIval a-roiXElov Kal ap- xnv.

Philoponus I. 18 4-5 has also a reference to his own commentary to Aristotle's Meteorology: 6O-rl Koa T r oup&vla daAoiourai KaT-ra roioTrTa, kv -ras EiS T-r ME-rcopa aooXaiT ^8EiSapEv. Cf. above pp. I-I2. Philoponus I. pKS 7ff., EprIrai 8 iv -ralS K-rrl yoapic OTI Trv rrp6s Ti Ta r& lv rpos 6ucovvuiav A'yeTrai, cos 6 qpiAos qiAou q(piAo ... T'a 86 wrpoS Te-

pcbvupa, bos 5SEar6TrjiS rrpos BoCAov KTr., contains a re- ference not to Aristotle's Categories but to Philoponus' Commentary (cf. CAG XIII, I: p. I05, iff.). Neither of these two references is to be found in Asclepius' Commentary.

74 Cf. Iamblichus, In Nicom. Arith. Introd. Liber, p. 75, 25ff. (Pistelli).

75 Cf. Iamblichus, In Nicom. Arith. Introd. Liber, p. 75, 25-26 (Pistelli): Iv TE rij Karr& TOrv Esy6opEvov 1iauov; ibid., p. 80, II: Kal K(a r TOV EIpTpIVOV Sfaouov; ibid., p. 80, 20-22:

TrEpi 85 Tfs Kora TO-rv AeYO6EVOV Siavov aOCrov ysVicrEWoS PIKpCp

Trp6oOsv ElprCrai; ibid., p. 88, I6-17: r Kar& T6rv EipTjIeVov

8icavXov rTCO TrTpaycbvcov yyveicS. For the SiavxAo in Iam- blichus, cf. Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics 1: pp. 113-114.

76 Nicomachus, Introduction to Arithmetic II. 12.I-2. Cf. D'Ooge, Robbins, and Karpinski, Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduction to Arithmetic, p. I28, n. 2 and the references there given.

77 Cf. Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics 1: pp. 97- 99.

mathematical proofs. At times Nicomachus simply enunciates a general proposition and proceeds to give concrete examples of it, while on other occa- sions he leaves the general proposition to be inferred from the particular examples given. This method leads him on one occasion to a serious mistake when he infers a characteristic of the subcontrary pro- portion from what is true only of the particular example of subcontrary, namely, 3, 5, 6, which he has chosen to illustrate this proportion.78 These characteristics of Nicomachus' treatise are probably due, as Heath maintains,79 to the fact that Nico- machus was not really a mathematician and intended his treatise to be a popular treatment of arithmetic designed to acquaint the beginner with the most important discoveries in the field up to the time of its composition.

Iamblichus' Commentary to the Introductio Arith- metica of Nicomachus is, strictly speaking, a differ- ent treatise on the same subject. Iamblichus does not comment on the text of Nicomachus, but pro- ceeds to develop his subject, basing his treatment of arithmetic on Nicomachus' Introductio Arithme- tica.80 By and large he follows the order and the contents as given by Nicomachus.81 At times he omits something,82 but for the most part he has added new material. The most important additions of Iamblichus to the Nicomachean original are: (a) new examples and observations based on the material already given by Nicomachus ;83 (b) histor- ical notes on some propositions and theorems;84 (c) discussions on the virtues of numbers according

78 Cf. Nicomachus, Introduction to Arithmetic II. 28.3; see note to II. p and the references there given.

79 Cf. Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics 1: p. 98. 80 Cf. Iamblichus, In Nicom. Arith. Introd. Liber, p. 4,

I2-p. 5,25 (Pistelli), especially p. 4, 12-14: EOpiolKOpeV 8^ 1TavTra KOCTM& yvcbtirv Trp TvvOay6pa TOrv NiK6Opa(ov IrEpi arTfis &WO8SE8oK6OTa iv Trj 'ApiOprlrTIKi TrXVI9.

81 For a comparison of the contents of Iamblichus' Com- mentary with those of Nicomachus' Introduction, cf. D'Ooge, Robbins, and Karpinski, Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduc- tion to Arithmetic, pp. 127-131.

82 For example Iamblichus omits 1.6 and 11.5 of Nico- machus' Introductio Arithmetica.

83 Cf., e.g., Iamblichus, In Nicom. Arith. Introd. Liber, p. 88, I5-p. 9I, 3 (Pistelli), where he expands what Nico- machus says about square and heteromecic numbers, basing his observations on the same table given by Nico- machus.

84 Cf., e.g., Iamblichus, In Nicom. Arith. Introd. Liber, p. io, 8-24 (Pistelli): definitions of number according to Thales, Pythagoras, Eudoxus, Hippasus, and Philolaus; ibid., p. II, I-26: discussion of the monad (see especially lines 7-9: ouVKEX)t< ivcos 8 ol XpuoViw'rrToi XyovrTEs "POV&s kCTi TTrAXos ?v").

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to the Pythagoreans;85 (d) criticisms of Euclid;86 (e) the "epanthema" of Thymaridas;87 (f) the 8icravos theorem.88

The essential difference between the In Nicomachi Arithmeticam Introductionem Liber of Tamblichus and the commentaries by Asclepius and Philoponus is that the latter are in the form of scholia to the text of Nicomachus, whereas the work of Iambli- chus is really a treatise on arithmetic based on Nicomachus' Introductio Arithmetica. Moreover, the commentaries of Asclepius and Philoponus were not meant to explain the text of Nicomachus as, say, Alexander's Commentary to Aristotle's Metaphysics was meant to explain the content of the Aristotelian

Asciepius I. a 62-64: o~rroS -ro(vvv 6 cKo-oTO'S TOXj

auyypaVwJaTrOS. (p PE E~ ?ovrr6v -rTiv Eiw r1yr1acj- I2Eea.

Asclepius I. ta 8o-8i: -racia-r' Eo-riv 'a 0o?iXE-rati bia -rox5Tcov 5iba'~Sat.

Asclepius I. K6 9-IO: -raCrra o'Vv 'Eo-riv & -rrpoilpTy-rai 8i'a -rovTrCO)V ETI-rrEV.

Asclepius I. 7y 83-84: -au)a oiv poiAs-rai iyffv f

TrrapoCoaa OECOpia trily'ilaaxeat.

AsclepiusI. L cp 40-41: -rat-rra i'a rfis 'rapoio-rls OsCopiaaS pace7ao6'PEea.

Asciepius I. vr 49-50: -aOura' Eaoriv & lotAE-rai 8i&a -roiTcowv i5a'ctai.

Asclepius I. SS 33-34: Ta-rar 'o-rv & '3oGE-rTa1 ba TroiTWC)V El-TTE8V.

Asciepius I. op 99-io0: &TTOv oi~v avayvayVCEv -rTlV

XE4LV, -rrav-rTa y"ap -r"a p.E2ov-ra AE'yEe&at aaqJS 'rsE- ODEcA)pTITat.

Asclepius I. or0 35-37: E1 & Kai' &?X\o -rrapai<KoXove avTw-, avayvGA)ev T11V XE'~Iv Kcai 8Uppl1aOIEV.

85 Cf. lamblichus, In Nicom. Arith. Introd. Liber, p. i6, iI-p. 20, 6 (Pistelli): discussion of the number 5 as justice; ibid., p. 34,20-p. 35,Io: virtues of the number 6 according to the Pythagoreans.

88 Cf., e.g., lamblichus, In Nicom. Arith. Introd. Liber, p. 20, 7- p. 21, 4 (Pistelli): criticism of Euclid's definition of the "even-times even," a criticism which we find also in Asclepius (I. Ca) and in Philoponus (I. Srj); see note to I. ca; ibid., p. 30, 27-P. 31, 2I: criticism of Euclid because Euclid considers 2 a prime number; Jamblichus follows Nicomachus in considering that prime number is a sub- division of odd number, not of number in general (cf. note to I. -rry).

87 Cf. lamblichus, In Nicom. Arith. Introd. Liber, pp. 62, i8-68, 26; see Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics 1: PP. 94-96.

88 Cf. above, n. 74.

treatise; they are based, as we said,89 on a course on Nicomachus given by Ammonius and they preserve the divisions into eEsCp('a and ?E~is which are charac- teristic of the commentaries &rr' qpcovfs of the school of Alexandria from Ammonius' time on. The &opia is a more or less mechanical division of the text in which the commentator explains the general purpose and gives an interpretation of a part of the text which is being studied; then in the 7~tS he discusses details of the text whenever this is con- sidered necessary.90 I give below a selection of passages from the first book of Asclepius and Philo- ponus which refer to these divisions.

Philoponus I. a 75 . ? 8iPE Ti~V. ?tv aVTTjV E'E-

"raacoliEv.

Philoponus I. Xb 51-52: -ra '1 oV OiV XEyoj.Eva Trrapa -roU NiKopa'Xov -rotau"-ra- 'f8COLLEV 8' Kal -

K "aTa tv

Philoponus I. 1.3 24-25: -raCra i&a T-s T~rapo*-ris eECOpia& ~aOra6T0pEeOa.

Philoponus I. S8 15: TE'CAs 8E vujv XovTT6v TflV ?ltv T?rrA8co~Ev.

Philoponus I. oe 65: e&"r-ov oivv aVayvc-I.IEV TflV NEI-

'iv, -rr'av-ra y"ap -r'a pIE'Novra ?MyE&Oat aaqpx-S -rEOECO- pTyrai.

Philoponus I. -rrl 3 Cbs Ev -rO)l Ltcp lTpoeiplyral.

Philoponus I. n68 45-46: E'Tt S 'TEapa1K<oxVEd avU,rTc Kat aAAc Tlvd, &TrrEp ThV A~~v dc5(Vay1VC2OrOVTES EVjpfl-

'a'Na-rv' aavyiOO

89 Cf. above pp. 9ff. 'I Cf. Richard's article quoted above in n. 40; A.-J.

Festugiere, "Modes de composition des Commentaires de Proclus" Museum Helveticum 20 (i963): PP. 77-IOO; Westerink, Damascius, Lectures on the Philebus Wrongly Attributed to Olympiodorus (Amsterdam, ig59), p. ix; Westerink, R.E.G. 77 (i964): p. 528 and n. 8.

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In the commentary of Asciepius these divisions are more numerous than in the commentary of Philoponus. That the expression -rTaI-rTa EoTiv & PoOi- AE-rat Bi'a Troir-ov 8ia'X~ai (or EFITrEiv) refers to the

Asclepius I. pS I03-IO5: T-raT& ~cYTTV 'a pO?I?ETraI 8)ia& TO ITCAV E1TU1v T prApOxCoAPEV OCv eaTTov Ti-v ?ltv, aayils yap Tr&aa TIvy)(aVEi.

The subject of POi*AE-rac is sometimes i' Trcapoiivca eEcopia (see Asclepius I. Ay 83-84), sometimes Nico-

machus, as Asclepius I. piKl i-4 shows: rcp6; S& irv <&cp'> b&-CEpca 86ciTEPOV o'tiXov. 7Tept TC-A)V aOTCOAv poO- X-aSt 5 xa)Elvat -rrEpi JCv T8rjl f?eTS Trpo9OYaaavTE&

EeEcopIaapEv. aVa-yivoCrKEaOCo oiv 1) ;V~ts, Ka i cE' IT acra'pES E El & alovaoo Eyi~cylEcOS; sometimes perhaps Ammonius is the subject, although I have found no convincing evidence of this.

Asciepius II. ip 61-63: aacpi' oi'v avJTTI Tr&T-ocx T

DEco pcia c-riv iK Tov Edp-n pt'vcov- Trrav-ra yaip -rcrpaci- Scoaxv 0'[KptPf30 6 NoK6'LcaXos.

Asciepius II. Ka 98-99: -rrCaurra Toivvv craqfj eto-ri, I.L'ElEPI.as iT1YYaECoWS E6'pEVa.

Asciepius II. Aca 5I-52: TOVTCA) o0rTCA )TEGEECAprPIVi'VCO V

Tr&cYc( i ?~Ic acilj TIEYX6VEI, PT18IE4&S SEOPIIf) 'j-

yIWEicAS.

As it was true in the first book, so also in the second book the explicit references to the divisions be- tween ercxpia and ?E'&is are more numerous in the text of Asclepius than in the text of Philoponus.92 These parallel passages and others show that, despite the differences in the second book, both commentaries ultimately go back to the same source.

The text of Philoponus is a better commentary on the mathematical parts of Nicomachus than that of Asciepius. Both commentaries follow closely the text of Nicomachus and do not add much mathematical material. There are a few exceptions as, for example, their criticism of Euclid,93 the 8icxavos,94 and the interpretation of 8v,vapi.kl.95 On the philosophical side they add a few important

92 Cf., in addition to the passages quoted above, Ascle- pius II. e 93-95; ta 68-70; ly 43-45; "I 58-60; le 56-57; K 7I-73; A6 24-26.

98 Cf. note to I. ~a 94 Cf. note to II. ia and above p. I5. 95 Cf. notes to I. ve and I. 3P.

end of a Ecopia is shown by the parallelism of As- clepius I. viM 49-50 and Philoponus I. ~8 15 transcribed above and also by the following texts, among others.

Philoponus I. pIE 35-36 -TraT raTEoriv & to P*X-rai 8&6 ToiT-rCoV Si8a'ca TrCXP-ECo~.IE OajV XTrTOv T'vi AEgiv, aa,pils yap TraairuTvyXavEi.

In general the commentaries of Asclepius and Philoponus differ more widely in the second book than they do in the first; this would explain why in the second book of Philoponus' Commentary there are very few explicit references to the divisions between OeECpia and 7~js;91 though there are few references, they have their parallel passages in the text of Asclepius.

Philoponus II. pf 25-26 EK TOiJTCOV oiv ocaalg yiyove TravTa Ta Exelca6.v' c E' BE Ti Trrov 8vo-XEpE E'ITI, TOIJTO EL1TloCopEV.

Philoponus II 0 23-24: TOCTrwv 8' 7rpOEIPr)IEVCOV T iV 7tEv ETreACOPI.EY.

Philoponus II. 7T 20: TOVTCOV OiT9o& TEeECOPTjPVCOV TIraaa 1j AE~iS a5EUp1F TrVYX&VEi, '1118ECUS ~STIYYECOS SEOPEI vTl.

things: (a) the first paragraph of both commentaries with the quotations or paraphrases from Aristotle and Aristocles;96 (6) Ammonius' criticism of Nico- machus;97 (c) Asclepius' statement on the interpre- tation of yEVT-rTOS in Plato's Timaeus;98 (d) Neopla- tonic developments of Nicomachus;99 (e) quotations from ancient authors as, for example, the important passage on Amelius.100 Asclepius and Philoponus do not add much to what Nicomachus says on the history of definitions and theorems, as Jamblichus did. In fact there is no evidence that either Ammo- nius, Asciepius, or Philoponus used Jamblichus' treatise at all.

91 Haase, op. cit. (see n. 70), P. 347, n. 21, is mistaken when he says that these divisions are not to be found in book II. Philoponus refers to them; that he considers it unnecessary to explain the details is another matter.

96 Cf. especially notes to I. a and I. y. 97 Cf. above pp. 9-io. 98 Cf. above p. ii and note to I. y. 99 Cf., e.g., notes to I. iy and I. Ay 1W Cf. Asclepius 1. p8 and note ad loc.

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RECENSIONS II AND IV

So far we have dealt with recensions I and III. As for recension II, I am inclined to doubt that Tannery was right in ascribing this recension to Isaac Argyros. For one thing this recension is at- tributed in our manuscripts to Philoponus. It is true that in some additions to the text of recension I the name of Isaac Argyros occurs; but the con- clusion to be drawn from this is that, at best, only these additions represent the work of Isaac Argyros. At any rate, a truly critical edition of recensions I and II would be needed before one could reach more definite conclusions. The occurrence in recen- sion II of the reference to Philoponus' commentary

Philoponus II. Aa I9-24: o-rT 86 Kal &Er peOo8So

TE-rpaycvcov, TlrTS OvopaTEral SiavXoS, Elprlral E8

IIriV ?v TOi S (pUoCIKOiS TTEpi aC'TO'- apicat &ro pova&8o Kal Xfiov, OTrou XAEts, Ki EiS 6 av XAiS K?TVO yEVi- c-rTal Tr&arcos TOJ ii pXXovTro yivEcrOcl TrErpaycvou TrXEVpa. plea 6E TO Afi a i XTrrlv 0rrO'rpEYov aXpl plovd5oa Kol yEvfl'Tal TrETpaycovoS. olov &pXopoat a6rro ,ov&aos, XAiyco EiS 6vu6a T rroIc o0iv a P, yivov- Tra y Twrr&v UTrOo-TpE(po ElS povaSa, yivovrat 86 iSo0i 6 8 rErTpaycovos. v BS ArTaS ES Siua6a, auTir apa TrAuvpa Tou 65* Si yap P3 . cocaavrcos TpoKOTrTTco a)(Xp Tpliacos' KTX.

Neither do I find convincing Tannery's argument, based on the epigram transcribed above (p. 7), that Arsenius should be considered the author of recension IV. To reach such a conclusion we would need to have first a critical edition of this commen- tary. But even in itself the epigram is not reason enough to consider that Arsenius is the author of the commentary and, moreover, Arsenius' epigram does not even appear in all the manuscripts that contain recension IV. The manuscripts which con- tain recension IV do not ascribe it to any author, so that this commentary is really anonymous. This

may appear to contradict what I stated above

against Tannery, namely, that some manuscripts of recension IV attribute this version of the com- mentary to Asclepius. But what has really happened is the following. Recension IV truly starts in the following way: apxi Trfs E'nyrcYecoS ToU T-rV EiS &Uo

TrpcTrou pi3Xiov NtKOPCXOU daprlOiTIKfiaK1S Eiaaycoyns. E1IT i 11 VX sITT'1 S XEI TraS EVEpyEias, Tras ?V ICOTI- KOS Kcxi Op?KTrKaS TaS 68 voepaS, -rEXoS 8s EorT T f5 vo?-

p&S Svvadpscos Trfs 4i X vs I imwi1orX l Kac yvcoai -rOV

to Aristotle's Physics mentioned above,?10 which is included in one of the passages that present varia- tions from the text of recension I, proves that the whole of recension II cannot be the work of Isaac Argyros. The likely explanation is that we have here one more example of variations within an an- cient text. The variations may represent the work of Philoponus himself or of another member of the school of Alexandria.

I give the first few lines of both passages to show that the variations between recension I and recen- sion II are of a similar kind to those between the texts of Asclepius and Philoponus.102

Delatte, Anec. Athen. p. I45, I9-I46,5: oerr 68 Ki &aXMl e00oos yevicracoS T-rrpayovcov fT-TS 6voialzreTa SiauXAo, rrEpi qS ililv ElprlrTa Kmai Ev TroIS OUCaIKIS. co-rt 6I ao'Trr. ap~ai aO TTO ova6os KOi CuVT-riet rTOiS

?(?PfiS &pltpois EcoS oi pio Ka i eiS 6V &v Av Xqi S

&plOplv, EKEiVOS ErCal TOU pMXIXovros yivcaai T rrpa- ycbvou TiErup&. paTrC 86 TO Xfiai TracdXv Vir6crpepov

aXpti -r11 pova6o8 o uvrtiiS wTavTraS roIS TwpoTEpois Tr7Xv 7TO0 TE7XEuTa{louv Kali 6 EK TfiS oCvvECo-Ec 7TravTcov octrai aol TETrpycovos. olov &pXoi.ai Orrro6 ov6aos

Kali lyco'aiEs uadbac a yoiv Kai ( yivovroa y. TraAiv

UwoorTppo ov cuvTiOrli Kai aoilS T-rV gova68a ro15 y Kal yiveTai 6 8 TETpCyoovo5. oTt1 8 KIa 6 P EiS 6v

KaTrriXTa avVttrieS Trr.Xupa T-OU yEyovros T-rpaycb- vou -TOU 8. o'CaaiTcoS TrOICO Kal Ei P Xoupoai wTpOEXeE0V

aXp Tpi apos. KTX.

6vrcov Kal eEicov Kal adrX?osc TC)V 6v'cov ToV adE Kai

caaLrrcoS Eox6vrcov, oC 8uvarTa [SuvaTr6v codd.] 8E i1 WUXl)( a&pSYCo5 TaUTa yvcovalt 6l a6 To apenprwoSieCtai TCr crcplaTi, OKOTrOV EX?ti 6 N K6oIpaXOS wTapabouvai

ipv p0eo8ov 61' S 8uvr10CpOJv E-rTaUTa T'C vo-rTa vofi- r Ta-r yap 1iaOqlpnCaTTIK ailV, olov aC7Tpovopfla,

yEcoE-rTpia, 1OUvCIKil, aplteprTiK)i, 81' Jv Tro6r1yoUpJieea Trpos TO voiCaal Tr VOTvo'cr KTX. We see that the con- tent roughly corresponds to Ascelpius, I. a, that is, it expresses the belief that mathematics is intermediate and is a necessary step for the knowledge of true being. Somebody, at some time, thought that this beginning of recension IV was not the most appro- priate one and prefaced it with Asclepius, I. a, which at the end says: EiprlTalt pa TriS T-r 666s Kai Tr T-rO TrXo. oCiroS rTOIUv 6 crKOWT6O TO7U auyypappa- 70T. q(pPE 6i XOITrOV TT'V ti l v ?r1yrlcCbcr.?Oa. Who- ever he was who prefaced recension IV with Ascle-

101 Cf. Philoponus II. oa Igff. (see above p. I4) and Delatte, Anecdota Atheniensia 2: p. I45, 19-20.

102 For the whole passage in recension II, cf. Delatte, Anecdota Atheniensia 2: p. I45, 19- p. I46, 20.

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pius, I. a, did so without removing the name of Asclepius and left the beginning of recension IV anonymous. Of manuscripts that contain recension IV and attribute it to Asclepius I have examined in the Bibliotheca Laurentiana in Florence, Cod. Plut. LVIII, 29, ff. 94v.-I96, and from the Escorial, through photostats, I have studied Cod. Scor. Y-I- I2, ff. 8I-I70. They both begin like Asclepius, I. a; at the end of this addition we find: Eiprirai apa rTis Tr 656S Ka" Ti T' T 0AoS. 6 (oKOTOS -oiVUV TOV aoy- ypapiLpaTos ErnyiaEcoss T-rs rrpoorKOUo-ilS &aicooeiacrTai (compare with the end of Asclepius, I. a), and then go on as at the beginning of recension IV: a&pXi TriS erlyCyoECOS TOU TC)OV EiS iVo rlpcoTOU PI33Aiov NiKopIa-

XOu apelOplrTiKniS ?iCaYCoyfiS. ?TT?I r1 VuXTI KrTA. This is doubtless the reason why some catalogs list recen- sion IV as the work of Asclepius even though he is not even mentioned as the author in the manu- scripts of recension IV which are prefaced by Ascle- pius, I. a, since, as we saw, they also preserve the anonymous beginning of recension IV.

In fact it is possible, I think, to determine how it came about that so many catalogs list manu- scripts as containing Asclepius' Commentary to Nico- machus when they really contain recension IV, either by itself or preceded by Asclepius, I. a. When Bandini cataloged the Greek manuscripts of the Laurentiana in Florence he found a manuscript that contained recension IV preceded by Asclepius, I. a (cf. above p. i8f.) and it was only natural that he should have considered that this was indeed As- clepius' Commentary to Nicomachus. Bandini also transcribed the anonymous beginning of recension IV. When Hardt cataloged the Greek manuscripts of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich he found himself confronted with Cod. 76, which con- tains recension IV preceded by Asclepius, I. a, and in the same codex with another commentary attri- buted to Philoponus and which seems to be recen- sion II; with Cod. 431, which contains recension III; and with Cod. 482, which contains recension I. Because of Bandini's catalog and also because of the similarities of recensions I and III, Hardt con- cluded that recension IV contains the work of As- clepius (Hardt also knew of other manuscripts which contain only recension IV, like the Vindobonensis, Phil. gr. 35, and considered that this recension con- tains the work of Asclepius); and he attributed recensions I and III to Philoponus.103 It is clear, however, after what we have said that recension IV

103 Cf. I. Hardt, Electoralis Bibliothecae Monacensis Codices Graeci Msc., in I. Ch. F. von Aretin, Beytrige zur Geschichte und Literatur 2 (Miinchen, I804), dritte Stiickes, pp. 4I-2, and ibid. 8 (Miinchen, I807): pp. 360-361 and 525-529.

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is anonymous;104 that in our manuscripts recension III is attributed to Asclepius, and that recension I is attributed to Philoponus; and finally that recen- sions I and III are two different commentaries that go back to a course on Nicomachus given by Ammo- nius. But later catalogers, starting from Bandini's or Hardt's or Morelli's catalogs of the Laurentiana, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, or Marciana, respecti- vely, or from later catalogs which took their infor- mation from one of these three, went on attributing recension IV to Asclepius even in the cases where recension IV did not even begin with Asclepius I. a.

I give below a list of manuscripts known to me to contain recension IV:

Bologna, Univ., No. 2734 (Olim 182): contains recension IV (cf. V. Puntoni, Indicis Codicum Graecorum Bononiensium ab Al. Oliverio compositi. Supplementum [Studi Italiani di Filol. Class. 4: I896, p. 376]).

Escorial, Bibl. Monast., No. 145 (T II 6): contains recension IV (cf. P. A. Revilla, Catdlogo de los Codi- gos Griegos de la biblioteca de El Escorial [Madrid, 1936], p. 470).

Escorial, Y I I2: contains recension IV preceded by Asclepius I. a (cf. above p. i8f.).

Firenze, Bibl. Laurentiana, Plut. LVIII, 29: con- tains recension IV preceded by Asclepius, I. a (cf. above p. I8f.).

Madrid, Bibl. Nacional, No. 4707 (Olim 0 28): contains recension IV preceded by Asclepius, I. a (I have examined this manuscript in microfilm).

Madrid, Bibl. Nacional, No. 4746 (Olim 0 15): con- tains recension IV preceded by Asclepius, I. a (I have examined this manuscript in microfilm).

Milano, Bibl. Ambrosiana, B 77 sup., first part (Gr. I05): contains recension IV (cf. Tannery, Me- moires scientifiques, 2: p. 307).

Milano, Bibl. Ambrosiana, H 58 sup. (Gr. 438): contains recension IV (cf. Tannery, op. cit., p. 308).

Milano, Bibl. Ambrosiana, J 83 inf. (Gr. I050): contains recension IV (cf. Tannery, op. cit., pp. 308 and 309).

Modena, Bibl. Estense, No. 245 (III G 12): con- tains recension IV (cf. V. Puntoni, Indice dei codici greci della biblioteca Estense di Modena [Studi Italiani di Filol. Class. 4, (I896): p. 522]).

104 This is of course decisive against Hardt's attribution of recension IV to Asclepius; moreover, the name of Am- monius is omitted from two places in recension IV where one would expect it to occur (cf. below p. 20).

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Miinchen, Bayer. Staatsbibl., No. 76: contains re- cension IV preceded by Asclepius, I. a (cf. above p. I9 and note 103).

Napoli, Bibl. Naz., III C 7: contains recension IV (cf. Tannery, op. cit., p. 308).

Napoli, Bibl. Naz., III C 9: contains recension IV (cf. Tannery, op. cit., p. 308).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barocci 113: contains recension IV (I have examined this manuscript in Oxford).

Torino, B VI 29: contains recension IV (cf. C. 0. Zuretti, Indice dei MSS Greci Torinesi non conte- nuti nel catalogo del Pasini [Studi Italiani di Filol. Class. 4 (I896): pp. 205-206]). This manuscript was destroyed by fire in I904.

Torino C VI I6 (Pasini No. i6o): containsrecension IV (cf. Tannery, op. cit., p. 308).

Vaticano, Reg. graec. II9: contains recension IV (cf. H. Stevenson, Codices Manuscripti Graeci Reginae Suecorum et Pii PP. II Bibliothecae Vaticanae [Romae, I888], p. 86).

Vaticanus Graecus 256: seems to contain scholia from recension IV and recension I (cf. Mercati et De' Cavalieri, Codices Vaticani Graeci, Tomus I [Romae, 1923], pp. 335-336).

Venezia, Bibl. Marciana, cod. Graec. 397: contains recension IV preceded by Asclepius, I. a (cf. Jacopo Morelli, Bibliothecae Regiae Divi Marci Venetiarum [Bassani, I802], p. 263).

Wien, Osterreich. Nationalbibliothek, Cod. Phil. gr. 35: contains recension IV (cf. H. Hunger, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Osterreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Teil I [Wien, I96I], p. I6I).

For our present purpose the addition of this part (I. a) of the Asclepius commentary to recension IV is important, for it contains a more correct version of it in that some mistakes present in the manu- scripts which contain recension III are absent from the same passage in recension IV (see below p. 2I).

Some of the manuscripts which contain recension IV have the commentary written around the text of Nicomachus; this would help us explain why in other manuscripts which contain only the commen- tary there are properly no lemmata. It is desirable that this commentary be edited and published.

It is not possible for us to determine who is the author of recension IV or whether it belongs to the school of Alexandria. We do know that in the school courses on certain authors were repeatedly given and re-elaborated. Stephanus of Alexandria in his commentary to the third book of Aristotle's De

Anima cites a work of his on arithmetic;105 since at that time it is unlikely that anybody would write a new work on arithmetic, and in view of the popularity of Nicomachus' Introductio Arithmetica both in the school of Alexandria and in late Anti- quity in general, it is likely that the treatise referred to by Stephanus was a commentary on Nicomachus. But we cannot infer that Stephanus was the author of recension IV. For one thing recension IV does not appear to have any traces of the division into OEcopla and XAtIs. Moreover, in the passages which would correspond to those where Asclepius and Philoponus quote the opinions of Ammonius this name is omitted, although, to judge from some verbal similarities it seems that the author of re- cension IV must have been acquainted with one or the other commentary. See, e.g., Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2, f. 83: ... Kai 6 -rTT-rCOv oqp6S, Cds Kal "Oirlpos praoi "coq)opo fppapE TEKTCOV" ... f. 84 v: Y1 yap OArl 6Arl Eori TpEiTfn KaCi aAXOIcoTl, X OTTt aUTi TpTrETarcl El

yap ETpe-rETo avrTi, EST-ro ETrrpos UXrS i0<p' iS ESEAXE rpaTrrfvat, KdXaKVT) TrepaS Kil TOUiTO Er' aTrrEtPOv. o0X) OrTI TEpi ar-rnv yivovTai ai -rpoTrai Kal ai aiAoi- caEtlS KT\. (Compare the second passage with Ascle- pius I. I and Philoponus I. 1r). It is likely, then, that Tannery was after all right when he considered that recension IV dates from the Byzantine period, although the ascription to Arsenius Olbiodorus must be rejected on the ground of insufficient evidence.

THIS EDITION

The only manuscripts known to me to contain recension III are the same ones that were known to Tannery,105a namely, the Monacensis 43I, the Am-

105 Cf. [Philoponus], In De Anima, p. 457, 24-25 (Hay- duck). The third book of Philoponus' commentary to the De Anima, where this passage occurs, is really by Stepha- nus; cf. Hayduck, CAG XV: p. v and R. Vancourt, Les derniers commentateurs alexandrins d'Aristote (Lille, I94I), PP. 43ff.

lo6a Cod. Parisinus Suppl. Graec. 292, which according to Omont (Inventaire sommaire des Manuscrits Grecs de la Biblio- theque Nationale. Troisieme Partie ... Inventaire sommaire des Manuscrits du supplement grec de la Bibliotheque Nationale [Paris, 1888]) contains in ff. 346-357 the first book of Asclepius' commentary, really contains Asclepius I. a followed by a brief selection of texts taken from both book I and book II. These notes occupy only ff. 346-349. This manuscript was written in the seventeenth century and is described as Ismailis Bullialdi collectanea. In I. a, 21 it has the same mistaken reading as A, M, and P, rr&xvrov 65 Kal Tar Kpavia; this shows that the manuscript from which these excerpts were copied belonged to the same family as the three manuscripts of Asclepius used to establish this edition.

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brosianus B 77 and the Parisinus 2376. Tannery thought that of these three manuscripts the only one that contains recension III complete is the Pa- risinus 2376 and he asserted that the archetype of the Parisinus is still to be discovered. But here Tannery, perhaps misled by a catalog, since he does not appear to have examined the Monacensis 431, was mistaken; the Monacensis does indeed contain the whole of Asclepius' commentary to Nicomachus. This manuscript was written by a careful scribe who appears to be the one who sup- plied the few omissions which we find in the Mona- censis and who corrected a few mistakes. I have designated these corrections as M2. It should be noticed that there is one page of this manuscript which was wrongly numbered and bound: what is now IIo should really be p. I02.

This manuscript is the best of the three and is directly or indirectly the archetype of the Parisinus 2376. That both the Monacensis and the Parisinus belong to the same family is proved by mistakes common to both manuscripts which are absent from the Ambrosianus. For example I. a 5: piA'ia aopias instead of yptoaoopia Eo-rl qnlia aopiaS (the Ambrosianus has a different mistake here, cf. below, p. 21); I. a 39: Evvoia instead of Trrivoia; II. X3 60 where both the Monacensis and the Parisinus have the unnecessary ZlITEi 81a i svo lkaa 6 TE da&p Kal T

'8oop; II. AX 2: 65 instead of 5ia. On the other hand, there are cases where the Ambrosianus and the Monacensis are right against the Parisinus (e.g., I. ia 3: tiAia aoqias AM: q<ploaop7ias P); this is prob- ably due to mistakes by the scribe of the Parisinus or of his immediate source. There are many examples of negligence on the part of the scribe who wrote the Parisinus as is shown by the numerous omis- sions, the confusion of E and Tr, o and co, etc. The Parisinus with two unimportant exceptions repro- duces all the mistakes that are present in the Mona- censis and, since it contains no good readings of its own, it is most probably a direct or indirect copy of the Monacensis and as such is worthless for the establishment of the text. The two instances in which mistakes in the Monacensis are absent from the Parisinus are: I. irs 2 XoTrov AP: XotIrov&v M, and II. 76 TpEIS P: TPlS M; these are probably corrections by the scribe of the Parisinus or its immediate source. The other instance of agreement of P with A is a mistaken reading: I. Trp II Ti- A2 et M: TroI AP. A second hand in the Parisinus, which I designate p2, has corrected some ortho-

graphical mistakes. By the same hand we have some corrections in the margin which appear to be only conjectures (cf., e.g., I. Z I: KaKcnos AM: KaAcXs P: o0 KaaXcS P2) and do not seem to be based on read-

ings taken from a different manuscript. These cor- rections of P2 I have reported in my apparatus. The Parisinus as such is worthless for the establishment of the text; I have included in the critical apparatus a few of its readings when it was necessary to make intelligible the conjecture by P2, and also in II. P 76 (see above).

The Ambrosianus B 77, although incomplete (it ends at II. p 50: -roaUraT piEv rrepi TrocTcV pECro-106) is a good manuscript which has been useful for the establishment of the text. It is independent of the Monacensis and sometimes contains better readings than the latter; but it has a certain number of omissions, a thing that happens rarely in the Mona- censis. Some mistakes which are common to both the Ambrosianus and the Monacensis show that ultimately they go back to the same source (e.g. I.ia 69: ava&yEcrat (Philop.)] yivEoaai AMP; I. Ay 9: pE-

TprT1tK6o (Philop. and cf. crit. app. ad loc.)] pE-TpK6s AMP). The same may be inferred from a notorious confusion in the text (cf. the critical apparatus to I. y 47-51; see also below on I. a 5). This manuscript has been damaged apparently by water and as a consequence of this I have been unable to read, in a few instances, the three or four first lines of some pages. Perhaps it is still possible to read these few passages if one consults the manuscript itself, but I have had access to it only through a microfilm and photostats. At any rate no important readings are involved and, moreover, the Monacensis is by far our best source for the text of Asclepius.

Some mistakes of the Ambrosianus and the Mona- censis in I. a, the paragraph for which we also have the evidence of some manuscripts which contain recension IV (see above pp. I8-20), show that these manuscripts (sc. Ambrosianus and Monacensis) ulti- mately derive from a manuscript that had abbrevia- tions, which abbreviations were misinterpreted either by the scribes who wrote both manuscripts, or by a scribe who wrote an intermediate manu- script (cf., e.g., I. a 5: <pilooopia Eori ptiAla <aopiaS Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: (piAta aocpias MP: piAoaoqpias A). At any rate the archetype of the manuscripts that contain recension IV for Ascelpius I. a seems to have been a better manuscript than the immediate archetype of the Ambrosianus and the Monacensis (see especially the readings in I. a 2I and 51: yap).

106 It ends at the bottom of f. I49 v. Cf. also Tannery, M6moires scientifiques 2: p. 307: "le manuscrit contient encore deux cahiers blancs; deux ou trois feuillets auraient suffi pour achever la copie."

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To simplify I offer the following diagram.

X

y

Monacensis

Parisinus

.Asclepius I. a in MSS of recension IV

Ambrosianus

In general I have followed the paragraphs indi- cated by the manuscripts; in a few cases paragraphs are indicated by one manuscript only, either the Monacensis or the Ambrosianus, but even then I have generally indicated a new paragraph. In some instances I have preferred to disregard the indica- tions of the manuscripts, as for example in I. ia, where the quotations from Archytas are indicated in the manuscripts as new lemmata. When para- graphing is important for the understanding of the text I have provided in the notes to the text the necessary information concerning the readings of the manuscripts. It must also be noticed that in some cases the manuscripts are mistaken in indi- cating new paragraphs. I have also indicated most of the cases where in the middle of a paragraph there is a shift to another part of the text of Nicomachus. Such shifts occur also in the commentary of Philo- ponus and are quite natural if one takes into con- sideration the nature of these Neoplatonic commen- taries. As for the text of the lemmata, I have fol- lowed the manuscripts of Asclepius, except in cases where it appeared to me that there is a scribal mistake. At any rate, since we do not have as yet a truly critical edition of Nicomachus' Introductio Arithmetica, it is difficult to reach an objective decision in some cases. It remains for a future editor of Nicomachus to decide what value must be at- tached to the text of Nicomachus used by Ammo- nius, Asclepius, and Philoponus. For this purpose he will have to study not only the lemmata given by Asclepius and Philoponus, but their commen- taries as well.

There are certain characteristics in the language of Asclepius that should be noticed, for passages which have such characteristics should not be emended. Among others the following should be taken into consideration here. ei with subjunctive; cf., e.g., Asclepius I. Ay 68-69: ei pev yap AXacpiS Triv &Kivrlrov a9paTpav; I. rra 16-17: ei avavcxvrloc&JEv TrjS

yevfaecos TOO TrrEpicraapT-ou; 57-58: El 8E CpTiaS WKE'aeS XapTs, etc. In some instances in the corresponding passages of the commentary by Philoponus we find el with the optative or Eav with the subjunctive; but one should not infer, as Professor Westerink apparently does,107 that this was part of Philoponus' corrections of his original set of notes (whether this set was our Asclepius, Philoponus' own notes, or a third set of notes close to our Asclepius), for there are instances when Philoponus himself uses El with the subjunctive when Asclepius has the more nor- mal El with the optative; cf., e.g., Philoponus II. K 13: Ei TlUX1B = Asclepius II. S 40: i T-r(XOt; Philo- ponus II. KS 6: ei X&a3P = Asclepius II. rl 2: ei ... Ma[potS; etc. Other grammatical characteristics are: aorist subjunctive passive used as future (Asclepius I. -TS 26), neuter subject with plural verb (Asclepius I. ply 5; II. ly 14-15), S5o used undeclinably (As- clepius I. vrq 28; wTS I8 and I9). I have not corrected the manuscripts in Asclepius I. pKe 7ff.: 6EuTEpco5ou-

piEv, TplcobouEivrl, etc. (cf. Iamblichus, In Nicom. Arith. Introd. Liber, p. 88, 24ff., who has the same spelling). In these and in many other instances Asclepius' Greek is not normal if judged by the standards of fifth- or fourth-century B.C. Attic Greek; but such characteristics as those mentioned above and many others were common in writers who lived during the fifth and sixth centuries A.D. and who belonged to the Alexandrian school. For further information on this subject, cf. loannes Philoponus De Aeternitate Mundi Contra Proclum, edidit Hugo Rabe (Lipsiae, I899), pp. 697-699; Westerink, Olympiodorus, Commentary on the First Alcibiades of Plato (Amsterdam, I956), pp. xiii-xiv; Wes- terink, Anonymous Prolegomena to Platonic Philo- sophy, p. 69; Westerink, R.E.G. 77 (I964): pp. 530- 531.

wrpCOTOS = iTrpOTpos occurs often and should not be emended; cf. Alexander, In Metaph., p. I05, 8 (Hayduck), De Mixtione, p. 226, 9-10 (Bruns), Philoponus, In Nicom. Isagogen, I. porl 3, etc. I have made uniform the spelling of Eoriv and OUTrcS, writing always Eo-ri and OiJTrc before a consonant. I have written Xapc3 and EKOoO where the manu- scripts invariably have Xap3e and EK8ou. Similarly, I have written EKOi instead of iK6r,, &rroeT instead of &ar6&0i, etc. (In general the manuscripts do not write iota subscript.) I have followed either A or M in writing yivETal or yivovral when the other manu- script has an abbreviation which could stand for either of the two forms; in general I have followed the manuscript that gives a letter instead of writing the whole number. And I have not emended in cases

107 Cf. Westerink, R.E.G. 77 (I964): pp. 530-53I.

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INTRODUCTION

when a letter stands for the adverb or for the ordinal adjective. But for the most part I do not report in the critical apparatus these and other unimportant matters, as for example faulty accents, wrong separation of words, etc. Neither have I reported all instances of minor variations in the word order between the manuscripts. In Asclepius I. ia 23 I have retained the manuscripts' ryefia which is apparently also the reading in Philoponus.

SIGLA M = Cod. Monacensis 43I (fol. 98-114), fourteenth-

fifteenth centuries M2 = Indicates corrections and supplements in the

margin or in the text by the same (or a contempo- rary) hand

A = Cod. Ambrosianus B 77 sup., 2nd. part (fol. I02-I49), fifteenth century

A2 = Indicates corrections and supplements in the margin or in the text by the same (or a contempo- rary) hand

P = Cod. Parisinus Graecus 2376 (fol. 1-57), six- teenth century. Of this manuscript I report only a few of its readings (cf. p. 21)

P2 = Indicates corrections and supplements in the margin by a different hand

Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2 = Cod. Scorialensis Y-I-I2 (fol. 8Iff.), sixteenth century

Nicom. = Nicomachi Geraseni Pythagorei Intro- ductionis Arithmeticae Libri II. Recensuit Ricar- dus Hoche (Lipsiae, I866). The manuscripts of Nicomachus are cited from this edition.

Philop. = I. Philoponus, In Nic. Isagogen (the text of Philoponus is cited from Hoche's edition; cf. Introduction, note I8)

[ ] = Indicates a word or words written in the manuscripts which I do not consider to have been written by Asclepius

( > = Indicates a word or words missing in the manuscripts which I consider to have been written by Asclepius

(Philop.)] = In the critical apparatus, this indi- cates my emendation or supplement based on Philoponus, In Nic. Isagogen.

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AZKAHfTIOY <DIAOZOOY TPAAAIANOY ElZ TO TTPLOTON BIBAION THE NIKOMAXOY AP10MHTIKHX EIIArFT)rHF XOAIA

a. 01 wXarcatol xtal 7TCpoL. RcaTCrrOvKOS cov 6 TrrcaT'lp rTOU ipAiOU TOUrTOU KaTa TOV TrRaTrcovi-Kov CKOTrOV

Z[.TrE TO TE TEXos TT)S oVrcos (qi?ocro(piaS Kai T-rV 686v

TrlV ayoucaav iTri TcarTV. OTt ,pv o5v, obs Kai NIK6- 5 paXOS OpilerTa, piAXooopica Eoil piia ao(piaS TravrTi

TrpourrrTOv EorIv. &pa 6e T{i oEat oqaia; pcap?v OTr aciwia TrS oaiCa 0CS oa'Trvi[ouc'a Ta 'VrravT. &pa 8E rr6OEv CaTT TOOUTO aaciqa AXXOrl; Ae yopEv OTI Trrapta

TO 9p)S OEv Kai 'ApioroTEAXrS Tra ' octa avoTarTa

10 TaUTra r?EpcoTio'apUa Kai Kaeapa KaXE1. irTEi oOv TO

acaeS ELcoA)E rTa KEKPU,lVea coS ev ciKOTC Tri ar yvoia EiS pCOS Kai yvCOJCiV ?TrIqEpEiv, 6ia TOUTO KAXr1er ov'rcoS. rr?Ei 6? OAcos Kai ao(piav Kati roo(v 6voPai&loPev, &pa

Ti EOTI TO cO9Ov TOrTO; iOTrrV TO V roivv 6jr OcbvUj,6v 15 EoT TO ' o<p6v ?A EiXrlTTa yap KaTa TrEvrE TPOTrous

OVS PiE?XAc AXY'Ev CoS plopaiv 'ApioroKAfS v TOiS FTEpi

()Diocro(pias 65Ka PPiojXiOs. XPTi EiSval OTI (POEipovTai oi avepcorroi 86tap6pcos Kai yap vrrro Woit&5v Kai v6- ocov TroiKiXcov Kai ivp' eT'pcov ev1i'KOUCI, paXio-ra 86

20 Ulrr KaTaQKXUCaBoV CorATEp Kai rri r TCV AEvKaci iAoVOS

Xp6vcov rTravTcov 6S o0 KaTEKpCaTTioE, a&'\ ot pEv Ev TOiS opEoI 68laocCO[ovTai, T-a E TrE6ia KaTaKAMUoVTai Kai apaCviovrTat. -rTTEi TrEpi Ta r& 6p8r iavovuci TIVES

cKaTcaKAvcTro i aia TOUTO ElilV EKE? XC(opia KaCl OiKjI-

a= Philop. a.

a, i = Nicom. I, I, I

Tit. rpaAliavo0 Cod. Scor. Y--I-I2: Trpaavo AM II Trs Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: -TO AM

i ol TraXaloi Kal TrpooTro AM: om. Cod. Scor. YI--I2 4 cos Kal AM: cOs Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2 5 qiNXooopia o-rTi l?Xia croiaS Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: qpiAia croiaS

M: piocroqpcias A 7 cs M et Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: om. A I Tar M et Cod. Scor.

Y-I-I2: om. A 8 X^X06r M et Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: XKh7firlj A: 'AAxOr (AEX

supra K?rT) A2 8-9 OTI Trapa TO qco AM: &Trr -ro TO co-r6 Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2 9 rT 0' AM: -rrav0' Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2 ii cbs AM: om. Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2 11 Tr Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2:

om. AM I2 Eis Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: Kai AM

13 6Xco M et Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: 6vrcos AII pr. Kai AM: om. Cod. Scor. YI-I-2

I6 o0S iEAXco ?EyEiv M et Cod. Scor. YI--I2: om. A 17 pXi'olI AM: pipXolts Cod. Scor. Y-I-12 I8 Kai yap AM: yap Kai Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2 21 Xp6voov AM: om. Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2 ]|| TrraVTcV Si OU KaTE-

KpaTTCoE (ut vid.), a&X' ol giv Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: TravTrov 6e Kai Ta Kpavia AM

23 eTrEi Si AM: Kai EirEi Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2

C?is. Kai oi TrEpIlEiq0pqeVTrE Xoirv Epyalovrai, cbS 25

6rlXoi Kai 6 TrOItrlrTTi "KTiCE 6T ACe p Capavirv ETEli o0'TrCo "lXio ipi Ev TrrEi(. 'TrETrCoAXTO, ir6XiS PEp6OTTCov &avOpcTrcov".

oiTroi oiv oi T'rEplAE1Tro EVOi 1.11 EXOVT?S OQEV TpaqxOCOiv ETwvooivo -rTa Trpos T-rV Xpetiav EiT TC a&XO1eEiV piAoiS 30 oITOV i E6Tri TC1) oTrEIpEiV Ti T OOIOUTOV' KCal eyE-TaC T

TroarrTTi Erivoia ao0pia K(aTa TO avayKaioV ?acipavo- pIl?V. TraXiv 6S E'Trvoou'a TEXVaaS, CS5 TP10Civ 6 TrWOrliTiS "VrToerlOooUvio-iv 'AOinvrls" Kai Tra?Xv "EwTrE aoop6S ifpapE TEKTCov "* Ti oiv TEKTOVIKyIV i OiK080O.IKniV fi 35 Tlva 'T'XVTlV ETEpav ETTIVOOUCI Kai EyE?Tai oopia Trpi

T'EXVaS. Tra?Xlv aTrrEpAearV rpi Ta ITOXiTiKa wTpayicaTaT Kai T-rroirlcav v6oou5 Kai -lavTa Ta cCOLOVCTa TaS Tro-

EtIS Kali EyEcrai a'T-rl Ti ErTivota co(ica TrEpi Ta WroXl- TiKa E?OprTIEVT1. PJETa TCa'T Kai ETri CaTa Ta OCIJ.CIaTa 40

EXCd)prlc-av Kaoi puiciv eVpov TOiUTrV oIEAXE-rriTacVTr TT V

PUoiKTiv OEcopiav. TTrEI'TOV ET a-r'a Ta OeTa Kail aisia avSpacpov, ETr' aOTa'r a aei Kai cCoAlT-rS ?EXovTra. YIVCboKE1V Ov XPl 6OrTI o otl rp6 TTvey6po u TraTES

CouyKEXUpiVCOS KaTa TCOV TrEVTE -roVTCOv r6 T Tis croOiaS 45 6vopiaa i epov, oi 6 a prETa urlvOay6pav couvEoEritav rTO ovopac Kai Til TOiU TrEpTr-rov TprOTwo T5rfs ao0iaS p6vou

Tiyayov caur, iAXoroq)oiav KcaXOUVTrEs T1V TcOV aiE Kai

boaaucTcoS X6OVTCOV yvCo)I. TroUro oVv -rT TrAo. -riva ? &apa -ra &ayovra e ri TacUrrlv; iorov o6-r, Cs q(1(it 50

Kai rXcoTLvos Kali -CXaTCOV, Tra paetiljjaTa ETrei yap Ev

90opa Kani VArl ECaJEv fTTIS v60ec AoyicrpC ANTrlTTri Eo-v, cS r911c1 nlC'(rcov, o0 suvapEOea ac&Eo'oS -rriTr Ta a&vA

25 Kai ot Trep. Xor6ov AM: Kai XOITrOV oi TrEp. Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2 29 OrTOI (Philop.)] OTE AM et Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2 30 XpEiav AM: 'uyiEav Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2 11 p0Aois Cod. Scor.

Y-I-I2 et (ut vid.) M: puAous A 31 pr. i' Cod. Scor. YI--I2: om. AM I TC AM: rT Cod. Scor.

Y-I-I2

33 6 ToiroTl-r Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: i -TroItT-tKi AM 37 d&rrpyXEpav AM: rTporoaep3Eav Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2 | Trpa-

yipcrra M et Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: om. A 39 arTTI M et Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: fi aCrrri A i[ ETrivoia A et

Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: Evvoia M

40 Eivprpi.evrl Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: EiprllIvr AM 41 pjXrET-rcavTES A et Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: pEXEriTCravTaS M ||

Trlv Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: om. AM 42 1Tr'TTTov AM: rmE'TrTrov S Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2 | | Tr' auTa T-r

OeTa Cod. Scor. Y--II2: i rr aCura OEa M: 'Tri T'a 6la A 43 irr' arr&a T- &ad Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: Tr1 T'a aOuTa dE AM 44 wTaVT-r Cod. Scor. Y--I-2: om. AM 45 aoq)iaS Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: lqnXooqpia AM 51 Kal nTAco'TVOS Kai A'drrcov AM: TTAcorivos Cod. Scor. Y-I-I 2 I

yap Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2: rTa AM 53 o Suuvvi&p0a AM: &Svvarrov fv Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2

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XCAPEIV, rETE181i pNXXopEv TracXEIV & Trao)XOu(oV oi EK 55 O<OT1rEVO oiKOv u &pcrcoS rri (pcorTEIVV EpX6iEvoI ?8E1i

yap Krra Ppax1ju rrpoiEval TTrpOTEpov Trri orVPLETpo v

Kai orUTCOS aE1i TOrv pcoTEIvVrEpov OUTrc K&vTaOca, iTrEIt86 T& pcaOtfiaTa piaa E-crr- Kai yap Xcopiotra Ei1

Kai daXcbpio ra Kai UTwropapas Xcbpav rrapEXouoi. 6ET 60 5ia Tro'UTrcV aVEeXOev ? ViPaS Er'i T'a a? Kai cboraUrcos

?Xovra, paAioToa SE ?pXO6E0a 5ia T&rfjs apienirTruiiS. Eiprl'TaC pa TiS "TE q 656 Kai -r Ti O TrAo. oT-os TroiVUV

6 CKOTirS rTO auyypapcpaTos. <p pE 6? AOITTOV TT'V

XEiIv ?rlyrTjCcbApEO6a.

p. i 6rtLLJoupytacS. KaMA S Ewrriyaye TO 8ripoupyias, TrrEi ou rTrara x T?XV Kai 8rlIoupylKf EOTIV' iSoiv yap

fl TCOV vlvi6Xcov PEiATrr T?-rXVr pE'v EcrTIV, oUSEv 8E 8rl- pIoupyEi* OTIt 8 T6)(XVr EaT, ompaiciVE Kai O6 'TrOITT'iS

5 AEycov' "PITI TOI T1 vioXoS TrEptyivETatl Ivloxoto."

y. &7l trv TOu OSVTO4 &U7IafLYrn. Ovrca Ka?XoveV Ta

OVTCoS 6vra, rTa aEi Kai coaLarrcos EXOVra Kai &is8a, Ta

&a?TapArlTa, Ta a'rTpETrTa, E Jov -TrapayovrTa Ta Ev-

rTaICIa &rtva KupiCo)S OVTa o0K< Eioiv, EiTrErlsl Trois <('> 5 o'ct Trap&aKEVTra. Tio-rov oiv OTI Ta Evr TaUcOa aXXotco-

Ta Kai peTraCpXT'Ta Eic1t, KaV vopil.covTai apE?Ta'pXrTa' OuTcO youv coKpaTir Kai Kc aa Eoipos avepcoTrot,

El Kai aETadprl'TOI-t 5OKOUiOEv Elval, Opcos ?E' aKacrrril

ilpcpaS &AXoioupEoea. &apXEi p E-Ta Xpo6vov w-roXaKtS 10 T6v6E Trva ECOpaCKOTEs, (papEIV OTI "&pa 00TOS ?CTiV

o65E; 5 CoS &.EITpeVTos avuTou Kai 51a T 'TO ilro ioV TTr

aUrr TC EvilopEvcov. OUK eiCi TroivV Tar VTaciUa0 Kupicos ovra a6cd a Trri 6ovra, TrrE?il] TCO r P OVTrI T'rrcatra[ouro Tra 6i TpOs TOIS P i o0ial aXE?6OV Kai av'-ra OUK ovra

= Philop. p

y = Philop. y

P, = Nicom. I, i.

y, i = Nicom. I, i.

54 TrrESi M: 7-rrEi 86 A: TrwE Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2

55 6E1i AM: EXEI Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2

56 Trp6oTEpov M et Cod. Scor. Y-II2: rrp6TEpov Kai A

58 io1a M:: o-ri A et Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2 59-60 6EI Sla TrorUrcov &VEXOEIV rias AM: 81c TroirTwV SEi 6pv qpaS

avEXOElv Cod. Scor. Y--I-2 61 pX6PiEea AM: &vEpx6IEi0a Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2 62 i AM: om. Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2 62-64 oi5To. .. ErTiyj'clJEOa AM: 6 a(KOWT6O TOIvuv -TOj ovy-

yp&pprcTros Eryi'aEcs 'r TS 7TrpoVo'KOu1S tltIcoOqcoJTEral Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2

p. I i p 68rloupyiaS M: 8ltioupyia5 A 2 yap (Philop.)] -r& AM 3-4 6 6SrlploupyEi M: 6' pioupyEi A 6 wTEplyiVE'Ta AM: iTEplyiyvETal Homerus

y. I ETrl 'rTv TOU OVTOS rrT a-rilcrIv M: om. A

4 ihi (Philop.)] om. AM Io Eo-riv AM: oUK (sc. &o-riv) i. m. P2

25

Elii. TTCrS 8 TOIS 11 T O0C' t yEiTviatouoat; TrpcOTOV pev, 15 wTrE181i EVTaUOa T6 TrapEAO6V KaOi T-O pAAov' -rara T 6 T 6ovTar TO PEV yap ilaviTcrrc , rTO oVrrco o-rt.

8E6Trrpov 86 6OT T'qS AXrlS o'0iv, Tlr15 OO65V oCrTIv E16OS yap OUK Eo-rtv a&X' aVEi8EOS' Ei yap ETXEV cbpltpEvov T-l E105, OU8EVOS 8EK-TIK1i E'yiVETO. EKEI1V TIOiVUV Ta 20

vo0l-ra aiSi6 EiOr KaOi alE PTa&3PXArTa '18r Kaoapa& Kai ?E EKEiVCOV TrrapayovTcat Ta EVTCau0a 165rl' 1 KEIVCa yap KaOapa Kai 'TaO Ta t Ei8r' v oU0rE yap ?K r'Tfs UArlS yivov- Toa Ta < vTvraua E6T51, oU E> 0avCUTCvv ?K piv Trf

uhArS 0U yivovrat, rTrEti5ri o0 SuvaTr6v rTa KpEiTrova 25 &TrO TCrOV XEp6Ovcov TrTapayoEal' a&' oui6' EaurJa Ta

E618 Trapayouo' -r yap E1805 XP'Et1 rfiS OrIS S TO UTroaorfval. OUKOUV Ka1i ) ouCaia CaUTrou ?V aOTCrr icrrtv OTTroru 86 oucria ?KET Kai 1 E?VEpyEta, 0^5 6iSEiKr8tI Trrapa

'ApItTroT-r ousv TO 85 'v cAAc ` Xov ouJi'av Ka<i ?v?p- 30

yElav ?v &aAjcp, acAcona crl-T KaCl TrapcyEtlv 0aurTo ou

8UIvaTcrl , KEYEV OiV ?K TCOV a`rpTTrCOV Ta EVTa0lea

Trapayov-rTal' K'1Tva 86 aTpE'Tr 6a El1, 7ra &Xpovar 60EV oU8' EoTtrl XpOvos AKE6' U058 yap Pi 6ov EKE1, aXAa TrravTa

ai 6ov-Tra oi E o Uv TrOapr1AXu065o Kai PiXXov' oU 35

paSiov o0v EK1Tva voficat, 60Ev Kai 6 'AptOTroTrrlAs ElTrE TrEp pi aU TCoV V TC) MET Ta r ) laUCKa E;k'aTTOVI o <(pa aoroiXEiC) OTIr T7 ri ,v Koaeapa- Kai (p)ClrwTtiK , 7ri 5 6

XCaEarra Eilao' (pCooTiro-ra pEIV Kal Kaeapa Trrp5o Tr1lv oiKEiav <)UCTIV, 'TrTEl8l a6Ei XEAAapTrOUo'T Ta EVTaO0oa 40

XaE6Tra 56 OTI a'o-KapSapIuKri oU SuvapE6a yVvc)al Sla TT-V T'TPE-rpav aco-0vEiav, Ca)Orp ou6 a<KTivas

riXIou 8uva'ip6a iEi6v 51'a -r TCOV 6oppiaTC1 v aO0EVES' o yap TrraCXEl 11 VUKTEpiS 861ia T TC-V o6pprTcov) v aoE-

VS5 ?v -r1i f mpx, TOUrTO r U6TS ?Tri TOTCr)V. &AX)s T-r 45

Kati C)o5 ipTrlTali V TC ) (ai8COV- 85aKooXov flSacs 0COpfi- oat rTa vorlTa', Trpco)TOV ,iV 51'a 6TO ) EJirr [.8iE6V 'O c6copa v6oois Kai auu<popa5S puvpialS 6OXXOUpiEvov Kaoi ta Trav- Ta oKOTIloV I61TOV VO, 8E'UTEpOV 8 O6TI E1 Kai TOOU aCO-

paT-OS KoaTa(ppOV1lOOEiV Tl (lpaTOracia TprpOTpXouoca 50

OUK a aXKip3r6AO6v T- eTcopT]CaI , &a' 6UOecoS 6yKouS

-rrapXEl6 Kai Xa ToiarolTa -rcps rpS EropSor,6v TCr)V aaoco-

paT'cov. OUKOOV 51'a t6rTr'avCOv 568EIKTat OTI KE6Vva i pV 6iAoa aTrpE'rrTa 0la 6&E Kai cbcaUtircS oVTra, -TaUra S TrpE'T'Tar TrC p1rVTOI oUpavia, CI5 pErTaUV OVTra, EKEiVOIS 55

,pUV Kara T'lv ouaiav KOtVCOVEI (Kai yap au0CTa ai&8t

i6 TrrE61l' M: ?r?6i 5 A 22 rrapayov-ra (Philop.)] rrapayovrTa AM (ut vid.) 23 OUTE (Philop.)] ou68 AM

24 rVTraOCa E1rl1, ourE (Philop.)] om. AM II -aurcov (Philop.)] auTCov AM

25 TE6lf)i M: wrTTi 86 A 26 ouS' ocavr& (Philop.)] ou65 aCtr& AM 28 aOuTcO scripsi: OaTrr AM: auTri Philop. 36 6 M: om. A

47-5I corr. ex Philop.: AM hab. rrpc'rov voOv' 6ErUTEpOV 58 7-rOI Kai TOU 'cc1p.aro KaTa'pov'looOpEV q (pavrTao'ia OOK &rro-

TrpEXouCa' TTpcorov Vpv 5i S ra TO ipTroSiLEV T6v a ola v6oois Kal

ouJi>yopatS upialS XvoXXOUi6Ovov Kai o'KOTiLv TO-r (oaKOT1l6pEvov P2 in marg.) dKipBrAo6v TI 0E0opoaal, a7AA' KTA.

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Kal 0la), it v 8E Kaor' EvpyEtav (i,sraArl-rTa yap, &XA' ou,X oTrrcOS PEsTs)' adcxa Trnv TroTIKK V POVnV IIETa-

poXtl'v VTorvopVOUaI Ka06 O rrO6 vaTroXAv 'rri 68uv'as 60 KivoJvTrat Kai aTrrro6 uvcr v ETri &varoXdc. -TO TrrX'ov

oiv 'KEiVOIS KOlVCOVVE, C)WS TrXr7lala(OVTrCa roTs &El KIa

colaUTCrwS oCriv OTlt yap EKEiVOIS KOIVCOVEl 6 oipav6o Kai rrpos TCo Oi 6C ECTi KCa Kaeapos TuyxyvyX , 8ijov ?K TOo VO,uil E1V c.paS Kai TOV Oeov EKEt? elva, Ca'rrEp

65 yap TOv EyKE(paXov piAAov C'rroXaUEiv XEyopEv TCOV

T-fS 'vXuS EvEpyEIcov, oU'rco Kai aUOvTv O0Ev Kal rTa

XEipas TravTES oi avepcowrrol E'X6EUevoi EiS oupavov ?V-

T?EVOEV cA5 s av EK?Ei TOU '0ioU KCTOIKOUVTOS. ?K TOiVUV -TOU.TCOV ECSTIV ETTlXio'acrOal Kal TrO -rapa laTrcovos

70 ?v Tipaifc EipTrlEvov' Ti TO OV PEV &Ei, yEvEoCv 6 OUK

eXOv; Ka i T TO yitv6Ovov Jiv, Ov 68 oU6wTroT?; 6oAov

yap OTt Ov pIV aE&, yEV v 51V O 'K EXov TO vo-rTOv rrav Kai &isiov KaC1XE Ti 8e TO yiV6O.EVOV gEV, OV OUE6TOTE ra Ti8SE. Kai wTpOVUrTOV o'TIv OTIt ouX, coS TIVES vopi-

75 louot, TO yEvrTTOv EVTar0a caUTOV po'UETrai, TOUTO 6E EoCT yEvriTOS 6 KOo*pOS' aiE yap yivETati acuTOv AeyEl, &AXa yevriT6v KaCtXE TO pErTapXr1rTov Kal TpETrrOv cOs

EipilKapEV' 6OEv Kai Ov (av-ri Toi Kupicos vrTOS) o056- TroT? Eo-rr TrOS yap 8vaTrat;

8. irTaloTXov xalt a&L?eax[VT)ov. Ov'UTCO yap Kai 'Apio-o- TEANrS Ev rTOI aTro8EiKTlKoIs &YEIt pior?lIT,pV Elval T lv aEi Kal doavrTcos EXOuC'av Kai TTIV av0TTiV. & ael 8slae-

xoiv'ca ,v 'T x6aolup. OUX OTI EV TC 6 KO6aicp v.TrapXouCta 5 5i"a rravTor6, &WX' OTI aEi Ta : v TCo ) KoCtic KooC'pOaiV,

E?rriAa'drrovTa (TOUITOIS TO EauTCov ayao06v.

E. xrOv 6ptWov6uaJ(o; ovTov Xal xcaouL4vov. CooTrrEp yap 6pcovUi'co TO o6v'rcos Lcoov Krai TO yEypapp.tvov KcaiOU- pIEV, OUTCo Kai (Ta TriE' oOU yap cS5 o6oiCo5 EXOvTa EKEiVOIS.

S. i.tL.ouJIeCVa 'rIv T'S i4 &PX)s a&iSlou {.XrS cpuj'GL. a&vTi

TO)> Tt-S XS aPXO*jOrS u0riS. iyEm oOv S6i -r Ta ocbi0aTa TaUTra 6OT pipOUvTral TTV 'v rlv. 6 pJEVTOI ptiAocropos

= Philop. 6-E e= Philop. S

S= Philop. L

8, i = Nicom. I, 2. 3-4= Nicom. I, 2

e, i = Nicom. I, 2. S, i = Nicom. I, 3.

66 o8ev M: o6pcos A 71 pEv M: om. A II 8B A: om. M 73 yiv6povov M: yev6OEIvov A

75 OrvTOV scripsi: acrv4 AM: aiuTor P2 i . m. cf. n. ad loc. 5. I alt. Kai M: om. A 6 En1TXiprrovra -roirTOIS -r6 oavTr5v (Philop.)] ErrtiXapTrovTes rTO

auTcrv AM S. I pi.ioU,piva... .q(piv AM: inter OXiqS et qvoctv Nicomachus

habet Kaci u'rrooa-ro&co I-2 dvTri -roo (Philop.)] om. AM

'AptiCovios, 6 il.tETEpos s8t6So7KoXo, Eqpri OTl oU Ka.Cos -TO ipui.tia0av O'i ovSe yap Trap&68Eiyyj ECrTIv i) jrl' 5 rTi yap 0XE'i UAri yev'c0ati;

L. 68Xr y&p SL' 68X l qv Iperrh x1a &diXoiLxW-. KOaK(S EITTE

Kai TOUTO, Cos (prcfIv 6 0eEos 8ti6ocn<a0o. EtiE yap El'rTEiV "TpErTTrTi1K Kai a&AO)ocoTtIKr." Trrpl aU'ThlV yap ai T-poorrai Kai adkoicbeit yivovTra, ou qilTOr yap aUTi TTpWT?Tai q aAloiUTrat. Ei yap auT- E?TpETrETO, 5

E'E-TO ET-rpaS S ESV fi EAE??EV aAotooui0ait Kali TpE- TrrECeal. ocTrE aUTn- pi.EV aTrpETTTOS Kai cvaANoicoTos, Tr 6 TErrpi aUT'iv EirTl cAolouvTrat, ?yco 8 TrroT-rOIOl- TES Kai T-OC'OTTT-ES KaCi ia0EtoCIS Kai EVEpyEt1a Kai ic6o- TTITE5 Kai TrravTa Ta ToiauTra. | TauTCa E & wTaTa 10

&dcCpwLaC& EiC1v' o' yap 8ilTrou occoIaTa. El yap f*Ctav Cd)ojiaTa, EAAovXOV C oV 'TOI CCdbpaoit pEIOVUIpEVOIS aTroA-

XUE1V TOV 6pov, olov El iv *acoOao 6 KOUKOS, 6 IUyas

KiKXOS yEvouEVvos IyKpOS Kai aTrroNAucov TO6 E18o0, aA'ov

opov EIXE 86XEECIai cboCauTrcos KaCi 6 K I1KpOU pEyas 15

yiv6OEvos. vUv E 6 a'Tos OpoS (puAaTT'EraTl Kai TOU

pIKpOO Kal TOrU I EyaA:ou Kail 1TaVTCcov, E1TEtli aCadc)paTa

v7rrapXOUaot.

r1. cu[PeCprlx6Tx 8& b LXe. eL?. arvrTi TOU KaT-a tEUTEpov

o6yov.

0. c'rv 86 otLouTov calppoSw. aVTi -TCoV 0Eicov Kai

a&PTaEapATrCov.

1. &XV' ixeiva Le&v &auac. aTrpE1TTa yap Eio1 Kai a-rrEpi-

yparTTa -TOTrcop 6ti Kai AE'yErTa TO { EOV Kai TrravTaXou Elval Kai oiSao.tou. TroavTraoou PEV Ti; SuvalEtI Kai Tri EiS 'ipas EAaN:pyEit, oui8aou 65 Tri uTrooCTa6.EV OUK EXEI

yap rTO rrou' Trarv yap TO TTOU TrrpaS EXE1' OUKOUV Kai 5

T-EplEXETal. TO 6E TOIOU-TOV acop.xaTcov EOT0iV, aCac4IoaTos 6E 6 0EOS. I &XX' &e .Lexrappet. Sta TtavTOS yap pET Kai

ETpETrTTa, cb oS i l( CaTCoAv tprloiv v TiCa)icp, OTI EKEiva

,?EV yEVEcrtv OUK ' XE1, d ' dEi Ovra 6 Eioi, -ra 6 T-r6E

yivovrToa, 6 Eo.TIV AAloioUvrTai, Kai OUK Eiaiv o'U8rrToTE 10

KUpicoS VrTa. KaCl EKEiva UpEV VCo NaCpa(vovT'ai aE Kara

L = Philop. I-tI Tr = Philop. ta

= Philop. ip i= Philop. ty-i6

L, i = Nicom. I, 3. L, ii = Nicom. I, 3.

rl, = Nicom. I, 3. 0, = Nicom. I, 4.

i, i = Nicom. II, I. 1, 7 = Nicom. II, I.

L. I KKCXS AM: Kacico P: o0i KaoXfs P2 i. m. 3 rTpETTIlKh M: iTpoOrp1TTIlK A 7 ac'JTr (Philop.)] aourr AM -i. I ovuupEprlK6Trcs Nicom.: crvp3PrlnKOTOS AM 0. I 8s AM: Si Nicom. 1. I-2 &TrpiypcaTrra A: aTrrpiypaCca M

3-4 Tri eiS M: -Tfs A 4-5 OK.. . .OVKOUV M: OnKOVV A

7 pErTappEi AM et Nicom. SHF: nercapaivEl Nicom. ii Xapavj&vovrat scripsi: apapa&vovra AM

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EVCoCIS, qfi-rov 8 Si t6cKpicrp t KC&KE1 8E 6Si1Kpial s uX)()v, &yyiAcov, Kati rTOV eaAXCOv BuvaJ.ieCOv. EvrTaua pIVTrot 40 TO &va-rra7iv IaiAXov Tr stiIKplatS Kal -rrov f1 EvocrOs. OrrTv o0v r6O ovv?XES Kai rTO Slopitcevov Kai ?vavrioav

686v pabilouacyt Ti ,iV y&p Sciopicyipvov -rTv piv

arlocrv ETr' caTripov XEIX, TT1V 8E IEICOV C wTTEwT paTcrE -

vrnv' 6 y&p apletlo6S ET' O'Trpov pEV aOt'Era, TwrElepa- 45 o-ral 8E q piova'S. T6O S oVV?EXS TOb vavriov, -riv tpv aulaiv '?TrE8Tpaac?vrlv, E' ye8 TrTrEpaCIEVOS 6 K0OCYOS, T rV 8E pEiCOctV OOUK'T, E?Tre8lj Trv TV Ey8EOS Er' aTe&t-

pov 8taip?TO6v. ErTEi oOv 'TaCra rTErlpa E6iriv, ai 8' ETrlcrrTpiai TrTrEpactiEvcov EiCoi wpaycIrTcov Kai oVSE- 50 TroTE aTrripcAv, aV&yCoyEv -rO p v 'T7Xiqos TOU Siopit-

Co'ivou ETri TO wToaOV, 6TO 86 oVvuXs Tri TO TrriAiKoV. Kai yapEV, ETrEiSfi8 TOU ' rroC TO IEYV o6prat aUrro KaO' acur6, -rO 6E rps aXAAo, ei pv ao'-r KaO' arr6

Xap3Copiv, Troit Tr'YV a&epQl'rTlKKV' Y yivovTat yap api- 55 OioCi TeTpaypdcyvot 7E T?AEIoI jP TrrEPlTToI j TIVES axAAot.

Ei 8e Trp6S EsTEOV CTX(?CIV ?XOV TrolEI 7T'V IouVCa1KTlV

yivovTal yap ilfti6oot Kai ETriTplTro (Kai AotnrOV at

aKpatl Xopai Ti Si& T'rEooTapcov Elciv 1 S6ia& -rrE'vr, iav XCOClIV nlIOXAlov 1 ETri-rpITrov A6yov TrpOS &AXXil aS). 60

TOU iE TrrXiKOU r v Tr tIY v -r v cKivTl-TOV Eo-Tr, TO 56 KIVOU1.1VOv aAAa& TrEXpi IEv rTO Kivoiy EVOV KaTayivrvTa <1)> &a-rpovopia, TrEpi 86 TO CXKiVIrToV ri yEco4ETpia. St& TrCoO.Trv ToiwvV &vayo6Ipj8a ETri Ta &ei Kai bcaau- TCOS eX' XOvrTa' yap wpoKaOapqfvatl Sti -roTrcov Kal 65

11i &viTrois XEPCaiv Epd&Trtecral T CV e0EWV. 6 FX'crwov oiUv KE.fXEUl stia Cr TOUCOV avaPafrvai ETrI T&X ECia' aCPEAEI Kali V rTaTS nToCiTeialS TOUSj VOpCOi9XaKas poUAtErTalt si TroTrcov ETri 0eoXoyiav &vayEcOal, Iva Ta EKET ECoo- poiUVT-r K6AXTr itiivlCOvra Kati povT'IcooCI TrS w6rO7coS. 70 ri OCiV Oi<K aSIKET aUTCroU q)EpcOV aVCTOVS Kai KaTaPIPa&- Icov &rr6 TCOrv 0EXOoyIKCV ri E -rv 'rrOAlv; 9aoEYv O'r oU Tpo9ead yEO 6OpEiAoU1i Tri Tr0AEI; e1 OCVV T7O KaXXOS, rT OVTrcO KdAAXXO, SicbKAV Kai |JI T'O alv6OePvovOTro'U ei yap dKptlpos TrS wp6roaox, el0picrai TO Ev ipivTV KaX- 75 AoS Trcacri aicxpoTTiTrrlO yEiov. 6 y&p a9p ir TTp6KXOS' oOv 5uvaT-rv TOiS AUyKECOS O60paXpois :EXOvlrr Tvca PAeai io a paeouvs rTOU acoUaTroS Kai i8EV KOrrpOV Kai Trrcrav dKaOapaiav, eTriCdi atv 6TOCov v ili v r6 daEAscxs Kai aicXp6v. TaUrT& -nr v (& ipouArETai Sti 80 rTOJTCOV s558ai.

TaCrra SXovrra, Tarra 85 661, 6 Ocn pavtrTaicq, Kai aolijoCte, prlSTroTE ovra KvpicoS, &XXa rpos Trra pr

6v'rcx piaXov p'Trovra.

la. ciXoyov &ipa xat &vxyxat6oawSov. fr116 Eip1IKaCIEV TOV OxOTrOV TOU p3l3PXioU TOiTOV. EpInEEV SE Kal OTlIt po-

aoopia Eo ri pitXica aopqias, c5s 8rlXoi rovvoipa, Kai OTI -TO aopO6v, cbS 'ApitoTOKATi Ei v roiS TTEpi tO (oaopita

5 86Ka tplpAiois q)rcai, -rTvraXC)os 7EyETal, Kac OTI Kupicos Xpi0oaoopia Ecr5iv tpiXoo'opOUOcra T- aEli Kai oaaUTcrcos ovra. 6 Troivv NiK6opaXoS EvrEXVCOS rV TravU T T TE0o

TrpoTepov Lrl-nT, Kal OUTCiS E?lTi T1TV 6S6v Tiv ayouvCav ETil TOUTO 4pEpETra. Co-vEp yap 6 8X8cov oTKov wroircrat

10 K -rTO TXAOUS eEcopET Kaoi oOroo5 a&pX(Ta' 'rpOrEpov yap opoqpTiv EITrVOeT, KC0bXujIa C qopoOTrOIOU Kp1ous Kal

O&arrouS, ETa (va aUTl ri Tri TIVOS PEP3rKI, TOIXOUS

rlX)avaTal, <Ka)> 6ia TOUTOVUS 8EpEXAlOV, Kai S61 TOU- TOV 6pvTrrT yvf KOai EvrTrUOEv AXoTrrv apXETTa, OUTCO

15 Kai 6 NIKO6tiaos rrp6oTpov Erl-rT -r TEO T S Trfis qto- ao'9iaS Kai AYEI 6OTI T6 TXAoS Eorlv TP qol9? 'S TOaU &ya- eou, &CyaeoO 6E oU TOU TruXOVTOS, axAa TOU Ero icoiav

XapiLopbvov. io-rEtov yap 6OTt ov TOo TUXOVTOS aya- eoO* EcTIr yap Ev rravTi pjptlKOV &yao6v, Kali Ev XiOc

20 yap o-riv &dyacOv, olov TrO 9pEaaacr atOVirv ?rri T'rv

oiKEiav Xc)pav' oU TOItOTOV oY,v -rrl TO rayaO6v oiO

Ep9iETatl T tiXocro9ia. ei p?v yap jo6vcos acpcaTa ipmv,

ayaOev &v ia v vciIv rl uyeia p6vri, cbauaOrcoS Kai Ei

ELoa j6ovov, &yaO6v a v qv EIuaicrlatoiac E1TrelSf 68E 25 o0X &raTrrS o"p?V ZCoa , a&XAa XoyiKa Co, a, iC(iv ')XOV-

TES AoylKTlV (i' SE VUXT LEOT T-S ?Clr <AoyIK'>), ?EUcot- av E1TrlTl8o8 jpiv. apa 56 au-riv KaO' aTrriv SET a&cKEtv TiV EUjl1av V piETa TIvos yvcobacos; i1-rov rOTI fS

Kai yvcotIv EXEIV, eTTri &aVu yVCboECooS ElOUloa EOIKE 30 TvUqXA KaCa TU' rXrV O6pCoS TrrpiTraToUVTr. avUri TOLVUV

k'-ri -r TE'Xos. riva S8 9qp? p i ErI TaUITrv; qCapV OTI TTa

plaOlTpaTa, ou SuvapEOta aciECcos xcopIfq al, dAX7a 8s rr6 TroOUTCOV T-rcV a oavopvCov Eis EKiEVa aVA?et1V. TaUOTa

68 T -r aiv6opiva T vv EUcrrTIv iip Sripi'tva. Ew-rtEil 35 KOTeEv rrporfieov, etli SE KCCKEt1 CTuvXEIa Kai 8aipPECis,

a&' ovi oacbiaTra ToiaU ra EKET oaveXTi Kci Sr, prlpEva, &aXa& A6yoi 8TrJIoupyIKoi TrOUTCOV CovCIEp TCA)V &vepcb- TrrOV Kai wTaVTOV. Kai iorEov 5e oT1 EK1( pjEV pa&5ov q

ta= Philop. 1?

la, i = Nicom. II, 3

la. 4 'Apto-roKiAs (Philop.) cf. etiam Asclepius I.a, I6] 'Apt- 7roTrltrlS AM

II KcbUvpIa (Philop.)] KiuJvivpa M: KXu,Lpa A 12 iva M: om. A || pprKuTi A: PE3iKe M |I -ro{XovS M2 s. v.:

TeiXous AM 13 pr. Kal (Philop.)] om. AM 20 yaC6ov M: pIptiKOV &yao6v A 23 uyEia cf. p. 23 24 p6vov (Philop.)] pi6va AM 26 Lco M: om. A II AoylKi (Philop.)] om. AM 27 &pa (Philop.)] apa AM

41 dva&raXtv M: S&i&raXtv A 42 TO CoVEXES Kai TO Stwcpi7(Jpvov (Philop.) et cf. lin. 43 et 46]

oCvvEXo-rpov Kal stilprlpvov AM 55 Aapcop?v A: Xaoopoev M 60 XOyov wrrp6s a&XfiXaS A: -Tpos dXfiXaS Ao6yov M 6I TTriAiKou A: rriAiKov M (ut vid.) 62 Ka-rayivETa (Philop.)] Kai ytv6ojevov AM 63 fi (Philop.)] om. AM 64 dvay6poea M: dy6pit0a A 69 av&ayeoal (Philop.)] yivEcral AM 75 1Tp6cr)'X scripsi: Trp6o-aX AM 76 6 cf. n. ad loc.

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l3. 'ra otTI oiSai auLPeYxSa. XT avrli <TOU> TrO Cb EXE Kai TO sicopicPEvov Tauvra yap auvrois ou1i[C3rpK?v.

iy. o7tep aT'r voyTjrv re xalt aioaeOrcov. VOrTlr&V av-ri TOU 8iavorrTcov oi0 yap T-rv OVTrco VO-rTCOV. io-rrov yap OTI O TaTCOV Xo0aXop?ET?po0V r ?V TE a OVTa 5iaipE s is 0'-r 6 phxrcov -rox g v-ra '

rcatpEi ES vorrTa Kai aio-rrTa. XoIrtwrO 8 T'a ipIV VOTIrTa E8aipET

5 EiS siaVOlrTa, & 'V T'r WuX,) OEcopoUVrTai, Kai EiS VorlTa, a TOUS Xoyous ?XE? T'OUS rlitoupyiKOUS. Kai TrraAT

siaipdrTai Ta alor-Ta ?iS r Ta aiaOTrTa Kai eiS Tra EKa-

CrTa. EiKlT-ra 6E KaCiEi OKiaS Kal T"a EV TOIS EVO6TTTpoL

?EocpoOU?va. vorlTa OVv EvTaUcea Ta 8iavorlrTa KaXai.

i6. xai &dAXX,ouXou,1Le. avri TOU ouVVEXTi Kai &aXXAw-

a&XXTia.

1?. 'rCv apa i 8o eiasv roU'ov. TOU TE CcUVVE)OUS Kai TOU

8IcopplCp?VOU.

is. &7t6 >pLatcilSvyS (t;l;. aVTri TOU oTrr T-rS ova8os.

iL. oS6a&,oU SUvcaTaL 71auCEL. ?ET' aTrsipoV yap sialpE'Tv.

IT. 7&n' &pL<potv &cpqopLaL4vov. aTrrbo adu(OTEpcov oUv

cbpioiEVov 68 XaapEiV, TOJU pV CUVVXOUS TO TrlAiKoV, rTOU 6E Tr7riVous r TO rooOV, olov TETprOycOvov. Ti EoTIV

EKacTOV TOUTCOV [aOror6?18ea trrpoioVTrEs. iva 6e 8~i 5 av6rTlroi C)Iev, TrrTpaycov6s Ecrrv 6 E acpielou auTo6

TroXAaTrAacrialovTos yEV6OEVOS' olov 6 8 T?Tpaycovos, ETrEti 6 0 p EaUTrv wro;kcarraoatacaaS ErToiro?V aUTov'

8iS yap P3 . ocrauTcos Kai 6 EvvEa (Tpis yap TpAiS 0), Kai 6 is (TETpaKis yap 85 i). oi 68E v ? EV cp O'K Eiai TE-

10 Tpaycovot. Kai TrEpi TCO)V CiAcov T? catOrlo[Ecr a.

ip = Philop. is ty = Philop. irl t6 = Philop. il

iE-1ir = Philop. Ka

ip3, = Nicom. II, 3. iy,I = Nicom. II, 4

i6,I = Nicom. II, 4 IE,I = Nicom. II, 5

iS,I = Nicom. II, 5

i,I = Nicom. II, 5. t,Ir = Nicom. II, 5.

ip. I TOo scripsi: om. AM

ty. I OTrEp M: &arEp A (ut vid.) 2 OVTCoS scripsi: vTrcov AM 8 Ev6O-rpolS (Philop.)] c6oT'rTpolS AM iL. I ouCSaJ.ou AM: o*Sapcfi Nicom.

ITl. 6 rroAAacTcrAalaLovTroS scripsi: TroA7AaTrAaciaol6vTrcs M: rroA- aTrAaciaCLovrTa AII yEV6PEVOS A: ytvopEvos M

8 EvvWa M: Evv&aro A

tO. t87ep yap owypcaprl. 'Av6poKU8OU5 f pTCais Ort &)a-

lTEP Traaa P3avaucvo TX ErVTXI EX1 Trpo s Kitaypapiav wrpoS jlV T-rTET TO Epyov, OUTGO 6e1 Kai Tip5a Ta'S TrEaoa-

pas rTarTaS ETo-rirTIpa ?X1EV wrpos Ka-rTarltiv TCrv aEi OVTrOV. 0 oVv E-rTV EKEiVOIS TOS paVcautov TEXV1rv 5 6TriT8rrl?ouotiV i Zooypa9pia, TOUJTO fpTv ai TEracapE5 ETorioCTlcpat Kal yap olKO086Oo0 pnXaVIKOoU OKXapIOV

Aappa[.VEI KaGi TrpOs aUTO TrTOtiri OIKOV o Ti ETepov, Kai

TEKTcOV Kai oi XITTOi.

K. xaCXc tLL O oxKOu'rv. rTaTra 6 'ApXuITras A.YE. 8co- pilEi 86 OU'TO5, TCo 8OKOiUrvT oOV 8copiKCS avri TOU 8OKOOcri. Toi Trlpi Tra paOeigiaTra 8tayvcbE?evai aVTri rTO oi TrEpi ra puaOlraTa 8iayv6ova' 8iayvcobjEIvat yap aVri TOOU 8ayvcAvai, Toi 68 &vrTi TOU oi. Ta yap ap0pa 5

TCorV TXrlA)uvvTiK- v eOEICov IErTa TOU T cr TOrIXIOU Twpo-

pEpovrai.

Ka. &vrl, tepit &x&aTou. avri TOU ErTi' TO yap ETriv

EVTi (paclv. "oTa VT-r" avTi TOU 6Oroia EiC1V. "1ETEV

&AaATE"Xa aVTri TOU ElVal caUyyEVq, ETTwei8 aXi 8 wTrpi TO

TOc'OV Kai TrrlAKOV KaTayiVOvTat' apieliTliKrT piEV Kali

PIOUOCIKI TrEpi 'TrOCOV, YEcopi?Tpia 6E KaCi aoTpovoIiac 5

TrEPi lTrlTIKOV.

Kp. Trcpt yap &SeXpea&. cUyyVEI5s EiclV ali EwTriTfcnai ai TE'rocapes, ETTE8ll TrEpi outyyEvf [3, TO TE TrocOV Kai

rTO rrlAiKov, KaTayivovTai. KaiC aTrrAXCo5 AEyEi TOIOU- TOV crrTIv OTIr KaAo5S po1 8oKOuCrI TTOiEV oi 8iayivcb-

oKOVT-ES ra puaeO'raTa,/oi yap ThlV TOoo)XUo (pUCiv Upr1- 5

KOTES E[aXXov av Kai KaaTra PEpoS ei6?vai. 8i?yvcocav OUV

aaTopovopiav Kai yEco)rETpiav Kai api0pTl-rlKfV Kai

POUCaiKTIV, ETr8EI8T ?K TOU'TCOV l[itV TrpooyiVETaT TO TE-

t1 = Philop. Ka

K = Philop. Ka Ka = Philop. Kp--Ky

K3 = Philop. Ky

i0,i = Nicom. III, 3.

K,I = Nicom. III, 4. Ka,I = Nicom. III, 4.

KKp,I = Nicom. III, 4.

0i. I OrrEp M: UirEp A (ut vid.) 2 cKlccypapiav A et P2 i. m..: OKloypC(iav MP

9 TEKTCOV A: TEKTVCOV M Ka. I EVTi M: &Tri TOo A 2 EipEV scripsi: ei piv M: ipiv A

3 &aSEqaX scripsi: a&SEXq) AM II -TO A: om. M Kp. 7-9 KaCi IOUCOIKiV, ... TErXos inveniuntur in AM post &a-

Alora 86 in Ky

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K0. eT're xaet & elre rsata. ?TTrE181 TIVES (paoytv OTI

8voX)(ep Eio1 Kai OUl SuvaCpE(a, St& TOUTO AEye1 OTI

1'TE XaXeTra ElOnv ?'TV aTE ca aVE TOoLTTCV OU SUvaTrov ?Tri TavorlTa oET 6ita. ei 5E KaTa Ta&tV 1t' aUTrcov

paBiaoup?v, euvqpav0EirlPEV a&v, cos PrT1S KOpov NXEIV, 5 aAAa xapEIv rr' aUTroiT Kai AYEItv TO TOi 'HaCot6ou "iv 8' ES aKpov iKKr1Tal, pritlSir 6SfTrrtTla TrXEt XaXETrr

TrrEp ouiCaa". OTt 5E Xaipouatv ai wuxali arci Trq ?UpEaEt TCOV 8oyp&raTov, s8fov ?K TOU '86Eo'0at rlpaS EupicaKov- Tas -r, Kal OUTCOS fiSECo-at cbo Kai s8aKpuov TrpoX(ET0at. 10 a.pVAei Kai 6 (ptA6ooq)o 'App,cjvtos SAEyEV OTI "lTpaT- rTOv -rTI acvpi ypappaag, Kai SE-rTo Trrvu A'yovr6s Pou

rTO OEbprlpa. 6Oev TrauoapEvou pou Qrl 'uTrrouopat OTI viv ETrrA'lpcacas, i'eXov. yap aKOoUEV Trls &aroSEiEE- C^5.s" 15

A. naiawiv xal <nmou8&xlwv. avTi TOU rrTavri TpOTrcp.

Xa. xMtoac(i 'taLV. ETrrTpapa yap eli1 Ta pae0lpaTa Kai

pltyyicp goiKaaot rrEptppoupouvra rravra. 8ET oiv Sat TOTrcOV ETI -r?TV 8laAEKTtIKrV AeXE?V, OU Ti1V Trapa 'ApioTroT-rAE 8tiaAEKTIKjV, &7a'.' Thrv Ta O Ea EUPpiKOU- orav, Kai OUTOc 61i' aVTriS l'ri Ta &ai Kal CcbaaUTcoC 5

?Xovra paSiaat. | aCTa Ka0' aCraC Eial OeTa ra &paTiO- paTa Kai oC pE?Ta TCOV EvUAcov. opa OTI f1 yEcopETpia KaTatIcboaaa AeET1v ?is TryV ur1v Tr]v V T iTX)(aviKIv ETrroirla?v, cOrE 68ET au&Xcos aOT-a K<oTrrEv. j TOTE yap TO o6ppa, or TO caoo)aTtKov AEyco &a'Aa TO WUXtKOV, 10

KaOaipETal Kai a&7rrop3aXE Tas Al'paas rTas Trfi ayvoias. coarrep yap TCOV TOU c aCoaTos O 6pipTCO TCw orr6yyrO 'rT Ai,aS p 6 iaoTpoS 7apipa&veI, OoTCA) TOU WuXtKOU Op- paTroS &rroKaoaipoua1t 8iKrjV o-rroyy'o <T&S> Alp aS ai 86 Trlio-rpat Kai lTOIOUOat Ka0apcos opav. EvTaueOa 15 o0v 86E yeitv 6 TO TiS 'A0rvas T6O Eyov'

"aXXAv aii TOt &rr' 6o0aiXpcOv eAov q rrpiv E'rrjEv, O9p' ESi ytvcboKEiS fPEV eE6v i8E Kai &vSpa."

Ky. o0X KXLTOa 8S. aTri TU roi pi&tora 8E.

KS. xatl IIX&,rwv 'TE rcl ,) TXe1. i8ri EiprlrTati OT OUK

&acos 8uvapeea Erri Tra ai Kali cbcauTrcos ?XovCra EX-

OETv, Ei PTl 81a TrcV paerIpraTcov 68?iaOC0J?V. IEr OiV

rTlcrTOUTat 6 NtlKO1aXOS TOUTO &K TCOV TRaCTCOVIKCOV 5 pi)cECOV, Kai 9JrilCv OTI EV TCO TpicrKaiEKaTrc TCOV v6-

poOV TC KaXovpCEvcp <pXooa6q)c, ?TrEt861 8t5acK&Ei oTIov 6E? EIVaI TOV tpiXh6OO9(O, TrapaCKENE\EVETat 6 RMaTcov 81ta -TOUT-rcOV LtpaS ayEaaot E?1 Tifv TrOV a&i Kal cboauiTTco EX6vrco v yvcoalv. TarTa oOiv EO-rTV & TrpoTp nTai 6St

10 TroiTrrv Ei-TrTV.

KE. &7tav 68&yp(apX.La. &VTi TOU yECoIIETpia. "aptOLpou T?

oau Trj-la" T-Iv aptpeInriTKiKV )plao'. "Kai appovias atv-

OTaC1tv" TTlV OUOIlKIV. "TfS Ts TCA)V acrTpCov 'popas T-rS 7T &oCTpovopiaS. '4TlV opoNoyfav pitav avayavr-

5 vai" CoCrT, 9Pqjaiv, Ta 8 TraUTa piapc(aTa piav o6poo- yiav TrotfCaat, 6 Icrrtv ?iS ov TPoS pmas ayovouv, q OTI 8ET aOTaS TarTaS Xr&a 8 ?-rwticri-rpaS 5oKOUc'as 68ta-

qxpEtv ?iS aouVQIpcviav a'yayEv Kai 8TLat 61' & KOIto- voUoiv i6tov yap pitXooopiiaS TO T? Ta rroXXrv 8o-

10 KOvvra sXE)V StaQopaV SETIat KOtlvovoUvrTa, Kai -TO -a TrroXAAv sOKOUVra KOIvooviaV X)(E?V 58eat 8ia pEpovTa' ou yap uoaXEp's TO 5st?at qpaTTris Kai wEplo-rpas KOtVCoviav' TOUrTO rravri yap TrpoUTrTov, a&XXa TO

Sta9popav EiTrelV.

KS. el 'tLUS CI Sv PXTCWoV. aVTi TOU Ei TIS EIS EV TEAos Kai

Eva OKOTrOV pErcov, Tavra Tr&vra Iaveavet.

KI. Sea6p.cL y&p &7i&vTx)v TroTwv. rTOV y&p 8 TOUTrOV ES 8sEa6OS io-Cr Kai ,lia EVCoatIS, TO Ta a i Kai CcoTaaLTCoS

EXOTra erIp&aat.

KX]. T'Xlv Sel xKaXetv 'uvepy6v. fSrI yap TTpoeltplKaPEv OT6I6 O Ti s1a TOUTOr V EpXO6pvOS OIKE TUVXcp KaTa T-(XTlv

6p6CS pasl8ovIrr 8?1 ov -rTUX)( KOaXETV por3leolaouvcav TOV pri t& TOvUTOOV EpX6pEvov.

Ky = KS = Philop. K6 KE = Philop. KE

KS = Philop. KS KE = Philop. Ki KIq = Philop. KiT

Ky = Nicom. III, 4. K6,I = Nicom. III, 5

K?,I = Nicom. III, 5 KS,I = Nicom. III, 5.

KL, = Nicom. III, 5. Kl,I = Nicom. III, 5.

KS. I Kait MrTcov TE rTri TC- T-riel AM: Kali AT-rcov 8 ? rrl TE-rx Nicom.

9 rrpor pl-rTao scripsi: rwpoeiprlrai AM KE. 8-9 SEiS(a 61' & KOIVCVOUCiiv M: 61' &a KOIVCVOUOCIV SeT8Sa A IO-II Xeiv ... E(eiv M: gXEtv A o1 TO scripsi: Tr& M

KQ. 3 Tr0qrv M: -TXeiv A

K0 = Philop. K0 A = I

Xa = Philop. A-Ap

Philop. K0, II

K0,I = Nicom. III, 5. = Nicom. III, 5.

Aa,I = Nicom. III, 6. 6 cf. Nicom. III, 6-7

9 cf. Nicom. III, 7

Ko. 7 ?s M: Eis A II pl,rSin A: prTSin M II 8qrrlrTa M: irrrra A 13 6eev M: OTI A X. KaC AM et [Plato], Epinomis 992B3: Tre Kai Nicom. Aa. i trnicpao M: 6 ETriprtcpa A 4 'AptrroTr'Ei M2 s. v.: 'ApioroTArou AM 1 pr. -r&a A: EIS Tra M 12 TOOi A: ou M (ut vid.) I4 rT& (Philop.)] om. AM 17 cta TOI M: oi-oi A: 6' ai Tot Homer.: 6' aCrr' Philop. || i

Homer.: ir A: ' M 18 ylvc6boiKE AM: ylVCbo'Kis Philop.: yiyvCbo'Ki Homer.

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6SE oi5v TO olpla rfis uVXlls 'TO IlvpiUcoV copaTiKCvr 20 KpTrrTOv :Xelv KaCtapOv.

A3. L6vc y&p ea&T. ,U6VOV yap r6TO Trs vuxils opia T'lv a&XiOEtav TOrpa.

Ny. riva o5v avayxaLov CrpwOTOTY)v 'r-v 6 so ^xtCv eOo-6-

Scv 4xacxe0Lv xXal T& ifi<S. OTI t pV TrpOS TO TXOS TfiS OVT6rS piAoaoopixaS oU SUVaTrrv &aXcos EAOEIV, Ei I-t PaSio'opEv 61i TcOV 8 TOVTCAV iTrvTlCT1PCOV, ir l ?TI-

5 oTcbxaaTO 6 NiK6OaXOS. OT E 8 rrpoTEpa TOrV orcwov

EoTIV Tl aptepiilTIKI, Sia TOaTCOV KaTaCKEVaUCE. Kai

q)iciv OTI 1 apleI&piTrtKl TrOXITEIEUTat Trapa TCO 5rl-

ptovpyco, t ye ?K? EiTIV oi XoyoI TCOV e8COV Tavrcov.

ap?X3EI 6 'ARTCOV Ta E1S6r aptoiouiS rrpoaayopEUEt, 10 ETrEtlSl CT1T?Ep 6 C&ptOlOS ?ETpTTItKOS E?CTI Kai TTEptO-

plorKuOS aKEiVOU o0 av fi apiOiGS oOTCO Kai Ta Ei5r) Tra&VTcv 6plciniKa EiCI Kai iETpT)TiKaC' irEi O0v AO6yoi TCOV E?S6V EK?T TOCUS &apipIO0iS pIIOUpU?VCOV, Sti TOUTO

aptiO.l-rTtKi ETorT TTpCOTrl EKEi. oi oOiv X6yoi rrvTaTCvv 15 ?K?E EiCSla, OU yap aU'Taa T& Erl, Kai 6i a TOUTO KCai 1

'Toirlcrat5 i yE, 'Aervav v pv p TKTaiVEoeal, "H(paio-rov Si XaXKEOE1V ov0X OTI TCO OVTIt pyalovTai, puIOCSES

yap TOUTO, &aA' OTIt EXOUCI TOUVS XOyous TrrVTrcv, cocTrrep 6 iaTpoS rr&v-rov TCOV VOcaEPCV ?XE1 TOUs AX6-

20 yous, pfl cov auTos vocEp6os. KaTa TOUTO ToivUv TrpCOTT)

q &pitlT)TiK11. Kal KaTa TOUJS &AAUS 65 TroiS woXu-

Opuxr|xTouS KaVOVaS TrpoTEpa EacTi icrEov yap OTI Tri

(pacEi TCrpoTOV XEyoiEV TO avavatpouv piV, Pn ovv-

aVaipoUpEvov ?6, Kal T'O 0oVEtOCrEpO6pEVOV pIEV, Pri CUV-

25 ElaqCTpov SE8 OOTO youv ctapev ICoov pj7?E1 'rrpCoTOV

avepcoTrou, rEt1i 85 VatpEOEvrTOS ,pV CICou Kai 6 av-

Opco-ros a&vi prTac, avepcwTrovu S avatpEeEVTOS TO

ZCAov OJK &vi;pr)Tai. Kai TraIXv avOpCbTrou pEV EiaPE-

poyEVOu, aoVEtO'appETai TraTrCos Kai TO lCOOV, OiKETI 30 SE TCO Zrcoco aUVEtaptpETat 6 &ovOpcoTros. Kara TOv

aUTOV TO'VUVv TpoTrOV KaVTaUQea avatpouIEVTs apt- eprITtKl-S acvaoipEcra Kai yECoPETpiaor pil yap OVTOS

&pteIou, O0:K ECTI TO JIOVatXES Kai S KiXS KCai TPIXES' tl ovrcov S6 TOTrrcOV, oU6 ypaPpTi ouSE ETrIt(pacEta ouiS

Xp = Philop. Ap , I9 y = Philop. Xy-X6

Xp,I = Nicom. III, 7. yy,I-2 = Nicom. IV, i.

Ay. 2 aKpoCeTv AM et Nicom. C1p: KicjiavdO&vv Nicom. 4 pacxia7opEv A: pabiaccopev M io Trreit8 M: -reit 8 A I| p?TpnrT1K6O (Philop.) et cf. lin. 12]

pE-rTpKO'S AM

13 Trois captipotS scripsi: T-r&v &pieg0v AM I6 T-rTaivEoeai (Philop.)] T-reraivouctv AM 17 epy&Lovrai scripsi: epyc&-rTat AM 23 Cvvavaipoiv pIV (Philop.)] plv ouvaipoiv AM 23-24 acvvavaipoiJiEvov M: couvaipoOiPevov A 25 TrpoTrov cf. p. 22 supra 28 avi'pirTaC (Philop.)] &vacpsi-rTa AM 30 o6M: om. A 33 TO iOVac(S Kai SitXs Ka TrpliXS AM: -rTO ovoa(X Kalt 81Xi Kai

-rptX _ Philop.

pEyEeos. Kal rw&iV a.VEIrqppErTat Ti yECojEWTpiC <(r 35

&ptilOTIlT )>. TTrOS yap &v AEXeeirI OKTa.ESpOV Kai TE-

Tpaycovov Kai 6iTXcIoov Kai Tpt-rlaaOVov, Pr uJrap- XOO\jTS dptipr"TrtKfS; El pJ.f Yyap oat 8, O<K oTrai TE-

TpdycwvovO, ou86 Tpiycovov Pl OVTCOV Tptcov, oOSu

6KT'TdEpov pxi UwTTapXO6vrv O6KTrcA' XA' ou6S StrXa&- 40

acov q TptraXmtov, El yE aptp-iT-rTKrS TOaTra. 'TrEpi

yap TOIOiTrcov o6ycov ev -TC E P3tpXic 6 yEcpIETprS

Sta2MyETat. rrpoTipa o pv apliTrITtKfT yEcopETpiaS, aAXa Kai OUCtOKfTS, El E y pOyEVoCTEpov TO aUTO Kae' aUCTO TOOU TrpOS ETEOV. )COOTE i T piV &apitrITtKi avUTTi Kae' 45 aUT'IV 1 6 pOlOUCIKT ?V T1, TTpo&s ETEpOV OCXEOEI, wTpOTEpa

l aptirlTTiKn Trfs piOUOCtKfi. &XCXS TE o1 pOUCtaKOi

X6yot, 6 Ecrriv 6 tia 8 i 6 Sta E i 6 St arc waocv i' 6 SiS 6ita rrayov, rTCOS av yEvoIvTo hi 6v-ros ap'eieoiO; f1 pJv yap [TVC-] Si& E TOV qpiit6oXov XAyov ?XEI, i) 66 50 Sta 6 TOV ErTpitro, j 6s 6Sta Tra'cov TOV SiTradacyov,

il 6S 6Ba Tracxcov apia Kai 6ta E TOV TpiTAatwX ov, rl 6E

86i a St Taccov, TfiTi Kai TEr?XIOTdoTa' ECi, TOV TETpa- -rAovclov. TauTa s TrravTa aptOipoTs UTopaAKovTrat. fipt6Xuos pEv yap 6 y TCOV 3, OTt ?EXE 6 y TOV P Kai 55 TO f-riptC aUvrou. EITiTPITOS 6S 6 5 TOU' y, OTI EXEt 6 6 TOV y Kai TO TpiTOV aCrTOU. [6 68 TO5 U Oi TO SiTXa-

Crov.] SITrAactos 6' ai-r TOJU 6 8 Kai TrETpatirXaatOS 6 6KTCb. Kai opa T&TOS KaXcAS EITTEV 6 NItK6oaXOS St' o6

TEiXEtOT&Tl EoriV fi 816 6ia wTacrcov' pEXXEA yap TIS 60

AiyEIv OTt "&pa CCowTrEp ot apiOpol aQuOVTai OUTCO Kai ai XopSai;" M yEt oUTv OTI o0, wEtSriS 1 TVo AlA ET1iTacrti pFitIV Epya[ETatr aXpt oOv TETpaTrXao'lo Aoyou aCtErTai. lrr&T v ouSE a&Xpt iTrO ouo pI1tOTai' tI

yap TroAh'l aVEaSi TO Otyav Tq Xi XopS1 XapiLETat, 65 COOTE TraAiV Tq CYXa(TT i pEiCOSai aXpt T-ro ETrITpiTOU Xoyou yiyvETai. TOCraUTa Trpi ptoucaIKfiS Kai atptiOpTi- TIK-S, &aC& Kai T1-rf oCaiptKlis wTpCbT-rl Eoiv. Ei pEV

y&p Xap3 s TriV &KiVYrTOV o'paipav, 'TEtST6 TO aKivrl- TOV TTp6OTEpo TOU KIVOUI?VOU, 6EiX 6Ol SE p TTEPI O 70

OKiVT)TOV [XOUc'a r1 yEcopETpia, TrEpi TO KIVOUpEVOV

ri acrrpovoipia. Ei TrpOTEpa 6E ?'-TIV T yECOiETpia TTfi

aO'rpovopiias, TI 6S? &ptOrTitKni Kai TTS yEEOpETpias, iToAXqco apa Kcai TfiS aorTpovopitaS. XAAXco TE TrTCS buva-

pIEa T&a Stiac"TrlaTc a TXa TTps &aTiXAa rTOv &otrEpcov 75

EUpETV, Ei I &pt apiOtO; KCai Ti 'Eyco Ta rTpos aAqAra; OiTOU yE ou6S cautr Kae' acrTa' TOUS Oi5v dvaTro6t- couiS Kai prrpoTroSiroioujs KaCi rTS avaOToXa Kai 6SUOCEt Kai rT TotauTa t &pltOeov yvopiL.opev' &pltios yap

35-36 Pi &pliOprlTtKi (Philop.)] om. AM 42-43 ev '-r pE PitXcp 6 yEcopiTprIs SiaXye-Tat M: 6 yeCpk'rTp-5S

SiaACyeTatri v -rT E p3ipXtc A 46 rrpo-ripa (Philop.)] -rpoTrEpov AM 49 yovotvro (Philop.)] yovoTro AM 50-53 q p1?v ... TXeIOTTr&T Eori, sc. avu.pcovfa (cf. Nicom.,

p. II, 7-I [Hoche]). 57-58 6 68 8 TOi J TO S nrAa&cov M: 6 86 S -roU 5 6 SrrA&crtos A 59 6S' 6 scripsi: b6o AM 6i apa scripsi: apa AM 68 TrpcbTrn cf. p. 22 supra

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80 rlip' S' 8o viuv o6ca o'-rrEcpia i 'Appo5ir Tq iE"r' 6oXyov Xpovov :rTaClt :coa, KaCi Tr'i T"rV a7iAcov 6Poicos. 86- SEiKTai yacp 6apa Sa& Trravrcov, cb5 'rrpoUXEt T"rv aAXcov

a&pi:lerrTriKi. Taucra oOv poIASXE-ra rcipv j Trapouoa

eOcopia S6rly'caa-cait.

S-. &V xf ro v XTCXVtOU OEcO. oX OTt aCrUTO TE)(ViTTlS, XX' OT -rl rraVTCOV TCrOV TEXVITC)V TOUS A6you5 aLOrro

EXEt.

As. dc 7rp6S 7spoxEvTXrJL& TL. TrpOKrVTmpar & aT1V <olov> 6

OK6apiTos Kai f1q <iaypaopia. CoOrrEp oOv ileTs T'rpos rTaTa pETITTovTrE T O( oKaypaq(ipaTTra TroiOUPEV T6SE Ti, OTrco Kai 6 SipioupyOs wrpos EKEVOV a&TopETr3Cov

5 KOcPiE Ta Trfi6' * a& ' iaor'ov 6T Ta r piV T-rSsE OKtaypa-

qlpaTTa aTrEX EiiF1V, EKEIVOS 5E 6 X6yos apx'ruvTos.

AS. r& &x 'sr OXrl5 &&oraeXatLraTa. TrpOs ?KE?VOV &rrOTE-

AieccaTara, cdrrTE ?KieOEV wTap1jXeqr Kai f iuXrl. Ei yap Pfi qIv ?KE?iEV, OUK av oVSE EKOOCpITO' PhTy yap oOcrav aUIT'V EKEiOEV Sia Ti ETXE KoaIIETV;

AL. xal kx ToU dvav'riou S6. K&V Ih MXap3i9S T'rp6OTpov rTO wrpErpoprTEpov, aXXAa TlO EvarTiov TO VEcTEpov, EV-

pCilES OTI uvE?ioq)p?ETai aUTco TO TwpEacrpTEpov, TC)

S6 TTpeapv-rpcE pO OUK?ETI TO VECOTEpOV avvsiEaqepETai.

Xrl. xaCO&cp TO6 iY, yaou 'ro IElovos. OVi) OTI TO pEya 'rrp6Trp6v Eo-T TOU pEiilovoS, AAX' rOTI iEX ov pei[ov

tyscrOat ocop a TrpouTroKEcOeai OEXAi <(TO pEya>, Iva OUTCO PtI.eov pE?AXrl Elvar coCaulcr'r Kail 6 pEAXAov

5 TrXouovcbrTEpos elvat, wTpoOTr6KEiTai Kai OjUTCO rrxoU-

atoS, Kai T'a AXoITTl 6po{iS.

XA. 0 y&p xtvqaSi cpo?tEL LuETa& rlv pLovqv. rTO yap aKiVTl- rTOV TOU KIVOUpi?VOU TrpOTEpov' AAaa TO ,pUV &K{VirTOV ro

ySoECAETpia rlTrEi, rTO 5 KIVOUCIoVOV a &acrpovopiia. iE

TrpcoT-ri oOiv yEC,oipTpfia TriS &colTpovoiUxa, 'i 6( &pi-

XB = Philop. XA A = Philop. XS XS = Philop. AL

AL = Philop. ArX AX = Philop. ArI AO = Philop. p

AX6, = Nicom. IV, 2. Ae,I = Nicom. IV, 2.

AS,i = Nicom. IV, 2

AX,I = Nicom. IV, 3. Ar,I = Nicom. V, i.

A0,I = Nicom. V, 2

80 Si' o M: 61t A AS. 2 rTOiS o6yous autr6os M: aucTr6 TroS X6yous A Ae. I bS b rpb Nicom: co7r6p AM |[ rrpoKEv-TrlTl.j TI Nicom.:

rrpoKEVT'Jlia"ri AM 1I olov scripsi: om. AM ArT. I Kca7TrrEp TO pcya Nicom.: KaOaTrrp o -r6TO iya AM 2 PAXXov M: Tr6O p7Aov A II iEZLov scripsi: piya AM 3 -ro peya (Philop.)] om. AM 5 -rrouoicbT-rpos (Philop.)] Tirovuo6TEpos P2 i. m.: TrXCovcolo AM Xe. 4 rrpcb'rl cf. p. 22 supra

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OpirTiKlt T'TrS YEcopE'Tpias rTpOUXEi, Troh co &apa fi &pt- 5 epT-rTiKri TTpOTEpa TTrS aTocrpovopiaS.

P. o6s' 8rT St' &pJLov[ia. oUiSE lxt&Alv Sia TOU'TO p6vov

?rrpOTrpa Eoriv fl apitprlrTiKn Trj5 acorrpovopiac , 6ia TO &ppoviav Tiva & UppEXAT EXEIV Trpos Ta KIVprpaTa TOV

aoTrpcov, [rlToUijEV yap rTO TCOV Siaorrlp&raToov acITCv Aoyov, A&X' OTr Kai ai &vaTotal Kai OS'ueiS Kai Ta 5 Aot7lra TraVTa TaTS TCOV apil0pcoV 7TEpiOSoiS Kali raTS iTO- c6'OTTirov Ei SiapepoUvrat. KaCMos oiv, E1i6rTES aCiT]V rrpoT-pav oiaav Kai pJirT'pa KCai Tpo96v TCAV &AAoov, StSaCo<opiEV TaUTMV wTpO TO-V Aot7rov.

pia. t&vTxa r& xar& 'cXVLXIV H sloSov. EiprlKCo OTI Sti

T-rV uaellqioaTcov (pEpOEOa E rri T XO T 5 TTS (p iAo- aoo(iaS, SEICaiS BE Kal i OTI l aptiOPlrnTlIKl qu7yEl TrpoTEpa TCOV aAAcov, vuv ETC' aUTO TO TrpoKEi.jEVOV pXETral, ?Tri TOV apiletOv prltit OV pv ouXA6pOa KaTropOo'ai. Ayei 5 TOiVUV OTI ? a&pXfs rrapa T 5-r ip rltoupyco Ecrrv 6

aptlpS6, ?e ye -ra ?T rS8 Eiov EK?Et vacoyouVTa TCO

aptepcOp, cb& a&piprTiKa Kal TrepiOpIOTIKo a wTaVT'rov Kai 6 Koa6pO oiv KaTa apilt6v yEyovs' TrEpiOplto-KOS yap Kai p?ETP1'rTIKS Travrov. EC EKEiVOU TOIVVV TOU 10

VOrlTOU yEyovEv 6 SlavoriT6S apiOp6S Ev T-rij Ip?TEp YVuXii. wrEi TOiVUV avVeETr6S ?oTIV oiTro (o0 yap a- TrrAoS TruyXaVEI), ocUyKEiTai apa E O6VTCOV Kai O6oyE- vcov Kai vavTricov' Trav yap TO ovvrTiOeEpvov O6VTOOV

oKIyKEiTai Kai O6poysvCov Kai EvavrTiCOV' K p,EV yap Xpi 15 OVTrrv o0i5EV oiyKEiTarL atAA' oUS. EO 6OoyEVOv p?v, PU1 6itapcov SE , OUTCO yoVv ?K SUo p3cipcov XOpSov &ppovia ou yivrTai. o05E' ?K SiUo U5aTriv&v TcroIX?IcOV' &aM' ouiSE ?K Sia9o6pcv p,u OTrcov EvavTricov, OoTCOS oUv EK AEUKOU Kai eEPpOi T ?EK AEUKOU KaCl yAUKEoS 20

oiS6v y{ivTati aAA' E' Evavrioov Kai O6oyEVCOv Trrav- TCOV, olov ?K AEUKOV KOi pCIeAavoS TO paio6v, Kai EK Oep- poiU Kai AUXPOO TO CjiPPETpOV, Ei TVUXOI. OTI 5E? T

&ppovia E? EvaTrlov o"C'YKE1TaT, oi rlueayopEioi 5ru- AoUrat pca'i yap OTI cappovia [ Clri orroAUpiycov Kai 25

SiXa (ppov?6vrcov EvooaiS. K&avrac a rcTOVUv 6 &cpietOo ?E 6poyEVCov Kai Evav-TiCo Cov vapp6oElTal, ?E apT-OU AEyco Kai 'rrpliTrrTO TarTa TOiVUV aUTro Ta Trrp1oTa ?58rl. acTCOV 6S TOUITCOV EICViw aXa etiSe TOUO p v &p- TrOU TO ap'IraKIS apTIOV KaCi TO apTiO1TrEpiTTOV Kai TO 30 TrrTEploa pTlov, TOU 6S TrEptTT TO T CO TpTOV Kai a(yvv- O8TOv, Kai TO SsUTEpov Kal cyOVOETOV, Kai T'O Ev pEo'TC rTOiTCOV Tri S6 o'riv EKaoTOV TO"UTCOV, paeolcOj6pia..rl-

I = Philop. pa pa = Philop. p

p,I = Nicom. V, 2. pa,i = Nicom. VI, i

p. i 81' &ppoviaS AM: &apoviaS Nicom. 7 StapOpouvTcra M: iaecpouv-rat A pa. 5 v M: olov A I poouA6pea M et A2 (o sup. (o): poucAb-

pEOa A

23 WuXpo M: XK yvXpou A 24 lTluay6pEiol scripsi: nveoay6plo AM

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TE! 8 C OUTCOV Kai TrlV ooCloav Ka(i Ti OaUTOIS TrCapaKO?oU- 35 ET, Kaei TOV TpO6Tro Tv ys?VCaCOS' 'rp6OE'rrI TOrTOIS

86 SEiSTai ypaCIppKaois avayKal(s Orl (pUCjl T rpOTEpa ETriV T IIovaS Kai apX(l TC)V apiOtpv. wrrapa8cbaEt1 E Kai TO'S OplioclOUS TOV TE ap-rio Kai TOU TrEpITTOU,

TTpCOTOv pEV TOlS 65lrc?E1S Kai TOUS TroXuepuvXXrTOUS, 40 EtTa SE Kai TOU5 KaTa UTTvayopav. Taura sia T-r

rTapoviorS OecopiaS iaOroa6Eea.

Pip. pepatoutLvou. aTri TOU KpaTuVOpEVOU TOU Siavorl- rTOU aptipoU iwTTO [r6v] rTOU wrapa8EiypaTosr X6yov Kai TrpOXapxayiraTOS TrEXOVrTS VOTITOU aplteou 6

yap VOrrTOS apietos rrapaSreiypa EoT-r, TrpoUTroorTa 5 Ev T-r TOU Oeou CIavoia, OrTOS 5E EiKCOV ?KEiVOU TuyXa-

VEI.

iy. o,Letav v,eVoL r^v SvxCoE. X?K?VOS yap pOvoS a&i Kai CoaaUrrcs Xel. TC i, iTErrlV vorlrov aV V airrv p6vov

ovU6v &a?o arlpaivEl i acirr6TXprla VO'rTOV Kai aiiov

TruyXavovTa.

p6. 4XLtyJLot(. aVTr TOUr TrrEpioSol Ta-rUra y?ap 'rravTa Kai 6 oOpavo6 Kai 6 Xp6voS Kali a&o-pa t ?K?iVCOV TCOV

xAycov 'rrpoqXeov. 'ApXAioS 6S, OUK ol5a '-rr6OEv 6pPi- OEiS, Kai TCOV KaKcV OiETrCI Xoyous Elval Trapa TC) 5rq-

5 iloupyco.

?IE. xal aour6v <r6v> 7TrlCTLxv. Lox6v. &VT'i TOi TOV sla-

VO11TOV. vorl'r6v.

1S. aXoya 8 7tp6S arXXlXa. o6yov O vaVTIrOT6'TroS Trpos

6aXXAira Pl ?XovrTa.

pL. ooltav T? EXovra 'rhv Tn 7oa6TYToo. Kai yap TO

-1TrrTTOV Trobyv Kai TO apTriov.

pp = Philop. py py = Philop. S 6u = Philop. PE

?E = Philop. PS pS = Philop. p0 pl = Philop. v

-pp,I = Nicom. VI, i. ,py,I = Nicom. VI, I.

pS,I = Nicom. VI, i. p?,I = Nicom. VI. 2

pS, 3. = Nicom. VI, 4.

34 acVrrv (Philop.)] caut-rv AM || arTols M: auTcov A

38 -rovS M: aucrouS T-ro A

39 5rCPboeis (Philop.)] PBa?cbSEis AM II TroXvepuvXTrous (Phi- lop.)] rrEplepuXjAlirovs AM

.pI. I-2 SliavorlTov scripsi: 8 vorTroO AM 2 Cf. Philop. py, I-2

p6. 2 ?t M: 8 9t A pe. I KCa O1VTOV TOV Nicom. C1: Kai orr6v AM: -rTO Nicom. PS. 2 vXo vra M: eXovra oOroiav A

prl. xal acXAa&c mr6 OauJcaarrlS. TOaaooarrlTv rTaIv, 91l- Cdv, XOUCrIV OTI OEico fjvcowraI EvaXAca. OT-rt S Trap' Eva acp&ptIO a&p-ros Kai TrrEpt'r'6O eoTv, Evcb'cEcos Kai

ouv?XE?ias pq)uaTTopr?vlTs, olov 6 p a&p'ros, 6 y TrEpiT-

TOS, 6 5 apTIos, 6 E TrrEPTTOr, 6 s apTIOS, O6 TrEpir'OS, 5 6 1 apTios, 6 0 TrrEpTTOS, 6 i ap-ros, Kai ?iS o6oics.

p0. a&tr, yap &pOIL6G &a'TLV. opilE-ra TOrv appteov Kai

AyEl 'OTI a&plOpe S cEOTI aoia-rrcTa Kai TrrAfloOs ova&cov

Kai X\,pa 1TOCaOT6 TOS EK povaScoYv OYKEi'PEvov.

v. 9tLTI 8 dPTLOV LEv. TECOS TOUS 85rlPCI5E?S AEYEI Kai

9Tro'v OTt apTIOS ECTIV 6 EiS 5uo ioca 5tatpopEU?voS, E?TpaS povaso& S ?v TC po'cc PE TrAapE? -r'Tr TOU'rlS, 'T?-

plTTOS 6? ?O-rT 6 Oprl EiS 00o laa StiatpoUv?vOS St TTlV ?v p?COc), CbS E?prTai, povaSa. 6optoapEvo OUTc) X?yE? 5

XOITTOV [P JV rTveayOp?ious ?6OS [?OTi TOU ap-riou Kai

lT?piTT-Oi] EKaoTOU opous, ?VCa 5? ?K TfqS Trpbs &XXirXa

aOtTCOrv caXE'(? OS. I tp'tLOS otlvuv 4aQiv 6 TIv el ca &E yLytaGra

xal eiS ;a i'& XLCo'a xcar& 'TO&T6 ca'sOL.V k7CLSeX6.LCevoO, JLYL-

oa'a FLV 7rtlXtx6rTYTL, X.iXLa'Ta 65 7noo6Trl.T. olov 6 rq St6a- 10

p?EiTal EiS SiUo p?prl, 6 Kati 5' i5ou KaTa TaUTO, KaTa

Ta 5 A ?yC, Kaci PJyiorrTlV Kai ?AaXicrTT) TOpilv avE?-

oaTro Tra P?V yap 8 pEyicrrrl ?T-ri rTOpfl, E?S a&ANt v yap pE?iova rTOpiTv 6 r 6SiXa 8taipE?f0vai oU suvarat.

?axiomT 6? Trol cr ?rTIV 6 a&ptp6oS' EiS 8so yap p?pir 15

8t6rp? 0r , 6& 8o ?aXtOra Eior1 E-r?Ta yap Tr P O, K

?O-rTv aA&Xo a&pt0ps.

va. xaca& :hV CPUeLKXV 't V Ov 860o TOUToWV yevCOv &VtCl7tx76v-

OT0]aL. Ta& y&p 8I6o rTacra, TO -r T rrAiKov Kai TO Trroo6v,

pI = Philop. va p0 = Philop. vp3-vy

v = Philop. vS-v? va = Philop. vS

piI,I = Nicom. VI, 4. p,,I = Nicom .VII, I.

V,I = Nicom. VII, 2. 8-Io = Nicom. VII, 3.

va,I = Nicom. VII, 3.

P1T. 4 olov M: ol A p0. I &aTX,cS yap &pit6os -crrtv AM et Nicom. SH: dplitpoS c-rr

Nicom. 2 OTI ... iOVa6XCv M: pOT-I CI/uTTa Kact Tr['ioS o-rTI piovaxSOv A v. 3 ?v TCr IpIcp. M: piecrS A

5 6pla,&EvoS M: 6pioaa'ovovs A

6-7 ro-ri -rTO dpT-ro Kai Trrpti-roO M (in quo postea deleta sunt TOU dpTrOV Kai TreplTTrO): rTOU apTioU Kai TTrprTTOV A

9 Kaora TU-roTO M: KCT' avTro A | TOpIV M: TO pEv A: -TOplv aut Tropnlv corr. A2

IO pEV A: 8e M

Io-II slalpeTrac M: om. A II KCTa TracT M: KTcr' av-r A 11-12 KaTC Ta M: Kal Ta A

12-13 aVESCaTO M: aVEBE'avTo A i6 BIp8nrl A: 8ialp?0q M va. I Karra T'nv (pVlKnKi AM, Philop., Nic. CSH: Karra q)UcvKV

Nicom. | TCOV svo rTOUT-rV y?vcov A et Nicom.: TCOV 6o yEVCOV TOITCOV M

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VE. &iJLp6Tepca &l.a tLacpavivwv. T T- OapTlOV Kal TO TE-

prrTTov, &vri TOU avoJpoEsii Trrotiov T& oSi8SrroTs 6j0iO- slFi'- TOOTO yap Eoi TO7 oT68'rrOTS cKpaTa &aXih'.hCOv, o0i8 yap apTia pova TroiTi T'a o<paTa o0v 8 TrEpiTTa, dA.& a&,a TO pEv &pTlov TO6 8 wprrpTr6ov.

avrmTOVTreTrovOrTCoS XOUCa O rj pv yap TrlAiKov, 6 EorT TO gUy6eoS, 'rri rTO tXlicrrov aOCUeTai ?1T' ' rr'ipov

5 yap SialpETOV T7O pEysOo. T'O 8s TrTOOV (&v-ri rTOU 6

apil0ip6S) ETri TO pEfIov autjETavo yap &piOtl6os &si TrpacrscTv Xap&irvei.

vp3. nrepscabs 8S& 6 8d 6uv&VevoS TroUiro xr0ev. E arrO-

9o CEcos 6pilETai TOV TrEplrTr6v iTEpiTrTO yap oTrrIv 6 IJI wTaaoXcov 6rrEp 6 &pTtos' eiS &vtaa yap TEivETat 3.

vy. &iTpx R6 xp67rco xKara Tv n7aXaL6v. XAAoS TpOwTTO

opovu TraXAa6v E8 o6pov AEysi TOV Tuayo6peov. apTtos oiv Eoartv 6( Katl 1iS Taa '8uo KaCl Eis avita Buo 0Tpjefivat 8vva&ipvoS, olov o6 r Kai a iS i o Tcxa BSiaipsTra, EiS 8

5 Kai 8, Kai sis 86o &vica, olov s Kai P3, Kal ? Kai y, Kia L Kal a. iT5a o1iv apTtos o00TCo Statpe1Tat, X)op5i ThrS a&poa8o0is 8ua6Sos 'l yap Suas Kai apTria oicra ji6vov eiS icaa SlalpETTat, EiS v8o iova&as apXosESfi S6 Talrrrv ET-TrV boS apXnlV &pitlcpv. 6 8e IprpiTTos &di EIS avvtaa

10 StaipElTat, olov 6 8 sis Tua ou SuvaTat StaipsEfivat, GAN' eiS oavlira, eiS 8 Kaio a, jis y Kai p. iorrEov rVTOivv

OTI KOaT TOUOTO KOIVCoVOUCiV 6 T? apT1os Kai <(6) TE- ptTT5os Kai yap 6 apTros, Kal 1si a:viac, c5 SipTITat, SiatpdsTai. Ti o5v, KaTra TOUTO oi aoUToi Eicaiv; oU

15 q)papv, 861 Kai KmaaT TOUTO EoT1ri Siaqopa& 6 ,pv y'ap apToS esi avtaoa 8laipoiPrivoS 6'ooESiST TroS avirouS TroiElTat, <olov 6 rl)> fis Kai y iou, a&p6CoTpol TrEspT- TOi cdaaUc'coS Ktai "rri TCV icAAov TrrtavrcO. 6 ,JrVTro TrEpi-TTrr ou8i?TroT? 6osI?i5s TOUE aOviCOouS Troi0E, olov

206 o SialtpeTal Eis S Koai y' 18oi avopiosiE8S'T 6 pIv yap apTtos, 6 SE irTprrTTO. Ccbaa0Croo Kai ElS I KCai [EiS] 3, Kai Tr Kai a, Kal ETrl WraTC)cV cbaaUTcos.

v8. OaCepov 86e siLXoT6jLt>a. SXErTal TO 0c0ov, o0KETr TO avliov. xial v firlvt o5v To.Lf. Kal v Tir TOi- TO Eis icra IIovov 7TIqpa TrapepaaivErl EiS plovaSa y&ap 6Ivov

SiaipirTal ij 8u&a, &aT-roXos oicra TOU AOtWrou Trpi- 5 aTros, o6 EoT TO' davicrou.

vp = Philop. vl vy = Philop. vrl

vS = Philop. vO

vp,i = Nicom. VII, 3. vy,i = Nicom. VII, 4.

v8,i = Nicom. VII, 4. 2 = Nicom. VII, 4.

3 dvTrrrEinov06-rco A: dVTTrrETovo6ToS M vy. i -rb AM: r6 Nicom. 12 alt. 6 (Philop.)] om. AM 17 olov 6 '1 (Philop.)] om. AM vS. I 86 AM: -r Nicom. 2 Cf. n. ad loc.

5

VS. 4v 6 TCO SL' &B.Xtjov 8p t 7epLoo65 OcrTv. i80i 6 ?K

Tfis5 OSX coS5 opos. TrrptcaoSo65 rrv 6 povalt 9p' EKoTrpa Sia<pspcov apTiou, 6 Eorriv Tri TO Isilov Kai T6O 'rraTTov -TOO apT-ioU, oTov 6 OI Ep' K(drTpa p ov&8i Stiaqpsi P TOU

ap-rioU, ?ETrrl PEV TO ETEpov PEpos, T7O PsETOV, T" OKTarSr 5 IpJTa yap TOV I 6 Tr Eo"riv, 6S EO"rTv apTo10. eiri 8 TO

ETEpov, TO acrrov, Tri, 8t'aa wrpO yap TO7U 6 s, OS apTtos- pova&6 oiv 8iaqps TpOU apTiou. cbaaUcro0 Kal 6 apTtos i' EKa6-repa T& a pTp p1ova8I Stia9qps TOUO

rrEpiTrroO, olov s 'ri ,Ev TO jiEilov Ti ri rTatil, eTri 86 10 TO EAaTTOv Tril 'rErVTaSi. apTloS S EA?arTcov, TTplIrTTs t [AX(TTrov], EpTo0 rTi ,ii ..covV, OTrplrTrs ? XA'rTCOv, ap- TIoS S, TEprrTTO's I peilcov.

vl. 7na& &pLI016S. EivrTsJOEv vayVKacartKco5 wT&rvu Kal

eiCo)S poAE7-rTai 68sTaio 6OT q)uo'ac apXi &I ritv i povas TCoV a&plipCov' AvyE y&a p oroTCo' ra&S piriOps TrcV Trap' sKaTEpa a&uat ocrvTrE8vTcov 'TclalOS Eco5TI olov iAilpQco 6 I rrapaSEiypaTos X(aplv TOiTOU Trap'' EKorEpa EICTrV 5 6 T- 8 Kai 6 ta, & CavveEs, TOV 0 Kai TOV ta, Kal yivov- Tai K' fpilaus a5pa TC7oV K 6 t. 61oic0oS Kal ' Ei Tr avTro)v oiov TOU Tr Trap' EKaTEpa Z. KCai O' oivE05 TO5U SUo, Kai ytvovTra ' s TOUTC0V Tal1uO's 6 ri. oU 16vOVOV 6e TCOV Trap' EKa'Tepa a'Tuvrtl8Evcov fiptcius EUJpicOKE0Ta, xAAX 10 Kai TCOV iTTrEp EVa EKaTEpCo0?)v' olov <6 i> o0 p6vov TOj 86 Kai TOU1 ta, &a(A Kai TOV E(KaTEpco0)v ToTrcov, olov TOU Tr Kal TO i cp a'rv0es yap TOUTOUS, Kai yivov- Tral TrA&Xv K, Ka1i fiTlau TOUTCOV 1. cbCaa'rrOTC Kai TCOV

EKCaT?p0CJSV TOU'Tcov, L Ka(l ly, KaCl ET 5 Ka0i iS, KaOi 15 Kai 1E,K K1 a 8 K(1 IS, Kai y Kai Il, Ka0i p Kali Irl, Ka(i a Kai Oe. Trri ,.IVTOI TrS5 pOVaSoS O\KETI TOUTO, ANa(d TOU pev gIET' avTfilv &p10epoo, p 6 iET Toi ouj, itIO TO yivEsTar

vE = Philop. S vs = Philop. ta

vl = Philop. tp

?,I = Nicom. VII, 4. vs, = Nicom. VII, 5

vl,I = Nicom. VIII, I.

vE. 2 T& AM: Kal Philop. 3 &Kporra &d.ilAcov M: ocKpoa TCv dXAXAcov A 5 dAaX& &cia M: d&?Aa Kai &6pa A vs. 3 pTrfou (Philop.)] nrEpi-r-ro AM [1 rri (Philop.)] lTrpt AM vL. 3 ydp M: om. A 6 6T' 6A: 6 6M 6-7 yivovTai M: yivETai A 9 is A: M ii 6 I (Philop.)] om. AM I5 A: eM i8 aurrfiv (Philop.)] carrov AM II d&piOioO M: dpieiobv A

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OU6Eva 5s ?EXE1 wrpO CauTfS, iva ?K TrfS KaT?pCoV CuvOe-

20 CTC)S yE?ViTarl l r]liEiac COrT?E SEE1KTC(a coS OU?va

&aple0ov ??XEI TrTp auTflS, ca&a UpcaEt dapXi EarTIv 1 pova& Kai d&SaipETOS. yiVCOOKE O0V OTt O0U?T0rT?

<6lalpE?-rTa> povda, fi 'ovas oriav' &A' Trav ayycoEev aUT'-rv 5tiap?iaOCa, rTO piye06S ?c-rTI TO StaipouiEvov,

25 OeEv TraAiv TI 5taipEoiS 5v0o &a6iatp-rTOUS povaaSc ?p-

ya ErTai.

VTi. XaO' 67roS0tape(oPv 8e ToUi &pTiou. EipKtKap(EV, OTt

TrpOiprTal EI1TElV, OTI T?E OpCEt 0-T'l 'r TTpT povaS,

Kai T1rV ouctiav TOU apTIro Kai TOU TrEplTTOV

Kai TOV TpOTrov TSfi yE?V?EECS aUTCOr v Kai Ta Tra-

5 paKnovouOltpaTa. EiprKCA)S TOIVUV rEpi Ts ls pova- 6os Kai TrEpi rTOV &pT-ro Kai TOvU T'EPITTOU VUV

ivroSiatlpE?T ro'TOUUS EiS ETpa ei6r1 Kai ?EyEl OTI

-TOV i pv apTiou y EiociV 518rl, rTO apTriaKS apTlOV Kai TO TrEptooaapTrov Kai rTO apTiOTrEpiTTOV TOU 65

10 rTEplTTro Kai aovTOUr y, rTO [pEV Trp'Tov Kai aavOETrov, TO 6 6?UTEpOV KQail CVE-rTOV, TrO 56 TplTOV TrrpOS p?V

aurTO oUveT-rov Kai 5ErUT?pov TTpos 68? a&to TtpcTrov Kai &aive0TroV. Ei sOKE1 TroiVV Erlyrlc6oIEeta aura. o6 pTiaKis apTioS &pliOt6S o-riv 6 &aXpi pova5os T'rv

15EiS 8iXa slaipEoCV ?EXO'6EVos, olov 6 6' fijClto yap rTOUTCOV Xp, Kai tiptIU TOUTC)V is, Kai TOUTCOV rT, Kai

TC?OV rT 6, Kai TCOV 5 3, Kai TCrV P ac 5 6E povas XAoi6v

a&laipETOS. apTliaKIS pEV apT-rS ?olIV <O0TroS>. apTro-

-rr?pTTOS 8 5 6 &dVTIKEihEVOS TrOUTOI 6 pICia vv 6V 5ai-

20 pEOclv 8EX6OpEVO KaOi oitwrv d&olaip?TOS p?coVV bS T?E-

prrr6v rrOICOV oTov 16 i pjiCav yap rTOUTvrcv I. i1ou, ?8caT-ro piav 5lcipE?lv, OUKTI 81 5 6? Z ETrI?EXE?Tal ?T?-

pav, E?rrE?68 TrrEplTr6S ?VaV-rios OOV T-r apTIaKlS apT-icX

sIOTI EKE?VOS p?V aXpi povYa5os 5laipElTai, O0UTrOS 25 piiav povrTv 8lXorTopiav Kati OUK?TI 'aAn rv TOI-"v 5 ?XE-

Tat. dpTrlO?plrTTro 6? KaiETiral COS EXCov 'TrOU TO r E-

prrTOV Kai 7Tr?OVadCO)V To) TT?plTTCo. 7T?pltacapT10S 8?

?oTIV 6 ?v pE?7cp TCrV 8io TOjUTCOV o05? yap aXpl po- v5boS 5ialp?rTat, oi8? piiav p6virv TOPIvV ?'rrt16?XTai,

30 &axa Buo i0 Kai TrA?ious, oTov 6 K6S fitCa yap i3, Kai

TOlITCAV 5, Kai TrCV S Y' TOUTCOV 6? OUK?TI. T-rrplacrp-

vrl= Philop. Sy, 56

vr,I = Nicom. VIII, 3.

23 SlaipElTra (Philop.)] om. AM

vrl. 2 TrporipTIrra (Philop.)] rTpoEip-nrat AM

3 pr. Kai A: KaOi M IO K(a au'-rou y M: Kal acuToo y Eiaolv E[S5l A - r6 piv M: om. A

1 TrrpO6 (Philop.)] -rrpCrov AM i6 Kal TroUTrcv Tr A: Kal 6 TroUTrcoV rl M

17 Kal TCrV 5 P M: Kal T-rV P Kal T-rV 56 A I|| i 5 pov&S M:

EI 5 fi piovas A i8 oiTros (Philop.)] om. AM 23 dpTi-r A: om. M 25 Liav I6vrlv A: p6ovrv piiav M 30 pr. Kal M: om. A

T-oS 5? KaXE-ra cl os EX(cV TrX?ovalov TO &apTov' raUTa

IT?pi TOUITCOV. ?AXcop?EV XOlTTOV ?'Tri Ta TOU ITEPITTOU

?1i58 TTwpCTOV 15S 6 EOT-rl TrTCTO6V T? Kai &dUvO?Tov

-rpT-rov 8? Kai d&c-vOrov c-rri TO pov&ai pO6vov pE- 35

TpOUp?EVOV KOIVC p?rTpC' olov 6 E d&pitpoS TrpCArTOS Kai &dcivE?Tos' oU cuvtriorlc y&p acrTOv E?Tpos, Ei T[

q piovas vT?VrETaK yap plia E?' cdUrT)os Kai 6 y Kai 6 tI Kai 6 tO Kai oi TrOIOrTOt. 58E'UTpoS 56 Kai aUv0?Tr6s E?TIV 6 e' o0TroS yap piETpEi'rat p?V Kai iUrO TriS pova- 40

5os' &Trra yap 0, 0 &AXX& Kai uiTr aAXcov ouvrTiE?Tara y yap TpEi? 8' Kat 6 KE' aTraC yap KE, dXXA Kati TrV-

TaKIS E KE. ETI 86 Ka' ?aUTOv p?V o'UvOTroS, -rpos aXXov 56 &davT'?ToS, 6 O Ka Ka' OUTOI yap Kae' EauTroUS p?V

aCveETOI (TrpiS p?V yap TpEIs 0, a&XXa Kai TrEVTaKIS 45

KE), TrpoS 6? &dAiXXiouS dcrUve-rTO (6 yap TrpiS Tp?Es OTrl Kai OUK EXE? ?V EaUTCAO TOV E' 6 6 KE 7?VTTaKIS E

?orli Kai TOV y ou5a1ciou XE1)' ou5E?i oiv ?XE? T'OU

E?Tpou p?poS. TaU-r ?EoTV v p oUA?Tarc 6 TOUIrCov

651&cai. 50

ve. xacr& r9v xoiU yEVouS qCoiLV. KaCTa TTV rTOU &prioU Kai yap 6 aprtoS btatipE?rait iXa, &XX' OUK &)Xpi [o-

v&5oS, cb dapTKldKs &apTos. | TcapaKxoouOel 86 aT)o.

p3OUii?XEra Ei?TEIV, Ti TrapaKoAXucOE TCO dpTaKis dpTic)p &XXA Trp6-rTpov ?Trlyrlo'cbPl a 'TaS &aacp?Es ??EIS, iva 5

ca9?5S Tlpuv y?vr'Ta TO E?yO6Upvov. apTiCaEvuov KC??i TO pEpoS, buvaptv 8 T'roS &pt0ipous. olov ri Xyco; TO T?TrraprlTOV rpcovuoYv ?crtv' aTro yap rTO drpl- 0CPou y?yove TO T?TapTOV' Kai &Tro TOU TI 6y80oov Kai

?T'i TCOV XoIlTrCV 6[poicos. aUTO's 8 6? 8 ptl0p5O Kai 6 rl 10 Kai oi AoItroi 5uvadU?1 KaXOUv-ra TOUrTCOV OUrTCOS Eiprl- U?VC)V. icT?EV OT6I ?T T TCOV apTiaKtIS pTiCOV T-apaKo-

Xou?ei TO Kai Ta p?prT Kai Ta'S 5uvacU?iS d&pTraKiS apTra Eivai olov 6 5 u'rTTOK?ioe0Co d&plt0iS TO-rTOU prl-v i TO

T?TapTov IS' iSou TO r ?V T?TapTOV S?poS 6 iS 5Uva[tis, 15

dAta Kal TO r p?poS, 6 ?-rTI TO , rapTlaK15 apTtOs' &apt

yap [1ovYaoS ctiaipEiTar Kai 6 tS 8?, ap-rtaKiS a&proS' Kai yap auros ?cos puova5os. ior?ov 6?, OrT ?iirrcop?V, OTI ?KKai5E?KaCTOV TCrV 5 6 E?ii' TO p?EV is 1E?pOS TrTOlO-

lEV, TOV 6? 6 d &plt06ov 85va(I. 20

vO = Philop. ?E, ES

ve,I = Nicom. VIII, 4. 3 = Nicom. VIII, 6.

32 NXCOV M: EXOV A

39 orvOerTos M: d&auvOeTros A

43-44 -rp6S &a6xov 5' M: rrp6S 5 6aXJov A

46 d&iXi7ous scripsi: &aXous AM

48 o0Salou ?:XEi M: oviSap(cS EXEiv A vO. 5 ETrlyqTaccbpea M: frlyrlo6PEeOa A 8 S scripsi: rErTapTrou AM 9 -r A: om. M i6 T 6 A: 6 M 20 5 M: -rTrapTOv A

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t. In86-o'xe T6& S rpc y?veL XOIvCIovev. o6Trro-rE yap TO -r lppos l f 6UvalS UiTrO ?T?rpov yEvos aVayETCa'

aVir TOU UTrO TrEpiTTor- o0 y?ap TrEprrr6os TrOTE EUpE- Ojo'rTacl, 6A&a -rravTcos apTnlaKi apTios.

~a. p. it 6d apa xacl capa coU'rco. luOeayoplKcos Tprlaiv OTin pI apa Kali ia TOUTO &pT'IrKc atpT-rns EoVr, OTI Kai Kara pipos CaTOU apr&pTiaKS apTla, Kai TCOV EpCpOV Ta& PEprl aXppi ovasoS. iVTrEUEV ToiVUV iEYXErTat 6

5 EiOKEirIS KCKCO5 6pta(Ji?vos Sv T'C) Ep8562c pIpAiXic TOV apTltaKi apTlov apOlev'v proaci yap OT-r 6 apTra- KIS apTtos apliOpt6o EorTIV 6 irr a&pioriou ap0ipou ?e-

TrpoUpEvos KaTa apTlov aplep6v. TOCJrcp yap TrCP X6ycp Kal ot apTiot ip6VCoS Kai tU OVtrrEs apTiaKiS apTiot,

10 apTi-aKiS ap"TIot eipEOloovTal otov 6 KS OiK Ecrr-v

apTlaKIS apTnoS, ?Tre851) aCxpi pova5oS oU SiacipTrat, KaT' EUKXEiSrv 6 ?Up?EfiOECTai apTiaKIS &ap'Tros i5ou

yap IETpEiTalt Vrr6 TOU 5, apTioU [Tro] OVTro, KaTa apTlOV apitOpv TrOV S' TETpOaKI yap S KS* c7orre KCaKCS

15 copicaTo.

v3. 6v6jac(l Te xcal Suv&aLEL. avTr TOU iro EPEI T? Kai

apitOpc olov -rTOv p p3 pos ,pv, ei TUiXot, -TO TEapTov, 5Uvacpit 5s 6 rl &apit s.

Sy. XaE &TEpo< 7raiv LE?POS. T' ?T?poV opov ?Ay?l EI FTr-

ErlYEiTal TO V TrpOTEpov' apTiaKis apTS E-rtv oO wraiv

pipoS, o av EXrl pipos, EorTa apTpaKis ap&nov.

85. xacra r6 Svol.cOa. avri T-O [ou] KaTra TiV Trapcovu- piav, 06 EoT TO TE T E? pOS apTlaKis apTrOv EoTI TO 5E

aUTO Kai KaTra TT-rV SuvaCilv apTlaKis apTiOV' olov Ti

AEyco; TOU A73p av E"rC TI oTt TO TErap6Tv o-VI rV TO-r 5 pEV8 P5 pos EoTiv, 6 86 rTl SOvvactp, EKa'rTpov 58 arUTCOV

apTiaKis apTiov' aa TraXliv Exv Eav iTrrCo OT- TCOV A TO

Tlo 6, TO vpV Oyoov pUpoS EUpioKETai, 6 6 8 C 8Iva- UIS, Kai E8iol Trr6ltv apTinKis a&pToi.

= Philop. ~s aa = Philop. [L-1

[ = Philop. 90 'y = Philop. oa t5 = Philop. oa

,I = Nicom. VIII, 6. [a,j = Nicom. VIII, 7.

3,I = Nicom. VIII, 7. yy,I = Nicom. VIII, 7.

5,S = Nicom. VIII, 7.

~. 2 yEVOs M: Jipos A ga. I JirTi AM et Nicom. G2CSH: iITroI Nicom. 7 pTriou M: TroV apT-riov A II apTi-aKis apTros M et A2: apTtos A 14 apTiov M: -rTv apTlov A

~y. i -'rEpco Nicom., Philop.: Ep5o,Jos AM 1I pr. i' M: om. A 11 opov M et A2 s. v.: Aoyov A

2 &pToaKis M: i' apTiaKls A

3 9X. M: 'xot A 65. 2 apTloV io-T M: &pTlov A

6 apTlov M: apTZOS A 7 qov M: rl A 8 apTltaKS pT-rio scripsi: &pTiaKcov apTna AM

35

S?. yveal ;& ' T0 &PT SlxL; &prlou. TrEpi TS5 yEViEOECo TOU apTaKis apTOp riou AEyE Kai EKTriOeTaO t p?0oov Kae'

f|V ET' aTrrsTEpo TwpoiOVTES 8uvapiOa UEpiCKox v Troloi

EiOlV oi apTiaKis apTiot. eauvpcTaaa o0v TrapEoTt TO Tf-S iTio1Tfi rts PiYE0OS O't Tror01E flpas aCrroqaivEaOea 5 Kai Trepi TCOV 8.irTWCO C0 pEVTpevTrcov EVpyeia aplepov OTI TrraVTCOS a&S6vaTov EK(puyEiV mipaS ?va apTtaKis apTtov &ptliO6v EXOVTaS TrpoicrTap?tnv Triv ?EeOOSv, aX7a lTalrVTco XiVO1IS CJ KTO15 eilpa0CrrETat. EoTt 5E I

pieo5o86 a-runr aTro povaSoS TrpopXou Kara TOV S6- 10 Tr7xaaov o6yov Kai cXalCaEIS ETr' &TrsipoV TOUS a&pT&KtS

ap-nouS, oTov SirlXaaaiacrov T'iv povaSa, yivovrai PI 6 p T-oiVV apptipoS apTtxaKt apT0os Kai o'Tro <wrotEl> TOV 8, Kai 6 5 TOV r-' cbaaCrcoT S Kai 6 r T1TOIE1 TOV lS Kai 10TOS TOYV Ap Kai o0roS TO-V 5 Kali T7raXlV oITroS 15 TOV pKTr Kali OTS TO V o' VS' KaOi EipEf'S Strr7Xaatalcov TraVTC cs apTTaKis apT-ios Trol'jc?lS.

{S. x 7al rav AipoS, 8 av e6peOf. a7XAo rrapaKoAouOrl- pa -TO apTn6aKiS apT-iou, O6 6 AytI, ToTOUTO Eo-rv'v EK- e0o aCo-orwa povaScov l1 ap-rov 1 TrrpiTTOr v cS Urrro- TETaKTai' a, 3,, i, , I, A[3, 8*' i6ou TrrpirrOV aptple6v EXapopEv ET-rTa yap TrAwXf1 E?Aapopiv. iocrrov Toivvv 5 OTI pEOOS TOUTCOV apiOtip6S eo-v 6 ' oTrroS ToiVUV 6 n Ey' EaUTOv TroXXOaTr7XaCata'o[6vos TrOl?E TOV T?X?U- Talov, O ?0rTI TOrv 5- OUKOiV TOCOUTOS Eocral 6 ?K

-TOrUTO apitO56 , ooCS Kai ?K TCOV Trap' iK&nrpar oKTa-

KIS yap r1 65, &AXa Kai &rnaT a 5 E 6, Kaci 5iS AP S, Kai 10 68 S 65* &AXa Kai Xarca &vtL7Tep{.aotaLV, )os E'?y?E1, xacl a&oLPlv TrawAiv TrO acO'r yEvTiCo?Tart oTov Xap? T'OV

pU?oov rl r r S PTK rlETtK? TroicriTS l rrac 8 5 5, aXXa EiT? oTt Ta 586 Oov Ti ?EaTIV, coTrT?pr yap Til ovas 6Aov T- ?o-rTI OUTC) Kai 6 56, 'TrCIST1] 8 pov&a5aS ?XEI. cboCau- 15 TCOS ITIK?ETI 1Trr1s 5is Ap 5, aA71 KaTa avvTr?piaTal- oIV KadVTraUla Ta5S Ap ?rri rTaS P, Kai yivoTrai 85 Kai TraXtiv 'TaS iS ?ET TaS 5. ?i pE?v Ov Tr?pIrT6V i] TO cU-

acrrTpa, d1S p?CoS c?up?ija?Ta, cbs vuv 6 r{, Kal E?' EaUTOv Tro7AAaTrAaolal6(OpvoS Tro701icE1 TOYV T??urTalTov- 20 Kai ?CovrTa oi Trap' ?KaT?pa 6opoicos TOV T?X?EUTaiov TrOlOUOVTfS. ?i 5? apTov f-r TO av-TTipa, p ?Ecovrcal pEC(t, Kai TrpoS &aXXiXous wroAAXaTrXoiacat?voI Troiraouac

[? = Philop. op ~s = Philop. oy

?E,I = Nicom. VIII, 8. s,I = Nicom. VIII, Io.

II-I2 = Nicom. VIII, o1

~E. I2 8twXtao'iaaov A: 8i'-rrXaoov M I3 TroieT scripsi: om. AM I4 T6v 5, Kal 6 8 TOV rl M2s. lin.: om. AM rS. I r&av AM: -rrwv 6 Nicom. 4 a ... /8 M: a, 3, y, rT, K, A7 8 A 8 /8 A: i/jKoanv 5 M 13 1n r1 ~8 M: 6 r- 6 rl 68 A 1I1 roiq-n scripsi: 'roflCE1s M: 'rroifo

(a s. v.) A 21 ol M: Ed A

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rTOV TrEEvrTaov. EcTrco oiv os uOrroTTraKTaI- a, 3, 5, 25 r, iS, XA, r6, pKr'- ivtraUa rotOwv, ETTE1il 6' rO K'ai 6 IS

Ejo'oi EiCTi (TrCap' sK&TEpa yap auTcov, &va TpST Pe Ei

wp6S &XXi7Xous) o t rCOI TroXAATrwao'ctaO_6pEVOI, TrOIOU-

aci rv TXuE-rcTaov' 6KTa&K1 yap is PKir. o6oicos Kai oi Trap' EKaTEpa rTOfIlcrouc TOV PKWv aTra ; yap pKTl

30 pKri, dAa Kt i 5 5 pK Ki iS Kal TrErp&aKIS A7P pKri. a'cOau- rTCo Kai KaTa avrtxrEpiOlrTacriv ai yap PKiT IpovaSeS

CiCiV pKT' 6XoS y&p TIS 6 pKri Kai TraWlv s5 ETri p Trroto0otiv pKl, Kai Xp ?Tri 5 plKrl 'rroloucJl. orTa-ra orrlV a po13AErcal sai TOUTrCOV iY1Trv.

CL. tLeprv ip6a; 8uv&taets. XYE5si yap Kai 5is Xp, Kal

XaotpawtvS" TO pEV S6i pEpos TOV 6v E3 tp vaopiiv Kai

&xp6TrEpoi apTIaKIt a&pTio Kai Trad&Xv TOV p E73 i TOV

p3 TroXaTrXr ao-ialEis, 5uvaItuv -rrpos ?poS, Kai TrCalv 5 apTlaKiS &pTiot.

ri. c're 6b 8Bov. ibo TOV TEv ErUTaiX ov 6ov ?KC6iA?TEV, 'TrrEil r Ti. povaCi a&vTTrapcovuJEi-rTat' coOTrEp y&p AE-

yOIE?V aTrat 56, OUiTCOS EpoUiJEv Kai T-ra 5 E?XEiv 5

aov&6as. Kai uiav pIcaTrl-rTa ouX ?gouolv, &AA& suo, 5 ETErr1i &pp-Ttot aei KOE'cas 60o o'v aO pCt6Ea6TTESt' O TE

yap rl Eo-Tal pEcros Kai 6 iS.

gO. d&v7arcoxplvouvTai. 'TrCO TO avTarroKpivouvTai;

ETrEib't Kai i1S Xp, 6*' Kai Al3 TrAYiv 'Tri 3, 86 Trolouol.

o. aup.Lpr3Ksxe 86 7CdiaCLS. aXro 'TapaKoXoOeOlva TCO-

apT-riKis apTricov OTI O-VTIeEPvVCOYV TCYOV EKeCEcoV

Trapa piovoea O6 lTO-rOUjevos yivfrTa olov EKTi&rhitI TroUS apTiaKiS &pTiovs KaTa rTativ oUrTCoS a, P, 6, rl,

5 IS, Ap, 85, pK-r' ?KT?eVTrcov ToivuvV TOUTCoV, Trapa pov&aba Tav-rTcoS 6 rl-TOUJrIEVOS yivETra, COOTE TraVTcoS

rEpiTTOS irriTTEI rrCr &pt0 .S. oTov r-rTOUIJEV T-rv 5 Cp-rt- CXKIS 6pTIO, ov 5 a, 3uvS , yivETal y. i5ou ' rapa PovOaba 6 6 Kai 6 y TrEPITTOr6' wTrXv Eri TOU 'n*' cve5ES a, P, 5,

10 yivovrat L 1iou T rrapa povXaa 6 ri Kai 6 L TrrEPTTOS' ocoaaTcos IlzTOUpEV Tr OV S' CSrVOES a, 1, 6, rT, yivovTat IE' iou Trapa pov&asa 6 li Kai 6 lE TrEPITTOS. KaTa TOV aUTOv TpO6Tov Kai Eri TOUO Xa3' aOvES a, 13, i, rl, iS, otpo

XAa Trap&a ovYa6a &pa 6 Xp Kai TEpIrrTT 6 Xa' Kai

-rri TroU 8 6poi{cos UcOvOe a, , , rl, IS, A, yivov-rai 15

{y. i8ou rrap&a pova&a 6 ~6 Kai TrEplTTos 6 0y. Kara

TOyv alr6v TpOlTOV oauvrTlels T'OS apTliKIS CpTriouS aXpi TOi ZirTOUvpVOU ap-rTnKiS apTiov, rTOTrO Eiiptila'l Oeauvpa- o-rTOv v -OVTrapaKOXOirlia. TOiTO 6r AEyEI -r TOTrapaKO- ?oiOrpia vuv, E-rrSElTI cOS paeOCTapEea XpCTlIPEUcraE 20

aUTrcp TpoS Triv KaT-Ar)Iiv TCOOV Tr'aEiCoV- EpEI yap a,pUKTOV pe0OSov 6' 1 S ou6EiS TCrOV TE'EiECOV EK(UyEIV

8vvicrEoTal 'r CS.

oa. x&xeXvo 8S [.ERjV.yj0aL &vxaYxaL6TaToV. EXyEYOIEV avco OTI Eav EKeCdPEea ap-riouvS SITrwao'latoiov, 5io IEcaoi apieOipoi yivov-ral, Ei 86 rrEpiTTOUS, EIS yivsErai, Kai OTI, CoT71TEp o01 p?C(t TTOXaT?a.aTia6OUPEvoI pUV

wrpoS XaAXiXouvS ETri TCOV apTioov TwoIOUOc TOV rTEXE- 5

rcTov, tOUTCA Kati oi wTap' EKrTEpae' Trri 5E TCOV TrEplT-

-TCrv, C0oTTEp 6 p6ao5s qp' eavtrov Tro?aa1trXaaclao-Ei TTToiE TOV TEAXEUTaOV, OUTCO Kai ol Trap' EKarTEpa. Ev-

rTalea Toivuv Kai uTIr dvaooyiav auTous qpEpEi Kai

AyY1 0T ETri rTCOV a&p-ricov oi pECotl Twro?aTrrXacntaLo- 10

IIEVOI TrrOlOul TOV T-rEAETaiov, (ocaUT vcos5 6 Kai oi wlap

EKaT?(pac i(Trov 86 OT TO V1TO TCOV ocKpcoV ytI6VOV ICOv EocTi TCO UTrO TCOV pcov' ETrElfi Kai EXOpEV OTI Eav TEcr-apa apEyE&ri avaxoyov i, TO 0JTO TrCV aKpcov tiov TC) VrrO TCO)V piEcov ETwi 8E TCOV TErrPTTCV TO 15

vTrO TCOV 'aKpcov irov Tco aTro TOU pcjIEUO EIS yap 6

pEcOos.' XOpIEV yap Kai TOUTTO ypapIIiKCoS E6?8E1tyvov OTt Eav Tpia pEyEOri avTaoyov iA, TO UrO TrV CaKpcov iraov -TCO (rrO TOiU t opCEou. TaUTra Eotrv & pouAE,rati 5ia zTOUTCOV igiv wTrapaSojuvat. 20

Op. &pTlO7rtpL''TTrO; SC aTILV &plOJ,6;. EiprIKCS TEpi TOU

TpcOTou t60ous TOU apT-ou, XEyco 68 TOU cpTtaKtS

dpT-rio, YVUV rEpi -rTCv XAOIT-rrv 5Uo p3oUTal EiTrElV,

TOUi TE apTlOrTEpiTT-OU Kai TOU rTTpptaclapTiOU, Kai

TrpoTEpoV AEyE TrEpi 'TOOU &pTiOTTEpiTTou. )pTiCUiV OTV OTI apTioTrEplTTos cEOTIV 6 pitav pOVI6v siaipEciv 6IXil

ETrTErXO6pEVOS Kai pIrKEKTI <(aXTrlv>, &XX' EiuCOS &taiai-

pErov Kai TTEplTTOV TrOICO)V. oloV 6 S d pTlOTTEplTTOS

oa = Philop. or op3

oa,I = Nicom. VIII, I4.

5

= Philop. oe

op,I = Nicom. IX, I.

1 = Philop. oy, 32ff. ni = Philop. oB

{ = Philop. oE o = Philop. ol

E,i = Nicom. VIII, io. rT,I = Nicom. VIII, Io.

8,I = Nicom. VIII, Io. 0,I = Nicom. VIII, 12

24 0iJ 1i o t iKral scripsi: orrOTTrax-Tal AM 29 TovM: om. A

3- 3-5 apTlno ... *&pTioi M: apT-oi A iTr. I (COrE TO O6OV (Philop.)] C(o-TTr T'V OXov AM: baorT Kia TO

oiov Nicomachus 11 alt. 6Xov M: opov A

O. 15 TOO A: om. M 18 -ro-ro A (ut vid.): TOUTrov M 20 XprlCTIEIOUc M: XpraoiPEOei A 21 cOrTC M: aUTov (ut vid.) A oa. I aVay)OKaoTacrrov M et Nicom.: avayKai6Trpov A

3 pEaol scripsi: piv aot M: 'pEv rTO A 8 Kai ol M: om. A 13 rTC scripsi: TCOV M: rT A 15 et 19 Tre scripsi: rTO AM I6 -To M: -r A 19-20 a ... T-rapaSouvai M et (Qiiiv sia TOOTCOV pro 81a TroiTCOV

ITiv) A2 i. m.: &pioeoi A, del. A2

op. I apTio-plrrTTOS ... dplt0i6o M et A2 i. m.: om. A

4-5 alt. Kai... dpTlOTrEpiTrou M: om. A

7 67arlv (Philop.)] om. AM

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EyyiVS' TrE1tS p?iEtcv 1?V 6 tS TOU S, 6XcA' rocos o0x 55

VTrE?p?XEt auTou. 6, ?Tr?tSi oi wTAro'iov 6 i5 TOO S' orTI yap ?v P?ECO 6 t. 6 I o5v ?EiLCOV EyyUs TOU S, Kai 81t rTOrTO Kai 6 cTrEp?XEI. Kai 6 i5 j1?ilEcV ?yyOS TOU i,

6OEV Kai 6 U'E?p??XEL. 6&a Ti S? T?TpaSt I'TrEP?Xouo'iv

&XAilAcov; i 8t6OT oi TEpiTTroi buIa&t uTrE?pouoaiv 60

&XAAXAcov, olov 6 E TOU y Su&St UcTrrEPEXE KaCi 6 L TOU E Kai 6 0 TOOU Kai 6 la TOU 0 Kai TOUTO (?9?Pfi; Ei oUv oi Tr?pTTroi 5ua65t &XilXcov uTrrE?p?xouo, SiTrXaona- l6OUEVOt 5? oi TrEplTTOi Tro0U0oC TO UrS apTlOTrEpirTTOUS

5tTrwAao'a7rico?Tai 8? apa Sua&s, StrrXaaoalaopEivT 65 8? 0ro1tE TOV 8 a&pti6ov KaAOXs apa TETpa5l&t rr?p?xou- oCv &X AAiq )v. raTrpX?E 8S? Kai &AAo TrapaKoXourTjpa' iCT?OV OTI &CS EipTrlra ?T TCOV acpT&aKtS &pTiCOV, E?

P?V TrE?pTTOr aUroTi[a Xapco[Ev apTicOY, Et?S E?COS

EopicO'KETa Kai TO UjrO TCr)V aKpcoV iaOV T'Co UTrr TCOV 70

p?ocOV TuyXavE?t ?VT-roaCa Toivuv Ei 1EV Tr?piTrE'O Xuiac

AXapco[vV TC-V apTro7rEpiTTcOV, 6 pEcos TCA)V aKpcov

riplous 'o-ratl ou yap Tios auoroTs. olov ?ri TrapaS6i-

yparToS EKK?icr0coaaV KaTra TrEpiTTOV XCIUa apTiOTrE?pT- TOI co5 irUTOTETaKTa-r S, 1, 1t, IrI, Kp' EVTTaeat TOiVUV 6 75

pioEo0 ?Trlv 6 1S* 0'UVo?S o0V TroJU aKpOU5, 6 ?o-r TO-r

S Kai T-O KP, Kai yivOVTai KTI* ICtOlUS O0V TOVCOV <(6>

?E'os E?upioKE?Tatl fijItCU yap rTCv KTl tS. 6goicos Kai ?Tri TCOV T'rap' EKaTEpa aKpcov, olov TOoU i Kai TOOU rl' I yap Kai Irl Krl, TfiicOU TrorTCoV iS. TarTa pI'v o0v acii- 80

pOaiVEt Eti 1Epioaai E?iav ati E?KOE??E, El 8? apT'at, 5Uo

pco0t ?up?eri0oVTai Kaci OUK?T oi p?l1ot TrOv a<Kpcov

ijliot?lS EoovTat, &Aa x o iot. olov uTro8?iy[1aTos Xaplv TraAiv EKKE?iaOcoav apTIOTr?pITTOI KaTa apTtov Xu[Lpa

S, t, 16, ITr, Kp, KS' ?VTaUrca( E7i1o sUo ?o0ot, 6 t1 Kai 6 85

t1' OUKOUV oC0TOI TroIs aKpOIS auvrTIt?i?vois iaol ?Ocov-

rTatc oauvE?s yap TOUS &KpOUS rTO S Kai 'TO KS, yivovTra Xp- ocav0E 5? Kai TOiS lEcmOUS, Kai yiVOVTrai AX3p 1 y&p Kai Ir1 TroIOUao AP. cbcracUrco Kai E-i 'V Tv Trap' K&raTpa

aKpcov i yap Kai KP Ap, &XAA Kai 16 Kai Itr Ap, CAOTE 90 TO UTTO TCA)V aKpCOV ICTOV TC UTrO TCOAV PECYCOV, CC ?TE

?7ri TCrV apTrico v ?Ko?C? OV KOIVcoVia TiS E?TI TCrV TE

dpTtorTrpiTTCOV Kai TCOV apTtlOKtS apTiCOV, OTI KaKEi

TO UTrO TCO)V aKpCCOV iCOV TC) UiTr TCOAV lE?CORV Kai Ev-

rTauoa 6? &axa StciappouotIV OTI ?EKET EV 7toAAaCITra- 95

otriaovT?S TOiTO ETroIOU0iEV, olov OKTKItS IS Kali si5 5, ?vTraUi0ea S? cuvTi0?eEyv o0v yap TroIOUJPV E?tKIS KS,

55 ao'co AM: O8cos Philop. 67-68 uTrarpXEi (u'rrapXEi (Philop.)] 0lTrEPEXE A) SE Kai aXAo

rrapacKoXoiaourna iorrEov OTI cbS EipITC Ti ET' wV A: om. M 69 et 72 AapcoiEv M: a-xpo Ev A

70 TCa M: TO A

73 Eri M: owrri A 74-75 apT'iOeprriTTOi co (Philop.)] aprloTrEpirTTis AM

75 irl M: Xrl A I[ 6 A et M2 s. v. (ut vid.): om. M 77 6 (Philop.)] om. AM 85 1in M: iprl A 9I CTrrE (Philop.)] e)v Tr AM

94 alt. Crrt M: a'&6 A

o-r -rTO yap fiToliu TCOV y, T-& S y OUK?TI StaipEdTrar 10 cbOaciTC)os Kai O6 KaCl 1i &pTlO-rrEpiTroi Ei1iv. 6 8E

apTiOrrEpTTOS vavTi os EoVTVT i TC- a&pTlaKt1S apTic, OTt

O ?EV apTlaK1S apT10S aXpi povasoS SiXa Slalp?ETaC Kai TO ?axXlCorov aUTroU, O6 ET-rV fi povaS, aS1aipE?TO6 ?cortv,,6 8 & apioTrrEpTTOS piav i6vnrv BiaipEcrav irrT-

15 8?XE?Tat Kai TO p?yiltoov aCTo ?COTI TO aC6iaSipETov. TarUTa p?V TTrEp TOU &pTlO-EpiTrTTOU. AoITrOV ?ErcOAE?V

T'nV y?V?alV aUTro. EKTiO?E TOUS aTro r ovaoS a rrEplT-

TrouS Kai TOUTOvU STrrlaAiac[l, Kai oi 8 Tr1ltAaolaoL6uvoI

apTlIOrrplTTr o E?iC1V. ?KTl?'0cecOO'aV oUV oi 7TEplTTOi

20 rrarT?S, ?aC&0co A) fi ovaS cbS &apX Kai [ni oOca apt- 0p6S, OUKO0V a-O -ptiaSoS EiXtipOecoaav' y, E, E, 8, la,

ty, IE, IL, tO, Ka S-rrXaaciaaov TOUTOUS, Kai yivoVTra oi apTioTro?pTTOt, bs j'ro-r'T?aKTal S, , 16, Irl, Kp,

KS, A, AS, XA1, IP. OUTCO P?V oOv yivovTat i o apTrowt- 25 plTTrof Ei?plcKOVTal r ? ?EV TE XUCIPaTI T'TEpITOtI p?V &atr

&AAiXAcov &a? &cTr yap TOU S ?ECO TOU I, E apOlioi

EO?piaKovTra, S yap Kai E Kai r Kai 8 Kai 1, Kai yivovTat E' Kai TraXiv OT TOUr I E ?Os TOU 16 E E?upiOV'orai, Kai a&r6 TOVTOU ECOS rTOU Ir. UTrr?pXOUI 8? Kai TETp&aSt

30 o yap I TOU S TETpat IIrrE?p?XE1, Kai O 18 TOU t, Kal

E9?8EJS 6ooicoS. Tp?Es ? ?8 TCo 1?0crp aUJTcV Ei1lV, OUS

UTrEpp[aitovuIv, olov I? ETaCI TOU S Kai TOU I y ?EiiV

&pltioi 6 K Kal 6 rl Kai 6 0, Kai PE-raUi TOUO I Kai TOU 18 Tp?ES, 6 la Kai 6 ip KaCi O y. ?v p?V TOUTO wTapaKo-

35 Aoturijia, ?'otr 6? Kaci &XAAo ioT0V OTt wTri p?V TC)V

apTiaKIS &pT"icov Kai TO p?poS Kati Tq SOvaUlS alpTia

aicrav olov TOOU p vppos f'V TO 6, SruvaolS 5 6 ri &pl- 86OS, 5Kts y&p rl &aXAa Kai TO T?TapTov ap-rov, &aT-

y&p rTOU 5 TO Ov 'TraprlX)q, Koi T rI S~ ap-rtos, Kiai

40 ?Ei wTaVTCov TCOV PE?pCv o6oicos EUpiaEt?S TOUTO. ?7Ti

[pl?Vt TO O apTltTrEpiTTOU OiUK?T, axX' avTtvrErrove6-

TCOS TraVTCrcos XOUvro Kai ?av TO [Ep?poS I apTov, t]

SuvapiiS EOT rri T?pTTrr Kai rTO a&vrraXiv Srlqov6Ti. olov 6 15 ?X?t Eps 'OS Tr 1iatu Kai rTOv E <(Svaptv), &AAX

45 TrO ?V f"Itcru apTlrov (arro yap rTO TO ritcuv y?yo-

V?V), 6 8 L a &pltOS TrE?piTT6s. Kai KaO6Aou ?oTIV

?Up?1V TOUTO, O6?v, cos 9rict, 1St TOUTO Ta'Xa E?KXierl

apTrlOrrplTTroS, OTIt pETa TTlV TwpcbT[V StaipCo'tV CaTPll-

TrS l?VE? Kal TO EK TOU flPi?oso aiTOU Jl?pOS OUK?TI

50 ?Erri6?SXTait Saip?Etv. KaK?TVO S? Trap?T?Tat Troi apTl-

oTrEpirTTotS 5ET SE?i6vai OTI T?TpaS6t [1 ilovuS EiCri TOV

Trpo aJuTco, oo6v ?crtiv 6 S CpTioTr?pin os, p-?T' auTov

06 t OUTOS TOIVlJV 6 t T?TpaSt E?icv aUrTOv caUotTcAS

Kai 6 i6 TOij t. TTpoOrTi?EP?8V '6 TOY 'TTpO aoTro Kai

21 la M: 8i A 22 iL M: is A I Ka M: Kp A 24 A, .8 M: A, Ap, A6 A 26 dpi0piot M: dpiOtpo A

37 To M: -ra A (ut vid.) 38 ?KIS (Philop.)] TE-rapTOv AM 44 T6v scripsi: TO AM II 68va(ulv scripsi: om. AM 45 TUo M: rTCv A 49 imiao'so M: iJo'scoS A 54 16 fec. M2 (ut vid.): 8 AM

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&cAa &-rs S TrpoOTiOeEEv TraIs KS. TvCrauTrc TIV & POuiGE- -rat ET-rr1v TrEpi TOJU dpTiOTrEpiTTro. efTTOV Ov a,va-

100 yvCoEEv T1rV AEXIV, TravTa yap rTCa jAXXovra MyEcOCai

oaacpos TrE8EoprlTal.

oy. 6 To yv?et xca a uob6 d&pTrLO. KOItVCJS y'ap Ta T-pia Ei'8r acpTlao KaXouvraI, Kai yap o ap'TaKis &pTiop , 6

apTrloTFpiTTOS Kaci O6 EplccP1 pT1os.

o0. oauJpipqle 8: a{tr(.. isot 'rrapaKoXoutireia O'TI

Kai EvarViCos ?X1EI TO pL?pog Ti 8SUVVcaEI, Kai Ei pEV TO

Eiepos pTlOrv crrTIV, l 86vaGivcI TrEpTT-r ECSrTiv, Ei Sp 1i 6i'vapil apTria, 'TO IEpos EprrEvTTO, olov ElTi TOi ir1

5 TrO pEV lltcjv IuEpos apTrov, 6 8E 0 T-rrrpTTos Kai -rrativ TO I.EV TpiToV tigpoS TrEplrTOV, 6 S S &apTros.

OE. YEVVCat 8 xal oiSoc;. EVTEUOV V T VE yVECT1V OtTOv

'TrapaSiS6couiv. | ot let1(oves &et TCv Iyy65c. opcaS cVTi TOV 6 1 TrTpaSi TOU TrArloiov auTour , TOU s, uITr?pEXE1 Kal 6 1i TOU t, KaCi ETri TCV XotwTCV o6oicos.

os. yv65povEG ak7v. yvcojiovas KaXOUjpEv TOcS pE- TpouvTas aplt0ous' daIUXEAI CooS -rT vUv rrav rTO .E-

TpoUv yvdcAbova 'TTpocayopEuoupE. | vaVTIOTcraXtS 85

Xeyovrat OTI, (pTrlCiv, EVaVTrioS 6 apTiOWTTTTOS TCO 5 ap'TaKis apTicp.

ol. 6t7o87nrxaoov 6b Liaoov. avri TOU l.lPiOU TO pEOCOV TOV aKpCOV ET1ri TCV TVEplreTTCoV EKOEaEC)ov Eiri 8 TCOV

ap-rTiv Eq)' Jv Kai 60 o oi 0J1 IECo, iaov TO TrrO TCrv OxKpcOv TCr UTrrO TCOV CTECO)V.

01O. 7teplep(aap'lo<S e aTtLV &PLO96G. 6sliaEXOEiS TrEpi TOU a&pTIoTrpitTTOUr , VJV -Trpt TOU TrEpti0apTiou J bta-

yETOrat Kai (prlCiV OTt 6 T-rrplioapTroS ac1.qOTEpoIS KOtVCovT1 Kai a&qo(OTEpcOv S(aq(pE'e TC) UE?V yap apTria-

oy = Philop. rr ob = Philop. 1Ta oe = Philop. 1Tr

oS- Philop. TrE, 7T o0 = Philop. Trr

or= Philop. TrO

oy,I = Nicom. IX, I.

oS,x = Nicom. IX, 2. OE,I = Nicom. IX, 4.

2 = Nicom. IX, 4. oS,I = Nicom. IX, 4.

oS,3 cf. Nicom. IX, 6. ol,I = Nicom. IX, 6.

oT,I = Nicom. X, r.

oy. 2 yap scripsi: y AM (Philop. hab. Kai yap 6 apT-rida<s apTio apTit6 ET-rI Kai 6 apTlOTrEplT'ro Kact 06 TrplcrcapTtos).

08. 3 apTlov E?CTIV A: ap-rios l M os. 3 rrpocrayopE1uoev M2 s. v.: KCaoiUpEV AM

ot. 4 T' M: T6 A or). 4 da(pcOTrpcov (Philop.)] au9poTpolS AM

KiS &pTcp KOvp o KOVC)V, Kai OTOS Tr7lhWious StlatpeCaEtS 5

Tnr68XEtrTa, Ei Kali p1i t'cXpl tovC&5o, TC) 6S dpTtlOT'piT- TCo OTt K&V T,sEious UTrro6x)lrTat Stiatp'1iS, TErXEuraT

Trpo pova8os EiS &StaipTrov. yiVETai 6E Ou'rcos' EKOO TO Xpa ra TOv TrpirTTCrr v wTavcov Kati TCrV apTItaK

&pTirov Kal TroXXaTAaaciaco' v -TplrrpTTO1s TrpOS &pap-a- 10

KlIS &pTiouS hi apTlaKIS apTiOUS TrpoS TrEpiTrous, TraJ- TOV yap Eori, (Kati> oXfljEics 'TrplomaCpTious' oTov

UwToS6iy1.raTos Xa&pv ?KKEio'ocoaav rrEptTroi y, e, Z, 0,

ta, ly, 1?, IKKeiaOCAcraV 8E Kai apTlaK1i apTo10 KaTr

-TaCiV 8, rt, is, AXp, 8, pKTr, ovs' TroXarXa'caaiacrov 15

TOiVUV TrEpiTTOV ETi appT1IKiS apTioUS Kai T0roi1lr 1S

TrEpito'aapTiou. olov rTOv y lri TOV 8 TrwoXaXTr'aaCia- aov, yivovTrat ip 6 i3 TO{roiV vvrrpiaaapTir s ?Ecrr, 8s-

XE"r?T yap TrXEiou S BlalpEciS' ?'ijlicrU yap TO'UTrV S, Kai TOUTCOV iptlaOU y, TCa E y alCaipETa. COaUTOToS 20 Kai ETri TOV ET(PeS apTriaKIS apTIOV Two7XAaTcrcaoia'ov, rTOV r, Kai TrOi1iOCES TTEpiccrapTIov, TpiS yap il K6S 6

Ks ToiVUV TrEptaroapTios, 5s 7TALiouS S1aipoapcrS EwTi8EXE- TraOt (Xp Tpia6os. o()cIaTOS Kai ETri TcOV XoITrv' TrolETi yap TpiS IS, pj yivovTac, Kati Eoriv OiOroS rrE- 25

plaraapTnos, Kai Tpis Ap3 yivovrTa 9S, Kai Tpi5s S yi- vovrai p93p, Kali rrl iarrvrcov o6oicos. auTT rl psv f yE- VECTIS TO TrEpt'aaapTiou. TotpaKoXout?8i 86 aUiTOC TO Kai ?XEIV l?prI Kai 58VactEIs E?VavTrIOYEVEI Kat 6OiotoyE- V?iS' oTov 6 KS6 crri TEsptcycapTio5S TOUTOU OUv Ei pEv 30

XapCOkPEV TO Tpi-ro Kai rTOv r) dcvooyevin crov0rao TO piE yap TpiTov rEptlTr6v, 6 E rtl apTtos' si SE XAacop( ev TO 8 <Kai T6V S> Oyioyevs TO pEpoS Tr 8UVCatpei, Kail

y&p Kai 6 S aprtoS Ki TO 6 8 cpTov. Eil 6E TOU aCpTo- TfrpiTTOU aoi & TO IpEpOS EvavrTiov Ti SuVI&jP. e1 86 Kal 35 aXXo rrapaKoXouei avuiTCo, avayvCjePvV TTIV XEt1v Kai

EUpTiCOIev.

oe. T6 Tplrov el8o; To &plrtou. Tpia yap i'8Sr TOU

ap-riou, )v TO TpiTov O6 TrrEplo'caprtos lv.

TT. t 6 & 8crav &pL09.L6g. AEi't r I eplOcrCpT1ros. avTl TOJ TrTEpocrTapTloS 68 TOT' EoiV OTORV apTro6s rts apt- Bp6OS Eis oico rota SiaitpE0es iEX) Tractv Ta 8tialpoOpitva

oe = Philop. 9 Tr = Philop. 90(, 9[3 o0,I = Nicom. X, I. T,I = Nicom. X, 2.

6 ETri8XErTai A: UTroS8XeTaC M 7 TErXevr A: TEXEvrfi M 8 rrpo M: Trpos A 12 KaC scripsi: om. AM II|| aXrilS (Philop.)] XEOcEIs AM i8 6 M: oi A |I ip A: i 80o M II nrepioaapT6os Eo-r M: Trrpiar-

CoapTloi Eitiv A 21 Trov scripsi: rTOV AM 22 TrEpIlacaprTov M: 'reptaoarapTiouS A I| TrpS M: TpEiT A 31 Acapw43cv M (ut vid.): XapopEv A | TOV scripsi: TO AM 32 A6pC.coPsv M: X&aopiV A

33 Kai TO v s scripsi: om. AM 34 pr. Kai M: 56 A iT. I-3 apiptip6 ... &piOlpo6 M: apielpos A 2 &pT-s5r TIS (Philop.)] apTioTroplrTTo M

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vuvvap?Eva 6taipe6tivat, Ei Kail prl a'Xpi povaSoS. xai 5 &xl 7tXetov Trv 8tXCotL6v imSeoX6ImEvoG. OTI, lpTIoiv, c O

O6vov Si0o StiaipEoES rtTiXovrTait, &Aax Kai TrraeiouS, El Kai pq a&(pt pova&Sos' olov 6 9s TroXXas StatpeasEt

rt61xXErTat Ciptau yap piT, Kal TOUTCOV K8, Kai TOUTCOV

i3, Kai TOUTCOV 5, Kai rTOrTco y' i680 o 6 aipostce &avE- 10 8k[aTO.

Tra. au,pi(prixe 8? a8cErr W 6v? (np' 6 v. TrapaKoAo*r- erTpa yXaapvupov AysE, &X axa 8S a'rco TrapaKoXouOi- cat. <pr)cliv OTIt i TOU &pTtaKIs apTioLu, E?i pE.V TOOV

TrEplTrCOV EKOeCECO)V -TO Uir TOOV aKpcOv iaTOv Iv TCO

5 cnrrT TOU iiECov, ETti SE Tr)V &pTiOCV T-O r6 T-OV aKpcOv iYcov TCO TrrT TCl)V pa'cov TarTa ETri TOU apTtaK1t5

apTiou. 'rTi 5 TU0 apTtOTrEpiTTOU, Ti PiV TC T EV pIT- TOOV K&vCEOcOV 6 pICaOS TOV a!Kpcov 0TroSiTrXaaCt1os V, ETri 6s T-V apTricV Tiaot oi pE'COt cUVTItiEEVOI ToIS

10 CKpOtIS cUVTItO&IVOIS. TauTa .lV ?r' 'KEsivcov. TYp 6

T?rptio'oapTicp ̂)p' E Tv EKEiVCV alrri TOU Txa EiS6 CiUv-

P3prrlKe- Kai yap KaCi T-a OTr6 T-OV aKpCOV 'Caa TC UjTr TOO)V 1pCOV Kai Tc c ano TOU pJ0EOoU, Ei ITEpit-T' ri al ?KOasEt5 cOaTrrp Tri TcOV apTiaKI5 apTicov' Kal 6 aaEOS

15 6 qlptiuS TOOV aKpooV OS ?ETi TOU apTloTrrpiTTrou, aAAa

KaIT' &ao Kali &A?o. So-ralt 58 aaqp?S O Ayco, El ava- PlvrTlocoG)v Ti S yEva'C coS TOU 7 TrEpiocaapTiOU. EipriKa.IEV OTI EKKEifcoaav o0t TrEpiTTroi S &aPXfis Kai oi apTlaKIs

ap-rTo Kai Trpos a&XXAiXouS 0TroAXaTrrXaciaL6oevoi rTOTl- 20 crouot TOUS ITsplcTaapTiou5. OVKOUV oit pEv KaTra pnfKOs

CT(iXOI KOIVCOVOUlC TC) dpTIOKIS &pTiCp, 1i 6E cpOCOTt-

Xis T-CV KaTa Tr(-aTOS apioptO)v T-r &pTiOTrEpiTTc) KOIVC)VST. iva 6 aa9ps5 i TO Asy6plOvov, ?Kecbj.sEEa TOUS TE TrEpiTTOUS Kai TOUS apTtaKis apTriou Kati rrotilco-

25 IEv cCriXouUS nrrEptioapTicOv Kai E?pifcKOPev T-rO InrTOU- pEVOVv Y, E, ZI , tt,, la , lY 6 s, I,, A3, prl, p crvs' Soui o0 TS apTlaKiKS apToit Kat i ot TrEpiTor TroAalTXaa-

olatClaoo ov 6 y EiTi TlTarras TO5U pTtaKis apTious Kai TrOElTCO) TCEOS Eva OcTIxov TrEpicrapTicolv Ip3, K6,

30 plT 9 p9, , 9, p9P, rS, . TraIXv qpEi5s TrErTrE Trp6 ToUS apTilCKti apT-ioUs rTToAXaT7aaCnala[oE o Kai TWOTIiTOc AAXov oai)xoV TrEpioaoapTicov' K, l, Tr, p , TK, X. ,aoTr.

ra = Philop. 9y-9?

4-5 = Nicom. X, 2.

Tra, i = Nicom. X, 4.

5 TrAeTov AM: -rrSov Nicom. Tra. 3 piEV T7V M: Tst A

4 TC. (Philop.)] To AM 6 Toov -rTCO UOrr6 TV p-rv cov A: T7. U'O6 T(OV - pracov Iaov M (Troi

pro TC) fee. M2 s. v., P2) II EiST M: f'86r A 12 Ta fec. M2 (ut vid.): -T AM II laa fec. M2: iaov AM I2-I3 TCO 'ITTO TCV pJ'CTOV Kai TC' a&w- TOU pE'cou AM: -TO &ao

TOiU .Caov M2 (et del. TC) VTrO TrCV pacov Kai) i6 56 M: om. A 21 86 M: om. A 29-32 -TrEplao'pTicwv ... TrEpiCo'TpTiCov M: TrepiCaapTi.cov A

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opoicos Tr6Xtv 6 ?PEefS E 'rro7\aTrXaao'talrcc6o Trpbo TroS apTtplKIS apTriou Kai TrotEiTCO a)&ov Orr iov

TrEplaaapTiCov' KiT, ip, p YK, v'T6 , U cI , 9, ,a(93. 35 TracXlv 6 E &pEpfiS 0 Irrpob ToiS apTiaKIs apTious TroXca- -rrXacnaltl6EvoS TrrolEITro TEpOV o-rixov O rrEpcaaapTicov' AS, op, pp6, nTri, pos, ,apv3, ,pT8. cbo'aUTcoS Kati E-ri TCOV XolTrrcv, aAa apKcrE1i EVEKEV T'apa56iypcaTos El

8OKEY pEV, &aipa TOS iXo TOUS oT S V TrrEpcaaprTiCv EKCb- 40 pisea EUplCtSEis ToiVUV -r ToV oTriXcov KOlVCoviav wrp6o TOV apTlaKis apTlOV, ?1Ti '8 TS &KpooartXios Trpos

Trv apTiOTrEpi-rov' oiov Soesv ETni TcOv crriXcov rTjv Kolvcoviav' T-ri Tpcb7TOU oTpc u XOoU KpoI Eicyi 6 iV 3 Kai o6 yrl' 1ToAA7aacRactiaov ToiVUV auTrovs, Cdorrep 45 Katl Ewl TOUO &pTIC&KiS cpTioU 'rroitoUIJE (Kai yap EKE1

EoTraTarao-'ialoF?Ev)' yiVETra TOiVUV 8co?KOcKIS pWr,

,Octs- oirros TOiVUV O UTro TrOV aKp &pcv Erri, J?C'os 8E

Es5 orTIV 6 95, E?TrEw1861 rrT'pTT l T KOSECaS 6 ToiVUV UtrrO

TrcV aKpcov Icros TCO rrO TOU pCro U, TOU 95 oaTrEp 50

yap at ip ET ri7 TaS 4jn wroAaaTr?XaolacaC0ETcal wroioUo

,eatS, OUTCA Kai 6 95 iEp' EaUTOV TroaTrXoCCactao'aOEi

Tro01 <,0CoS>. Co0aUtros Kai ETr T'OOV Trap' EKarspa TrAXtv yap 6 uTto TrAV aKpcov, TOU TE K Kai T7/ TU Tr6, iaos Eori TCO T&rr TOUJ pECOU, TOU 95' w-roAaTrwaoaaca- 55

l6psvai yap ai K irrl TaS T7T8 OIOUCot ,0oIs, a( a Kai 6 9s5 p' EaovUTV TrolAaTracnlaaOEis0 TroEi ,CrIs. Ei 86 apTias5 KOECoeiS XA&pIS, wTaXiv sipicrEis OTI TO 0ro

TCOV aKpCov iOoV rTC UTrO TCOrV pcCov. iSou ToiVUV OTI

EKOiVCbvrlacr KaTra 7TOTO Tr C apTiaKi5 apTicr. Kara TOV 60 aUTOV 8E Tp6Trov Kali Ttri TO 85EuTEpou OTiXOU EispTj-

craE1 TO UTrO TCOV C<Kpcov, TCOV K Kai TC)V ,acTr, raov

rTC aTro TOU pICOVU, TOU p' ai yap K ETti Tra ,aarr TroAAaTrracrialo6Eval Trroiovl aiupl&aaS P3, ,?X, (aXa Kai at p~ Ep' SaurasT TroAAaTrAatcrialOtPval TWOtoUat 65 Tra aVTra5 3 ptUpilaaS ,EX. co'aUOTco5 Kai TOV Trap' EKaTEpa aKpcov TO UTTO TCOV p Kai TcOV Xv ICTOV T7C aTrO TroU pC0ou, rTOU pT wrr&tv yap yivovrai PupIaSs5

p, ,EX' 6OicO0S Kai TO6 uTr6T TCV W Kail TOV TK iTOV TC7

arr6o T)V pp. KaTa TO)V aCITrov TpO'Trov p EUplcrEt Kai 70 ETi TCOV AOlTrOV orTiXcov, COTSE T?CS E5s8iX0rT f Trpo5 TOV apTTICKIS apTIOV KOlVCovia. EaV 86 Kai aprias Troill- oaS T&KS EKOECOE1, E?plo'ElS TO UTrO TCOV aKpov ICOV TO UTrO TCOV p|EC0A)V. EtAOcAOJEV AOITOV ET'TT T1lV dCKPOOTIXisa Kai TrcXVTCo5 EUpoCTIEV TThV Trpos TOV TrEpitaapTlov 75

33 U6poios M: 6poiofS 68 A 35 vs M: v5 A 37 ETEpOV M: T-OV ETEpOv A 50 Tcos M: iaov A 1 T-r (Philop.)] 7T AM 53 ,eoi (Philop.)] om. AM (cf. n. ad loc.) 55 acos M: icrov A [I -TC (Philop.)] -rT AM 56 ,Oa5i (cr s. v.) M2: ,elO AM 58 apTias M: apTicovas A II Xaprs M: -xapse A 64-65 TroAa-rrAacaaLcra6Eval ... rroAiAaTXacrl6ta6pEval M: Tro-

XaCTrcacialo6pval A 7I oriXcov (Philop.)] a-rToXeicov AM 72-73 Trotoirlcs M: rroiljo'lS A 74 OTrr M: d&r6 A

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KOlvcOViaV ET i TOj &pTIOiTEpiTTro, 6 paCTS qplaus iN v TCO)V cxKp)ov, EAi TEptrrral aoi 'KOCEtIS, El S6E apTtai, oi

pECiO TroI aKpOIs TlO1' EUpiC'EtIS o0v TOiTO- EVTraUea

yap Eni TOiU wpoKEILEVOU wTapac8iy'raTos &cKpot Eicri 80 ETi TTrs aKpooTiXi6OS O6 i3 Kal 6 AS' rJUVES TroOrous

(Eri TOvJ apTIOTrEpiTTOu oV-eECaTS ECappdaVETO dos

ESEi|CatEV Kai ou rwo-AaTXraciaaoTCs6o), yivovTait ptl' a(ovVES Kai Tro0S pCaouS TOV TE K KaO TOV KTn, yivovTat Ipr* opaS &rt 6 TTO r TCV aKpCoov lS TC) VTTO TCAV pE-

85 cAov. El 8s TEptTTas ?KQ?CT?S ACapS, wVTrVcoS 6 pIcoS

ilptuos EipEOlc'rETait T-rv aKpcov. Kai EWTi TCOV wrap'

EKaTEpa Ta acrUC TrapaKoAovUOrio'. 8SEI1KTCaI apa TCO)S ?V TCOr TEpicrcapTicp Kai ra rTOv apTinaKitS pTiou

cuvlpaivovTa Kal Ta Troi &pTnoTrEpTTrrou.

'rrp. xaCl Td&X 8 l8SCTExp1a. Tra piiv yap TOOv a-KpOV Kal TCOV IIEccoV OCUnP[3p1qKEV aUTrCo, cAaTrEp Kai EiT ?KEXi- vcov' Tr&Alv 5E o6iOE6rEpco avTCo)V KO1VCOVE' TCOr pEV ap-

rTIcKS apTico oVTCOSr OTI eKEiVOs pE?V a(Xpt 10ovx8OS

5 8iaipETrat, OiT0oS 6E OV'' TCO E a&pTioT0rrpirTTC OVTCOSW OTr EKK1VOS 1U?V pi(av TO1rlv ?1Tre?XETO, O0TrOS &S OU, &a7Wa' Kai TTrE?iOUS. | yeav&L 86 KxaEl oir5TO. TTV y'VE- orv AEYE1' fi811 8 caqpc WAs ravTca eiprlKaC?EV Kai OUSE-

1t~as XP'loZiv ? X')(pl TOU T?EOUs TOU TrEptacrapTiou 10 EliycaEcos, &C' KETVO pI6VOV ETTCOEV gcoOeV OTrI oi

T-rs aKpoo-TXi6OSO aArilwcov 6y68oa&i U'T?p?XOucnv, EiTrtS' 7CTVTE' oi Trfs dKpoortXi8os yiVOVTai T"C)V TE-

p TT'OV e'rri 8 Troa acrliaLopEvcov 6iV S E 6 yivovTrat ' S1 TOUrTOo pa 6ysoa6Si v'rrrEpEouaiv a&XAA cov.

Try. 7reptl ToU 7Ceplao. iprnKcoS Ta T-rpia eT16r TOU

apT-rio VUV pE'TEICTV TTi Ta TOU TrEplTTOU, Kali EYEt OTr T-rpia oTri Kai aurTa' V Ev pv T rO rpcTov Kai &oCrLVE- rTO, ETEpOV 5E TO EUTEpOV i Ov o KKai TpiTov,

5 o Trpos uV cEatuTO cUevOeEV O'TECt TrpoS 88 X ao acUOvE- TOV. olov -ri EycA; TTpcoTov Koai acTuvOETOv EcTI TOr UrrrT6 OovaSoS PO6vr 1S PT-poiPEVOV KOIVCo pETTpCp, olov 6

Trp = Philop. 9E, 62 ff. Try = Philop. 9s, 9l

1Tr3, = Nicom. X, 4. 7 = Nicom. X, 6.

Try,I = Nicom. XI, I.

76 &p-noTTepiTTOu A et M2 s. v.: wrEpilCaapTiou M

78 aKpoit M: om. A

83 Kn M: Kp A 84 6 M: rT A II cos M: iTcov A 85 Axapli M: AxpEts A Trr. i 6 M: 6 A: a Nicom.

4 iKEiVOS M: EKEIVO A 6 wTrEB6XETO M: 'irl56XETO A

7 pr. Kai A: om. M I alt. Kai AM et Nicom. P: om. Nicom. ii -rt A2 (ex corr.), et M: Tros A II &XaXqaov M: om. A Try. I TrEPI TOoU wrrEpicroO i. m. M2 et Nicom. GmH: -roV s

TreprTTOrro aptpipo AM 5 Cauvr6 A: kv.rr6v M

y TprpoTOS Kai &aoiveETOS, &dXra Kai 6 E Kai 6 I Kai 6 la Kai 6 ly KOai 6 i Kai a&rrX)s wraVTrT l o n rr 6vrls 10ovd6oS pE"TpoU0Evo1t TrpCOTOt KOl &acUvtEToi0 EiCtV. 10 6caot 8E Kai UTwO Tr S pova8oS 1E-TpOiVTrat Kai iUTO

&Aiou E SEi'TEpoi E'ici Kai cOuVErTOI, Coar8Ep 6 O Kai 6

IE Kai 6 Ka Kai oi TOiOUTO1' 6 y&p e8 pETpo1pEvoS Kal

Trrro loovldSos Kati urO ' A u Uov ETPE1Trai, Kai yap Kai iJTO TOU y Trpis yap TpEs

- OocaacT'rcos Kai 6 IE Kai oi 15

AoXroi. AEyovTra orUTro EKElVOt pEIV TrpC'TOI Kai ao'v-

ETrOI, wETTEiS1 UTO ' 16vrlSI TTV PovadSOS pETpOUvTal,

ETTEi OiK eXOUCtV &AAo Ti TO CUVTIrtV aITroUs 1 pE-

TpoUi' o5Trot 8E 8E'TrEpOt KaOi CtUVETOIt AyorTal, ETTElT l ol wTpTrot Kal &aCUVE'TOIt aOTOUrS carVTltEaOc 20

Kai pETpoUcIV, olov 6 O Urrr TOU y pETpEiTra, 6 y

TrpOrTOS Kai adcrvOETO5' co-auT-ro Kal 6 1E c0rr TOU- y Kai E pETrpEirTa, d?aa Kai 6 y TrpC)oTO Kai acav0ErTOS Kai 6 E, COcTE EiS TOU5 TrpCOTOUS Kati cauvetrous va-

XUhovTai' EiS 6 85 Tt &vatU'Trat, EKEIVO TrrpcoTov Kai 25

&pXOtSEcrrOTEp6v EcTI' TO yap laXAUTOV E1S Tl wTrpCOTOV avaXUi'Tat. TatrTa Kai -rrpi rTOi 8EvUrpou dE6ouS. Tpi- rTOV 6E EoT-V 6 aTO- p1EV -rrpoS EaUTO avVeETOrv Eo-l,

TrpoS 8E &XAo a&orvETovo olov 6 e TTpos EauTrV 6v EE- pos Kal caV8ETO5 EcOTI1 Tpis yap y ' rpos 8s TOV K1 30

da&OvOETros Et c v yap 6 8 piETpiTrat O/KETI 6 KE, Kal

TrdaXiv E? &v 6 KE1 OUKETI 6 ' 6 OpV y&p 8 Crrr6 TOi y

pETpdrTav TpiS yap TpiES 80 6 8E KE UVTO TOU E'* TEVTa-

KlS yap E KE, ah' oi58 EV TCO 8 ECTI E oU5T 8 V TC KE y.

TarrTa Eorv a pou E-rOTa 6bi TOUTCOV Ei-rTEiv. &vayvo-- 35

IJEV OIV TrlV Asitv Kai KaTa TaU'TTrV EKeC0b1EOa T'JV

yEVECYIV TOJrTCOV TCOv -rv &ptpCV Trr ol6v TE ECrTIV

EirrtlTrlpovtlKCs &1pav aurTois TravTas. | xaO' 1r-uncolat-

pecrv 8LaxexCpLijvou. Kai y&p Kal KaTa TTrV SiaipEotv

ita(pEPEI 6 TEplrTTrs TOUC &pTiou, E yE TOU &ptiUpoU TO 40

piEV CpTIOV TO 8E rTEplTTOV, Kai Kaie' iwrrroaipECTIV, El

yE Kai Tr E1811 TCOV Ei86v s8taq)pEpt oii6v ycp El8os TOi TrrplTTro E 186I TlVi TOU &pTiou KOlVCOVEI.

7TS. xtL KxCal &Tep)VU1AOV i CTeputvuax. ETEpCOVUlVVOV 1pEV

EXOUtcV ol yiV6pEVOI Tris TrXtEups q)I' Eavrs TroXXa-

TrAolaaloEVlv'qs, olov 6 8- Ev yap EcTrrv ETEpcwvupov' Tpls y&p y e8 6 y oOv ?p' EauTrv i'oAAaiTAacaolaloE- vos TrTOtE TOV 8. ETEpcOvupa &E ol EXOVTES TOYV TroAGa- 5

TrXaalacoy'O6v olov 6 IE* 6 y&p y ETri TrOV E TromXaTrWa-

cnacreoSi E?Toir11cE TOV IE' ETrEpcbvua o01V EX1E oiros.

T6S = Philop. 9q1

38-39 = Nicom. XI, i. Trr,I = Nicom. XII, i.

8-9 Kal 6 la scripsi: 6 la M: Klc 6 ip A (ut vid.) 13 1S A: i M 23 KOci M (s. v.) et A 28 6 OavTo M: 6 acuro6 AII arro A: EavrT6v M 29-30 ?SErIpoS scripsi: POS (ut vid.) M: P' A I6. 2 E9q' avrins (Philop.)] uci' ar'rhvv AM

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TrpoE?pxTa 1t y VEalSC aO'cov 6 yap y auToV TrroWXa-

TrrXaotlaCc v wrolSi TOV 0, U0o EXcov v eV cpCc aptiOous, rT6v Kai 1TOV L' CO'CYaUTCos S TOV 1E pIETpE' Tpis yap E

I?' 680 sEXC)V ?V TrC)O pcr. aplti0oUS, TOV la Kai "OV ty Kai wrdaAv rTOV Ka ESTrpE KaTr TrV C, 5uo EX(CV Ev 35

IpECO', TOV It Kai te Koai TOUTO ?9?sfi ?Upcr?t1S, OTI 6

E i?V KaTar TOv y TOV iv IITpEt, TECyaapas EV TCA- Ei?COp EXCov apilpoos, rTOV I Kai TOV 0 Kai 'TV la Kai 'TOV ty' TraiXv 6? TOV K? p?Tp?T ?E'' EaCUTOV ToXXaTa laoTa o-

pEVOS, TrECCapas V TCv Zo C picrp EXCoV, TOV Il, TOV tO, TOv 40 Ka(, TOV Ky Kai aplE fiS oOTrcoS. 6 6E I Tlr&al Tq oJuT" r

TaTEi 1ITpriCyE1, S ?XCV ?V TCO iiecp, 6 8 re , Kai a-

TrrXAC fi p1E60os Tr S Ta'ECObs EOT TOaIITKrri. Kara Tfiv

Tariv TCrV apTirov w'v-rcos 6 aptiOpb TCrV pCCaw EupfioKETai, oTov TTpC'TOS apTios 6 P' Sia TOUOTO OUV 45 6 y TrpCOTOS C)v TCOV 'rrplTTCrv, 8U0 ?XE1 TOiUS p?COUS' wra&iv 6 6 8SeiTrpoS apTr os Si TOUCTO OCv 6 O SE'UTrpos C v TrreplTTr6, TEro'apas ?Xe1 TOUS rojs pCOus' cCaaUTrc

rTpiTOS &pTlOS 6 S' Si& TOUiTO 6 L TpiTOS C)V TrrplTTrr , S ?EX) TOU5 pCyo'ou. Kai ETri T-V AOIrTTCV wraVrcov

c 50

OUTri T'ItS ?Up?ecr'c?Tai. ?OTI 8? Kali atCA S ?Up?1v r Ti Ta'iv T'r Xcbpas yap 5irrTAaoi&oucot Kai O coos 6 8i-

rrAaclapO'S6, TOoOUTOI ro oi pO?C, olov 6 y T iV wrpcb- TTlv Xxcpav ?EXEI OUKOUV 5iS pia, Ti Eort; 5i'o 8i& TOlTO ov 6 y 8Uo P?C0OUS E?X?l' ?lTa 6 ? T' V P ?XE1 55

Xcopav, OU1KOOV 6iS 8Uo yiv?Tra 6, 8iS TOOTO TCCaoa- pao ?XE?t pECYOUS' 6 L Trpimv EXEt Xpcpav, 5iS oiv y 5s OUnKOV ita TOiUTO TroS ?XEI S' Kati ?Ti rTCV a &Xcov

?\JpllCy?S TaoUTrlV rTTV Tar&t. ?'T?i TroVUV T-r T-rS ps06- Sou Trapa088oTara, K0ecobPiea Kai lTapa8Sf?iyaTa, aAXa 60 E-rri pfKOS Tfi T?Tparp 6 iova iIcov 6 O iXOS yEvriTalI

y, ?E,1, la, iy, ,L E, Y', Ky,-, Y Ke, Xa, e i? Ka K? KL

y E,I y y . y y, I NE, -, pa, py , ,-, p y . i6ouToivuv Ay AE? ,PE'? Poi va

oi p?V PITil EXoVT'S avC) Ta' pTpa T rrprCTOt Kai cacrv0?Toi

oiCt1V, oi 86? P X)OVTr?S ETravCo 8?UT?pOI Kai avO?TOI, 65 oi 6' Ev TrpobS A7&XXous ,?V acrUv0TOi Trpos 86? auTroTs COVvOTOi. &a?' oOv i'roTov OTI, i?TirrEt6l Prl OT XapT-rnr

35 Ka PE-rpE scripsi: KcraTpETTpETv AM

36 OTr A et (ri fec. M2 ut vid.) M 36-37 6 E scripsi: oT0ros AM

45 6 p A et M2 i. m. (6 Svo): 6 SEuTEpos M

48 Trpirrpr6o M: rTEpir-roOs A

62 scripsi: M: 0 A i Y' Escripsi: I AM L M: Ka 8 8 IE Ka

A 1 |- scripsi: - M: K? A | |I scripsi: Yi M: K A KE KE KL Kl

63 Y scripsi: Y-a M: Ay A I - M: A IY scripsi: Ay Ay AE Au

Y'ly M: A8 A scripsi: M: A scripsi M: A : AO - PE P E POipsi

L, M: pl A 1I Y scripsi va AM P66 va

66 d&XAXovs (Philop.)] a&?17ovs AM

Tre. &XX& 7Cr&vOx &xEtVOV &?xetvouS. EKETVOV pEV cb

rTO y 1rri TroJ * e T yap Ecrnv 6 y Kai (p' auvr6v roaXAarrcataioeE1S ?iroirE -TOrv 0* EKivoUS 65 dcs 6? y

Kai 6 E brri TOV 1E' Tpi; yap E iE. | XXay.Lvcxo xal 5 oixKct6epov. ET?rEl51 pErTa TO KaCi TOU'TOUS Tr KOtVCOi

T'rS pova8os pETpy prTpicoieat, piSTpouvrTa KCi 0TT &XXarAcov.

'1TrS. S6& OU'Ct)V yiVEtLS xCXeLaL S'ot 6 'EpaToaoEvouS x6axL- vov. EVTIreOev XAoVrrov Trlv yEvEcav KTriOeTra TCrOV TplCAv 61a PIas p 0E0ou, w'ei o cV cBarrp KapTrr6v Kai aXvpov 5taKpivE? drr' aXAXiAcov Kai yampiov -TO KoCKIVOV, oOrTco

5 Ka'v-raiea Trrr6 piav pe0o8ov av6ayovral Tr Trpia Kai

8liaKpivopIv aoTa coS pEhXX0oV EyeIV' 81i TOUTO KO-

orKIVOV papV T'rlv y?veocIv. cYIrV oiv f yVEVSai aU0riTV TOlaUTVl. ?KTil1 TOjK S OTO Tpla05 Tr?plTTOUS ?V VS TiXXC Kai EKTEIVOV ETTi T0OUI, iva TCo iTTArleti rlpaCOri Trc y

10 iI6rl' Kai 6 piv y JeU0S ?9' EaUTOv wrroXAaTrrXaCnlalcOcA Kai TrolIiTdC TOV 0. EITa 1Tri 'TOV ?pfis TOrV E Kai IE-

TpEiTC) TOrV 1S, Ei-ra ETri TOV L Kao pErTpEiTCO TOV Ka. Kai OUTCOS ECS oC p oUAe TO6v crrixov ElVa1- EITa prETa rTO TrrAlp&cra, rcaXiv TOV e TO-rv {EpSE Tro y ap~at

15 P?ETplKCos AaXopa3VEIv, ITra TraAlv 'Tr?rlpco'aS TOV o-ri- XOV, rTV . Kai T-raAlV TfrAfXPCCaS, TOV 0* K(a TOUTO

EpT?ESS. Kali EUp1vcEiS trwavr -r T Tpia eTr1- Tf yap

p?rTprleOlrcTai 'T1S vrrTO 5o qi oU pIrplTpTelo'er Tal vTr6 65o, aAAXa irr6o v6S, q oU05e 6oS Trc S pIsTpTrecSa'Tat.

20 Kai oi pEV pETpoUOIvo i VrrO Tri lOV A 6v wTVTrcoS 5EUTr-

pot Kai cUvOE-Toi Eio1V, oi 8 PiI pIETpOuIIpVOI CoAoS

?TrpCOTOI Kai aCrvveVrot, oi 65 a'cTrao pETpoUCI?EvoI TrpO pIv Eaourovs c vOeTrot, TrpOS 86 a&Xi'ouS aUo-ve-rol. Kal iva (aypls oi0 yEvrlTatl Tp EijPE1S aCTroV TOiS p?-

25 TrpoulpEvoIS TOJS Uq' COV pETpOUvTal ETravco wTpooTiOel, Kai ?K TOUTOU OCTOI e0UpeOCoa-i pt rl X 6Acos &E6aCSvoi

TrrpocrOiKnrv 68fAOit ECovroal ct S TrpCToIl 'OVTES Kai

ao-uverTol, oi 6E 5o ?XoVTES Trpo0Ol'KaOS 5EOUT?pOI Kai

aCYUv0erot EUpE"i0oovrTat, oi 86 piav Trpo s IEV EUvTOU' 30 or-v06roto, wTp6S 8E a&Xrilous aoCvie-rTOI. Ta'ir& 6 TIVI

TrE = T'r = Philop. p

TE?,I = Nicom. XII, I. 4-5 = Nicom. XII, I.

TrS,I-2 = Nicom. XIII, 2.

TTE. I pr. KSETVOV AM: ' ?KEiVOV Nicom. | | KEiVOUS Nicom. (et cf. lin. 3): EKEiVOu AM

2 TOv A: om. M

3 &KEiVOUS M: EKEiva A

5 oiKti6orpov AM: iSaiTrEpov Nicom. II TC- KOIVCa M: KOIVqS (ut vid.) A

6 p-rTpTacai A: pi-rTpETral M II UOr A: a&rr M

7 &XAiA7cov M: a&Acov A wTT. I-2 KaAETITa ... K6OKIVOV AM: irTT 'Epacrooe'vous KaAEIrai

K6OCKVOV Nicom. 2 Aoit-6v A: AoolTovcV M I6 TOirTO M: oVrTCO A 23 et 30 dAArAiouS (Philop.)] a&XiouS AM

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6 6pEIocOV E1r' O&ralpoV OTiXoV &CptelCOv StXEcrat, 8OKE01 )EUSEoCalt 'rO Eyov, ort 6 Ev prpov EXcoV apt-

70 86'S Trp6s pEv EauTrv ooV8ETEOS ECT'I TrpO5 6AXov

&ciUveE'Tos' i5oi yap EV TC EKiTEObVTt Uip' lpAv -rrapa-

SEiypaTic KL EV tpTpoV EXE1 ' T' TOU y cboaUCTcoS Kai

6 Oa KCai 6jicoS OUK Ei'i rrpos XAAXlXOUS axcriveTOt,

Trp6o 5 acUTroUs cUavETO 0 ci'ro &> EpoI yap UwTT TroU y

75 PE-rpoOvTra. XP0 oiv Ei8Evai OTI El rj v 8vvarTOv pEiova

GT-iXoV 'rofljoail, E1XE Kai 6 KL biiaCeatl &A7o pJ-rpov TO TOU r0 , OT- TOV - E PAXXoPEV wTOIEt' EVV6KIS yap

TpET1 Ki. Kal 6 8 e cbE 'rco&S aC&o ipT'pov [SEairTO av TO TOU ty, El yE iPEVV Xapo6vTrE TOV iy TpiyKaCltE-

80 KtKIS yap TpEiS We. ETrrE o0iv 6S& T-OUrO oU' UVCEt8a O6ov EK TOUTOU aTorfivacrata Koai EwIrrv ETr CT Kael6Xo

ErTi TT'S EKeECTECOS TCV TrEplTTOV' oi PIV EvaUTOUvS Tr7X-

XaaTr1acitaLovTrES, wTrooUcl wTrpS 1EV EaUTOUS ouv0v-

rTOUS TUp6O SE d6AXiiXous &auvvrTOUS, olov o6 Kai 6 KE' 85 -rrp6s pJEv 6ciAXXouS acrovETot, -rp6s 8 Eoa0Uro*S oOv-

E'TOI, ETEl6S TO6b V jV 6 y wTO2XaaTwXaola0CTEiS ErITOi{TCE,

TOV 8E KE 6 E' (o'XaOircoS KaOi KE Kal 6 gO , ETrE1Srj TOV

PEV KE ? E E lTwOirCEV Eq)' Eau'TOV TroXaa1C1 lac0(cOirS,

-TOV S 0 6 L o . oi SE yEV6pEvot EK T'r V EauTroUs woTXa- 90 TrlAacalo6vrcov o0TroI 5ETrrEpoI Kail crav0eTO Elcr TraU-

Tra EV TrEpi T'rS pEe0605o T'aUTrr. io0Eov 6S OTI Eo0T pEo85o0S Co-TE EUpioaKEV C-r TobjS TnpOS tEV EaUTOUS

avv8ETrous TrpOs 65 a&AWXXous &douv TOvs, olov TECOS c T5 ~wl p~v 'r&v 'r'rpatyr3vov ay' p v [SnOrlXOV'rt CW)S ?Tn pEV TCOV TETpayCOVCOV TrEplTTCV 8TOVOTI

95 yuJvao'ooCEV XaapE3 Trpc'TOUS Kai d&ovvE'rTOus pt- pOUSi, olov rTO y Kal TOYV , T0woaX171(Xa iauov TOiTOUS

Eq)' EavUTroUS, Kai yivovraTt (-rpis Trpia) Kai KE (TErVT&- tKS E). i6So OirTOI oi yEVOpEVOt TETpaycOyvoIt -rpos &Xhhl- XouS p1EV atcUveETroi riC1 TrpOs E 'EavTroUiS o-vai ETrot,

100 To'acroS r' Tirrlpo v TOV PEV EK TO.U 8 T rpoiovTra ETri

TOV y OaTroaClC(aiaLE, 'TOV SE K TO'UO KE 1ETi 'TOV E,Kai TrravTaS T0TI1TCTEIS TrpOs pV ?aUTOUS crUVOveTOUS TrpOS

S6 da\XiAoug &auvveT-ouS, olov Tr&Xtv wroirc7ov Tpis e K., adrAa KOai -TEVTraKtI KE pKE' 6 &apa Kl KOi 6 pKE

105 rrpob phEV XXAiXous icriv a'cv1eTroi, ITpoS 8E EaufTOUS CoUvOETor Kaci TwalTv Toircov Tpis KZL, yivovTat -wa, Kali -TEVTaK<IS pKE yivovTal XKE' ot apaw Ta Kai XKE lTpos

a&XX1rXouvs pEv a&rOve-rTOI TrpS SE avuroUS o'iverTOI. Kai EIP(pEJS TOUTO TTOICoV EoUpilaE15 TOUS yiVO1pEVOUS

110 llaTasr TOIOUTOUr . oU pOvov S6 E'ri TGOV TETTpayCvcovV o-ri TOUTO, c .aa( KCa1l WEi T'rV ETEpOpTIKCAV (Kai Ca0UTO

PEV :EX 1 TTpOldcv Ei1TTEV OTI ETEpOoPlKElIS Kai TTpOp11KEIS

73 wrp6s &da7iXous A: Trp6s & &aXXAXou M 76 -rroijauai M: -roiElcai A I EIXE Kai M: EiXEV A 78 axxo M: a&xAc A | pi-rpov M: pE-rpcp A

79 TO M: -rco A 80 btia roiTO M: ?K 'TOiTOU (vel TroITro) A 81 goar (Philop.)] OTI AM 89-g90 roAXarraratal6vrcovv A: niXTcaia6vrcovT M 92 EvjpiOKEIV (ut vid.) AM: ejplCiaKnv P: EUpicaKECaai P2 i. m. ||

Ce M: Tr A

93 a&XW1XouS scripsi: &AXouS AM IIo rravTa A (ut vid.): rTr&rvTos M

Sla9ppoucnv' ?TEpopjKE1S5 pV yap Eloiv oi ovaSit O6voI ia(q)Epov'reS, olov 6 5 Kal 6 y, 6 E Kali 6 S, Ka oi r TOlOU-

TOt' TrpOpi1KEtS SOE ol SaUSit i Kai TplaSt Kai TrEpaSbt 115 Kai 'rrXEiovi &plt0Ico, olov 6 y 6 E y Ka K 6 s). EaV Troivvv X&aprls &ptl0pois TErroaapaS Trpos aA{i\ous TpcA)TOUS K1ali aauv'CEVTOus Kai 0TrroMa.otXrraCIaorjS TO5S B5ij Kai 1Tariv T-rOUS bSo KaCi aTrr TC-rV EtiLvcov '(Xp TrocO'Trou &(paipfiaIcrl S oX pS oi pITK'ETt ETIr TOU IrIE- 120

lovoS a(EETIv, KcrrTav(TT'EIlS EiS <KpovabaC > TO KOIVOV

arUTCv p-rTpov. Too(aUTra Kai TTEpi TOOJTOU. avayivoo- oKE?oco XotTrrv q' 1(iS, Kai EI TrO Ti oEaTIV EV auvTr

aacapES, EnyimaEcr)s &tliou'eco.

Trr[. &plate&vo; &7r6 TcoU xpoxTiloou. rTOvUTE'crV aTO TOU y, To; 68S0 IJ.iEaouS SLaXelnovTaG, TOV TE E Kai TOV I, OTav El?' aurTOv -TroXxTrraXacctaolo1EV TOv

80 TprpE ' SE TOv IE ETri TO'VE Tr0o? Tr7aacTralopEV, 'TOV

ta Kai TrOV ty 1EOavUS EXI1' Ka(i EgETE CS ipS elprTa EV 'T 5

E6oScp, a'XpIS 0o ,Trp?i SU0o ECoUoS EUpicrKETaI EXXCOV.

Tmrl. &Xa & 6v Luv n7p&Tov. avTi TOU TOV TrpCA)TCOS ucrTO TOo y pFrTpOUpEvov, O Eol TO-rv . pTIl oOv EiKT] PErTpEi-

T'oo'av, a&Aa T6OV oirTCo KEI11EVOV Cos S'o 1EC(TOVS

rTrEppaivEIv, TOrV TE E Kai1 TOV L' pErTplcrEI 6 KaT(a TrTV

rTOi rrpcoTric'rou EV TCro cTlXrri KEIPEVOS wTrrOCOT'Ta, 0

ETrrIv 6 y.

5

TrT. xarca T'v uauTou. avxri -TOi Eq' :auTr'v TrToX7aTrXa- o-iaL 6pEVoS.

9 p yE. pi . YP. vrrl T'o TPiS P pTPEIS 0 YiVETat.

9a. r6v 8: &ti' 4xcivou. &Tri rTOU TO'V r TOV ovTra

IETa TOV 8tICA1EiTrrovTa <(>' StaXEiTrouovt yap a ECTOI

TrrE = Philop. pa -rr = Philop. p[3 wTr = Philop. pp

9 = Philop. pp 90t = Philop. py

TrE, = Nicom. XIII, 3. 2 = Nicom. XIII, 3.

rrn,i = Nicom. XIII, 3. -rr8, = Nicom. XIII, 3.

9,1 = Nicom. XIII, 3. 9a,I = Nicom. XIII, 3.

II3 pJv yap A: yap piEv M 120 &paiplcais A: dqalpric'aE M 12I pov&ac scripsi: om. AM -r. i TrpowriT-rov AM et Nicom. SH: 'rrpcTov Nicom. 2 ilaXEilov-Tas AM, Nicom. C, Philop.: SiaEwTrrov'ra Nicom.

SH: rrapa7eirrovrTas Nicom. (ex ci. Ast): wTapaihrwovTra Nicom. GP

3 wroXXactacrlaoL6pEvos M: wroAXaTrAacnaicra&pvos A 4 IETpEi A: PETp,i M Trrr. i Trp6'Tov AM et Nicom. H: wrp-rTcos Nicom. II alt. r6v

M: om. A 9. i pr. rpis Nicom.: -TpET AM 9a. I crr' Nicom.: rr' AM (cf. etiam lin. 6) 2 p scripsi: om. AM

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Tra7iv svo, 6 ia Kai 6 'iy IErTplCToI 6 y KarX TTiV rrO-

(TOTT6m a -TO pO - TrEraypEvov aVTri TOv KaTa TOV E' 5 oTros yap 58EirrpoS 6 y&p y TOv IE Kaca TOV E piTrpEr

TrevTaKIS yap Tp1Es 1I. | T6v 86 TiXtLV &7' KxEEVOu. rTV 5s Ka TOV I?TEa TOV 1 E1at1aEi'rrovrTa TOvS (, T6V T?E i Kai TOV O1, IeTrpflat6 6 y.

9(3. xa&a rlV TOi yOU &pliOzoO 7Coa&6r^CTa. &CVTi Tro -. TpiTro ya p 6 L. 6 o0v y Kara TOv EL IETpel TOV Ka' ETrraKiS yap TpEls Ka.

9y. rbv 8 trL 7?EpaCrlipWo xEliLevov. &vTi TO- TOv S6 KL TOV I prTa TOV KCo a SiCaEiovra p rTO6V TE K Ky ai TOV KE pE'Tpi7C1e <(6 y>.

98. XaTra & 'r'V 'TO TeTEpTOU 7tOOurtJaL. 0 EOTI KaTa TOV 6 pErTpEP EvvKXis yap rTpTs Ki.

9E. reltCra tLer& TOSTO &7' T XXI) &pXy;. IE- -Ta SE TO

TrArpco-ai ao Ec5 o 0 OEAiS rTOv y pETE'XE ?Ti rOV e Kai TrWiatv cos a'w' a'ArlS apX>S acxrrT piTpel StaXli- Trravcov 6.

9S. &xXa T v tLiv aco. &axa -rov pv sE' wrrpwTrov yap TOJTOV 6 E PIETpeI.

93 = Philop. pS

9y = 9 =

9E = Philop. pE 9S = Philop. ps

6 = Nicom. XIII, 3. 93,I = Nicom. XIII, 3.

9y,I = Nicom. XIII, 3. 98,I = Nicom. XIII, 3.

9E,I = Nicom. XIII, 4. 95,I = Nicom. XIII, 4.

4 pov (Philop.)] p AM 5 KOraT (Philop.)] Kal AM 6 TOV ... KEdivoV AM et Nicom. SH: 'TOV 8 wrepawrmpco w-rrXiv

Nicom. 7 TroS scripsi: ToTs AM 7-8 rTV et -rT (Philop.)] TCO- et -rT AM 9p. I yOV Nicom.: y AM II d&pioVi Twrocr6TrTa AM: -rT-rayTpVOu

Nicom.: T-ETcVypEvov TroaCOTTTa Nicom. S

9y. I TOv ... KEipEvov AM: inter rrEpacTrpco et KEiJivov Nicom. hab. vnrep 5Uio alt. 6E M: om. A

2 TOV pIETa TO scripsi: TrCO per& TC AM 3 6 y scripsi (et cf. etiam 9a, 8): om. AM 98. I TET-rpTrov A: 8 M I Trooo i11 ca AM: -rEycry.xvou Nicom. [|

6 c-rt M: TOUTTcrrl A 2 i scripsi: KiAM 9E. I EwTrETa AM: 1rr' EiTa M2 s. v. |I T-OUTO AM et Nicom. H:

T-roCrro (eT-a pET'c TOrTOV &rr' &XXaTs &pXqfS wrr KTrX.) Nicom. 3 p-rTpEl (Philop.)] PE'TpE AM 4 5 A: 8 M 9s. I a? M: a A

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9L. xC& ATIV ToiO 7Tp6'ru ,:oa6T'rlT. &vrl rTO1 KCtra TOV y' Tpis yap E IE.

911. rbv S6 8e6Tepov. avri TOi. T-OV KE' TOvTOV yap pj?TpEi pITr TOV 1e ip' ?av(TOV wroXXaaTlaLo'aCT vos' TrEVTrKiS yap K?.

90. r6v 8 TpItov. rTOv 6 * -roTrrov yap Tpitrov pErTa TOV KE pi?Tpei KaTa TOV y &ptiO6v Tr Ta6Cet, 6 ?OCT TOV

I- ErrTaKiS yap E 7E.

p. 7a'XLv 8, dtvoOev. wrXrlpcboaas SE TOrTOV ECOS o0

AXS TraiXv apai t ro TO-r piTrov, O o-rTi 1roV I, Kai S VTroXIliTravcv piTpEI 6ioicos coS rrpoEiprlTal.

pa. ja:Te T6 Jsiv J,eC'pelv 8tLaSkov:aL. TCO IPEV 1ETpOV KaTa TT-V rTa1V TO cV r Ev Tv r cTiX)cp ptOCevA yiVTalt, olov TrpCOTOS PJE?Tp?i 6 TrpCOTOS EV TCA OirXCP 0 EcTrrV 6

y, SEvO'rpos SE 6O , ?Tr?E18 SEU'Tpav TC-r6 V EXEI, TpiTos

&6 6 L, Kai TETrapTos 6 0, Kai TTepTros 6 la, Kai 9PE8gS 5 6ooicos. r 6& TEcIS TOV StiaAeVrrocov, cS EiprlTat, KaTa SOr O TpTTOVUS yiVETal |I KaTa TT)V EvTaKTOV TcOV

apTicov ETr' caxrrEtpov TpoKOTrnV n KaTa rTOV SirrAaCX a-

c,bOV T-rf Xc)paSt Kaci T'i6r Ev -rT Q 06E C SC ?ipnCKaV Tr&S.

pp. a&v oiv crij,[eloit rtolv. aOcT's pEv ??yEi OTI crTI-

piE6v r T ETCavco TrAV ITTpOVUpVCoV 0TOIEI Kai yvcopiCtrE, Troolt pJIv wrprotO Kai ao0vv0E-ro OTIr oi pir16e 8Xcos pT-rpovipEvo, TroTot 8 oi SEITEpol Kxai OaivOEro oi oiTr'o p IpIJICv pieTpOVipEvoI, TroIo0 I oi 'rrpoS cauvrovs ipv 5 ortv&0roi wTpOs dAXXAiovs 6E acYaveveTro oi arroa. crv 6E avra Ta pIETpa ETravco aTrorTioeEo wrpoS TrAXiova 6tia-

yvcocav.

9L = Philop. pe 9r = Philop. pE

90 = Philop. ps p = Philop. pe

pa = Philop. ps

pp = Philop. pi

9LZ, = Nicom. XIII, 4. 9Tr,i = Nicom. XIII, 4.

90,1 = Nicom. XIII, 4. p,i = Nicom. XIII, 5.

pa,i = Nicom. XIII, 6.

pp,I = Nicom. XIII, 7.

9L. I Kcrr. ... 1TroroTTlTa AM: KrT& Triv TOU v T-r aTrixX TrrpcbToV TEyTCayIT vou wrou6 l ita Nicom.

90. i alt. 6 M: om. A pa 4 SE-Trpav M: 8uevrrprls A (ut vid.) || iXt (Philop.)] ?XovUa

AM 6 itaXzaETrovTcO (Philop.)] taciTrovTrcov AM pp. I Eav M: -rwv A

4-5 0wTO p dpt&piOiov (Philop.)] SET0rspo AM 6 &iXAilXous scripsi: a'Xovs M: &AAa A II a&wra, cf. n. ad loc.

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py. 9v JL6vov JL6pLov. &VTi -TOUi -rp6s EOaUTOiS UEV c-v- eE-roi -TpOs 5E &dXXri\ous aduvOeEToi Eioc1

' ETa yap TO

KOIVOV pUiTpov Tris iovaSos Ka(i aSi'o ?v jO6vov TrEpcb- vu,ilov ?Eoucnv, olov 6 ,pV 8 TO yOV, o6 5 KE TO EV.

pS. xKal ph 'f cau,Toi. opaas OTrcOS OUK aTroq)aiVETra EK

TroU 'rVO SiUo PETpEial T c C i'S Eb8cOTI oU Tw(avT-os XC)-

pE O X rapTls r T oiXO V i rri lirETov, dEO cax EK TOU

arTov Kat' aCTov Pl TTroJXaCTrT(xaCiaEacreal, &?a,' T'rr

5 EVOS Kali ETEpOU, olov 6 IE VTrO EVOS TOU y Kacl aou

TOU E iTOXC1rXaOTa'uiao6Evos yivErTa(, COaTSE 6EUTEpos Kai ciavETros EoaTIV, ETrTEiS6 OUK ETrrOiCEV aUTOv apt- O6iS E(p' E auTov rroXactAoracrlao eESi, a&X' ETri ETEpov.

pE. T7Rt 6a aXv xatl EOoSov XOL0ev. Wva lP OS o0 i5i)-

Tratll ycopEv O'rTI pa oiTrrs E-rTIV O6 TrpCTo Kai

&oatvO-ros a ptOip6s fi &'aXos," pi8eo6ov wrapaSiScoat 81' qS O6Ei[XopEV EpUpiCKE1V a(PiKTOIS XiVOIS TOUS TE

5 TrpcoTOUS Kai aCruvETOUvS Kair TOUS 8UTE'poUS TE Kai

cruv8ETOUs. Kai E?YEI OTt Aacpp(3av TrOUS ava15oeEvTas

apitpoo's 68ijov o0v OTI aviaoi Eilot Tros yap 'iloi; oi yap icrot o0U8 Siaplopav EXOUCrV. Ei oOv &viaoi Eiaiv, 6 |pv p.tlo&wv o-riv 6 5s6 E'TTrcov aactipEl ToiVUV aTo

10 TOiU piEiloVOS TOV EAXTTOva Kai TOOUTO wTOIEI oXpis o0u

prlS6v EoTI p'IrKETt &paippiloEtlv Kai iE pEV eiS povaSa

KarTavrTicoopEv, Travrcos oi ava5oQEOVTEs wrrpc)Tro Kai dauvcOToi siotv v , ai 5E EiS &?,Aov &ptet6v, l-rUTv-roS 5EUTE-

pot Kai carvOsrTOi. olov UTrOKEia'eCcoav apilpoi O TE vy 15 Kai 6 Aao Xap3 TOUr vy Aa, Xolnai Kp' TrXAtV ras Kp

acpaiprToov aTrO TOU XAa, Xottrali 8 T r&S 0 TaXlTv XapE &Tro TCOrv Kp, AoTnrai iy Trra&wv aTro TCOV ty tcXaPE 8, XAoTrai 56 TOU'TCV y, AollTrr ovaS. OUtKOUV 6 vy Kai 6

Aa TrpcoTrol Kai &aOCrveETro Kai TCA) OVTI E1-iv OU'TOI.

20 UiTOKoKCEi'er aV 5E E'TEpoI apitipoio, 6 KY Kai 06 P' d&pat- poUpEV TrOV ,PE Ky, XoiTrai Kp<' TOV Ky dapatpovuuv K3, AotiTr' aC TaC(rrlv TradAv adailpXIC Triv tiovaSa aTror TCOV Kp, &aTra KOa XOrTOrV pEVEI povas COoTE 6 Ky Kai 6

py = Philop. pe pS = Philop. pi pE = Philop. ply

py,I = Nicom. XIII, 8. pS,I = Nicom. XIII, 8.

PE,I = Nicom. XIII, IO.

py. I EavTroiv (Philop.)] I7&XXXous AM 2 &AXiAqXous (Philop.)] a7'Aous AM

4 T yOV (Philop.)] -rO y AM [| TO E0o (Philop.)] 'TOv e AM

p8. I Ti, eaXvTOU A: -rfri arvToO M 8 Tr'i M: ETrov A pE. 2 apa scripsi: apa AM 4 ?ivolS A: om. M 5-6 rTOUS SEUTEpOOVS Tr Ka:i auvOE'TOV A: rTOjS aUVOETOUS TE Kac

8uEvTpous M 8 i A: ol M 13 i A: oi M 15 TOU scripsi: Tbv AM (ut vid.) 22 AonTrhf M: AX'rrov A

23 aTraC KO (sc. KacKS). cf. Nicom., p. 35, 13: oa'KtS Suvcrrv.

pIE wTpCoTOt Kai daCvOETroi Eicat Trrpo6 &dXArX ouS. si SE

EKobCpiea TOV KO, Ei TUXI), Kai TO6V pe, XAaC(pVOpEv 25

TrrO TOU -roi Ka, OtTrr(ai KT1' d(rr TCOV Krl A?a(3E KaO,

Aoitai I TrwdAiv rro TOU Kca AapE I, olWraTi i56 &aTo

rTCOv iS &pXEAE , XotTCri L' ptIVEI dpa I, 6S p'TpOV EcdT

KOIVOV TOU Ka K(ai TOOU pl. 5EUTEpOI &pa KaCi o'uVOEToi

Eicrtv- rrO yap TOiU L pETpoUVTraot &dpoTEpoi Kai 6 KC 30 Kai 6 p8. EUpiotKEis TOIVUV EK TTS pEo60So TroUT-rS5 TO

KOIVOV PETpOV Kai oUX dXTrnoos TOUTO, adXTa TO pEyt- aTov' oU yap TO EAX(iorOV. TaUrT EoTYV C pOUAET-ra 6ia TO'UTOr V EiTETv. caq(pfi SE TruyXavEI TwrCVTa aCrXpi TrO TEXouS aUTor)v piSt6EI&s E?rlyicacoE S 56EO6Eva. 35

p5. tCp1 TrIV TO &ptIOU EiSV xaTa SeuTepav SLaiapeaLV xCa

&a7ETXO 7repit TeXIov xcal exiv aoyycvT v. riTc&Av 8& avcoOev.

ETEp0av SaipalPEV 7TOU apTioVu 8EEI Trapapaouvai. Eyei Troi(vv jOT TCOOV apTiCov olt pV EICTv ITnEpTEXETs,

ol 6S E271tTrE5, oi SE TEXEIOIO. Kai (E01tTr1is ,EV EiCaV Cov 5

T-a pEpr EdrrTTovoa aUov0(v siaiv oiov 6 5 ANin'tIS EaCrtv EXEt y&p piprl i iptru Kai SO1. fiicU au PEV P, soV

6SE Jia' p 6E Kai a y' ai SE y T-rV S EXaTTroUs. cocrai,- tooS Kaci 6 rl EXxAtrilrs' EXEt y&p p,iEpr piatu, ?S V, oy-

5oov' qfptou PEv 6, 801 S E P , OySoov 5 E a- 6 E Kai 10 K(ai Ev yivovtrai , ati SE . EAdr'TTouS TCoV rj. C)caotrc)os

SE Kai1 6 t Kal d(&TrA) oi TOIOUTOI 0 EAXtTrEit EliCtV. U'TTEp-

TEAET;S SE, Cbv Ta pEprl Tr2.iovas Ea(UTrr v TrOtOUaV apt- eBpou' olov 6 ip rTrEpTErXis Ecrrri Ta yap pEpri aucTro

rTV it TrOIiE, 6S TrEiv Ecrri TOU t1i' XEIt yap 6 I( 15

flPtsu S, y0V 5, S01 y, KOV a, ScSKCTOV . s S E KCai 5, y, 3, Kai a yivovTroait I. caCrot0aTc Kai 6 K5 K(ai oi TOIOUrTOI TrtVTES U7TEpTrXEAES EiC'T. TE'XEIS 5E EOCTIV 6

TroYS EaUTOuvoO pEpsav iaos COv, oIov O6 TEXEIOS5 ECrTIV' EXEI yap pEpr| iptiau y, TpiTrov 3, ETrov a, y 5E Kai 3 20 Kai pila 5 yivovTat. coau0TaC5j s Kai 6 KrT Kai Oi TOIOUOTOt. toT-rov 6E OT oi T v r1EV pTrEpToEAElr TOS E(asKTUAoiS Kail

TOTS cUTrEp TO SEOV EXOUCIV TCaKTOv aUcv1 itlv EoiKaCtv, oi S6 EAATrStiS rTOI TrTpaSoaKTUoXoiS Kaoi TIS -rTpatov, oi SE TE1-rtot -rTO cipETpO Sov ibKOUo' Tr&aa yap 25

KaKia S6ITTT EaOTIV, Tf P1EV KCa' cr'rEppO2XiV, Ti SE KaT'

E?A1EItIV. OUT00 youv KaCi ETri T)1V apETCV, StKaiOCo'VriS

pEV K(aTa To TrO EOV&EOV KaKia Tl TrA7EOVEliCa, KCaTa T

EXXET1rov S6 paovESiac CCvSpE[iaS SE1 KarT TrO 2rAEovaC ov

epaouTros, 1 Kai SEi1ia KaTCX TO EETTWOV. OcbauTO'rCs K(ai 30

ETi ocppoo'avriS dKoC aCia Kai 'ilXtOteorr Kai ( Tri cppo-

VTO'ECOS Travoupyia Kati adTroTTri. 6 youv TEAEIOS TrE-

ps = Philop. pi6, pie

pS,I-2 = Nicom. XIV, I.

pS. 1-2 TrEpi ... avcoeev AM: Trpt -rTCv TOU dapT-ou ei81v K'aT

SEirTEpov (SerrEpacv m) 5laipacriv Nicom. Gm: Tlrdrv E aCvcoOev Nicom. (et cf. etiam Hoche ad loc.)

7, 9, et Io 680 M (hab. reraprov): 5 A

27 bIKai[Ocuvvrs (Philop.)] SiKaCioa'vrl AM 28 KOKia M: &aSKia A I | alt. KcaTr M: Kai A

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peuy?E Trara Kacl COjlleTp6l s o-riv Ei oi 68 oi p v rTEp- TEAXEI Kai E ATl s lTurroAot, oi 8T TaIT,oOtl, 8 TE 6OXMiyoI

35 Kai oi IpV UTrpTrSeXES Kai AxwATrEs IT'p'rro?XXol EiCiV CoS XEiptoTor Toros Trsious yap KaKiouS 6 Bicas ETrrEv. oi 86 TrE?Asoti S KCdA i-oroi 6Xiyor T-r yap KaW(a carc- via. rTOCoOUTOV 8E crrarvioi E?TIV OTI &CX(p pEV 86Ki8OS

&cT6 pov6s I8o S E crrv, 6 S, s,rr 6 8 EKd8OS &apt ?K8a- 40 TovrTCos a&Xos ET1, S vo, 6 K p rVO, 6e E`KaTovWTaOS

aXpi XltXlaos 5Is 6o VUg, <Kai aCo Xila6&8os ScEs vpICUpaOS E1S 6 ,TrpKTI' Kctal 06 V wrpC)TOS TEXA10oS O ECrTIV 6 S aC-TO

TOUTO EXE? TO ' , E 6 8E? S?'T?pOS 0 EO'rV 0 Krl EiS rl XTIy6l, 6 6 T-rpiTros wTrXlv O6 UvS EiS , o6 6 T-rTap-roS ,rlpKTr

45 Ei5 Tf. Ejpic?E1S 8E TOUTO E?qT5fiS pvuXaTT6OpEvov Eva Trap' Eva A,tpavcov. E TrEi -roivuv rTEpi TOIJTCrov Si?Xe?rXl-

sEV, XeoAIEsv AOITWOV ETi TTrV peO8ov TrV Ev pioKoUVav avayKatlrKOS XivoiS T TAros rsioUs 'T7avTas. ECTT ToI- VUv Trl e0o8os yAaqpvpa T1S o'aa TroiaOTr' EKeOU a''6

50 povacSo T'ro S apTlaKiS aprious ECOS oi povAEil Kai

CouvTiOi TOUTOuS Ecos otov 3ouAXi apticlaKiS capTiou. Kai Ei pEv 6 avsXeACOV 7rrpiTT'OS wTrpCTO Kai aCVa -

TOS, yiVCOoCKE o1 TI raVTCS YEVToCETaiL 6 t CUTOuO TE?1iOS wroXvTuXrAao-iaoVTO5 o

' 6v EA'i;atsv &p'TI6KiS apTIov. 55 Ei &? 1E PIj TpCoTos Kai aa&cvOeTros, &XXAt SvrTEpos Kai

auveTros, TTapepxovu a&SvvaTov y&p ?E aU'To ysvCeoai

TeAXEOV. iva 5 a cqp ;s TO Ar s y6OJ?Vov, EKKEiCS0 TO

XUXU~a TCO C)PTTIt~KIS -PT-iCV -CTO OVa OS E?COS 065 POV- xUta rTOov apnaKis aprTicov arro6 iov&aos [co5 oi pou- A6psOear a, 13, 86 , IS, Ai , X 8, P5K, av, pK, . EeA copsv

60 Toivuv a)(p TOI ro 3 OvVTiEvrTEs Kali T16opiv El yivsTra

TEAX1os. XapcopEv o0v a Kali 3, yivovrai y 6 y TOiwv

wrpcOTro Kail dacOve-rS TOS T, Trroilaei apa TErXi0ov

TroXaTrwAatoiacov yap avurov ?E' 6v h:ArlaoS Trcv &p- T6IKIS aprTicov' AXTIaS 6E ETrl rTOV P, Tpils P s, 6 S apa

65 T-rEXA S ETorlv. T-ra EtAOcopv ET'i rTOV S a, P, 6, yivovTra o 6 I rpCT-ros Kal aCoUvOeETOS Eo-riv OUKOUV Trolo01 ai

TrouAarTrXaactaoaeliS Tr&Xtv EpO' ov EArljas O EcrrTv ETi rTO 8 (EiS Ksivov yap XTi as), ETr&EaKS OiV 8 K8*' 6 KIr apa TrXEO6S EcTriv. 6ooicos Kail Eri Trov EsEfqfS' olov

70 XAcopsev ETri rTO (r<'> a, [3, , rl, yivETal 1E* 0 1 8E OIK eoCri TrpoTroS Kai &ativle-roso prTpsi yap aOcrov 6 y Kal 6 E* OJK apa TroilaCT? T?XAEIOV' 'r0oXAaTrXaaiacr- Oesi yap iq' Ov XArlcas O8 Eolv r Tri rTOV rI T01lE TOV pK' 6 SE pK O0K orT1 TEA1ios, &AA' UTrspTreAtos. TrAXiv Ad-

75 pcopsv rTOV is a, (, 6, Tl, tS yivovrai Aaa oirros TrpcT-os Kai d(rovvEsTOS' O'OKOUV 'ToAAarrAaclaoaaEis ETTl 6Ov is

rroilaO i TrXstov' TpioaKovTrrKiS yap is Kcal rra[ is

46 cf. Nicom. XVI, 4.

34 et 35 'rr&TroXXC o (Philop.)] wT&xrroAoi AM 38 'roaoCrrov S M: om. A 11 rir&vto (Philop.)] ocrr&vla M: om. A 41 Ecos M: Xpit A 52 l (Philop.)] El AM 54 'rroXuTrrXaaiacr0EroS M: 'rokAAa-aXalacravtros A 6o ovvrTeIOvwr scripsi: avvreevTES AM I yivE-Tat A: yivriral

M (ut vid.) 70 pr. qT (Philop.)] om. AM

74 'rrpEp-TrWos M: OIEpT-reis A

45

yivovrai vu9s 6 8s U9S TrEXAioS EcTri. Kai Erri Trov Xoi- TTrOV TTrn aUTr piieO6 cp -wpoicov eiTpCaEis ravTras TOUS

TEAsious Kai OUK o.ariv o65 iaJpeurOETai oCE, ei piivrlaait 80 6 EITrsv a:VCo, Ot &il 6 Trapa iovSaa 'taoS apTic) TrE-

pIrrTS c rl, Kai Tirl OTIr TOUTO XPTrlo.iPE61 ?IiV EiS T'TV

TCO) TrEAiiOV KaTadiPliv. E1TrCO.IEV OUv 'TrCS cruJ.ipaA- XATai, Iva pia d Vrro p ovdSoS aov ieEis TrOUS apTiaKis &prioUS Ka&virS, ,p.AlTcra Ei t6 pt TroAAcov dplitO-v 85

dpTirtKi apTicov eXAEis yupvaoaat TOrTO Aro .pavE oOU

avaboO?vToo S aoi Kato6ov apTriaKis apTiou pov ovaSa

<(Kai> TT ip, li 6 KaTaATirlP0iS wTrpcTos Kai daovesrTOS EcaT, Kai El ECTI TrpCTOS Kai coVeEaTrOS, TroAXaaTrAa- aialE aCrr6v ETri rTOv Trp TOU t vaSovTos oroi &apria- 90 KiS <KapTriou) &piOtlou dpTiaCKis apTIov apititp6v Kai

ITOiTIaEis TEAriovV oTov d&vS66or aoi 6 O 3, Xap3 ipov6Sa, yivsTrai Aa OrTos wTpcT)-ro Kai &aU'vesTO6 s ECrt' TrwoXca- TrXaaiacoov avOrv ETri TOV Trpo TOU Ap3 dap-rKis aprt- ov, 08 Ecrrv ETri rTOv I, yivsrTai UgSv 6 apa U9S TErXit6S 95 EoCtv. si 6l pl EaCTtv 6 preTa T'riv pov&Sa TrpoTos Kai

doavvsT-rOS, oU TroiatEi TrAelov- oTov Ei &vaSo60j ooi 6

IS, Aapiia3vsis Ti pv aovaSa, yiv?Tai ie oiO5ros S8erEpos Kali oVUv0ETr6S E?T. Oappcov oZiv rToS vsipolS TTrS &rro- SsisEcoS Trpoavacpaivqr Kal TrpoAeyE1s OTI oi '

rot7i0aE 100 TrEA1ov- ' woAAaTraaiaaotes y&p ETri TOv wTpO TOU it apT-lOKS apTlrov, rTO rl, Tr01oE pK 6 s pK 0VK OETI

-rTXEAi, &AA' uT?pT?X?ios. Taara ctriv & PI3ouErTal Sv ToJTCO)V slTTEv TrapEXOcopEv o0v Oa"TTOV Trfiv XEt1v,

craqfIs yap Traca TruyX)(av. 105

pL. oSTe sLOppopouca.a. dvTi -rTO oUiT rr lapaaoupouca ETrpov &pilt6ov 1iq O'vra TXAlov cs TsAEsOV, &AA& Kai

rTOUS Phi ovraS TXsAious oISs KaCi OiK aTraTorai TrEpi aptipo0ous, Kai T-ro TEAXsious WS TrsAiEous TrapCAapIda- VEi.

pri. xal TouTiov &7nopaLv6I.eOa iVepyeLaa I7p&cOV eIVaL. KaXA)S rTO vspyEia, ETwrE15' TrpcbTos /C Povas Tras

dap106S EacIr Kaoi rTEA1OS Kai TETpa&yc)voS Kai KU(3OS, El YE Ey t ariTs r&vTEs yiVOvrOvTal ' 0OUK vsEpyEia EOTI, &AA& Suvdip,i. Eor, aXXa v".

5

5

pZ = Philop. pis pr = Philop. pil

pL,i = Nicom. XVI, 4. pr,I = Nicom. XVI, 4.

79 OrlpaCalS M: EVpcr1EtS A 8o-81 pE|vorai 6O scripsi: iepvfioai 86 AM 8I wrapa M: TTEpi A 81-82 &prTicp 7TEptTrOS (Philop.)] apTlorprrp-r6os AM 85 K&IvIS S M: Kal (in comp.) pdv fiS A 88 pr. Kal scripsi: om. AM I1 Ka-raixdels AM et Philop.

(KorraxeiOaEiS[ ?]) 90o TpO TOU M: -TOU 'rrpO A a ot M: om. A 91 dp-rTou (Philop.)] om. AM pL. I o-rE liaqopoucra Nicom. S: oTrE &8iayPopoOcra Nicom.:

ovrT 5Satqopov TroioOaa A: &rse Staopov rrotoc'aa M pri. I a&ropaivo6e.ea AM: &:nroopaivoga Nicom.

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p0. i'a r ytp 0ro i tSoiS ,LpeaL xcar&a 68WCiv. i5ot TO- Kara 6ivat,lv &raT yap ?v .ovas yiVETra. oi E8 a&XoI

TravTES TE'X11t KTa-' {VEpyEtaV.

pt. 7Tpo'LrcXvoXoyi4vo u 8u6& (f. v kv roi &divw. iv Tri &paXij EiprKapJEV OTI TOU Trroco0 TrO 6 v Kae' aOr'6 ?o't 'TO 8a

TrpoS ETEpov' 68aCaS ToiwVv 'rrEpi TOr Ka0 avrro TTo- aou VUV 3poi-rTa Trrpi TU TOr rrpOs T 71TOOCa0 TOU Trpos

5 ETEpOV EXOVTOS TfV oX)(EC v StaOEXefivai.

pta. ToiU 7p6 TL 7ToaooU. Tr?Esi' TOU TrroCao TO , UEV aurTO Kae' avrJT Xaap3avETat TO 8E Ev aoXEoat StlaAapcbv TrEpi rTO aviro Kat' ac'rro XoTrov TrEpti TO Ev oXEaCEt 8tiaE-

yeTat. i8atip Toiwv T OV ?v XECoTEt O'UTCOS'

aoTroUi Ev oTov 6 y Tro p rrtio6pt6s Eortv' EXEI y&p auOr6vv Kai po6pov arTro0 Ev 6 yap y EXt TOV P3 Kal TO

TICio'u aVTOU, 0 EOnt TjhV a' 6Bo yap Kai pia yivovTra 25

y Katl EorTv Pitt6Xos oUTroS 6 X6yos. o'atrcaUTo 6S Kai

6 ETiTpITOS TO ?ETTo1piOpOU EO-Tiv, olov 6 5 TOU y E?Tf-

TpiTos' EXE1 yap TOV y Kal TO TpiTOV aVUTOV. coaauITCOS Eori Kai wTriTTTapTos Katl ET'rTrTEtrrS, Kati ET a'ITEIpov

ovrCco. ?t1ri?ps 8 Eov 6 T ECOV Triva aplt06v Kai 30

gppl aiUTOv' oU yap pEpoS' olov 6 e TOr y' ?XEI yap TOV y Kal 3 aP TOV gEprlo. o'ToAaTrXaaC't1wTioplos E

co-rTv 6 EK TOUTCOAV CoUyKE?iEVOS, OIov 6 is TOU * TplTrta- cricov yap aUToo OCT t pT-ra TOU Kati Ev tEpoS EXEiV' y

yap ? tI Kai a yivovTrat i. Trro XaTTO XaatlErrtIEpfng BE 6 35

wTo?aaTrXatCaolcov rtv p-rETa TOU Kai pEpril EXEV, oTov

0 T lTOCrOV T ?roV CiToV (E OECoPETrai

T ?EV Icr6TTTrl Tj EV aVlTo-rTl

fi Kara TO PEITov lI KaTrc TO EArTTOV

fT r wok- TI 0ETo- I TOOX- T1 UrOA- 1 UlTO- I UTro-

?a'rAra- ptov p?S 2aTrA?a- 3a,r\a- Tro\?a- E1TI.O ETTtIE- -rroAa- -TroAa-

CTIov oET'rrtI6T-- ptOV ptS -- waac- p-v pS- Aa-

piov UIEITIIAQ'- CYIETTIPpov plov PEPtS IOV ETT16- ETrTPE- piov pes

aTTrl f] TOU TrpOS <Tt KaTa> TrlV CT(xEC1V TrocO StaIlpE-

10 aoS. fl p?V oilv lo'-rlS &a8taip?'TOs ,?VEt, U0<K EcTI yap 6itapopa TCoV t'acov oO yap 6 t TroV I Sta(ppEt oU6SE 6

rl T-rV rl q1 6 p TCrV p. TcOV &E &vciacov l Sitapopa Tuy-

XaVEr' TO pEV yap pjIETOV TO 6 EAaTTov, C&XX TO

pITlov i TroAAa'crr'xotov -TO XA&Trrovo5 Crs TO Stnra- 15 Ctov 1 TptlXacnov q1 TrTpaTrrXaaov Kati ?EqflS' oU'rT

cpapEv rTOV qi TOo 8 pEiEova 65 -rroXXca''rrXaov, 6nsrX&a- crio yap Ecartv aUtroi (6iS yap 8 r1) ' cauTrcos Kai TOV S rTOU y, i'rrT'acrtos yap aurTour a a&XXa Kati rTv I

rTOO E CbS TpiTr?Xacov Kai TOV 15 TOU 56 OS TETpaTrrXa- 20 oCov Kali TOV Ir TOU y oS TrrEvTa'TrXaacov Kal k9pE?Tns

6potooS. h o0v TrotAaTraic1S6 ortv auOTOu n rrtij16- pios. 7rwti|6ptos5 8? ?crtv O-Tav ?X(T aurov Kai o6plov

pe = Philop. pKa pi = Philop. pK[p

pia = Philop. piKy

p0,i = Nicom. XVI, Io. pt,I = Nicom. XVII, I.

pla,I = Nicom. XVII, 2.

pi. I wTpo-rTEXvoXoyTrIEvov Nicom: TpoTEXvoXoyrlpivou A:

wrpo-rXvoXoyovUIviou Nicom. S: wtpo-reXvooyriaiJaivou M |I 86 A: om. M I Iv -roIS cvco AM et Nicom. CSH: bv TroT avcotEv add. Nicom. P: om. Nicom.

pia. I T- AM: -I -roivuv Nicom.

5-8 hab. in marg. M: om. A 9 -T Kcrra scripsi (et cf. Philop.): om. AM 10 ocK gCo- M: oOKdri A

6 it TOU 8' TptrpXatolatial yap aut'rov Kal EXEI Tpia aiTouo pIprTl Trpis y&p 6 i1 Kati rTpEs E. oi 8E evavTrio

TOUTOIt TOU EX&arTOvoS 'TOtS auToi5 6v6opaat Ka\orvrat

Tr5i UnO pJi6vrs rpOt aEC S rrpocrtlEos pomEVrlS, rtrEiS' 40

EAa-TroU OVT'rs UTi6 TOirUTOtIS Eiiv' olov 6 S TOU 3 TroX-

XaT'Xaaiot6S ?O-rt, TpiTXTraaos yap, OUKO0V 6 P Uiro-

TroaWXcarrXaoTos KaXi1eTati. r&alV 6 y TOU f3 wtiT6ptoS

yEVIKCos, iSlKI&S SE cit6OXtos' cbOaatOTc 6 5 TOU y Trrlt6ptos KOIVC&S, iSItKS5 <Eir[rTpITOS O'TtV' OUKOUV 45

Kai 6 p TOU y KOIVW5S pEV WVTOEWTrl6p pOS, i5t1K5S 56

Upriti6?Xt6S Eo-TI, (ocaa'rcoA 8 6? y TO0U KOIVCS pEV

IUTrOE'rrtp6os, iStlKcS 6E> crrOETriTp'Tos Ecrrt. raAiv 6 E TOo y Ert1EpiIS EOtV ?' X)(t yap TOV y Kati p aU'TroU

OUKOVv 6 y Tro E oETriOEsTIEps Eo-rT. Trr&Xtv 6 is TOo E 50

T'roXWat'waate'rwt6pt6Os 'ocrtv' OUKOOV 6 E TOoU IS UI o-

w aTTO XaTrW'aatIrrtpcoptios oTlt. wrrXtv 6 tE TOoU 68 roXa-

TrrXactE?'rr1tEp-tl oOino0v 6 5 TOO iE O cTorroA?o arrAXatcE- Tripprs. TroCaauTa TEp T'5 SlaltpkEcos. yXaqavpups S6 Kai <8la> Staypa&i.piaros Kai Sta Trpoo-rayi.aTors 6EiEt 55 OTt O0iK av &{ aXMou y ?voIro &vtcr6TrrlS, i El xK TTrS

cr6TrlTTOS' oO-rrEp yap Tri OU\ TO Ed8os xapileTa TOV

K6oaCOV OOTCo Kai T T &viCOTCrlTt K Tfri 1oCrOTTrTOS EOtIV

31 pipos, cf. n. ad loc.

35 yivov-raT M: yivov A

44 iStKcS (Philop.)] ISIKCOTEpOV AM

45-48 IstKaS 5^ ... iSiKaS 51 scripsi: lSicos b5 AM

54 -oaocC-ra M: -rToiara A 55 pr. 61d (Philop.)] om. AM 11 alt Si& M: om. A

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yap p s Kai XolTrai UEvouvCI P Kai piE-TplaEi TrV P3 y OTrrEp atro-Tov -r TO Aarrov yap -rTO UEiov 1ErTpET, oUX 6 pEilcov &ptipbl6 TOrv E-rrova.

piS VLX) &el. ycx ttepour. CTrEp Er' aTrEipOV Aap(3&vE- rai TO ToXXaTrcXaCtov Kai TO u0rroTroAAaT-rTXaov, OUTCO Kai rTa plEpr aiTcov -rr' a rrTEpov yap -rT Tpi- -rrXAatov Kai rTO UTOTpi-rlaTaclov Kali -rTO S-rA'aiov Kai rTO TrroS6rrXa'aiov Kai TO TETpaCrAax6Caov Kai -r 5 UTOI-TETpaot7taXaaov< Kai <EpEi5 6poicoS.

pll. T6 y&p 8st7XiatolV &pX6eJvoV &7t6 -roib SesU pou. Trlv gEeoSov TCA)V 8irlTrAaoCcv XyEti, Kai q)TlClv 6-OTI SLa tv- Tr*V TyCV &prCOwv trp6ELav a&ri rTOO 6 'Tras slrrXacTioS ap- 'rTS EOrTIV Ei yap TO 8slrXAcalov &aTr TroI SEvUTrpou TraprlKT Tat, T a pTa &pa, TrraTrcos apTIoi Eiaiv oi 68- 5 -rrXacriol. oi pEV oOv StlrXcalotl rTav-rEs apTioi Eiaiv' lv 5i EiaCt SiTrA&otlo E KETVOI Kai ap'rio Kai TrrTEpiroi,

olov 6 p( TiS piova&5oS 8rTracrtoS, 6 6 Ti]S iu85Sos, fi sE 6uas apTia, 6 s TrOv y biTrxac-ios, 6 6 y TrEpTl'r6s. Kai 6a'nrXAc Eva rrap Eva v rrapaAipi'r&avcov TrEpirrTTO EUpfi- 10 oCEiS Trov siTrAacTlov olov 6 8 TC )V p SiTrlaaios Trapa- iXTrrTv TOV y, 6 S TrV y TrapaAilTcAv -rV E, 6 rI TOU 5 EXCOV TO6v ., 6 I TOO E 'TOV e6 XCoV TTpO aCUTOv' Kai o-rc)S Epq>Ef)S. Kali 6 p?V TrpCoTOS a&pTios Trpos TOV Trp&oTov TrEpiTTOv TroXAAaTaXacaiaEoEiS, TTOIEi TarpOTOV 15 SinrrXactov, oTov 6 p Trpos Tr]V a- 8iS yap pia p. Kai TrraXiv Trrpos apTrov rTV PETa T-fiV povaSa rroiET 61- TrAaaicov' 6is y&p P3 . Kai Traiv 'TrpoS TrrEpTTr v TOV

y 86i yap y S. Kai Tralv TrpoS a&pTov TOV 68' 1i yap 8 rT. Kai EpTEfiS o'TCro Trap' gva TrOTE apTlov TrOTE 20 TrEpiTTov 'ToA7acTrAracrClalo)v, Troi'ISTEIS TOUiS SiTrAa- aious.

pll. TpL7tXa.LOL 8 se 7trd&vT; Cotv. &rr' a&PXfS iuoo Trapa- AEITrTOpEVCwV TplTrXca-iOi EiaiV, olov s TCOV 3P TpiTrXa- oaos, 8uo TrapaAiTrcov rTV 8 Kai TOV E, Kai 6 TrpiTr&a- alOS, 8Uo TrapaXAircov -v TV Kai rTOV r1, Kai 6 ip Trpi- TrrAaOros, TOv I Kali -rV ta TrapcaATrrCv, Kali K EpErS 5 o6oicoS. ia-rEov 6E O-TI oi pE?v STrrXcacio TrTaVTES apTino ficav, "roiS 68 TppirrTAao-iois avp3E3rlKE c -r ' EVa Trap' eva TrEpiTTous Kai apT{ouS Elvai- olov 6 y TpiTrAaXcos Cov Tris pova68o TrrptT6rs EacrrIV, 6 pET' aCurrv TqSf 8ua6oS ap-ros, Trar&v 6 pE-r' aUO'r6v 0 TrrEpTTOr , 6 6 10 ip apTtos Kai 6 IE TrEPITT6S, Kali EpETjTS 6poicos. oi 6E

T-TpacTrAa-rlo ai ap-roi EiatV, E'TrEiil TraprilXOeloqav

piS = Philop. pXp( pi = Philop. pAy

pir = Philop. pAy

ptS,I = Nicom. XVIII, 4. piL,i = Nicom. XVIII,4

2-3 = Nicom. XVIII, 4. pir,I = Nicom. XVIII, 5.

piL. 8 olov M: cv A plr. Io ITEr' aCT6v A: eTar TrOV M

l Trp6o86os. Kai 'rrpcTos ?Ev O6 TroXarna'r&o't6S ECTIV, ETra 606 E0rrtl6pios, Kai rTOU wETriopiou 'rpo-rEpoS 6 11PtOXos,

T-ra Ka(i 6 ETrriTpiTos, Kai Ourcos oi E(PETS. TCCOS 8E

8EiKvuviv, rTpa lp.aS Ewcpia 8iSasEti.

pip. i r L rvo rp6;S vaov. T0ro r TrS posrrs ErTIV- o PO6- vov yap EIS auvEXES Kai 86icpiopvov -r TO roco6v 8iat-

pE-rTa, A?Xa Kai eiS porrTlv' OJUTrC youv ipapev XiTrpav Aitrpa Tiarlv Kai edilova Kai pva v lva Kal Ta&avrov

5 arcavrou.

ply. a&p.ectL XCl Tb6 &vOutaxouov Tre taWe o3X 'cpCvup.c?i. ou yap, cdcr7rrp cpapEv, 6-rOTI TO pETlov A&rrov6Os EcT IIElOV KaCi ?TE?pCovupoVCV, a6Xo yap TO IEldov Kai aAo 'TO EXarrTTOV, OUTCO Kal Erri TOU kaov Tr yap arov

5 ficco iTov. i8oo oiv OTI TaCra EiCa Tar& 6v6po a Kai

oJX( -repcbvupa. TO 6e Tpp6 Ti ' KaTa TO6OV AEyETai, CdS TO e6Ei6v Kai TO &piarTEpoV, i KaCTra pI iv, bos TrrT-np Kal UOS, qn KaTa oaXeaiv TiVa, Cos TO PeT1lov Kai rTO EacTrro, Vj KaTa' TIXTrVv, COS 8o0AoS KaCi 8EoTrr6Tri,

10 KaTra rpoaipEoiv, cAS TO 9iAXoS oUi' yap -raoura ET?pcovuvIE, a&X? TaU-ra EOTi'* piXhos yap piAXc piAos, Kai YE1TCoV TrpOS yeiTrova AeyeTai, Kai crovrpacTibTnTS TrpOS oCv-rpaTrCO'rrlv.

pi8. Sb; ?Xov O8Xw. coorTTE TO pEilov TCA EcXrrTTOVI &VTi-

KETaCIT OUTCO Kai Ta IEEpTl TOU iEiovoS -roTs EpEaoi TOU EXaTrrovoS. J d; e65 E; da6iO0a. pETr' 6olyov yap, cbS EiprlTai, 7AyEi OTI TrpcoTov -ravTrcov ToV ,EpEcV EorTI

5 - rroXTXaAaTXr ov. j rcXov&K kxL; & ralJ . orTav TroXoa- wraaiolrj Trlv Kcai Pi &irra ator6v pETpEi, olov -rav- TES oi I.iETC TT-v pova6Ca EiUTaKT-CS ToAXCa'rra.o'loi EioYlv 6 pEV p SiwrracaloSo, S6i yap oa P- 6 y TpiTrrXaaiot, rTpis yap a y 6 8 TETparla'xlos, TETpaKi yap piJa 6* Kai

10 EpEfiS 6pOoics.

piE. 7tXkpo6vtOSx tAXeov&XLt. avTi TOO &pTicOS Kai 6Xo-

KAipcos, olov 6 [3 nrpos TOV S. Tpln7TAa&io yap 6 S TOU

P1. cacraTco Kai 6 S -rrp6S -rTV ITi. TOUTO O1v ECTI TrO T-rXEico5* o yap Suvactai Ei-irv -rTV y TOU r o \TroTo?oA-

5 XawcrrNaciov ou8E yap XEI Ao6yov rrpoS aOTo6v 'rpis

pip = Philop. pKy, 8ff., pKS pty = Philop. pKS

pi5 = Philop. pKT), pKO pie = Philop. pA

pip,I = Nicom. XVII, 3. piy,I = Nicom. XVII, 5.

pi8t, = Nicom. XVII, 8. 3 = Nicom. XVIII, i.

5 = Nicom. XVIII, i. piE,i = Nicom. XVIII, 2.

pti. I i A et Nicom.: i M piy. I frEppCOVUlE M: TEpCbvW UOV A 5 et 1 TraTar& scripsi: -rorra AM 12 ovuorpa-Tcb'rrns scripsi: o-rpacricbTr AM p;S. 4 XEyEi M: 7'ei A 7 ol M: om. A |I ET-r&KTcos M: om. A

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&rTO TrErpaxo, T'TIS OpTia' TOioUoca 85 Kai o0rTO TrpIS TrapaXAiuLTaveaeai, olov 6 8 TrETpaTrrXaacos TrpES 'rra-

15 pacAmlCOV, a, a , y, y, 1- ToOU 3 -rTTpa-rrXa'Tio TpETS 1Ta-

pcaAnTrcov, E, S , J i? 3 Toij y Tpe1s -rrapaXtwrocv, 6, t, la, Kai pEESS o6poiSco. o6 ' TrEvrarXaacrto5 Kai auT-r ,iav Trapa piav CoS 6 TplTrrar0ooS yivETal Kai ap'ros Kai 'rrEpTTOS6' OrTOS 8 85 'rrapaXitprrave, 6 5I oaTra.a-

20 caios , 6 8E TrTar'TT'aCos st, Kal TTi TravTrcv 6 avTros

rTporros. Kai ot TrpIrrrAXaco Kai oi ECS cb)rrEp Kai oi

8irrlWaioI eiTOrKTCos KarrT TO XviUa TCOV apipteiOv Trpop)XovTrai' rpis yap uia Kai TpiS P Kai TpiS TppES Kai Tpit 8 Kai TpiS TrvrET Kai E<pErlS 01oi0CA)S.

plt. outgLpipY]e 86 xalt ToiTot; t&clv. avri TOU Kai Tros

TTrpa'TrXaoa'ios cU,pE1P3rlKev apTriols ETvar eva yap Trap' eva ec-riv ap-ros. oTov Ti X'yco; TE-rpaKIS a 86 i5o0i

TrapfKEv Eva apT'ov TOV 3' Trraitv TErpaKis P r1' ib18o 5 TrapAeiXEe T'V 5. Kai TraXlV TrE'TpaKMi y i3' isov TOrV

TrapE1EaiE, Kaoi e9petfS 6jopoicos. coo'r oi pIEv &pTot 'n'&v-

rTS SiTrTacrlOi Eo'1V, oi 5E TETpa-Trhxa ioi Eva Trap' evaC oi yap TrarS &aprTos TrETpaTrrXao'ooS, aAX' EIS Trap' eva. CcraUTCOs5 Kai EaTr?aoaoi0 o0' Tr6VTES o apTrol, &AA'

10 eIS Trapa 86o' oTov 6 s EaTrrXacrlos VTrEppl3a 8E TOV rt

apT-ov Kati rv i Kai 6 i3 eTa-rrtXaraloS' TrrXav Virreppa rTOV Kai T Kai r ea s. Kali TOTi T-aVTCOV KaTa TOV a\JTOV T-poTrv.

pK. 7tevTac7CXarLoL Se 60<p0fiovxacL. TrrEVTaTrAaaoi EiclV

cbs eipriKaPEV oi TE'ccrapas Trapa7iulTravovTes.

pKa. XKalroL &(STeipou 'cLV yivouS etISY) v'Ca. lTrEov rVOT -ra eir ETr' EAaTTO6v cTi TCO V YEVCoV' OKOUV El Ta

yevrl arretpa, Ta T 'rl r1 S Eir' XlaT'rov TrTrrPapco'Eva eiociv. ?'Ei oiv 'v-raiea Kai Ta yevrl a&Trlpa eio'a Kai Ta

5 etSr , Sia ToCrTO cos TrapaC8oov aUiTr6 EyeI Kai (prloiv OTi Ta KaTa piEpos E518r TOU EpleUou CTreIpa Eiat, Kai- Trot Kai TOoV yEvous aTreipou 6 ' ov O yp s, yp ei E

rTOC e15r E'9 AaTrrov. 5ca Ti ovv TOUJTO yiverai; ErE151fi Evepyeia ovX )pio-ravTarl' pq' &v 85 EVEpyEi'C Tra e5r

10 Kai Ta yEvrl, ETrli TOUTCOwv e' eAaTrov Ta& E8rl' vE v 56,

ETrreiSil ET' &rreipov aUterat O dt6pleop6, Suvva&ei &arrepa Kai ra Ei511.

pti = Philop. pXS pK = Philop. pAS

pKa = Philop. pAE

pie,I = Nicom. XVIII, 6. pK,I = Nicom. XVIII, 7.

pKa,I = Nicom. XIX, 2.

13 Si A: om. M I7 ac'ros M: auTr A 21 KCai Oit eS (Philop.)] E? AM piO. i Tr&alv AM et Nicom. CSH: -rravras Nicom. 2 rTeTpoarrXccraiois M: om. A pKa. I yEvovs EiSr1 'vrc AM: etSi v-rTa yivovu Nicom. 9 OcpiacravTra M: uiqioTaorat A

pKp. auipalveL T:ok; tL&v 6enoX6YouS. U0rroAyous pEv

KaAe" T-roS EAa&'rovas, TrpoXAyous 5E TOUS pEiLovas. Kai UrrO6oyoi pEv yivovTai TravTrE oi EirdTacTos &rr6 plova5os apT-to, Trp6ooyoi 5 oi uTraKTrcos Tpi-rAacoia- LO6pvoI otov 6 p apTiros OUKO0V irr6AoyoS Kai 6 8 5 Kai 6 S Kal 6 r Kai 6 t Kai TraVTrS i oUTCKTCTOS apTiot.

rTpO6oyos 8e TO-Uo pv P 6 y, hTeir51 Tpis pia TpEIS, TOU

6 8 6 O , rpis yap 3 s, TOU 5 s 6 0e, Tpis yap rTpeTS e Kai egpe S O'UTCO TpiTrAaoCaalcov TrO e9gExis Xvp8a e'-

TOCKTCO'S &apTi)cv Tr Kai TrEpiTTCOV TroTilaE'1 TOUS T'po- 10

XAyous. 8E1 68 o-uLsEUai aUTOUS eU-rKTOus TOV irpCo- TOV v'Trrooyov T-r TpcAbrc) TwpoXAycP' Kai TOV S 8E e'- rTpOV irro6oyov TCZ s EvuT-pcp <(-poXA6yc>, Kati EE-

~fis 6ooios.

pKy. ot &7c6 'rcp&8o; auveXeL;. ETrITpiTOUS, qrl'iv, 9c -,

piaKEIS, ?Eav TETpaorAaalo'tacr pEV TrOUvS OTrrO pova5oS,

?TpiTrAaa'xacalt s TvUs aTro Orr pova5os, olov TreTppaKi Iia 8, TpiS pla y, 6 a8 pa TOU y eiTpiTos TraAixv TTrpaKi p

lTpS , Tpis S TOU s rriTplros' cboaircos TeTpas y 5

ip, Tpis y e, 6 ip a&pa TrOV e8 EiTprlTOS. Kai ETri Trv

AOITncOV o6oicos eUplcaeis, TOV acTOr6v &pitpo6v Kai rE- TparAaacialcov Kai TpiTrAaClaot cov' Kai 6 piv UrrTo TOU

TeTpaTrXAaoCiatpcr O yEV6pevos E'rriTTplTS oCariv, 6 58 UT[O TOU' TpiTr'Xaaiacaiou UwToerriTprTOS. 10

pK5,. 8s ol &liv 7rpT'rOL Xi 7xUOt04VC0 . TrPCbTOUS Kail TrU-

epEvaS KaAei TOoUS E`oXa'TOVUS pEO' OuS OiKEnTI EoaT AaEITv

p6plov i1i ppv lpIOXAiCOV 6 y Kal 6 i B e'XaTXO(, ?ei 65 eTriTpiTCoV 6 8 Kai 6 y. ioarov oiv o6TI oi pEv ECXoaTot OUTOi OUViEv Xouoiv ?v 5

piacp SieTpyov acUTOUOi' oiov TOU 3 Kai -TOU y oUi8iS

&pitO ps ev p'crcp* TOU pivroT 85euTrpou flpoAiou, 6 eI -rTOU S Kai TrOU 5, EcTrV eIS pEcros 6 ' TOU 5e y (TOO e Kai TOU S) P3, 6 Kal 6 r' TTOU 5e Te-rpTouv TpeIS

eupeelaovrTact pECaOI, TOCU 8E TrerrirTou 8, Kati E(peiS 10

o6poico. cbaaUTCOS Kai EiT TCOV ETriTpiTcov' TCOV pEv

oaX)(aTov TOU 5 Kai TOU y OuSeiS Ev pkccp, TOU 85 (3 (TOO rI Kali TO'U s) elS, 6 '- TOoU 5 y (TOC ip Kai TOU 0) 8,o, 6 I Kal 6 lao Kai TO-r 6p oicoS y Ev TCrO ccp,, Kai TOo E TerCTCapa, Kai EpefiS OLlOiCoS. 15

pKE. 8T6 8se puUoLXW xal 06X fi%,v Oep,Uvwv. fi'8r eipt-

Kapjev OTn la eiaiv ai 'rraTat oX'Eteis, a pUEv fi TriS ic'6-

pKi = Philop. pXs pKy = Philop. pAL

pK5 = Philop. pArl pK 8= Philop. pAe-ppy

pKp,I = Nicom. XIX, 2. pKy,I = Nicom. XIX, 4.

pK58, = Nicom. XIX, 6. PK1,I = Nicom. XIX, 8.

pKp. 7 alt. TroU M: rTOJrTO A 8 pr. y&p M: E8 A 13 wrrpoA6ycp (Philop.)] om. AM

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TCOV EV TCr TETapTcp TrriTETapTOi EiaYV 6 PEV E TOU 8, 6 8E i TOU 6, 6 8E 1 TOU tI3, 6 6E K TOW iS, O6 S KE TOU K. Kai Er os KaaTl p aT TOV acTrrv Tp6Oov. Kai oi TOU cri-- XOU TCOV EV TCO 1TEjrrrcp ETriTrEPtirTOI, Kai oi TOoU TCOV 55

Ev TC S ETTiEKTOI, Kali gEpfES EvUpr'EClS TOvTO. TCr&lV 6

TorrAaTrlao'alE'Tmpo6plS TrrpCoTOS EcnT TOOU rn'oWXa'Tra- clETr7pEpoUs 'iTTOMaTrAacY1ETrIw6piOS pEV yap o'TIV 6 E TOU (3 i-Trr2acnos yap ov acTOU EXEI aUTOi <Kal ?V

pEpos. TroAaXAaTrAclcEYirieplS B6 EcrTV 6 rn TOU y' S1- 60 TwXraclo yap cov au'ou O XEi aiUTou> Kai 8sUo pEpr. SE&IKTCa apa pf Ta'rit TCOv cX7CYECOV TOUTOV cauapa- aOT' TlS oCYCa, Kc&KEVO SE 5EY ElSVCIal OTI OIr TCV Ka- vovicov yapLa TrroAa& yivovTar 6sKa yap T& 63.a.

TTpCOTOV pEV rTO 0ii TOU 'TrpCTOU OTIXOU TOU KaTc 65

pIiKOS KaCi TOU KaTT& 'raTOS TTE?piEXX6oEVOV, 8iOrTEpOV 6T TrO 0' TOV 6so TC-CV 5eUTEpcov oriXcov, Kal TpiTOV TO Ulr TCr V TO piTCOV, Kai TTalpTOV T-O IT6O TTOV TETap- TCOV' da&Aa TO pJEV a yac ppa Ecrri TO 0irr TCrGv ia Tcoi-

X?iCOv, TO 6 5e6TEpOV TO W7TO6 TC'V KS6 aTOIX- cV, TO 70

B6 TpiTov TO vUrOr TOCV ?Xi oroi)eicov Kxai E?EfiS 6jio(icoS Ev Trap' ?v aCJIEiP3CoV KavOVIOV. iorTov 8E OTt TCOV yaxPaC TOiTCo)V Xtalopvcov 9p' bKXTErpa yiVSTCa 6 WroXAaCTRAa-

aiao'Oi6S. KK<EjvO B6 yiVCo0CKE OTI oi Siayc?vioi &pi- iuoi rravTrs TETpayCOvoi dicrv, 6 8, 6O , O6 , O K?, 6 AS, 75

6 pCi, 6 ?5, 6 Tra, 6 p. KXKE1VO 6S yivcoxaK 6OT Kai ot

'TrEPEXOVTES KaTa TalV ilT?prXOUclV OCYCp yap iTrrp- XI 'E o6 api0ip6s TOU60, Too'Orrc 6 o rrpEx6pEvoS

ECaTTOV Ec-TIV olov 6 TOU y CTriXov TpfTro ap&ipe6s Tfis TOU T-pcATOU rrTiXou pova&oS irrTEpEXE1 68u&61 Kai 80 EOTIV ?V To - jEUTrpp OTiXC p rOTavUj TCOV y Kai TTqS iov&8o0 6 3 . TraXAiv 6 s TOU P3 TE-rp&aSi 0rrrEpEXE Kai EorTIv EV TCO pEac 6 5c' oaCuTCoS Kai Cii TOV AOIrCOV.

'rraCiv 6 EV T) TETrapTCp cr'rTiXc 6 &plitO6s TqS TOU

TrrpcbTOU orTiXoU pov&8oS Tpiasi cTrTEpgXEI Kai ortrV 6 85

y EiraTVCo TOU 8. wcraaircoS 6 ri TOU p Eda&8i U'rEpEXE1 Kai ECrriv 6 S ETaWvco TOV 11. KaCi E-ri TCOV Acov rV raVTrcov

TTiV aiuTrv -TaCxtV aEpOEisO. TaUT&a oCT-rv & poUAETraC Sia TrrTCov EITTEiV. EKKEiO0Co 6 TO Si&ayppalua, iva

o'aqp v yEvcovTral Tavra Ta AEX0VTra. 90

pKS. xal bdl xTv &xoXo0oWv. Kati EiTr Trr&vrcov 9riciv avaAoyov' EK TOU Siaypa&wpaTos oiv Ecaaprlvioaerl TO

Asyo,6vov.

pKS = Philop. p5s

pKS,I = Nicom. XIX, 13.

53 KE M: KS A 57 wrp&cTr6 M (cf. p. 22 supra): 6 iTpoT-rO A 59-61 iXEi aO-oO ... IgXE oaCroi scripsi: gXEi aiu-rou AM 67 alt. -rOv M: Kai T-rv A 71 A M: Ai Ai A 73 XtatloPivcov M: paXt(opJivcov A 74-75 dpli0ol TratvTrE M: TrrvTes dcpiOpoi A 78 o6E M: oi6e A 85 wrpCTOU M: -rpc-rTi-rou A

TnrTOS, Tfi S &VtCi6TnlTOSg TO yap &viaov ov peiLov ' AaCTTOV

' Kai TO i.liov EIXE E' TO yap piEiTov 1 irTOA-

5 XaarrCiTA ov Ti EirTprplov Tq EiTliEpES <(' TroAXXaTrao'alE-

7npoplov )q wroXawTrAacwTCiEm EpES>* cbCaaUO(rc Kai TO

caTrrov pETa TTrS r'r6 TTpoE'aEcoS. Ev'raOea oiv NEAEt ETElTEV OTt 00 o EOE1 Kai vo6Jpcp, d&Aa UoCY'E T'o-rro?Xa-

T-rrTCaov TrOV &1AoCv wrpoT6v EorTIV, ETra TO rpi6Aiov' 10 Kai OCTO Ta OiadA, ETiTplTOV Aiyo Kai iW1TTaprTov

Kai ErwiTEpLTTOv Kxati pEfigS. KaCi ETvraUOa pEV iTEpi TOU

TToIXaTCTAaoriou AEyyEi la SiaypCa&pICaTOS, orjTEPOV 6 yAqappc)TaTa c SEiEi OTI Kai 1j iCo6TiS 'TrpoTEpa TTiS aVicrO6TrTOS. 8EiKVurIv oiv OV Tt TO ITOra7.TAXCTOlaO

15 WpC)oToV EoTt TCOV ?AAcov, Kai TOU TroAAaTwrXaaiov TO

STrrrAxcov, rTa TO TprrrXao'ov. iTp6OEiaCl oiv l 6SETilS OTCOSS EKTieETa- i Tl rrpcovro iov E)XOvra TOUS adrro l.ov&doS Ka-T T-riV ECoS 6EKa8O pS ppleouS' a, 3, y, 8, E, SL, 0, 'n, O, r TOUS caUTOiUS Ka i CrxT KaTCO KTiOE-

20 Tcai EUpEioa'ETai ToiwvV TO siTrdX&lov TWpcTOv 6 yap p ET TTV ova5a wOoAC( Xaa0XCTAataC6 vos wTTo1E TOV P, Tri S6 TflV Su6ata TTOIET T6V 6, Eri 6S TOV y TOY s, TiTw

S6 TOY 8 TVO rl, Kai irri rTOY E TOV 1, Kai E Tri rTOv TOV

tp, Kali Eir TOV . T O 1S, KaCi ETi TOV ri TOY is, Kai TOYV I 25 'iTi T'v 0, Kai TOv K TilT TOV 1. EKOOU Ov EV VTC SEUTrpwC

OTiXc)p TOUS SiTrXaariouvS P, 6, s, rl , it, li, IS, Irl, K. dtAiav 6 y Emri T-ro cirro piovaBos rroAAaCrrWXlaoiaL6 E-

VOs, TOUT-rEOTV 6 TOO y CoiXout, iTOIE0 TOUS TpiTra- CTIOUS y, 0, is , 1, KiTl>, Ka, KS, KL, X' KaC TOUTOUS

30 oiv aTrr6ou eV TO- y acriXc. 6 8 6 TC76Aiv EiTTi TOUS arTo povYaoS woUanOxAacCial6pEvoS wTOIEl TOVS TETpa-

TrXacious, 8, Ti, ip, is, K, KS, KTi, Xp, S, p'i 05E Kai TOU-

TOUS EV TcZ TETapTCp OrTiXCp. Kai Ep8EfiS TT(AxlV 6 pJEV E TrEvratrXacaiouVS wnolilYEi, Kai 5ES EV TC E oaTiXcp. 6 S

35 iacr'cXaioou, Kai E8S EV TC) S cTiXcp. Kai o6oiooS a&Xpi 5EK&aOS. iSoj TOIVUV OTT oi 01WEV TOW P CoTIXOU &piepOi TTpOS TOUS Ev T ''TTpcT TroAaoXaoTrXaaail'cLJVOi TOUS SiTrraaovus 'TroiouCvv, oi SE TOU y T poS TOIS TOU aOv

TpiTrCAaXioUS, oi 5E TOU sOU TOUS TETpacTrA7aioUS, Kai 40 9pESfijs aXpi 8EKa6SO. i80o oiv 'rrp Tov dvE<pd V v TO

iTroAcai7rrXo'aov' piE-Ta T6O 'TroXXaCXiT a ov TOiVVU EvpiC- KETal TO EITpItOpiov, Kai TOUTOU TO Ijpii61iOV. oi yap TOU y oTriXOU TrraVT-S TOWV wTpO CaCTOVV TCOV TOU SEUTE-

pou fl.i6Aioi EiCo'V' 6 pE y -TOU (3, 6 &6 S TOOU , 6 8S 0 45 TOU S, Kai 6 i( TOU Tr, KaCi O6 TOU i, KCai 6 ir1 TOU ip3,

Kai EpEjsr5 TOUTO EcOpiCaEiS. EITa pJETa TTOUS A

jlPioAvOUS

EicSTiv o i oi yap TOU T-ETaprou ovTIXOU TrwAiv TOCV TOU TpiTOU Ka-ra T v CtratV 'A&V TiTplTOi Ei1V' 6 pEv 8 TOU y, 6 r T TOU 5, 6 S i(3 TOU 8, 6 5E iS TOU

50 i(, 6 SE K TOU IE, Kaci ETqSfiS cC)aarrcos. iTaAiv pJET'

aUTOuIO oi irlTTT-rpToi oi yap v- TCo TrEwiTp rrc criXc

pKE.5-6 fi rIToMAAcrTaaEl'TrIo6plov fi 'roMAAaCrnAauoelmEpep s (Phi- lop.)] om. AM

o1 orrco M: oV-rcos -rE A

24-25 'TV 1irl ir TOrv 0 M: '1ri TOV 0 T6V ir1 A 29 1n (Philop.)] om. AM 45 6 ip A: o! ip M 51 y&p M: om. A

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pKL. 7icp6 6& 7Tv <<qp'> x&eKSepa 6etrepov acrxXov. TrEp; TCOV aUTCov poijerTal SiacEXefivaTi 'rrEpi CAv fi6rs CiETs

rrpope&aavT?ES eOEcopiCcapEv. &vayivcAootK'eco o0v iT

iEg5, Kai E TI &o'aa(pE5 E XEI, acioi'0Uco ErlyJlao'EcoS.

pKTl. SLacpop&V 68 xal O'SroLt XOuat 0TU5 &76 Lov&8so. CXV-

Ti TOU UTr?peXOuc7r Kai oOrToi roTS ?v TCO TrpcbrcAT o-riXcp drr6 ioiovaSoS, olov 6 y -TOU P Im6Aio6 S errtv UTrEpEXc)v acrTO T"i ? v TCOr TpcoTcO r p iXCc IIpOVas' 6 S TrAiCv TOU

5 f6 l6,l os vw-rrEPEXCov T-r ETrrvco aUTro Karca TOV

TrrpT-rov crTI)ov PV Kai 6 0 TOU s r5 l6lioXtoS rrE?p?Xcov Ti ETrr&vc auTro TpiadS, Kac E?qEi]JS o6oicAS. co)rrEp oiv r ETi TCOV wToMaTrXacxoicov JVTrrpoXIl, OUTCo) Kaci ETr TCOV

TrPinopicov ' rri pv ' Erri E v TCO roXXaiXarraicov TrrEpoXQ1 10 pl?orl iv, olov o y T-r s povados TpiTrXdatos piEoTrlv EXCOV

T-rV UTrpoXlv TOV , Tv Kai 6 S TOUpo Tp lT-r dc os

-0o'rlv EXCOV TOV 8, Kai Eq)pEfis cbav'rTos. evTracua 6s oU TO IcEaolv, &dXA TO ETrravco.

pK0. x&xelvo 6& oux &XaxCcSaTl;. 'rrapaKoXouoerlt ta yEI

OTt oi pEv siaycbvlol TOU tiaypaipiaTos pVaova6SES Eioiv

?v iUEv yap Tri dp)Xi axrT7 EUOTIV ar' ,ovaS, ev 68I TC

TEEi EaKaCTOVTaS, ?v 6e Til 6iaycovkic 8io 6EKIa&ES. 11O- 5 v&aES ToiVUV Eioci Tracact Kai f] povas Kac fi SEKas Kal i]

caTovrTas, aXA' rl povsx TCo OVTI povaS E?CTV adTrAI,

i 5e 6EKa&s povaS KCaXElT-a, dAAx 65EUTEpco6ouvnVT1. novas ,UEV OTI oca UsivaTrai T I ovaS &pXi SEK?KaOS, TO- CiJaTa Kai 6?8EK&S a)(xp ?KaTovrTa6'8, SEITEpcoSou-

10 n?Vr 65E OTI EvUTEpa Ti) Ta?EI Trfs .ova'soS. cbcaaUrcoS Kai T' EKaTOvTaS npO va%S KaIETral OTtI Kai aCuTri TOCoaUTra BvivaTat Ecos XlAlaBocS, oTptcKal o6ol ?, vTPIcA[OuEfV1 SE OTI TpiTTrv EXEi T&alV. cbaauTcos Kai Ti XllXas Iovas KaCLETat, iE'TE18ij EcoS puptia6os TroCauTCa SuIvaTra, oaa

15 povaas, TETpCoSoupvrl v 'E OT TrETapT-rl a'Tro ovaSos. &a'ce dsoTeXEcTv b6 unb6 laov Tx &6. EoTr yap ?v Tir

apX)i tOvaS , ETra Ev TCo TErIel TOV WrrpcATOV crrixov

SEKaS' Kal Tra6iXv KaTCo ?V ,pV Tri dapX& SEKaXS sv ? TCo 'T?AEIE KaTovTas. Kai il pEV pOvaS Kai 1i ?KaTovTra T?-

20 Trp&ayvoi EiIVe' a Trac yap a pia, Kali SEKCKISg i EKaTov. aic E 6io 6Ka68Se T-rTpaycovoi P,v OVK eo'i, 7rrAeupal

pKL = Philop. p,E pKT1 = Philop. png

pK0 = Philop. pTn1, pv

pKEZ, = Nicom. XIX, I4. pKT,I = Nicom. XIX, I4.

pK0,I = Nicom. XIX, I7. I6 = Nicom. XIX, I7.

pKL. I .p' WK(TEpa Nicom.: Ka&'rpa A: ?K&T'EPOV M

pKiI. i biayopav Nicom.: biaqpopa& AM et Nicom. H 4-5 Trr&Av Toi 8 M: Tro 8 6 Triv A pK0. i ocaXfoCTnrl AM: iA&-r-rovos Nicom. 2 pov&8ES A (ut vid.): piov&8os M 7 ff. 68Tu-rpcoouvpvrl etc. cf. p. 22 supra Io T-r&t i. m 2. 2: qit AM 12 et 15 pov&S AM: pov&as GOS BEK&8os Philop. I7 vM: f A

86 TTrrpaycbvou vai' 6EKaKIS yap i p, corT' ErEi Kai arra; p yivOvtral p, Kal 8EKaXKis p, TO TUTO itOV CEOTI

TCp &Tro. Kai 'TraAcXv 6 pEV TrpCorToS OTiXOS a-Tro ova6os &CXpt 6EKa6OS EcOTiV, 6 6E EiTi T- KaTCr Kai laUTOS aTrr 25

piova6os &aXpt 6?Ka6(O . CCTCoaTcS S 6? . pEV TeEUEvCTailO

oTriXoS 6 ?ri Ta KarTCO i i UlTrppaivEt aXpi EKaCTOVTa- 8oS, 6 ?6 TEXEUTaToS 6 Tr7i lfiKOS Kait aTr6o 6?Ka 6EKa

wrrEppcaiVEl aXPl ?EKaTOVTa6os' ?XOUCI 68 &p a6OTEpoI, i, K, , ,P, v, j, o, rr, 9, p. 30

p\. xat ol IL,v SL(ayW?VLoL. OTt TraVTES TETpayCOVOi EiCYiV

oi Siaycbviofi 8, 0, IS, KE, A S, p, , , Tra, p. oi 8 Tr ap' KarTEpa rTCv TrETpaycbvcov, ovs rrapaomrilovTas KaAE

s&a -rTO E KaTrpco0Ev ioTracOai Kai OioVEi vUTEpaCTriLEiv aCUTov, OOTOI o0v oCUVrtie01pEVOi PETa TOV v rErpayco- 5 vcov TraVTCOS T?Tpaycovou TwOIOUlJcIV olov p?ETalU TOU 0 Kai TOO 5 EiCOiV 'TEpOp1KEis UiTrEpao'CwTiovrsE S Kali S S ouv KaCi S yivoVTrai' ip ra'Av 0 Kai 5 yivovTrati iy ly 6e Kai i3 yivovrai KE' 6 KE 8e TrETpa&yov6S E'TIV. Co)aaUrTos peTraclU TOU 0 Kai TOV 15 Eic'i ip Kali i3p' p 8E 10 Kai ip yivOVTra K6' e 65 Kai IS KE' KE OoV Kai Ka yivov- -ral p O 6 68 pe TrErTpycov6S EOTIV. Co'aoUTco Kaci Tri rTCv aXAcov. Kai iTraCXv T-riv aiAAo TrapaKoXoue0rlpa. oi 6? T?Tpaycovoi TroAAaTrtaaacroi VTES TrOIOUvCIV api- 6O6v TOV auTov 6? Kai oi ErEpopnK?Eis oTov TrETrpaKis 0 15

AS, acXAA Kati E?CTOKI 5 AS' Kai lraAiv EvvaKis iS pps, &aAA Kai 8coSEKaXKIs Ip p16S. cro-auTco) Kai ETri TCOV

iAAcov E?p7?IicEs TOUTO. yiV?rTa 6? TOUTO ETr?i6tf ava-

Xoyia TriS EO-TIV otov 6 TOU 8 pt6iAos, 6 8? 0 TOU s lpIXAios' OUKOiV coS ?XEI? 6 Trp6S -rTOV , oUTrc Kai 6 20

6Aos S S pos TOV 0. ?av 6? TEraacapES apiool a&va&oyov coi TO Uorro T-rv aKpcov Cov TC-r UrrO T-rv pEocCov, 6

apa UrroT TCOV 6 Kai TOWV e iaCOS ?i T T TC TrO6 TOV S Kai

TC)V 5.

pAa. ou8S7rT y&p '1fv tdlyvwcaLv 'aCOv. 'TI yap ?icra-

ycoyiKcoS EKTie0l??a, T?XE?iaV ETiyVCcIV TCOV api0plcV OUK EXOp?V.

pAXp. pIex& y&p Ta& 860 yeCVLXMa&S 'craa aGx4&elc. [T?rErp&- KIS 0 AS Kai ?OKItS S XS.] ?iprlKcS Tr?pi TOU WrroAACXTra-

pA = Philop. pvp pAa = Philop. pve p7p = Philop. pvs pX, = Nicom. XIX, I9. pXa,i = Nicom. XIX, 20.

pX3,I = Nicom. XIX, 20.

26 a&pt SKa&8os M: aXpi 68Ka&Sos o-iV A 27-29 KarTOVTar&oS ... &KaTOVTr6&OS M: KaTrovTa&oS A

pA. io ip Kai ip M: om. A II iS KE scripsi: S iE AM I4 ot 86 A: ot M 23-24 Kai T5rV S M: om. A pAa. I OVISirWo AM: ovrrw Nicom. Tjv M: ets A II TI M: OrT A pAp. I YEV1KaS T'cTa&cras a(osX M: TarVTacS ySVIKa&S aXEaES Nicom.:

yeviKaS A I-2 TE'Tp'aKI ... alt. As sunt gloss. in pA, 23-24

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pAS. axTe -O k7Tcip epo5; ju.9OI,v (ort. TrUV0. IVaS, dS

fis8t EipKiKapeIv, KaaXE TOU ?Eo'XaTOUS apt0fipos, olov

flutoXiov |U? V TOV y Kal TOV 3, ETTITpiTOU 85 TOV 5 KCai TOV y, KOai Erl TCOV c&AAco 6O0ioicoS TOI5S O')(XaTOUs.

rTEl1 O0V TOU ETrt1ppo0sU EKETVOi siCat TrUUpVV S i oXlOVT?S 5

3 *UEpr1 (CroKaTrco yap TCOOV 3 OUK OcrTv), xaXioa-ra yap TaurTao C)c'rE

' rrtEiTpTlS E?(XaTo6 S EOV TOU y'

EXEt yap avorov Kai ou TrX iova, &aAA 80o pUprl.

pAE. rxa 68 j,ipvl lCaV dXet xca &PXljv. OTIt eT COtl TO TOU y apXEao0at Ei yap EtlTCope V ipCiaTu, AilcaOpJV EaOuTOiS

[TO] aotTO AEyOvre (olov ETiTWCopEV OTI 6 8 TOiU 13 ETI-

PEPpis EoC-rv EXEt yap aUTOV Kai [3 aUTOu l|Jiior[), Tray-

KCaKOS Qpa.IE'v OUSE18V yap &AAo E-rT TO-r f[ PiOl iT 5

aTrai TraXtv al P3, CoTr OUO8ev &XXo AEyoJEv T Ot 6 8 TOU 13 68tnrrAdot6S Eotv.

oaou Kal TOU Tritio0piou, 3oJrAiETC X AOItOV Kal urspl TCOV AorrCo)v EilTEtV, TOO TE E-TT1lipo0J Kai TOI o roAAa-

51TcXcAaiTrlopiou Kai TOJ TwOAAXXTrAco'trrlErWpOU0S Kai T-rV Tro0iTOS aVTrlKE1IlVCOV.

pAy. T6 86e tXeLova ivbS 7r&AIv iPXe'raL &r7b TCv 8S5o. i-TretSl T-rrEV iT1rnIpfi TOV (XOVTa 1rAXeiova iprpl, AOTrrov

AMyeI OTt T& pEprTl 'rrTO TCOV apx?Ta- ra &Xi-cra y&p Tr& P, EETTa yap Triv uova&a TaUTra. irOTov oiv OTt

5 EaV Ti T?pvlIV1Tal SiS 68o, KaTc& p1EV T-O TTrOCV EAaXtorTOv Eo(rI, KOTa 8T TO ITOItV i.LEylOTov. KaTa &Ev T.O TOO'r

eACX)(oTov, OTt TCOV p OiK EoTTIv EcXiXlrTO6Tpov,KaT& TS TrO TOIOV g'Eytlorov, ETEiS 1' T iEyiCoTTr TO1Ul E8iS 8'o

ETori KTra TrO T-roi6v olov si TEl.ioS Kiova Eis 80o, I IEylTora 10rTa Tpr,l61,aTa- Ei yap eiS y eiS 5 8 | EiS e, ptiKpoTEpa

elpiCrKOVTai. OOKO0V &rro TOrV 8iuo ilpCov 8s p 6 a'pXeraa oTov 6 E TOU y ?Trglj?pri5 ?EX)t yap aoT6v Kali 6uo aUTOU ?EipTrl 'TpCOTOS ro o5v OTS E?Tl IE?pllS. ioTEOV Toi- VUV OTI ?K?EVOl AEyOVTaI ETrIt?EPE?S oi ?EXOVT?ES apltOlo

15 Kal TO U?ppos aUTroU i n &rrapTilov E?i T?XEtoV T i Ev ?i

yap [XOi, OUK?TIt ?-yE?Tar olov 6 L ?EX1 TOV 8 Kai y aCTO0 T?TCapTa T-a rpia oi'v T?TapTa EiS T?At?IOV ?V

oi Aiy?El, aAA' E?S ivo, ilTIc"'u TE Kai TETacpTov' CjT?rE oUi 8iUvacra EiTEr?V OTt ?XE1 aUirTO Kai 86o aUrTO T?-

20 TrapTa-, E?T?iEt8 TXa 5Uo CapaTOu TTv pTCa EV Ti 'TrOItE TO

fl lca, &A' OUi? su,o EKTa' EV yap Tp-rov lTOIEi' Kai

Epq)EiTS o6poiCo). olov o0 68IjvaOait EViTElV OTI 6 S TOU 6

E1Tr1IEPTS EOT'V X)(E yap aclTov Kai P aOIrTO TETapTaC

AEycov yap 86/0 T?TapTa ll'UiU TrOI?iS Kai oUSi8v &AAo 25 AeystS 11q lpt6Atov, dAA' oU5E 85vaaac Eoc rE Tv OTI 6 5

TOUO 3 p w1TiEPIS EOclV' ?EXEt yap aUT Ka- i P[3 fplori

aO'roO' r yap ( rtiori oIS v 5XXo loriv FI r&Atv avTovu Ta yap [3 uiO-T OCI&V CXA EaTtY i 1TA

auiTr Ta 6uo Kati ?piOKtEl OU56Ev AAo ~ S-Arralcnov

AYCov Cdo-re ZIiTE0l TOUTO. Aye oov OTI 6 E TOU ' y ETTI-

30 11EPTs Eo-rtv, T7rEifi ??XEi OtOaV KCai 60 aUrTOU PTpr. rroiou s 6V6plaTOS '?TUXE; XPT yIVCbcrKEIV OTt E T1Eii-

TpITOS KaE1sTatI' EXE? yap aUTOV Kati P aUTOUi TpiTa. 6 86? L. TOU 5 TWltl?ppTS )V C rtlTptT?TapTOS CaTOU ErTIV-

EXEI yap avTov Kal y T-rTapTa. OjioioCS Kai Eil TC)V

35 Aoltrov. 7'rr&iv 6 i TOU 5 eTIIEPT's C v, oaTtv T7ritT-

TpaEKTOS' EX1 y p ao'rTO Kali auTro S. Kai EsEsfij oTroCaK1s auCov TV XEt KESKiV TCO 6OV6otaTt 6V6oaLE.

pAy = Philop. pvL

pAy,I = Nicom. XX, I.

p'y. I Trricv a&pXrai AM: &pXeral drr6lV Nicom. | -TrcV AM: -too Nicom.

I6 "XOt M: [Xet A 25 q fec. M2 (ut vid.): om. AM 26 et 27 qfipiorl scripsi: ilutov AM 28 ao-r& Ta scripsi: ai'ra5s -r& AM

pXs. eira &tb8 6rso SI.rwrT . oU yap 86vacat Ei'iTElV

6uo rrTTapTCvv 'rr6atv y&p qlItaro EUpiOXKETat. OOS8

6i0O EKTCV' TpiTOV yap EjpiCOn<Tai. TplCoV E' TETap- TCOV Kai TptCOV 1TTA1TUTCOV Kai TETTapCOV TTEI.rTTCOV KaiC

TETTapCOV EKTCOV) Kai TrEvTr EKTCOV 8JVCaT6oV Ei'TTEIV.

oi'8 yap rptpCv EKTCOV 'lJiolU y&p 7riXtv TriTrrEt.

5

pXZ(. rXgL 8R &It' &iE,poT'poWv xal &x6XouOo; yveOaLG. koI-

1TOV TTV yEVE1VV OeXE EiTrElV TA)V ETriPEpCAv Kal XyEt OTI TO&S OtiT TptiaSS dptoioUS TraVTCaS cpE qfS EKOou

Kali apTrouS Kai TrEpiTT , Ou V , s E, ol, E, S, e , S, I la, ip, iy Ka( ?l pETS, ?KOV0 56 KCi TOUS Crrro TrEVTra8O 5

1rEplTTOIS 16OVOUS, olov S, Z, 0, ta, iy, 1?, iL KaCi ?<?Eg TOC0S TrEplTTOUS, Kai E?OpiCaEIS T6V 1TpCTOV TCOV TEpIT- TCOV TrpOS TOv TrpCOTOV -rTv OnTr Tpia8oS ETriI?lEp, Kal

TOv pov Tp6s TOV P3 Kali TV y wpbs TOV y' KCli ?pEigs ofoicos olov 6 E TrpOS T6V y ?1TIP?pris EOTriv, Et5i8jTpi- 10

TOS yap o-TIV O 6 wrpo T?V 8 ?WTipEppS eorTv, wTTpi-

TrTapTOS yap EOTIV- 6 0 wrp6s TOV E 6E1TIEprIS EO-1IV,

ETrITETpaTr?EITrToS yap TorI, Kai bEcpeqS Opoi[C0S. ioTrov

6B OTt O0jTOI Ta&VTE5 oi EK TfiS TOIaCTrTI5 EKeOECoCS yt- v6OievoIt TrrUOe S 'iCiV' V Ev pEv yap TOIS TTrii-TpiTotl 15

EoXaTOs ECTIV 06 S TpOS TOV y, Ev 8E Troi E7rTITpitTTap- TOIS 6 L Trpos TOV 8' ETa ' yap -TOUTOV aX7%OS OOK

-rTV- Ev 68E TOIS ErTITSTpaW7rpliTrOIs 6 i TrpOS TOV '

pX = Philop. pvl pXs = Philop. pvL

pA7s Philop. pvl pAX = Philop. pv0

pAS,I = Nicom. XX, I. pMA,I = Nicom. XX, 2.

pAS,I = Nicom. XX, 2. pAl,i = Nicom. XXI, i.

PAE. 2 eiTCOvtev M: et-rropiv A et M2 (o supr. co scr., ut vid.) 4 f!iarl scripsi: filaov AM 6 A?yopEv M: '?ycopEv A

pAs. i &w6rr' AM et Nicom. G2S: om. Nicom.

3 6S A: om. M pXA. I &w' AM: om. Nicom.

I6-I7 wriTpirTa&pT-roi scripsi: iT'rTTapTois AM

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vrroKaTco yap TOUTrcov OUK c-ri. Kai 1rri TCOv aXcov 20 rT aorUTO e?ipi'?iS. Eov 6 TOirUTOS rravTra TOvS ytVO-

p?voUS f Sb oatl'tnis TpI ratcool1S nj TETpaot7Xa- Clat&ls Kali Ep?~fiS 6oi's, TOITEi?S aiXXouS 'E1iEpepEs, &XX' o ou rrut vas olov 6 E Trpos TOV y iTtlepis Co-tV,

ETrrSiTpiTos y&ap, Kai TuOveEVS' * SlTrXaroiaVov TOv E, 25 yivovroai i, Kci rT y, yivovrao s- 6 i rrTaXv Tpbos TOV S

ETriEspES ?orTI Kati ErrTiTpiTOS' EXEI yap auTov Kai 5uo aolrTO TpiTa. Kai trawlv aTOi-r T'roirroUTS ?av Sirroa-

aoCraS, ETI.epeEs Ka(i 16T1rTpiTOs TrTOEIlS' 6 It SrrXoaica-

L[.pEvoS TrroiE K, Kai O S 13p 6 K TOWU 1p ET'riiTpiToS 30 Eo-rv' 6io(os 'Srr' 'acrTEOV TWpOKOTTCrov EupTiaEiS TOUTO.

KaCi ETri TOV ETriTpiTETapTou S eUprio'aei TOUTO. otov 6 L TOr 6 ETrriTpiT?TapT6S ?O-TIr 6iTracoiacaOV aU-rTOS,

yivovrat iS Kai rl' 6 iS TOU Tj yiv-rat TrriTpTrrETpTos, K&OV TOrTOUS 6'lTraCCo 'EToriS, 'lrOliTEi'S ETiTpiTETapTOUS.

35 Kai ri TC)V CAAv Xcov 5E TTIIepCv ' TO aUCTOr EUpaeiS, KaV 8 Tpl7hotataioC S f ' TTpaTrXaCoCiato' s i' O-rrTCOcoUV TToaXXTTr?Xaioao-la , lavrcrS 'rwTTIepEis TOiIo'IaiS.

pXrl. npooCx,rov b 6TL 4x TCxV 860 .LepoV axtL. Trepi ao-

TriS T'iS ovotuaaiaS auToov OXEI EiTerTV Koai qrl)O'v OTI-

ETri TrOV ?Trt1E?pcoV 6U0 IEpcV XAyogpvcAov' patIEV yap ?rriSrTpiTov it8ov yap iOo .i?prl E-rrov, TO' 6 Kal TO y.

5Kail TTaXtV ETTTplT'TapTOS, TpiTOV Kai TErTOpTOV' Kai

E<pEiS. XYEI o0v OTI E'ri pEV TCAV w1TniE?pcv TCAV X6OV- rTOV 3 iE ppl TO yOV T'poc'rraKOUETai COS Peitiov Ov'

9aipEv yap 1rrt6iTpiTov [TO 6 TrpiTov TOU TETapTou

pIieIov] Tar yap y TCAV p Peiova. OUKOUV KatOOOU TO 10 pei[ov TTpocoUraKoEru?Ta. TrraAiv yap ?Tri rTCO y pepCov

TO PiieiOV, O6 Er' TO TETapTOV, wTpOOcUTWaKOUETai, E?r1-

TpiTTrapToS yap (papev E' i E6 TOV 6CV Ta E ipoo- UTraKuoerTal, ETrIT?Tparr?ErlTTPo yap (paoEv' Kai Trri TCOV XOIr&cV 6ooicos.

peA. &7xaC xai &aiv0eeoL 'X4O?CaeL. 0 EOT1V '1 TE TOU

'TroXAaTrrXaoiou Kai rTOU ETiIpiopiou Kai TOoU ETrrtpoVU Kai TCOV aVTiKEitPEVCV TroITOIS.

pXrl = Philop. p~ pAO = Philop. p~a

pAr,I = Nicom. XXI, 2. pO9,i = Nicom. XXI, 3.

27-28 18TrrXaoclai&rs M: 81srrr3aato&ao'E A 31 TlTrTplT?TapTrou scripsi: ETlT-rErapTouv M: -rErap-ro A

32 TrrrrprrITrapT6o (Philop.)] ETrrl-rTap-ro AM 34 'rrrTprrETC&p-rov scripsi: E'rlTETapTrovu AM pA?l. i EK T rv AM: &K pev Tr&v Nicom. | Ea-r AM: om. Nicom. 3 Trt M: K A 4 yap A: om. M t[[ iTroV scripsi: EIrrov AM 7 TrpoovTraKoueTrat A: -rrpo'rETraKouETai M | 6v M: 6v A I2-I3 wTrr ... 9aiev A: rrl ... 9a.v iter. M

pO. I 6 M: om. A

pp. ix Suotv eiL ; IJav. ?K yap TOU TwoTaXa'naTrotiou Kai

TOWU iT1riopiou yiVEToa TroXNa-TrAaC1IE'rrtiPpios, Kai TrraXiv EK TOU rroXXaTraTcOiou Kali rTOU ETrinEpoUS yive- roal ToacToTAo'aiCETnI?EpTlS. irTE?OV S 6 Ka(KEvo OTI TCOV

ErTT1PepCov T' Kai TCOV ETr710picov TraVTcov ol 'rTuOiEvsS

Trpc)TOi r TpOs CAS ANAoS Eio- KOIVC) yap i?Tpc) Tri iova6Si pETpOOvTra, olov 6 ? Kai 6 y Tp6S &AAXfiXouS

rrpCoTroi eai, Ka1i 6 y Kali 6 3, Kai 6 Kali 6 y, Kati rrav-

TErS 0oi i?EqES apeitioi.

5

ppIa. at elsLxaLt 'ali eiSLXaLS. aVTri rTOU TrOaCaoTrCatE-

TrTIiTpiTOS | WOOX7toTraEOC1 WTrrrETapTos K1ai AEe?ES ?Tri

'TaVTCOV.

pI.I13. 7oXXaLXaci7LIcrTeUphT oiSv COsTL. EiprlKcs 'Trepi TCOv &aTrAc)v ei681v, XEyc S'i TOO TrE TroX'rXAacrOiou Kai -TOU T w10opiou Ka(i rTOU iE'rrwepoUS, vUv Trepi TC' V COUV- OETCOV MEye, 9pi)ri TOU TE TroaXXacratoaI7E'Tiopiou Kai

rTOWU TroXXaOTracolETriIPepo Us. 'rrepi TOUTOrov ov poUiA- 5 rai EV TOrTOIS sotiaXapEiv.

ppy. 6l7ixS 8d <bC av 8i aSu1vOeTo. SirrAT yap r cOUvOe- cis auTroOu fi yap TOOU ToXXatrrco'iou au'ojiovou TOU 6? ?'Triiopiou pivovTros yiveTrai l oCuvOeaos, fI TO &va- 'rrOatv TOU Ewrripopiou pev ctaioJiPvou TOU 56? rroXoa- TrAaoiou pv vovrosv olov Eav E'lTrco SiTrXaaoC TriTpiTos, 5

rTprrXaoalErirTpiTOS, TETpaTXa7Oa-e7TiTpiTOS, ''TEvaoTrXa- caiETriTpTros Kai E?(pq?f, TO pEV TToAAa1TTAao(lov autcov,

Ayco yap S6i, Tpis, TETrpaK<I, 7TeVTraKI Ka(i pgeSE, TO

pv'roi ETriipO6pov pivEI, wa TraVTaXO yap TO ETriTplTOV Ei S6 EiTrco StXAaoCltETTiTplTOS, Srl7XaaoET'rrTroTapTros, 10

Si'TXrrAaoTriTirlEPrTOS Kai ?<p0ES, Tr ?ETTI6piov aU0eTrai, TO 6E rwoXaotrvcalov TrarOtXOU TO aOtro TO s6'r a- aoov yap pbVEI.

p, = Philop. ptp p,ua = Philop. p~y

ppp = Philop. pb5 ppy = Philop. p5e

pp.,I = Nicom. XXI, 3. ppa,i = Nicom. XXI, 3.

ppp,I = Nicom. XXII, i. ppy,I = Nicom. XXII, 2.

pp. I svoiv M: 68uiv A ppp. I wroaXXarXacnawlEtiIpis ov Ei-rTI AM: TwoXXacrrXcoietrlp6plos

pv oiv o-rt Nicom. ppy. i SiXrACs AM, Philop., et Nicom. CSH: Si-r-rS Nicom. 1-2 Sinrwf yap i oaivOecis M: 861iwA yap sialv eoail A 2 et 4 acioplvov M: acUavopgvov A 3 6 A: om. M 12-I3 Or6 StrrX&alov yap pkVEt, cf. n. ad ppS.

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p116. 7rap& Tav tCou,6 plca tapovojiaO^FaeaL. El P3 8slrc-

olios, Ei y Tpracrlo, El rrpaTrcxa aos, Ki <p?Enis 6ooicoS.

ppE. 'o4T &7t6 6ua6oS cpeli dC &protL xalt 7epLrToiL. EJpTl-

c?ES KcaTr Tat1iv T-roS wroXAacr7cxacerilpopiouS, av ?KOfS TOU'g ao'TO 6SuacoS apTious Kal TTEplTTroU Kxai TOS aTrr6 TEv-ra6S Crrplrr'irsO vous Kai wTapxapri3 s Trpco-

5 TOv TrpcrTcp Kai SErTrEpov Eu-rpcp Kai <pTEfiS olov 6

E TOU p slrrAacalEo'prlothos, 6 L TOV y SvTrrXaaoeTriTpl- TOS, 6 TOU 8 6i StrAaO'lETlT?TapTos, 6 la TOU E 8rirXa-

'l?ErrlTrITr rTos, Kal E<p?TE1S 6Ol10C0S.

ppS. &r6b 86 Su&s8o6 TOv kpqEfS 7rT&VToV &pr(iov. Ei 85? 0-

AE1S E:petv TravTas TOUS TrrXaaoi?prTlloXious, EKTieL TravTaS Tovs adTr') bua5Xo apTriovS, EITa Tu0J &CTTO TrEv-

Ta6os <KaCTa> TrEvTasCa, El TOTE ?KTIteEi, TTOillO?ES Trav- 5 TCAS TOUS t5 Traoirl?EpiroAiious, olov 6 E TCAV p slTrAa-

OrtETllO, iX Ci ' Cosv , ai TCV , Kai 6 TCOV 5, Kai 6 K TCOV rl, Kai 6 KE TCOV 1, Kai E?<p?ETS. I &7rb 8e roi y. E?'TrE8i 68 6 L TOUO y TrpcoTos SiTrAaCo'lETiTplTos iS v, XappaVE Travras TOUvS caro Tpia5os Tpla85 C lapvpovTca Kai TOUS

10 &aTT ?ETa'5oS ETTc(5l, Kai TT01irOElS TOUS SlTXaaCO'lE?i-

TpiTros, olov 6 L TOU y 15arrraoi-r'wTpiTOS wrrp6OceES TaQS Tpot'l Tpia KaOi rTOS o [

' OUJKOUV 6 i TOU S S iTra-

crETriTpiTOS Kai 6 Ka -TOU e Kai 6 KTn TOU ip Kai 6 XE TOU 0 KiE i al6 p3 TOO Tr K Cti E(pE fi 6pojiCos. I| efa In=&XL &n'

15 &diX ax 07S 01 TO 8 5 TrpCTOS 5rT'7Xa'IETr71ETTap- TOS iv OiUKOV Eav Tros p?v 5 5 rrpoo-e0iS dai rTOS 8? 0 0, TrolloC?lS TOUS 51 raoaa?lETirTETacpTOus, olov 6 0 TOU 8

S6TrrXaaci?rrTTTapTO6s ?c-r, Kal 6 rl TOU l1 Kai 6 Kl TOW i(3 Kai 6 AS TOU tS Kati 6 1? TOU K Kali E?q)?fiS 6OOICos.

20 Kai Eri TCOV &aAcov 86? TroAXXata-Xaoa-Titpopicov Tri auTrril pE066 KEXPrTInVOS E?prTlY?ES TrravTa Tc KaTa

PIEpoS EjTCaKTaC Ei?T.

pu = Philop. p{s p?E = Philop. p{L

p.s = Philop. prq, p~0, po

pp5, = Nicom. XXII, 2. pp1j?, = Nicom. XXII, 3.

ppS,I = Nicom. XXII, 3. 7 = Nicom. XXII, 3.

14-15 = Nicom. XXII, 4.

pp8. I Trapa... TrcapovoJaoaC0iC'ETai AM: inter Tf-v et -rroCoT6rTa Nicom. hab. Trooacrrlv

ppE. i E9?fis AM: fijs Nicom. 4 TrcapacAi37l, (Philop.)] wrapaXcap3il AM 6 SiTrXaEcpq)rjioA6io (Nicom. et Philop.)] 8iTrraX&os illjp6lAios

AM 6-7 siTrraaclE-riTpiTos (Nicom. et Philop.)] StrrAxaios eTrlTplTOS

AM ppS. I &or 8^ 6v8aSo AM et Philop.: o&rr6 6vuaos 6 Nicom. 3 alt. Tous (Philop.)] ToTs AM (ut vid.) 4 Karra scripsi: om. AM 5 8TrAaCo'qpiroXJious A: 8nrrXaaorlioXiouS M 8 S6 M: om. A

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ppL. 7cp6b pev y&p T6v 7p&,ov ar(Xov. Tr6dvrTS yap oi ?<pTEfS pS rpOS -TOV Trpcov o-TiXOV TrapapaAX6p1o?vol rravTra -rT ?5ri T-rU oToXXa'nTAaaiovu 61OJoTaycoS Troll- c.ouClv, olov 6 p3 TrpoS T-rV l ovaSa Sltraxloas, 6 y Tplirr?a'los, 6 8 T?TpaTrXaoaioS, 6 ? Tr?VTaTrC'Xa'ooS, 5 Kai E(?<pET cc)cauJTcos. Kai 6 8 TCOV (3 6lrTwaolos, 6 5? S

rTplTrrXaoto, 6 8? n TE?TpacrAac10os, 6 8? I 'Tr?vra-rXa-

CTIOS, KaCi ?'TTi TCOV a ov ( V ?upiltS -rT aUOrr6.

ppil. TUpb 7bv yclrov. TpO6s p?V yap -TOV TrpCOTov c-I-

XOV TOUiS rTo waTrXacr[ious wTroltoUOi, TTrpoS 86 TOUS y?i- TovaS TOUS Trlupopious, oIov 6 y Trpos TOV -v TOP v qt6- XIov, 6 5 TrpOS TOV y -TOV ?ETiTplTOV, Kai 6 ? TTpOS TOV 6 TOV rrlTTaTOtpTov, Kai q)EpTES fc "aU'TcoS.

pp0. &a6b 8 Sroi rplroou crXaou. ?av 5? &rro TOo TpiTroU crriXou ap&T1 Kai Xa&pris TOUS a&r6 TrvrrTa5oS uV?VX?TS 'T?EpltcOJu Kai Trapa[paclXrS rpo au-rv y Kcai TOUS

E?<pEqS aUTCO) ?plTTOrUS,TOOUS E1Tl1E?pEIS TTOllTE?IS' OTov 6 ? TOU y ?'rrlpEpljS, 6 L TOU ?, 6O 0 TO IL, 6 ia TOU 0, 6 iy -TO tla, Kai Erri TravTrcO6v Oloitos.

pv. Taira 8 oUix larL L4V lLaytr] Sta ra & 7poXe8Xevra. ?ETrEi CS EipTlTal E?pE?iar?Tal TO aUTro6 TO yap a 5uo ilPioTr ?V TrolouaCal Kai Ta 61io EKTa TpiTOV, C)-T?E 8ET TTrlpEiVV TaTIlKCbTpOV 8? TOUTO fipr-Tal ?V To01 TTpO- Aapoucalv.

pva. bS &v 7np( fl XaLPClavouaLv eiacaywyfi. &vri TOU COS

?TrlrroXaclT?6Epov EITrr?v' X?El yap Kai yXaappcoT?pov Kai paeUT?Epov.

pvp. axtL 46e TS yXaCpup0Wxp ' EpoSoo . 65EigaS K TOU

5laypa,jpIaToS Tr0)S TrpOX)(E? 1 TO rToAAaTrxAa'lov TCoV aAAcov, OTI1 TpcoT-ov py?V ?r'OT TO TroAAaTrrXacrlov Kai TOiUTO TO slTrralo'ov, ?ETa TO 10r6oAlov Kai TO ?TriTpl- TOV KCal TO raToAAaT-AaolETrT6plov Kai -rO roAaTrXaa-

ppu = Philop. pop pprT = Philop. poy

pp0 = Philop. po5 pv = Philop. pos

pva = Philop. pol pvp = Philop. porn, poe

pgL,I = Nicom. XXII, 6. ppin,I = Nicom. XXII, 6.

pe,I = Nicom. XXII, 6. pv,I = Nicom. XXIII, 2.

pva,I = Nicom. XXIII, 4. pv3,I = Nicom. XXIII, 4.

PPZ. 3 6oPoTayco A: o6pOlOTaycos M pprl. 4 6 E M: 6 ie A pAg. 4 cauTc M: oaCUTo A 6 6 y TOO ia M: '6 y M TOV la TOO o 6 iy rTO ia A pv. I i[ioiT A et fec. M2 (ut vid.): ljEocT M pva. 2 TrrtroCAaioTEpov scripsi: Eri rraAcaioTepov M et (ut vid.)

A |I yap M: S6 A pvp 4 TOiTOU scripsi: TO-TO AM

5

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craiE?7?p?S, vwv t ?rTEpov eauvaoroJ TrpooraTrypaTos 68?KVUI TfV Tatitv, ava&paivovTra oiv EuvTc'KTCOS Ta

Ei'6. ?K TroTOv oT v TroU pocrarypaToos EUpioxOVTal OT- TrrpCoTti p?V T-r OVTI i ioCoTrlS, ET-ra ai acvlr6TrlT?S

10 E? aVUTfiS TrpOEpXovTra Kai KaTr TO 6Arle?S E?iSE? oi-

KaC1V oi apiteiol rEptypapovT?ES TraTa. TrCS oiJv EU-

picKOpeV rrpTCroV TOv Si6TrlalOV X6yov; EK0OU 6<pE( S

TpETS povd6aCS cbS uTrOTETaKTai a a a elia AapE Ti' V

Trpcb)Tv acUTTv Ka' avTrTi v 6SE yap TOV TrpcTov EaUTco 15 YCov Etval, TOV 6S 6ET?Epov api&ptpYv TcO TTrp Tco&o aia

Kai SEuT'pcp, TOV 86 Tpirov TCo TwpcoTco a&jia Kal Suvc

'roTs EUTrEpois a&ia Kai TpirTC Kai yE?VYE-Tai 6 s5rr?Ta- alos' o6lv eicai IOVa6SEs ?q)E9?E y' XCap3 ThlV TrpC')TTV,

yivErTa a, XcapE T' V 6EUT?EpaV IpIETa TrS rpTTPbTrS, 20 yivovTat P, Xa3Ep Kai TV Tlv piTV pETa TgIS TrpCoTTri

Kai 5s1 TrS 6EuTrpaCS, yivoVTra t 6' XOEV ov a P3 8 i6or 6 67Trraclos o6yos. Eav S advTrlTpopcos avrTa TaUTa KaTra T'rv a'Tfiv p(eoSov wTtOIcTj1,S, CTxlfcES TOV

pit6Xtov Xoyov' ot6v eo-rt a (3 5. apai darro Trv 56 25 i6ov S ?XOpEV' Xaap TO-rv 6 pJEr T'rV 3, yivovTrai 5

XapE -TOv y, T E'rTOU T'r1V povpaTO, pET' TO' ToOp')roU, 6 -TI TIroO 5, Kai 5iS TOV 65ET?pov, ?OET1 TrCOV SUo,

yivovTat O ' Eiaiv oOv 6S 5 oOTro TrOIVUV llpti6XOi

EClatv 6 pev yap TOO S, s, 6 S r TO S 6. ooiSco Kali ?i1 30 Travrcov TC-)V XOI11TOV Ei6C5v EVUTOKTCOS 6SEiEI 6 NIK6-

tiaXos a'vToS.

pvy. x UB SLT7riaolou ?EtS 6 b 6 plrpX&oLov. 6E a?i&XoCov

yap Kara Tat-r TiKTOvrTal, ah' OK a VoTEoTpapo vcOS, &XXaa Kara T-nv E apX)fiS eacriv oTov EeieX0v 6 8 V Trfi

SovCTSoS s17 rCo'tos Kai 6 6 TrV P. Ei'aiv oiv a, (, 86 5 EO'l Troivvv ' rpcbTrrl p?v pov&as, 6Ei'TEpoS 6 6 (3, Kai

TplTOS 6 V' OVKOV wTOIfrlOV TOV wprCOTOV TCO rrpcOTrc

iaov, yivETra Ev' ETa TrOV 6EvT?pOV TCo TTpcpTCr, yivov- Tat y TOV y -rc Trpcl)oTc Kai 5iS TCZ 6SEUTpcp aJoa Kai

TpiTcp, yiVOVTrat . Ei'ai oOV EqEnS aC y O' i5or TO

10 TpiTXAaCcOV Es180 aVE?qavil. 6pocoiS EK TOVTOU TO TE-

TpaTrXaaLlov yEvraETa' EOTI yap a EiTra a Kai y 6'

Kai 0 Kai a KaCi 5i y is. EiCTi oOv a 56 s, Kai ECTc TOr

rTTpaTr7Xac'IO. Kati ETi TraVTcov oCjoicoS TTpoXcopGov

E?pflcEtIS ?EacKTa TC E?ri TCOrV TroAwaaTcaaicov.

pvy = Philop. pTr

pvy, = Nicom. XXIII, 8.

14 oavrTo M: Eavro0 A

30 -TCOV AOITrv Ei56&v M: ed6iZv T-rv XoiV Tv A

pvy. 2 OVK aVTEOTpappWvCO A: ou KoCTECpaICIpvcos M 3 6 80o A et M2 i. m.: 656s M

8-9 &axa Kca TpiTrcp M2 s. v.: om. AM

pv5. ix S cotxtv ioUxTv 'Trv C6xa&xxTo; rToXXarXCaaltov

&vaT'paccpvtov. EK TOvTCOV Ira6cv KaTOCa vacoTrpoprn v

yivovTra Tar E?i6 TCOv ?Ttinopicov' olov EcTI rpCoTOV Et?05 TO)V wToXXaTr7oXaaicAv -rTO SIXrralov, 0?opoVp?E- vov KaTa TilV Ca Kai T Ta Kali Ta 6. &v'riCTpEpov Kal 5 Ti-r au r pEr?06ocp aTro TCOV 6 XpolaaICc?vOS, E?pT-i?EIS TO

pit6Xtov Etos- E?ita yap 6, Elra 8 Kal [3, yivovratl s a 65 KaOi Kai SiS (3, yivovrTalt 8' apXpXoCvav OvI 8 S ' iSo0 fiUPIO6Xov E?Tos. Trra7Xi TpiTTCalcOos Tlcav a y 0' apait arroT TO-rv Kali Troiraov 0 Kai TraAi v Kai y, 10

yivovorat i( Erta a Kai 0 Kai 6is y, yivovTrai is Eicri oiv 0, ip, itS iS6o oi EnTiTptTOi 6 yap iS rTOV ti3 i-iTpl-

rTOS ?rriv, 6dcA Kati 6 (3 TOU 0. opa Troivvv eauviao-rTv

Tartlv 6ooicoS Kai TOTS 'TTpaTrTXaotious apcov Kai

&VT?rETpapp?VcAs O'vv0e?i E?Vpli?'IS TOVS TrIT?ETapTOUS, 15

Kai ?Ep?riT5 ooioAs.

pV?. &7rb 86e &dtXXi apXS aWTCv TCOV btiuLoplCv. TrrTaxl

aAXrv opa rTa&iv K pH?V yap TCrv c Jiioticov a'vTiorp?-

POPE?VCoV yivovTai ?TlIEp?EiS, O'X o0l -rtXOVT?Sr , adAX' oi

ElTtS6tI?p?SEi, K S? T6OV ETriTpiTCOv oi ETtTplTT?p?TS, EK 6?

TOrV ?TiT?TEapTCOV oi 1TTT?ETpaotpE?Ts, Kai ?pE?rES. oTov 5

E?icv fi21X6o11 , 5, . XaP3? a'rro TOOV 0 Tri a'Tir i P06- 6co, yivovrTal 0 ETra 0 Kai S, yivovrTa tE, Kal 'rraXtv S

Kai e Kai siS S, yivovTai KE. 1iSo yEy6vaCav ETw16tpE-

p?EiT 6 yap KE TOU 1E ETrl6lP?Ep5'* ?XE yap aT-rov Kai

S6O a'iTOo ro J * Spr O' yap Trpia ajTOo ? XEI. coaaJT-co 10

Kal 6 IE rTO 0 ?eTrSIIlE?p'ln' XE1 yap aUTOV Kali P aCTOv

tj.?pr| SiUO yap TpiTra. oA)acT oS 56? ap(3v TOYVS ?ETt-

TpiTovU Kai aVTlirTpo6pCoA TTr Pi?068cp xprllo'aI?vos,

Trroilo1?ls TOUS ETrTlE?p?Eis o Elv E?iolv 1TriTplTt 0, t3, 1S' aptal adrrT TC-rv 1, yivoVTra oiv s1 Kat KrI (is y'ap Kai 15

ip( KT) Kai it0 (6 yap Kati s Kai 6i5s (3 6t)' 6 is oov

Kli KiT Kai Pte E?ail ?ETTTptIT?p?E5s 6 p yacp teO TOo KrI

?OTiV ?-TrrTpita?pis' EXE1 yap aTOrbv Kat Tpia acuTOv

?pri' Tpia yap aCTOO T?rTapTa ?XE?t 6 E ? KI" TOU Is

?ETrTpItp?pils KaCi aUTOS' ?XE yap aUTO'v Kai y aCTO 20

T?TapTa. TraXiv TOUS ?TrT?ETpatpEi?p?I ?Epc?EtS aXpai(3a- vcov TO'S ?IT?TTETapTOJS Kai avTioTpO(pCA)o K?XPrl?EVOS T JE p?e066cp KaTar TOV ao'rTOv 6? TpOTTOV Kai ?ri TC V

a&Xcov.

pv = Philop. p7ra

VE = Philop. pTrr3

pv6,I-2 = Nicom. XXIII, 9.

pv?,I = Nicom. XXIII, Io.

pv8. I ErTCrKTcoS Nicom.: EOUTCKTCOV AM et Nicom. GH 8 a 86 Kai 5 A: Ev 85 Kai T-rcroapa Ev 85 Kaci M

pvE. 4 mT5SiIEp?Ts (Philop.)] bipepEiS AM |1 E wTTpIpEPETS (Philop.)] TpipEpeT5 AM

6 s (cf. Philop.)] Kai AM 8-9 TnrtSliEpeiS M: EirriwtPETi A

15-17 Krl ... pr. Kin M: KI A

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TOY AYTOY ZXOAIA EI: TO AEYTEPON BIBAION

a. TeL8.t o,roLXELov XMyeCsa. EdprlTai rlpiv OTI Tov 'TO- 7ao0 T rpo Tp Ti TO pEV ? EoTV 'aOV TO Sr a viaov, Kai OTt Tro a&viaov I roXXat a'i roXEcrE. Ev ptv o0v -rTC TrAE1

rTO TTpO roi'TOV ypa'iTros Sia TIVOS eEiou Trpoo'ra-

y"pa-TOS E6SIEV OTIt K r TS iO'6TrITOs TrpoEpX?Ta0t 1 avt- 5

CaOTqS' ETwS18t 6 TO E iK TIVOS TrPO?pXO6pVOV Kai EIS avro avaXSETrat, OToIx?Tov yap korm, vvv Trr&aXv 6iS TOW acTrov Tpoo-TaypaTo S 0XEtI 86Tai Trlv ava&Xvav.

XappaV OE V ov TO avUT TrpoaTayLa Kai TfTV aIOTTV pE0oSov, a&alpaipv I?VTro Kai oiV TrpOoTiSiS, olov qv 10

'ITpCOTOV TO StrrAaitoov, ST-ra TO ?'iT1J6piOV Kai TO 'Tri-

PEPES Kai Ta aoITra. Kcai EyivEro K piV TOV Sl'Xaoiov 6 Elpt6Xos, EK 65 TO ilptrioXov 6 wTT11prpl5, Kai E9pi5.

Aap Troivvv wTrpIE1SPE, Kai wraTvrcos avaAO\Ct5 aCrro0S

SiS ilptloXiouv Kai TrrouTO S iS trrXaao'iovS Kai TOiTOuS 15

EiS Tra TpTr s CTaS povaSa5. OavJiaor6v oOv rTO w1Xe1i-

prnpa, ot6v eiCiv ETniPEpps 0, I, KE-' Xoap TroiVUV rTs 0' aTro TOV 0 yivov'rat , ?TrwEI6 6?T TOrV wrpoTov

Arlp0eivaor e-ra aipaiproaov TaS 0 orr6 TroW SEvTrpov, 6 EOTI TO tiS, Kai yiVOVTat 5' STra rTa 0 Kai iS TOrV S 20

apaipricov &aTro TOW KE, yivOVTra 6. EK0OV o0v O, S, S' iSov SiS 'TO OlIt6ov cvsAXirO 6 wTri1Espls. TraIV Xap[ rTa 6, T-ra aTro T-rv S AapE Ta 8, yivovTat 6vo. AOI-rrO Ta 6 Kaci S1i T' 3 a(pal{pTlr'ov draro TOv 0, yivTrat a. Ko0oi oiv a, P, 5' ibSoi TOV ' ri iptoXov iS TOV S6rrX&ortov 25

avuAvaS, E' o0 Kai ?yEvETo. Kai wTraiv XapE a, iTra

rTTV plaav aEpXeS a'orrT' TOrV , yivEaTat pia' TraAtv T"IV a

KaOi iS TT1V ipav a&<pX awTro TOr V 8. yivovTra a, a, a' 1i6o avEOAv'apaSv <EiS> Tas i pova6aS, 6 Eo'riv SiS T'nv io'6TrT'a TT' V E &pX(5, '{ /S Kal wTponXeov ai ad&vtco- 30

TqTES. Kai wravra Tra oiwra IS6 avaIais5 eiS Ta I v cV?T?V cE'rav Tr aaTar f e066cp XpcbpevoS.

pvs. q &vreaTprcpc-:.Lv4wv 6S. Eav 86 XP1o', T-r 66e06S,C

TITi TCOV r1TIOPiCOV l' aVTIrl(torpEpOov, TraXiV EVrTKTTCS

rTOJS 'rroa7XXaTrXaaolE'mwiopiS TwOicaEIS. K PiV Tro lIpioXlo TOV 'TroXAaTralXaclEIqptjivv, & 6E TOU ETrTpi-

5 TO TOv wTo7AaTrraocEiTrITpiTov, Koai ri TcOV &aXcov

6poicoS. olov eiacv fpi6AXiot , S, S. p &v arvTlTpErl,s, &dAAa oToi'crov 8- Kai 8 Kai S [Kai] r Kai Kai 6 Kai 6iS S KE' yiVOVTCa o0v 8 I KE' 18Oi o6roi TrwoXAaCXaaciEpj- pi6Aior 6 yap KE X)(e TOV I SiS Kai rTO fijpC'a aOvrouO

10 Ca)rolaTCo Kai O6 I XE1 TOV 5 15i Kai rTO fpToa avrrou.

fva SE fi r Ta au'a TroXAOtKiS XAycopEv, Tri aCrri PiEO6- Scp av c-rTpEqcov aTrro TCOV ETrrrpiTrcv, Trro0laEtS TrovS wroXa'Trrcao'alEr'iTpiTous, Kai o -TrO v E rrrTETap- TCoV TroS TroXXarrAacrX 'iTriTETapTro us, Kai 69E6PES o6oi-

15 0o5 ETri TravTrcAv.

pvL. 7t&vTrw 8& ot axpoL TreTp&YWVOL. o0 y&p '&KpoI nra&v-

T'.OS TETp&yCOVOI e psEie'OVTa1, d5s Sri pEv T-rV ftio- XioAv TOV 6 Ki T K aci cTOi 0, 6 S Kai 6 0' 'nri 6S T-rV

ErrlTpiTrCV TOV 0 Kca TOV ip KaCi rTOV S, 6 0 Kai 6 1S' 5 Ka'i ETri wTaVToov TCV eSi6co TE"Tpaycovoi eiCi oi CKpoi,

Kai TOOTO EViX6ycoS, EwTrSlS SIBEi1KTat ypaCppmIKOS OTI

Eav TPEtS a&pteOil Xa)XtcTrot caXt 'rpOs AXriAhovs TOV

aOirrv o6yov EXovreS, oi 6CKpol aVTCirv T-rTpcyovoi EiC1V. 1ETrE o v KCai i'rl T'OV IltOviTCV 6 Kai 6 S Kad

106 0 EA&)(XtI-oi Slat, St TOrTO oi aOKpot TErTpayrovoi Sioiv. &At' 1cAS EtTrol TiS OTI "OVK Siaiv XaXtCiTro, OUvE

yap nTrUvey 5 doii T-rV fitioXov' 15ov yap 6 y TOV p ljtioA6os." yapEv O't Sa0o pv &ptt pol a p tl6tOi i t ?a&Xt-

crTOt eUpicoKov-rai, Cb 6 13 KaOi 6 y, TpsiS SE OvKETIV OVK 15 tv yap vTrOKOTrC Tro 6 Kai rTO S KaO TO 0 TrPEIS

TiioiioAiOvS SprSl. caavrTcos 65 Kai 86o p1Ev ET-rTpiTOUS EvpiO'KCa, To yV y Kai TOV 6- TrPESS S6 VTrOK'TCro TOi e

KOai TOV p Kai TOW ti OUK aV Svpois. Kai Tri Trai vT ov

-TOCOV a&cov o6oiooS Co' OTE EiKOTOs TroiV5 povS TTrpa- 20 ycbvous XUovCrv.

pvs = Philop. prry

pvl = Philop. p-TS

pvs,I = Nicom. XXIII, II.

pvl,I = Nicom. XXIII, 15.

pvS. I avTEoTrpaoppcivov AM: dvao-rp6popEvcov Nicom.: dveaorpap- piEVco Nicom. SH

2 ,ph A: om. M 6 S (cf. Philop.)] Kal AM 7 pr. 5. Kal scripsi: 6is AM II i A: 1r M pvL. 13 piv A: om. M

[3. va civ Tcx aO'rG X6yw. &avr T-ro va oi TpeST TOV

aoTOV'v EX)(CO Xo6yov, 6 eroriv rlpijo6X\iov r1 ETriTptov

1 Ti ?TrEpov, Kai Iva plxr T-rV XappavopJivoov Trptiv

opcov 6 >pv lpt6Xtoos TO a&Xovu, o 6 ?EwirTpITO5

TIS ETEpO5. 5

a= Philop. a

p = Philop. s

,I = Nicom. II, I, I.

3,I = Nicom. II, I.

a.3 aiM: om.A 10 o\J M: om. A 12 EyiVETO AM (ut vid.) 29 pr. Eis (Philop.)] om. AM 31 Tr& XoTrrT M: Ta otroltw yap A

32 oCvvETE0raocaV M: ouvEt-eEIaav A | Xpcb6EvoS A2 (yp. i. m.) et M: XprloaCpvos A

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y. aXI oL 7poyeveCaVpqC. &oVi TOU ?V E?K?EiV E iS ?y?-

VOVTO, olov TCOV riIloCXicv oX?aIS -rrpoyEvEor?pa ?orriv i Slrriacoiac ?EK TraTr yap yEyovacci. TCO)V 65? ?1TIPE-

pcov il 'iioia, Kali ?ri rTC v XIrrrTCv opoicoS.

6. eS <.. ..> XT~V Loa6CrTa oTiLXCetov ToO 7ip6j 'rt t7cOO. EiS

yap Tir i6caTl-rTa T??EUTv-r1icar?ES OUK?TI 5uvaJpEOa

?Trri TI aXXo TTpoxcopioaal, &aX' cs EiS 0cTOIXE?oV ?K?E

KaTavTCo)pEV.

?. TaptEr'cea 6 S oLE T &' Tal Oewoptl. EiprlKCoS T'rrOS &va- XvovTra oi ETl1I6ptIO E?i ?KEIVOuS rE cv V vE-?T?erlcav, iTapabi5coTi vvo v rravu XaapI?oTaTov ?EcEprl,ia, TrroA-

XacXOi cuJclpacX'6uvov rlljTv Kai ?v Tri WvXoyoviao 5 FaCTcovoS. avu oaapoaTt yap TrcoAq)EAfr MTATCov E?y?Ei rrC

Ti[KT?TCa WUxfi. Kai ?YEI OTi KipvavTra KpaTfjp?s, Kai rc) E?Ti t Trr'Al t KavCV TIrS ETrlniKrn5 s6iaCaivETaC Kai

V(paivETai Kai TolauT T i Tva ?V Ta TO Tpaico Trapabi6co- oiv, E?i & Xa?y? OT1 TTrrCo 6oEp?iXoEv 5io ?Troys6ou5

10 E?OpiCKE1V. TOUTO oV v TO vUv -rrapa86IEuEvov ovupaia- -rTal l ilv ?K?E' v-rTauja yap ?y?El 'rrTs peo658Cp Tivi y

6 a &a cil uio iovS 1 ?ETrlTpirTOUS T ?ETIT?rTapTOUS i ETrlT?rrEiTrTOUs 1 ?7rroy56ouoS i T vaS TOIOITOUS E?pco- pEV' TO IE?V yap bi rrraaious y I 5 8 ? fj O&TCoAOUV

15 5Ti'ToT? ?EVp?E av &VE T?XVTS p(5lov' oC)taUTCoS Kai a&-

AouS TrroaacrrrcXaious T'O 86? ?ETrwiopious 6iUo TrrA?io-

vaS ou pa68iov. wTrapaSi6tcoytv oov pi?Ooov 61' fS OUK av raIS TTOTE ?KpE??e'ra ?1 Tri1ip6ptoS &pilt0p6, 6AX& -TTrrvTcAS E?Up?Ero'CrTat ?EUTKTCOS. | ?y? youv OUTcOS

20 OT1 &7ina xoXXaXr7&atLOS 'oaoUtwov 4itLpLOpoWv lhyCreXaL 6ywov &vxtLrapovuJLouvTxo v aTvCO, 6TC6aT'oS v au'v6S Wv

'uyXd&vI a&76 JLOV&8ao, oiSTe 8e 7CXEL6vov oure XaccT6vwov. Ti 6? ?OrTIV avTiTrapcovuuouvrcov; aori TOU ?i E ?lX1S

fimioXAious E?p?EV, TOCS iTrrXacoious ITITEI, i E?TrrTpiTOuS, 25 TOS TplTri*aciovS, Kai TOUTO E?<p?En. oTov Ti ?/ycAo;

?y?e TIS OT T1 ?p? POp o65 qlpoioovus." X8apavco T-oiVU

T?roaapas srrTXacious' ?SoT-ri 1E , 15, 5r, IS. OUKOVV ETr?Eli TrrpcroTos 8tT?rXai6S ?-rTV O6 3 ?IETa TTlV ptova5at, ?va TTOItCOe?I lP]it6OXov 'TOv y I yo t yp TCOV (3 a' 6

30 oiv y TOiU p3 fit6X1ios E?S o0V yiVETai ?E aucToU, O\jK?TI

y= Philop. t = Philop. ia

= Philop. tp, iy, 16, IL, trl

y,i = Nicom. II, i. 6,I = Nicom. II, 2.

E,i = Nicom. II, 3. 20-22 = Nicom. III, I.

8. I pr. EiS ... wrouoO, cf. n. ad loc. 3 KE1 M: EKE1iC A E. 2 ouVE~TieTjav M: avveTrOeio'av A 8 'rC M: om. A I9 youv M: o0v A 21 dVTiTrCapCovupOUVTCOV AM et Nicom. H: &v-rnTrapcovipcov

Nicom. 11 16oT6ooS M: oTTrroao A 22 TUryX)&VEl AM et Nicom. P: T-vyrxavB Nicom. 30 alt. ovv M: om. A

yap TOU y orTIv &a7o q'itlAtoS' iqltnou yap OUK XEt. EeCIJ)pEV Ti TOyV p 1riCao'tov, ?TI Tt -rT6v 85 oros 85uo qptoMioou TrOIti' fq1tio- y?ap T&cV 5 (3 yivovrat. 1Sou' o0v 6 S TOU 8 'pt6iXtos, a&Xxa Kai TOU 6 O0 o-riv

ilt6Aios' T-rV 8? 0 OUK?TI. i5oui oiv 6uo OrTOS ?EToirl- 35 C?EV. 6 5? rl, 6S TpiToS ?EOTi lrrTTXac'cio, Tp?EiS Trotqlt, Kai oUi5? ir\ious oU58? ?'rTTrouS' pt,iv yap TcV r 8, <?( &v) yiVETra 6 t i8 l5o ElS iipt6oos. w-raXlv rTCV ip TO fPitul S, <( >v) yivovrral Tr i5ou Kai &A,oS n6ioAXos. T-raiv rTCV trl TO 1t.iaU , <(? Jov> yivovTai 40

K'. EiCYiv OV TpEiS fp11iO6X10 1t, lr, KL' 6 8? Ki OUK?TI

IO.ltI6Iov [XE?, ?TT?rre1 oU stap?ETal E?iS fijcjlo. oU-rco

OYV E?pE?S wTpOKOTTTCAV EUpC?ElS TraVToaS TOUS TlItoXi- OUS EUTO(KTC)S. OUKOUV Ei E 0EAXi'?ES E?p?Tv, XappaVE TOV E? 1t'TNacriov Kai T-ravTcos TriTrTOUCTI E <flptIXtot> 45 Kai oU56? T7rioUS oU58? ?A&aT'rou. 6pooicAS Kati Tri TCrV

0oTrCorV lpIoXtiCV, KaTa TOV aUTrv o? TpOTrOV Kcat 'Tri TCOV E1TTpiTcov. ' TrNav yap E? E?TrTI aoi TIS OTI

EUp? o01 Tp?ES ErTTTpiTOUS," ap? TOY y TpiYTrXaalov, Kal EupI?EIS TOUS TpE?s' TiS yap ?O-TIV 6 TpiToS Tpl- 50 Tr?axocos; 6 KL' ioC?ov yap OTt CA)7rrp ?-71 avTcoV jV

XAapacv?it, 6O?EiAEtS TO wTrONaTCcT'Xltov Tro1EIV (olov 6

p3 TS p1is 51T7Tr'X ItoS rrpcoPTOS, OUKOUV 6 5EUT?pOS TnS 5ua58o Kai 6 TpiTroS UK?TIr T rS Tpiat5o, a&Aa T-rf

T?Tpa5OS, Kati ?pEfiS OUTCSa)), cbaaUT'coI OiV KCai ?V- 55 rTaU0a 6 y ?TrpoTros TpiTrpa'xaio OUKE?TI 5 TOY v S Aai- pa3VE?S, E?Tr?E18 Tpis 50Uo , sa.dai TOV 0, ETWTE?18 TOU 'rrpcbTou TOU y TplTrXacios 6 - Tra'tiv oUv y 6 K*'

TpiS yap 0 Ki alTo TO -r KL youv E?pc?jaE1S TOUS TpEiS

ETrTTpiTOUS, TOUTOU pEV TOyV AS, TOU 8? XS TOY v Pl, 60 TOOU 5E? rn TOYrv 5. i1oui TpEiS ETriTrpiToI OOUKTI 85 6

5 ?EXE? ?ETiTpITOV, OUK ?Tr1?XETat yap TpiTov. Kai ?ET

TCOV AotlTcv 5E? TravTcov coaaT-rco. OUTCO youv Kai

TOUS ?TrOy5600U ?V Tqi Wuxoyovic ?EUpiCYOp?EV. Ei y&p ?OX?EV 850o -rroy86ouS E?p?Tv, XAap3avop?EV TOYV 65- 65

T?pov OKTaTrrla' IOV' TiS 8? 6 Sr?TEpoS; 6 15. E?picOKov- Tat oOv 5o 110ovoI TOU ,IUV yap 5 ?'Tr6y8o6s ?cTIV 6

op, ToO 5E o( 6 TOra' TOUTOU 85 OOUKETI ?EOTIV Cai?oS

?Tr6y5oos0 oU yap EXE? 6y5oov 6 -ra. Oauvpaot-r oOv Tl Tr?pi TOUTCOY pl?e0o5o. | ot ECv y&p TCl 7aTX&o05G oTXOL, 70

a&v )aSL SLtXaEOLt. E?av yap coi 5it Trna'Clto oil TOU

48 cf. Nicom. III, 2. 70-7I = Nicom. IV, 3.

31 a&Xo (Philop.)] a&X' AM 32 -rTv 8 A (ut vid.): -TOO r TapTpro M

38, 39, 40 E jbv (Philop.)] om. AM

39 ir M: om. A 45 fiPi60io (Philop.)] om. AM 48 ei M: om. A 56 6E M: yap A 58 o KZ M: KZ A 59 yoiv M: om. A 70 ol Nicom.: Ei AM 70-7I o-riXoi, a&v AM: inter o-rixot et Eav Nicom. hab. ol

&vcr y crco 7I Eav y&p Crc SlTrXaClol M: om. A

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TrrpC-rTU oTixou KaT Tr T'rroS TraVTcOS, Ka( ol Ot OKC&- TCO 861T'r6caioi icri Kara TrA' TroS. oi S6 CTTrOKdTco TCOV

ETravco o6JoTayyS i1A6iXoti, oi 6 0rrOTEivoVTES, O EOrtv 75 oi Siaycobvot, 'rravrcoS TplrracrXaaot rauoa T oupj3aivsi,

Exv criv oi avoo Stn'rA&alol. ei 6E TplrXAacao1, Kai oi

Wrr' aJ"roTs TrraVTES KaOTa -TAahTOS TplTrrX'atoi, oi 6S

OIToKraTr TCOV ?'rravco oioTayCOv ErriTplTOI, 6ioTa-o ysTS 6OpoT-aycv E?K yap TOOV TplTrracOikov ol Eni-Tpltot.

80 Kai oi SiaycvIoti T'rTpaTrrXAa0io EUOpiaKOlVr. &av sE

Jo't TTrrpaTrr&aoo10, oi TrrpcTOt KaTra rrAdTro Kal oi iIT avUroTs TETpa-rraCaot rrtaVTES Eiciv, ol e TrroKarcTO TWOV 'Trravco riTriTrapTOt, oi 6e Staycbvioi T rvTTrraa- clot, KaOi Eri wTarVTCr v T8 i aUOTTj pes065cp K?XpTlCro.

85 rrrS8iyiypa 8E' aoi TrapaTirmlpt ?iri 8trrXao'iov Kai

TplTr?taoi.Oov. opa TOiVUV TrOOS TrarvTa Trx ipEriva Vt 7 Tov TrapaSEtypaCTOov Ev1TOaKTCS EvJpiaKETaO' ETri pV

yap TCOV 8ITraaoaicov, TravTrE; peV oi Kara TraaTroS 61- TrAarnlO, oi 8 Sitaycbviol TpiTrrXao'Co, oi S6 VjrroKaTO

90 TOV 'rravco f'v iit6Xio ETri 8e TOV TplTrvaiOcrov, TraVTES PEV oi KaTa TrAaTTOS TprrrAXaoCoi, o Si I baydbviol rE- Tpaorrwlolto, oi 6SE rTOKaToo TOOV I EfaCvo E'rriTpiTOl. Ti) aUTir i pE8668 K?XprIIIvos 61r' & Tripov espi'aEtS dC(opcACOs -rpoepXO pV1'v TvlV TOOV &apl0eipV TOiTOOV

95 SEcopiav.

S. ;OLI76v TrporatlvctavTec. EiprlKos TcO)S 8ET EIpiKSEIV TrAXEiOS fi lP IOAiOUS vi ETrITpiTovS 0 P ETrrrTTapT-OUS v

ETToy66OUv Kai E-T' Cr1TEpov, vWv eNEIt AOITTOV Ei'TETV

ETEpOV Ti. Kaci prloitv oTt Ta WrpoTa Ei6' TOU ETrtopiov 5 ao'vAArl ovrTra wravrcos TOv S6Tra&o-tov TOtEL. TpCOTa 8E

e T6rTl ropU TO r I Ki t6Xtov TKi T -ri'TpLTov. oTov Tt Myco; 6 6 Tro y ETiTplToS ETtlV, 6 6E y TOU P iu0-

?Ios. oviKoviv apa o 6 6 TOiU p 'rrrXao'os. coauTrcos Kai

EpqSjgS h XapavCOv iETrTpITov KCai i jolt6Aov ?Upjo'tcis 10 TOUTO. otov 6 ip TOiU e EiTpiTOS, 6 8 TOi S piot6Xos'

6 tp apa TOi S 6rrAaCatoSi Koai TiOTO ?rr' airrEtpov Eipi'losis. KaAoSO oOv EiXyopEv OTI 6o SlrAacos eiS flpt6OXov Kali E'riTplTov daVoauiETart' OvIerriEpEov yap aurov E6 qicioXiou Koil ETTrTpiTOU yivEaoat. -raXtv 8E

15 TO yEvvrieEv TrpTOV Etlos TOU TroXXaTrAacr{ou, 0 ECrTt TO S-rraCrtov, pE-Ta TIov iijltoXiovu 'ravrcoS Tp'lTrra-

S= Philop. ti, K, Ky, K5

S,I = Nicom. V, I.

74 6i.o-rayiTs A: 6po-rOTCay 6po1rTayets M 76 el M: ol A 78 6poTcrycov (Philop.)] TriTprTOi AM 79 6io-Taycov (Philop.)] 6o-rTayoYs (ut vid.) AM 82 ra'VTrE A (ut vid.): rTT&vrcos M 88 T(rv SlTrXaaicov scripsi: -TOU s8rlAaoiou AM 88-89 8rrrAaroio M: i8trrACaov A 94 TrpopXolEpvrlv A: rrpoEpXo6.Eva M S. I XOIrrrv ipooaqprivio'avTEs AM: XotrrOv SE, craqprlviaav-ras

Nicom.: rporaa9rvicavTcaS Nicom. PCSH 9-o10 qEpfis ... TOOTO A: E'yefis EVpT!EaiS rTOVTO AapCpavcov 9p-

?EriS ETrrTplTov Kai ipt1i6AXov M

57

Ctov ITotIe olov 6 Il TOU t[3 fipt6Xtos, 6 i3 TOUi S 1-

Tra&cnoS' 6 apa Irl TOU S TptllrT crTos. Kal eTr' TEtrEpov TOUTO E0p'cEItS' olov 6O K. TOU irl fiptoXios, 6 rl TOU 8 S6trcAdoios 6 &pa Kl TOU 8 TptTr&acnos' ToCrro o0v ET' 20

aTrElpov EUpTlacE1S. I v 68 xal 6 TpL7Xdi&CoS 6SeCrepoS )v TO o noX7TCarcXacriou S) 6cuDip( eCSeL TOU 7intiopLou, 6

EaT-r Tcp ETrrTpiT?c, ouv'EOfi, TETpaTr[da''lov '1TrroliaE olov 6 ip TOiU ETriTpITOS, 6 &8 TOU y TplrrXAcrioS, 6 &apa i TO i y TETpaCTr7&A 10S, KaOi iva px: IaKpnryo- 25

pOClev, Kal ETri TrAV Ep?gfiS. 6 pEV TETpaTrXACaatS piE?Ta TOiU ETWITTapTou ITrElrra'TTr OV ' 1'rotE, 6 8E wTnlra- Tr1x actos pETa TOU '1rrtTrriTTjnTTOU EaTraIca 'ov, Kal TOiTO pEXPlS aTEripOov. ETT?El 8SE TOIOUTOOV 6AoyOO EPlv'lCYo' 6 NtKO(paXOS, EiTTr1opev TOU i TOIXEtc OOTOU KaeOo1lKV 30

XOyov, c5 K?Xprlpov t o ?UEpiaopEv wTavraS. qriaiv 6

EOKXEiST-n OTt XoyoS EK Xoyou oyKEiae0al0t AiyET0at, T-rav at 'rrnXrlKTIKOTTrTs aCrlrou P' EaulrTas TtroAaArrXa-

ctiaoeTorat -rroitcooi Ttva. 6 TO{VUV TOO'V 5io opcOv pE- C0o0, E?TE E.aTTOOV E EElTl ETE ?pEi[OOV, TOIIO'l I TO T1ITO- 35

peVOV. TTrrXiKOTi)TE; 65 Ayovrat oi a&' cv Trapcovv- PcOO Ka\Xovroat apliptoi- oTov TOOU 8rrXacriou ai P pOVa6eS, TOi TptrpXacaiou oai TpsTs, Koa ?qp?EfiS. T6oOjiv o0iv TI EoTt TO XEYOpEVOV' EOrrocrOav OKpot Opot rT Kai [3, iEo'v l' aSUTC)oV eiEc1<pec) AO'rTTOOV TOU ESv6O, El TlUXOI 40 6 S* 6 ToiVUV T' TOU S TTiTpITOS O'TtIV, 6 8& S TOJ 13 TpI- Tracrtlos. OOiKOUV ?ir?TEli) o-rt a y0v plEpoS Kai Tpia 6ta TO TptTrrXacloov, rroWxa0rrAa'iacaov Ta Tpia ETri TO Ev

TpiTov, yivovTat 8' iSoU Oi5V TETpaTrFaaotov Aoyov ?XEI 60 TIrpOS TOV 3. Tr&AXtVl Tcro 6 clCTOS EilCLoo'V ECTCo- 45

crav ouv OtKpot 6 KL, Ei TUXOI, Kai O6 1T, pia'OS 86 p|EilCov auTCov uTr6ou C6 X' 6 ToivVV Kl TOU S ecr'orv iqplot6- AioS' 6 o0v K. EXEt TO 1iCllcr Kcai TO TTapTov TOO AS. Trraitv 6 AS TOU tirl SrTXaCot6 EOCTIrv OUKOUV TrroiicrOCOPEV

S6i TO i).lttlu <Kail> TETapTov, yivovTalt v Ev l' fiti' TO 50 EV EV fijiptiv ip6Ait6v c-tv' 6 oUv KZ TOU 1ti i 'JUt6Ait6 OcrTI. KaCrT( TOV aOJTOV 6E Tp6Tov o Xoap a&O'IT(pOCOV

EaTTrova TOV pEcrov, olov EcrrCocav oi &KpOl 5< KCKai ip, -TOOUTC pkYoCS 6 S &acjpOTpOOCV "'V EAarTTOOTv O 5 TO -- vvv 6 KS TrTpTrAXo'tios, 6 8E tip St7XAacitO' OiKOUV 55 fitiau ETr TET rapa yivovTrat [, SiTTrAaC'rtO TOIVUV 6 K6 TOO 1i3. aC(Tir TOiVUV i U 1 iOos0 TrVTra co0 TCr ES11ir

TTapaS6i6oo'iv. 'TTri 6E TroIKiXov oEri TO TrpOs Tl TTO-

Ca6v, TraiXv TrayyXE-rTat itS6daK1x Trv pi TOU aCj(XTOu,

iva EK TOOV lISCalKOIptVCOOV TrrEpi aCUTOU (apOri) ipiv Ta 60

TTrpoTlt0pElva yEvi)Tai. Kali EKTirETatC KCaTa yEcoOpTpiav

&dplioxS>, TrTES1l) S1t &AXiAA ov Tra tOiaCOIaTa yvcopi- lov-ral. lStia ETcai OiV TrEpi KUi30U a&ptieou Kaoi rTp-

2I-23 = Nicom. V, 5. 58 cf. Nicom. VI, i.

24 pr. e M: e 68 (ut vid.) A 34 opcov (Philop.)] Xcopov AM 42 a yOV (Philop.)] ITpCoTOV AM 47-48 Oqprtlii6to5 scripsi: uOr6 >pri.x67loS AM 50 Kai scripsi: om. AM 56 T-rTTapa scripsi: TirapTov AM

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ycbvov Kai TETpayCOVOL KaCi SOKi'OS KIali rrupaclli5o 65 Kai TCOV TOIOUrTCOV. TOITCOV UTrcoS Eiprpi?vcov catcpils iT

A?lS Tracoa TUYXadVEI. &a 8e xp' X poeTlolaOTlc0aaL. Sia-

?XEX?iS TrEpi TOU ado-X?Tov TrrooCTo TOU TravTos Kai ?X-

OCOV EiS TO ?V oX7?'lE Kai EipTJKS S PEpos aTOU Kai

EOUpTKCAS OTt EiS -r& XoTrrr aotTroU TOIKI2'rTEpa 6v') Ta 70 Xp?ia TIVCOV TOU &CoX)(TOU, w-pooTrirci1t KaKE?Va, olov

Tr?pi TC)V T?TpayCoyVCov &apieOCv Kai KvPcov Kai c q)l- vioCKCOV Kal 5OKiSCV Kal rTCV rTOOUTCOV. TauTa 58? p- ,61OI p?EV YECO1EUTpiaT, TrA v ETrE?1i a&PXIKCOT?Epa ?O-rlv fi aptie1rlru<TK, [.trT? a-rTa Kai aUT'rl. rTacTa TOiVUV Ta

75 oaxl1aTa, T?Tpaycova A?yc) Kai Ta AoITrd, 1Ey?Or1 ,U?V

El0l. TCOV 6? PI?y?EeOV ypappqil p?V ?()' V E?OTI SciaoCToraTr

eECop?Eirai 56 aVT1rr ?Ev o65 KaTa r r iKos U6OVOV Xaap[a- voPU?vr TOU 1T acrTOus thil ?Errlvoouiuvov Trap' fil,C)v.

E?rrltpav?Ea 6? ?Tri SUo ?oT-i LacrTraTil ?v XcopioIs 5?

80 avJTTr oparar Trautra yap Kati PiiKOS EXE? Kai rraTros. TO 6? oT?Ep?Ev acopua ?Tri rpia ?o-ri EliaoraTr6v 0?copE?- Trat 5 TOUTO o v (9p?aot, TO yap (pp?ap TrpOS TCA 1jITKEt

Kai TrAaTE? Ka! i paeOS ?XEt. E?Tri 5E? ravToV TV v yXI- parTCOV oUVTOpcoT?Epa ?Eriv i ?Ui?Ea (&Pd?A?E KaCi TIS

85 11 KaTl' E?Utv paSilovuCi paP?EV Tri P[r 6S1CKE?1 TI'V ?JeE?a, Aava;), 6c 7av;), roo TauTrrl ouv p?TrpoUVrTal Ta pE?y?Or. OUKOUV pita U?EV E?UeEia KaTa ITriKOS, COS '6?, TTOtET TI-rl ypaoPjliv, E?Tpa 6? wrrp 6pS oa TTi V E?rlpa- vE?av, Cos fSE. E?l 6 Kai KaTra paeos aArlX v 'rrpos op8as

90 &yayr3s, Trot?E T o aT?p6v' ETrE Tot oiV Kal aXrMI Trapa rTa-raS o6pO KaTa rT aU-r OTCYEOV ov oU cuviocaTat, Sia TOUrTO Trpia 6iova EiCoi S5aoriIjiaTa Kal oU Tr?Eiova. ioT-rov S? OrTI opaS q?pOu?EV, ETT?15t El ?Oi oS a T01OU-

I?EV T&s Eu?eEiaS, alT?ipa Stao-TcrrlaTa ?V I.?Ecp Cuvi- 95 oTav-ro av. ytvcboxKEV Toivv 6iV OTI aUTO pjEV TO

Xupua TC-V povabco v ?v iacorTra lrTOtEI Kai 1ItpEi-Tat

ypappirlv, Ei 6? Kai Kara Tr aTO aroS d&T-oei <(TS) ovabaS,

T'ro1Ei 5Uo Bia-CTrTIaTa, 0 ?EOTV ETrItpaVE?aV, ?Ei ? Kai

KaTra pa3os, rTO CrT?p?v aTrOTE?X?-rTa. OTI ?KaorTov 100 ypappala c OTrCIE?o 10UU?a. T-r yap ypatparaTa olov TO a

Kai TO co Kai TO p( Kai Ta T iaoUTra OE'UC Eici, Kai OU

pUCo?t. ap?X?EI a&7'a a'c Aot ypa?poua ' ois o0v OTIP?ElOU-

p?tEa ypa'u,aott, TarTa ou quo'(? ?ilo E' o'rl?U1o1iP?oea 5?

TOv 11EV OKTaKoOla apltpO(v 6ta TOUo co, rTOv 6? T?rooapa 105 Sta TOU 5 '

(uoiKil 6? U?0o60S oro?1EICECo?Co Kai OU KaTa

?Ecrtv ytvopi?Vl r 6sa TCrOV otypcov TrtV OaC KOtVl oiov

Ei OE?A?IS Tp?ES aplteOUS oTrl1Ci?1Ecboa(Oa, rroirlo'ov TpEiS

orTlypas, Kai Ei TTrVT? TrrVTE, Kali 6i ?Ka E ?Ka.

66 = Nicom. VI, I. 99 cf. Nicom. VI, 2.

L. oap&XXBXo; gxOecKta. 7rapa&XAAAov E?K?0CiV Ka.Ei OU TrTV ypa1iptiKiv, rTO rrapadXArlXov E?uIe?av KEioatl, dA&X rTO TrArqroiov adX7iAcov KarTa Tr aToS KEiaoCa, c) U'TrO-

T?TaKTta, aaa. I WmEp C'l TI T6 ou0Ov ou0Oev. TO yap

oO?8Ev pE-ra -rov oO?sv6s w&xtv oO8~v wot~lo'~t OU5?V 1?Ta TOU OU?SEVOS TatAlV OUS?V TOlflOE?l.

rT. ou6 pihv 6srLaTql.a yevvtarti tL. 'T aUTO yap eorTa Kai OU6?V COXWElC?t 5&aTrrlpa. ?i yap A&p3ois 5uo Pova-

Sas, ETT?ESiT ic'Ta EioiV aX?AIatlS, PovaS6? yap, Kai

TroAalaTrrXaaciolI Sicn Or, tcrla o0 Trotilo'lS, d&AAx T'

aU-rT yE?vri?TaI' &'Tra yap Pia pia. Kai Trrdiv av

A&p3rl9S 5io Kati 6io Kai 1ToAAarn'ratclaalo i, &AAos pi?V yiv?Tat apiep0,6, 1i 6S avaXoyia o aUTi-rT 6Si yap 5uo

T?-roapES vUv 6? oU Tr?pi dptiOep v rlTroUv?EV, dtAA Tr?pil vaXoyias, COOT? ?v Tri io'TrrTi f aUTrl dvaXo-

yia puXaTTETat Kai o' TiKT?Tal a JAAo Ti.

5

5

10

8. 7TepLar'aetL 6opi(ovTrLa. Ei yap E?CTI pi1KOS Kai iTrwa-

ToS Kai p(3aos, TrO p?Ev pJ[KOS Kai ?iS TO &VCo Kai KaTro, TO 6? TrAaTos Trd 6?SE Kali &ptoTE?p, TO 58 pa3&os TO

rrpoacco Kal OTriaOO.

t. a&arcv'tc y&p ot &nrb 6uaBSog &pX6.LEvoL. oool yap aTrr

6ud6os &pXovTratl ovada rrpoOAap.a[dvovTES ypa1.11fnv lntpouvTat oi1av yap SitoaTacatv EXOUOIV. ETriT?ro01 5?

oi &Tro Tptdaos dppX6?Evot Kari ?9?pES. Kati XotTOV TTrV

E?Tcovupiiav KEKTrlvrTa, o1 p?V OUV aTro Tpa5os apXo6- 5 p?VOI TpiyCCvoi ?Clo1V, oi 5? drrr T?TpaSos T-rTpaycvot, oi 65? aTo Trr?VTaros wTr?vraycvoI. TrpcrTOS ouv aptlp16o E?1Trr?os 6 TpiyoovoS' O'UTc) ? OTtI rpc-rTS E?TIV, OTI

TraVTE?r S ?i TOUTOV aVaXuOVTar OloV EaV TOTs ?w1T'rrT?o

TOTS A?ioltS oXfl1iaOtcv &rro TCOV ycovlt&V ?irri Ta p?oa 10

E?iU?Tait dXco7I, TrraVTrcos Kato OV EOvUypap1Ov EiS

Toca-rTa avaCuivelioTat TIpiycova, ocya ai Trr?upai ati'roU E?iCtV. oov ?Tri Trapat?iypaTOs Xapco3.?EV rTTpa-

ycovov, Kai ?1ri Ta iE?ora auTro aTro TCOV ycovicov iq-

XOcoo'av E?uEiata, E?up?erl'ovTat &pa TravTa Tpiycova. 15 E?TCO oOv TE?Tpycovov TO ABrA, ?CroV 6? aUTOU TO r

E, Kai ?TrE?l?ux8cocrav ai AE, BE, AE, rE ?ETr?i ToiVUV

L = Philop. KE, KS

0 = Philop. KTr

i = Philop. KS

= Philop. K0, A

L,I = Nicom. VI, 2. 4 = Nicom. VI, 3.

r,I = Nicom. VI, 3. O,I = Nicom. VI, 4.

,1 = Nicom. VII, 3.

66 wpoETTioKoTcrfo'a A: TrpooarrtcKo-Trficraa M 67 alt. TOO (Philop.)] ov M: om. A

76 slcTaTcrri A: sicTarcrr6v M 90 &ayayr,s M: ayayels A 1 rrapa M: rrepi A 91 KorT& aM: Kai A 96 X(u,a (Philop.)] aXfiua AM 97 TIS (Philop.)] om. AM 98 siacri-ripara A: ovo-ariTTrra M

Z. 2-3 rTO et -rT (Philop.)] T-r et rTC6 AM

4 cf. n. ad loc. 1r. I yEvvT-oai Nicom.: yEvvao-cai AM

4 TrocnaTrAacoiatCo scripsi: rrocaTrrXaaCo'aoas AM 1. i pr. yap AM: om. Nicom.

5 KEKTTrV1ral M: KrKTrlTaO A 12 acvaXvOulro-eTa M: avaXuOfio'ovrTa A

17 AE A: om. M

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Kai ETri Tr&VTCOV TCOV XOITCoV 6ioicos. Kai T 'a Xlorra 6 acTroTs -ra ypappiaKEiKC Acoesv TrEpiypacpE -roUs &pt- 0eot S ErKTItEEpVOS, COOTE PECTOS lEV E 1vat rTOS apiOtovs, E:oeEsv 86 TO TpiyCovov o'x lha. oTrco I.Ev oiv rl TC-r Trpycovcov yEVSCTIS. | i 6E TV - T-rT-rpaycvcov -rTO 20 su6st UTrrEPEXOVTa T-roU oUVTIQyESVOU rlTTCOrv, ITrOIflCEis rTOvS T-rpayycovous' olov r VaOVaS Suv&vaSE TETpaYCo- voS. Ii-rTC TrS aVUTf-5S 'UTrTEPEXS 8u&at, EUpiCXKCO OTI 6 Y' oirTOS yCap 86vau&t VV aUTjS5 I'TrepEXSt, pov6c6t 86 XXsi-

Tr?S, EV pcErCC yap EIS 16OVOS 6 p Eaon, Kao' V 9 XEi'TrE' 25 roti T-roivvv y Kai via, yivovTai 6 8 T-oivuv TETpa-

yCovoS. TraAiv rl-rc TriS TpiaSoS 6cu6i uVTr epXEi, EUpio- KCO ort 6 E' OiTro yap 86vu&t l?v UTrEPEXE?, povact 68 EXisiTrE1, laYCos yap -TCO y Kai rTCV E Es d&IptieU 6 65 6 TroVUV E iETa TOT 6 CJ VTI0vnEUVOS TOI TrOE I'V , 6s 30 ECTI TrETrp6ycovoS. Kati dcrX 'rravrTES o KaTa Tariv TrEplTToi Cruvrt0VneEvo TroIS YIvoEYvoIS TETrpaycovois CAAXov TrETpr yovov TroiOUcriv. E1Ti TCOV TETpaycbvcov oiv 6 8uCa6i JIV VTrrrEpEXCOV TOV -roV'ulrt IE0v v , jYovCYa 6E EXi'sTrrcov, oCvvYrtiEvoEVOS IETa TOOU Tf86 yEVOUEOv 35

TETpaycOvou TrTOlti T-TpdyCVOV, Kai TOJTO EXp5i daSi. EorT 6E Kai &athrXXI ieOos TTE-rpaycbvCov, i-TiS OvoiCalE- -rat 8iauoS, ESprl-Ta 68 Kai Ev -rTais (uvaicKaTiS' a&pa &rrO6 ovd&6oS Kai XqA ai OTOU EA1ES, Kai 1E oov rOV l-

SEIS EKE1VOS yEvlcETai Tav TcSr TO5OV . XEAAovTOs yivEo0al 40

T-TpayCovov TrrAEupa. E.T Ta E TO Afi {at TrraTv VrTO-

oTrpE0ov a)(Xpt Jiovd6o Kati yEvls-rTta 6 TE-rpycovo5. olov appXouLat adrro jovda6os, Xriyco Eis 86v8aa T roico oOv a 3, yivovTat y. TrA&Xv irTroCoTp6poA ESiS povYa6a, yivovTat 68 i1or0 6 8 T-rTpaycovVOs. Ei 86 AX CO EiS 6USa(a, 45 aTrrTl pa TrrESupa Tro 68* 8i y&p p 6. cbcavTrcos Trpo- KO6Trrco aXpt Tpita6OS Kati TOItC a P y, yivovrai s' OrooTPE9cov wrr6Av, AEyco Uio pia, yivovTrai - 6 0 apa TETpaycovo5' KaCi TTEStiE E'X1(a iS Tpta8a, 6 y TrAEVupa avorou yivETai. TO aUT ETrr' a-TrrEpov ESplOlaEiS. 50 TOUTo ,EYV ECOOSEV ToV KE1iUVOV. | CoCTrEp 8E oi TrTpda-

ycovoi Eyivovro, Xap3av6vTrcov v r rcov T.V udS1 UTrTEp- OXilv -TOU c-YvTreEtIEVOu, OUrTCo oi rrEVT6ycovoI XAaO- pavovtrcov cLCov -rvTT TptidSI pIEV VTrEPOXT1V, vSU6aSt 6 EXA.EISIV' OTOV P p0ovaS 6uv6JPEIt ITEVT-aycov6S TiS, UTTEP- 55

EXEI TalvTl5 Tpilta 6 6, EXAEiTrS 68E 8u&6t 68o yap dto1 pEa0ot &pt0po 6 /3 Kal 6 y. Troico o0v 6 Kai a, yivE- Tat SE 6 E apa TTEVrSTyov6s ECTI. Tr&A1v -ris VTTEPEXEI -TO 8 Tpia6i, EXASilTrrS 6E 8U6i; <6 L>, pJECOt yap o E Kai 6 ' E-rTTa OCVY Kai TrTVTE yivOVoalt 8cb6EKa 6 i3 60

apa TEvrrTEyCvos. Kai E(pEqS 6pooio5. | WTrAlv Eli TOV

E'aycbvcov Xa,tipavE TOUS T-rTpaSti pEV UTrrSpEXovTa5, TpI6aS 68 EAAEiTrrOVTaS, ErTi 6E T-v 'Tr-rTayc)bvCOv TOUS

TErTpaycovov U iTrEtEe?a, -rooT-ra Tpiycova yivrTai, ocait TrAuEpai Teo'oapEs 68 icaav TrArMpai, Tccaaapa

20 apa Kai ra Tpiycova, rT AEF, rT ABE, -r BEA, -r AEF. 6ooicos Kai ETri TrEvraycbvou ariO TCrV ycovtCv Eav ?Ti TO IEOoV av6ycojpEV EvUeiaS, wravrcos5 TrvrE

Tpiycova yEvTlcovTrat, wTrEr'l 86 TrrVTE TrAEupas EXEI TO TrEvrdyvovov Kai ETri CraVTcov o6lJoicos. I TOUTO oOv

25 orTI TO eiS oroacxTa Opiyova yV XTxeatL exxa'Tov ei6Oypapi.ov,

oati XaCi T7eCupat, OTI TO jLEV T?TpacyCoVOV EiS TEaoCa- 6o~tare xod. rr~XoI , &rt -rE vrav -rs-pAv yvov dSS E cycrcx- pa rpiycova, TO 68 TrEvrayoov EiS E Kai TO E aycovov eiS ?. i68or oOv EiS Tpiycova a&vaaiovral Trv-raa, dorTE TrpCOT-rEi TO cr(oXila TO Tpiycovov. Si 6? ETri -rTO Tpt-

30 ycbvou awrro TC ycovtcv C rrli TO l TO Cov d&ydcyrs suOEioas, ou TrorloetS a&Xo oaX)(a, &ax T-rpiycova Tra&xtv y, sTr?ESil Kai -TpEs ai TrrAupai TOU Tpiycovou. rTCOS roivuv

S6EI aCriTisouioat TO -rp Tpiyc'aou; apait &crro piovaboS Kai wTpoTa~ov TflVv povaba, EITa TrapacAi7tous 8uo

35 pova6aS, Kal yivrTai 6 y aptepos TrpiycovoS, Cos VTrOTE-

raKTat, /\ , EX)CV iaaS raS Tps1s TrAESpas' KaaoTT yap

TrX7uvpa joiovaos Scrri. w-raiv WoiriToov TpeTS iovay6aS vTrOKaTCd TOUTC0wV, Kai ESpEpSeciSrTai 6 S TpiyCovos, Kai TraAiv 8, Kali E?q)eSJS COS o[' pOiAi. wrrap&aSiyIa 8? Ev

40 8iaypalJpaT-i roU Tplycovov Eoco Tr65' TOU 8E 86Ka -O UrrOTSTayPEvov, Kai ?E(p9s5 6POICS KEXprlio PIXPIS aXTripcov.

ta. TplywvoG g5v oSv &dcpL0,6 &TLi. XoITr6v Trlv yEvEaiv aUrr&cv Tapa8bi8oai Kai prlcYlv OTI TpiyCovoi pEv

apltpoi yivovraTi rraVTrO T-ro XUicaTro TC-v pova6c8ov

TrrapacicoXXs AaN3pavopivcov Kai aTrX-.S Kae' Trspo- 5 xv ViovaSo5 Eupfilcsjp S TOVs TPIYCbVOu' olov il Vovas

Tpiycov6S EcOrr -T 6uvats a&rro TauiTT yap 6SET &PXt:cat lTTi TravTCov, ?TrSElfll uv&aVE Tras apie1pos Ecrrt. On<OTw

Toivvv 'riS VTrTEPEXEI auTliS rtovaSi, EVpi{CKCo OTI- 6 3'

cruvTierii TO-rv p Kai Trv a Kai yivsTra Tp -E 6 y &pa 10 TpiyCov6O ETrl. TrCAtv, E?Tri8l 6 3 fv 6 ovvTseEi5,

lTCOri Tis plovaSt avTroU UvTrs?p?X, EspiOCKco OTI 6 y ov1ri0rlIt o0v -TO y Kai Ta y, TOV i61 Trpiycovov ovra, yivovTat s* 6 s apa Tpiycovos. TraXlv Tl-rT T-ro y Ti[S UCT?pbX?1 jiovaSi, SUpiCrKo OT 6 8. <... > cTTri-

15 TOrII TO V Kai TOV 1, yivovrat IE 6 is apa T rpiycovos'

la = Philop. Aa

25-26 = Nicom. VII, 4.

ia,i = Nicom. VIII, i.

a 40 Tr68, SC. a a

~aaa a aaa

41 Vro-rTETrcaypcVioV, sc. aaa

aaaa

ta Io jv A: om M [ o-uvTveOis (Philop.)] auveeis AM I3 TpiycovoS M: Tpiycovos -crzI A 13-I4 LT1-rZ ... 6 5 M: T -rEI Tpa'8os PrrepXei piovas& 6 e A 14 cf. n. ad loc.

20 cf. Nicom. IX, I. 5I cf. Nicom. X, I.

6i cf. Nicom. XI, I.

38 Ev Tacs OvUCKait AM: ((v TOiS (DvuCKoIS[ ?]) 52 TI'v (Philop.)] Tr AM 59 6 I (Philop.)] om. AM 63-64 eXAiwovCTacS ... .EiTrIovTaS M: 'AXEirovTaC A

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TrEVTarS piV TrEp?XovTraS, TrETp8as SE EXXAETovTCaS, 65 Kal Eiri -TrVTCOv o6loiws avOCoov, TTroliOElcS TravTas.

O7TCOS 86 E EXE1S, EKcr1iU aUTroUs, E?ITE a&ptio*S TTOIlOV Kai 0oOeEV TO OXr( Xia ypaCpCov, E?TE YyvCAovas rTOItAV

Kai TrpooTiEliS -TO'S &pitiJov.S. TOiTcOv oUrO TrnpoECw-

pTirlOvOTC OVv o Eacrv caaqTI Kaa?S a T KEIa EVO, Ei PlW 70 Ev o a(tico-ETai EBtlylIlcrEooS.

tl3. r xar& T &hv Tx 6v6JLOaTL 7ora6 oLra. 6 AEy?l TOiUTO E?OrV OTI EIrEr IESfi dr TCOV uvrr?TEpox)v oUvvTtOEPiEVov, cos EiprlTai, yivovTra oi &pte0oi[ ixv o xroaKIS ava- sboQi l piv Tro?X0 api0o6S, 6 Ealrv EKaTOVTaycA)vos Tj

5TiS ETEpoS, Ti TliovJogEv; AEyEi OTt lT?EI TOV ac ' o0

cbvoaaeCr 6 avasoE?is ao1 Kai XAa2 pavE ?E EKEiVOV sio Kae06XOUv rri TravrTwv Kai TOV KaTc-AEI1pevra VrrrEpoOlv

AEyE. olov advE8660I J oi EKaTrovTayCvov EvpE1V, Xa1p- pa3vco -TOv p aTrro TOJTo yap Trapovoacorl' EoTaipco

10 p, pyEVOUOtIV 9r- 7Eyco 9T1 Ec-riv UTrEpoxf aUiroU, Kai

XOInTOV c'vvEiS troI co TOO V EKaTovTayCOVOV. o/uoicos Kal 'rTi TavrvTcov. OTI Se &?rlOS EonT1v iK TCoV fi8rI EipriPEVCo trno-rToat. 6 Tpiycovos ? v'rrEpoX)fis ovaboS EyivETO- OTI Oov ovUTCOS ECariv, ETCapOV TCOV y P, yivETat a'

15 iSov VrrrpoXfi . wTaXiv 6 T EpayyovoS EC JTrEPOX)s

SuaS0o E1Tapov O0Jv TCOV 8 (, iSou KaTaAEirrovai (3. TraXiv 6 rTEVrayCovoS ? ivnTpoXfis TptiaSoS aCpaiprioov p TCOV E, yivETat y. Kai Ti rraTVTCov EVPCEtIS TOVITO suaSa c(palpcov. KaKETVO S5 yiVCAoCKE OTI KTrr' EUTaKTOV

20 pova8a T- o)XilraTaT yiVETatr TO ,IEv Tpiyovov aTro

TptaSos, -T S6 TETpay cvov 'rr6o , TO 6E TrrvTaCyoov aTro E, Kai EPq)Eifs 6o,oiC' 6 p?V yap y TpiyCvos ECYTIv, 6 S6 6 TETpaYycoVOS, 6 8 E ?TEVTayo)vos, 6 86 S ESayw- voS, 6 8 L TtrrTaycovos, 6 8? ri 6KTayovoS, Kai TOVTO

25 ptXPlS dweipou. sI Le suftJpotvoTaT&7 f &7)' Oa9txov SSia- oxatia. r8ri El priKatiEV 7OTtI pOXuAETal CXTpaTa &pt- Op1TIKC wrrapa6COvatl ovqi>cvoUVTa Ti) yECooIpTpia

Trapa8cS6KEV oiV. Trr&lV SE SEIKVVUCtV OTI C)CwTEp TO

TET-pdycvovV StatpEiTat EiS 8so Tpiycova, OUToo- Kai 6 30 TE-Tp&yoovos dpltO6os EiS 80 Tpiyycova, olov 6 0 Ei

TOV y TpiyCvov Kai TOV S. Ei 86 TIS EiTTOr "daXa. TO

TETpadycAvov EIS ?ra 6i o T-plycova ETEiveTro, vvv SE -rri TCav &pitU0pov EIS &avia, ov TaUTOv yap EITrEiV y Kai

S," iTrE TrpOs aU'TOv OTI tEv p OVa5lKc)s MKQTi caXripa 35 TETpaycovov Kai dydyis Staycbvtov, SiatpEeOilETat

EiS iCroTTsEupa TpiyCova. Trapa8Eiy7aTos 8 Xaplv ?K-

ecoJ1pEa TOv 86 pli6,O6v, CoS VTro-TETaKTai. io8v OI 6t io

i3 = Philop. pa, p(3

i(,i = Nicom. XI, 4. 25-26= Nicom. XII, I.

ip. I 'q Nicom.: fi AM 7 KaraXaqOpeivTa M: KaraAr7peEvrTa A I6 T'rV M: Tci A

I7 Tpi6sos M: TEAX&SoS A

25-26 I arrT' caxT-rV SlSaaKxot ia AM: Si8aaoAi'a fi wrpi acv'r&v Nicom. (Trap' avTCov Nicom. C)

TpiyCvAa yivErat &rr6 Suo ipovaVSov E:XovTa TaS Tr.AEu-

pds. KOo 856 Kai ETri 0, Kai 6EVpCEa1iS TO aUTO' iS6o yap S6o Tpiycova EXOVTa EKdacrrrv TrXEupav &rro TpitOv 40

povadcov. Kai ETri TraVTC7Ov 6 TOUTO yEVlCOETat, oOTE

ic-rTov OTI 6av a KeKi lTroXvycvcov aplipCov TrA-nos

TrapaXXAlXCOS, EK pxEv TOv T-ptyyCvoov ouvTI0EpjECvov

6pooTayco yivovrat oi TETp&ycovOt, EK 8C TOOV TETpa-

ycbvcov Kai T7.V T"ptyovoov oi TEvrTyCoVOI, rK S6 TCOV 45

TrEvrayc)vcov Kai TOv V Tply'CvCov oi 01 dyC voi, EK 86 TCOV .&aycovcv Kai -TOr T-rpiyCObov oi ETrraycovo, E K 6S T6OV ETrTaycOvCOv Kai TO-r Tp-rpyovov o01 KTayco- vol, Kai -TOTO S1Tr a'TrrEtpov. ITro8EiypaT-OS S6 Xapiv UiTOKEio'0Co TO S6iypatipa. 16ov Toivvv oi tiCv Tpiyo- 50

VOl (PEpfqS O'UVTIltEpEVOI TOVS TETpaycbVOVS wTOIOUCTIV' 6 Yiv y TpiyoYvoS vE6pyDi1 Ti1 povdC6 Tplptyd)V ov0UC

6uV&pEl CaVVTIEtO,EVv OS, T l , T 6 TV 6, TS OTETaKTal

-rTpcayry voS COv. TrdAXiv 6 S TC1) y OcvvTrEOEi, rTOltE TOV

0, Kai EpE6Ti-S CraCaOToS5. Kai T--TpacycOVos 6 68 VEpyEia 55

6VVu6pE <(TpiyCOVCp)> T7i pJOVCSl CotUVwTEO, Tr01lE iTEV-

TayCoovov rTV E' 6 6 TCr y TrrolE TrTEVTyC)Yvo TOV I3' Kai ET' aiTrEpoV c(aauTCos. Kai 6 E TrEVrTOCy voS EVEp-

yEia Tir yOVaS6 SUVd:E1 TplyCYvC cTuvTEEiS, TOtEl TOYV S CYA)ywvov, Kai 6 i(3 T y TOV tE, Kal Tri TraCVTCor V 60

61aoicos TTpoXCOPrl'TEl. aa9PiS OOv aUTTrl Traaa i1 OEcopia

EOCTv ?K TCOV EiprlEVCov' rTavraY yap wTapaS6i6SoC v

&Kipt3&AS 6 NlK6paXOS.

ly. xa1 y&p xoa xaTca Tb p&Oos xacl xKoar& 6 rb X&roS v Tw Siaypa& alEt.Lt. AyyEI OTI l yEVEiaS T 1OV TwpoEiprlpEVCO

Kai KiaTO TrO TrAX'TO KaC KaTCr TO p3&OoS O'Ti. -TC1V 1EV

yap TETpayCOVCov KaTra T rrSros' 6 yap y T7i 0ovd8t ETroi'a6E TOVV 8, O6 TO- y TOV 0, Kaci 6 I TO s TO-V IS, 5

Kai E(pETqS o6oicos. iSov KaOtrX arTXos TCoV Tpiyc)VCoV

tl<pqOEVTcov o0 TETppCYyoVOI yEy6vaacv' oi 1PEV cAXot

TravTES KaT-ra ( o yivovTat' 6 yap 8 Tir) aovaSt CuvTreDiS TTOt1l TOYV TrEVT-ayOVv' KaTr pd3t0o 68 KEiV-

Tal 6 5 Kai 1) 1ovaS. KarT TOV auTov Xoyov Kai E-ri 10

wTavTCov. TOrTO oiv o'TI TO Kara (3Pdos Kai KaTa

TrAXTOS. i TAripCO'aS 86 TOV 7rEpi TOjV EiTT6w'8OV adpl-

Oj0Cov Xoyov p1ETEpXE1Tat ' Tri TOvS orTEpEovs Kai apXE'Tai orro Tils iTupaPiSos, TWElSi6' Kai Ta Tpiyvoa T7. V

AAWcotv CorX11rpCTV Tp6OTEpa EioCv, i) 8 w-rupap iS Tlv 15

KOpUpiV adTWOpipOVUpVTrV EXEI TplyCvc, Y os os Tpiyoova

yap T& TrAXEupa. 8ET E8 i6SEVal TI 6oT1V i T vupatis KaTa TravTa T-a iTroAycva' Kai yap cSoiTrEp ETri TCOV

ly = Philop. pS, iE, ZL, Jtrl

iy,i-2 = Nicom. XII, 8.

12 cf. Nicom. XIII, i.

56 rTpiycbvc scripsi: om. AM

ly. I pr. et alt. 'rT AM: om. Nicom. I I alt. KxC'r& M: om. A 14 Ta& M: om. A

I7 Ta Tr7Xevp& scripsi: vsOpa AM

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T?Tpaycbvou ArlOiEVTOo Kati dvaoTa'orl5 ESOe{aSi KcraT 5

p&aos, acxTrl T& avacrTOaca ToTrl crri) T TO TETpaycb- voU rrAEupa i &avitcros Kati Ei avtcroS I pEilcov i EAdrT- TCOV. Ei sv oiv rT Ec-ri, 1TOIET TrOV KUpov, Ei 6i EaTr- TCOV, rTo1Ei TrlV TrrivliSa. Kai yap aci TrrXivo, T& pEV

KaTCo ' IEilova EXOuv't, Tr & 8S &aco XacaTTova. Ei 8E 10

EidcoyV, TTOIE Tars SoKi8CIa oO'Tco yp Kal i aoKoi ro Piv K&rco EraTTova EXOUva, Tra 8E &vco pjiEova. yivE- Trai 5 6 KO03OS &piplfOU ep' ?auvrov TToAAh-rrXa'tiao- IiEvov, Kai Twaitv KEIXvou E Ti TOV yEV6O1EVOV' olov 6 T1

KJ3o5 icrriv, wEreiS iS 86s jo 8 Kai siS 5 ir' Kai wcXTlv 6 15 KL, ETrS i81 Tpil TPEtS 0, Kaci Tpi 8 KL' Kai TrrtAiv 6 g5 KIpOS, T-TpaKti yap 6 is, Kai TeTrpaKS iS 5'- Kai EpE- KrS OHoi CKS.

IS. 7Tapd& Toiro 86 EixKs xKal T6 G(aUPxwIOCa dvodo&aOaL. p3ov- AXrat rTTV iSIcoTiKT1V qpcoV i TUv NoXoyfC(ca, wETSia 1

01noU &v &v aTropiyr I Tis, EKEIVO TO IppOS tJAIpilTai TT V TOU OaCTiKOS TOpTlV.

Il. lulao el ai,T aespeol &aptOJol <ot> XAy61J,voL 7tapaXr.AX- etCrleoiL. o0 p6VOV oi PoC'O, dAA& Kaci rroa Ki3os TTrapaA- AlriXEwirr?E6s Eort Kaci Tr&avTE oi ?XovTES Trapa6A?XrXa ra ETiTre5ac 6aX2a TOV KU3IOV O oavvrpijIPioTEv, cbo Sia TO IUOV TTeUX6OTa OVO6parTOS 1i8iou Kai auTcov 5 TOVTCOV KvpOU 6vopialopvov. io-rEov 6S OTt ET rpoo-

XEI6V TCo UEi. TroACaTXaaciaLo6pvov yap TO pnIKOS Kali rTO rrXaTOS E'I' arTcov, 'A?To Trl wotIe. apEXEai Kai 6 'ATc'rr6O v ixplc cb6rlCa AdrTioIS XoidpcbrroUCIV OTt "Ei XETE TOV AoItpo Trclauoaacrcta, rroincraTT 8irtXca- 10 criova TOV pCcop6v." EKEIVOI 68 SiTrcXaolaa'avTrs, TETpa- 'rrAaariova ETroiro-alv. KaCi eTiIJcivavrTO TOU AoIpoU fivayK&ao'rilav rTOv rlXaTcova EpcT-rav KKXEivo5 NTpl auTrol, Cot S ?OIK?V "6 A'|iXIos O6VSlSit cIvTv, OTI yEco- pIETpias KarTappovErTT," Kai TOTr TrpOEpaO E TOIS 'Tai- 15 pols aUTJro, OTI OUK &av EiUpOtlEV TOUTO, EiJ pin 5Uo So- 0ica)v EVeEIco)v Sio jieoCoi vaxAoyov EUipECocnva Eav

yap ?ipoItpiv TOrTO, Eorai TO ar ro TCOv oCKpcov Itov

TCr norrr TCOV E accov- Kai AOlTr6ov TO 0'rto TTi TrpcbTrrl Kai TpirpTrS -rov TCo a&Tro Tris SEuTrEpas Kai T?TaprrTs. 20 Kai oi pllV ypaj(ppnKcos ESipov, &Aoit 8E KCOVKCOS. Kai &rrX &s EKarros cos 'TPrrEC3aXXV eipE' 6ucrXep?S yap Travu rTO Trp6oApjia.

is = Philop. vS ti = Philop. vS

tS,I Nicom. XVI, 2. iL,I = Nicom. XVI, 3.

5 dvao-crrocrj scripsi: dvacrrcaav AM I6 rpls Tpelr scripsi: -rpelS Trptl AM t1. i 8i AM: om. Nicom. I1 d vop&oroa A et Nicom.: CAovoi&iaen M tL. i of Nicom.: om. AM 2 arraS M: acrrT 6 A 5 Si& scripsi: 6i AM 22 E6pE M: EjpEv A (ut vid.)

ypappiKcov oaXcllicrcov &dvcrrOTv rTa KaT&a ycoviav 20 ESiEias erTi ?v TI roi?piov SiKirV KaOti(3rs 'TroIT0 Tr1V

rruipaJliSa, ovTrco Kai EvTrauac . Kal EvpiCoYKETai O IEV Tro7ycovov pacais airrijs, 6oEv Kai 6 w-roXOs a pi0l.6s KOrTCo erariv, rl 8 E povaS Kopv<pi* T yap -rrupaliS p3aaiv pEv XS1t SUpSTavt, KOPVIqpj V 86 6OtEav. oTrriv Oiv Kai

25 Tpiycovos airrf]S paocls, Kaii rrlvTa- ycova, Kai ?9pfiS. Kai f1 p~V TrTpacjig i EK Tpiycbvcov COyKSEtiPlv KaTa TTiV EuraKTOv TrpoIpacIv TCOV Tptyco- vcov yivrTat' acruvTepEIt v)ov &Ei TCo) yivoPEvcp, olov 6 y Tpiycovos a?&?a Kai )l povas5 TrpEi Kai plia TEaaapEs,

30 68 apa Tvupaiuis. TrracIv pETa TOrv y crTiv 6 S Tpiyco- vos5 s KaCi 8 ' 6 I apa TrupapiiS. TrrCXV [?Tv TO& V Eo-rT

Tpiycovos 6 ti 68 KaCi e iE 6 1e apa rvpaplli. Trralv pETa Trov 1 crrv O6 ie Tpiycovos' 6 IE Kai s Kao 6 Ka &pa rrnpapiS. aci 8 Trupapi6ES ai EXovUaai TrTp&ycovov

35 pao'iv &'Tr TCoV TE'Tpaycbvcov yivovTra ov o 6 8 Tir

piovas oCvvTi0tpiEvoS Trroiel TOV E' 6 e apa Trupapiis EorT

TrTrpaycovov iXCoV pa'ritv. TraXiv O6 0 cawvTiQeEsvos TCO E 'rrot1E TOV 18' 6 i5 apa eor'i Trrupapis TETpaycovov

EXC)oV PCaiv. Kal E?Trl 'ravTcov 6jooicos. Kai 1Tr6AiV Tr& 40 TrupapiiSaS Ta'S EXovaas wrEvraccovov paC3&v &br6 TCOv

TvrcTayCvcov TrrotEi, Kai T'rS Eaycovov ?xooiras pa[crv axrro TCOV Eaaycbvcov, Kati Tri lTfavcov opoico T'ri a irrij Pe06cp KEXprloo . rTacUTr ErT1rv & poOXIrai t8a Trls TTapoior5s Scopias 6tiS6air q S AXEti TouTrcov

45 TSOecopTrlpEvCv OY V SE a(ap)ES EXE1.

It. evca 86e h1 d&iviOOL 6tj.Cv KaXI oXoo0poWv Xai 8sxo3ouvpov.

?iprlKCS T-rpi Trupapi8os Kai SuprlKcbs T&rr i aOurfis, XAyEi Kati Trpi a'TCoV' ioTrrov y&p OTI, c05 ESYprTai,

?XE? Kopu<pUiYv eiS tovaSa Aloyoucrav. at T oivVv Eav 5 aXpatp?08), KOXopo36 yivSTati TrrvpapjiS' &Xi' eS pEV i1

pia pov&S acpaipSeOi, K6Xoupog yiv'rTat, Ei 86 So0 ti-

K6oovpos, Si 68 TpEiS TpiKO6OUpos5 XeyTai, Kati Ei TE'-

capss TTrpaKO6OUpoS' Kai TOUTO p'XpiS c'Trrepou. ?v

o auyypa&paaoi pIuCtcrra TOS OecopTrlJaTiKoTS, YV OeoAo- 10 yiKOti yap plptXiolS, supilcrt' T-r Toiaurra 6v6jcraTa'

TCOr yap cruyypaciaxCO 'co v T EiaV icv j0tKa, Ta E

eEcoprlaTiK6.

i,. xk:pa cS 6LS t repeCv &Tepoyev<Cv. Tr7llpc'OCas TOV

wrEpi TCOV lTrupapi(scov Xoyov vv lTi Ta ETEpa crrEpeSa l?rTaOpaivSi, KOIvov Kai 8oKiaCI Kai rrt'ivYi6Sa Kal Oq)1- viOKov Kai acpaipav Kai T& TotiaTa. itorEov T-rowv OTI

6i = Philop. v

18,I = Nicom. XIV

is = Philop. va, vp

,5. 5 ,I = Nicom. XV, i.

32ff. cf. n. ad loc. 16. i pr. Kai AM: om. Nicom. 9 6v M: 'roi A Io ipA3iots M: pipAfcp A 1i. I iT6poyEVCOv Nicom.: TErrpcycOvcov AM 4 T'rA: om. M

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lT. mn&Xtv oiv ivwOesv &:EpopEgxYdp &ptL0OLj Ayeac. 'E1pli rrapaXXrltX?rrtn8cov jv aU-rpT 6 X6yos. io-rEov oT- Kal 6 Kv13OS rrapaAlvXErISEiTTe8ss Eo riv, &' Tiacov irUy- KEiraI TrATl XUpvpjo' VV 8 POiOXUTra ETriEv ipi wapaW-

5 XrlXET-r1rrw cov E aviacov -TrXEUpcov OVTCwv. Kati prlcriv oTI TCOV TrapaXcrlXEnrrr Scov TOVrTov oi IEV eioiv

ET?pOlfKElS, O i & wTrpOplfK?ES. KOai ETEpOJllKEIS IV etCE V oi EXoVTES jovaSi aviCoovs povi TaS w6 T 'upas' oTov 6 s

E?TpoIr,Krns, Tpis yap p s, 6 8E y Tis u5vacosS Pov6St 10 p6vnr 1eilicov Ecrri Kati EpqEETS 6opoicos. wpoPiKIEItS

Eki1V oi lT'Eioc1 O IOvatv vXOvTEs TO i(viaCov. oTov 6 iE TrpopiiKrlS, TpiS yap E 1e, 6 8E e TOU y s8uab pIEicov, Kai i TraVTCov 6ooiCcos. TaCrra pIV oOv lTrpi TOUTCOV.

io t-rv 68 'rTrivei8SS Pv EIc1V BV '

pa&crs p?V 15 ioKiS co rrl o-riv, 6 Eo'Tr TrErpaycovOS, fin KOpuV(p

AEa?TTCOAv SOKIS 8E TO avaCxni.ltV iS '

KOpvUq I.lEilCov. | KOKEIVO 8 se1 t1 i6S tva OTI EiKOTs oi 'TTuayOpEloi TfiV

pEv pov&aa rTarToi Kca TauTTrrrTos clTriav a XEyov eival, T'IV SE 6v8ua ?TrpoU Kai sTEp6oTTOS' q p v yap

20 povas TO0; S T'EPiTTOjS EXOuCa KaTa TatIV, EVVca 1Trav- TaS TOVS TETpCaycovous ?E aVTTjrS eUErT<TCoS' oi 8 arTro

Suc6(oS TraVTES apT-ro TOiS ?T?pOpirKE?i T'ro10,1o. TO

ETrEpov Ov V 8uai8 - TuyX(avE' 6ia TOi-rTO Kai TO ETEpOV Trri 5VO XAYye, TO 6& ao 'iTi TplicV. iCTroV SE OTI

25 EUTCKTCoS KCaTS TaOS 7I'TEVpaS yivOvTa i o eTpOEPoIKEI1s ioio yap 'rrpTrl C iv i 6vuas E'TepoilKTnrS Eo-ri.- ovs8 yap o6vrl f1 &Pvcr6TmS' SiS yap Ev 8iv* opa oiv OTI

60o Kaci Ev siC'iv ai rrAEupai[ 'rrp6o'eS raTas Sio 8, 6

yivETrai S. opa &Arwov ET'rpopryKl' Tpis Vio S, Kai aKO'CTrE 30 TVCoS EvTaKTCOS q wrpOKOTw*l' 6 piv yap P3 ?lX 3 Kai

piav rrEup&v' 6 6E S y Kaci P. wrra&Xv 'rTas s 'rrp6OeS S,

yivovracl ti iou T0 TEpOil"KnS TOV 6 Kai T'OV y EXCOV TrXupc5s. Kad i En WVTCrv 6ii ooi co wrpooTrtiei TOUS KaTa T&CtiV apTioUS EUpo'EIalS TOUTO. EC'rc 6? ?'ri 8ia-

35 ypaicaTros crapES TO EyO6pEVOv' a, y, y , l, 6, ta, ty, Iet , it, KCKa P, 8, s, r1, i, i 1, iS, il, iT, K, KP(. E Ei ToiVUV KaXc)S ?epriTrTa TrEpi TOUTCOV, EX6oCoieV ErTi TO0S

KUKXIKOjS Kai TOUS )palipiKovs. ia'rov TOiVUV OTI EK

TCOV KOK1XOV yivovTaiv aUipoiXKcaS 6E ?Myovrai KU-

r-= Philop. ve-ve

T,I = Nicom. XVII, I.

I4 cf. Nicom. XVII, 6.

XVIII, I.

I7 cf. Nicom. XVII, I et

36 cf. Nicom. XVII, 7.

1rq. 2 TraCpaCXr7AeTrrlTcov M: 'rapaXTrXoTe'rrrr8cov A io-reov M: ic-rFov -roivuv A (ut vid.)

3 Trcapa?XXjr 'rriw?66oS M: TrapaXXqiXoriTr6'rrm'S A 4-5 rrcapaXi?XrlETr8E6cov M: Trapaoc rXiEAriScov A 9 5ua&os (Philop.)] piov&aos AM

I T-6 Coaviov M: om. A 27 alt. yap M: Kai A 30 yap M: om. A 34 rrl M: 6i A 36 1 A: 16 iS M

KltKOi Kali aCaipiKOi, ?'rr? KOTra &XAOrtav, TOV 8uva- 40 rTOv rroticxaa KnUXOV cxrpaTpav aplijrlTiKCSs; 'TrEi ToiVUV EiprivTrai K KOUKACOV yivEaCTea, i8co.iEv ri Eo1r KKXOg'x Kai OVTCOAS ?Vpi{0KOPE?V TOV TpOTWov' KUKXOS

?orriv 6 &dcTr TOV aUTO0 ?Ti TO aU Tr6 Aijycov' OVKOUV

apl0pji6 6 rro6 ToO aUcTov hrri TO aTr6o Aiycov KiKAoS 45

Eo-riv, olov 6 K?' OijTOS yap 'Eri TWVTraKIS tEv5T- i6o0

oiOv OTI ai TwrAupai avTou EK TTVTE eiCiv a&r6 8 O0V

apX6oipea AEyovTrEs TrrvToKiS e, &aXAa Kai AX\yoIEv EiS E' K1 y&ap' opocoS Kai 6 X5 KiKXO5 Eo 'riv' &rr yap S

apXo6pEea Kai ei S S TiyoPiEV ' qa pv yap OTit &aKIS S* 50

i85oi dcaTorr rlpauJipa Kai i S S 6 XAiyoEv' aci yap AS 8iS S XryoCvai. OO5Tr o0v K1KXOI eiCaiv, W1TEl8 p Stia-

arraO'cES Eiciv-' xV IPEVTOI TPE15 siaoTr&aT?tS XaiPcAco.v, TTOlO0J1iEv crqaipav' olov 6 K &wa76 E TrAEVupcv 'CTIV'

Eav ITOIl'TC(O1EV iTrT&V TrEVT(aKis KE, yivovTra pKE. oiTroS 55 TOiWv craip& Corti K1ai TraXi 6 AS a rro Tr Xupov eoriv' v 0ot'TOICloJiV E&KIS AS, yivovTai acIS' ocro06 EOcTI cpapa.p TaUTCa ErTIv a poiiAETai ia TOTr-rOV EiTTEiV. eTrEi OIV Ei TEOECApTITali Oi8FV KaTa( TfV ?Aiv crOriv aTTopov, O68v OU6 eYnyIVEEcos XPia TuyXavE1. 60

it. iTel 8 &px&a c7ov Xcowv. T' pV pEv .ovra A?yoeaai i86rI EiprTOai, yXaaupvcT?pov 86 aUTa 66icaO?i. iorTov

y&p OTI 9plaiv C(S EK TavCrUTrTOS Kai ET?p6TTrTO5 oi

aptiopi EiC1y. Kati oi J aTro p ovaC5oS rnEpTToi TaUTo-

TrTTO5 E?iciv oi ya/p iTrpiTToi &itCipETOi Eicriv, 6TrEp 5 6itov TaUTOT'Trc * 'ros riour 6e oi oTrepTTOi TOUS TrTpa-

ycbvovu icoTrAoXeOpovS OvraS, 6 Kai acrT6 i'tov TrS TauToTTios5. oi 6? a-rro u6a6o Tr5 ETEpoTrTOs, yivov- Tra yap oi apTrio, 6iaip?Ecyos Kai ETEpoTrlTOS OVTES

8EKTIKOi' 7TTOlO0Cl 6E Kai TOOS ?T?pOPIIK?1S Kai Twpop"i- 10

K?IS, OITIV?5 aviu6TrrA?upoi ?iai. 86?KVUCIV ojiv AOrrOV OTI KaTaT TOV Ko6C'.OV Trpo?pXovrai oi &iplOCoi, co-TT?p

yap ?v TCr KOc(po -crgri Kai TaU-TOTr S KcalO ? ?v6S TrpofiA0?v, ?o-T Kai E?T?p6T5 Sta TrO Trfieo (?i Pji yap

v ?T?p6OTlS, OvK &v TrArfios ?Ey?VTO. E?Ei yap ? ?v6s 15

TrrpO?X0Tv K1ai O'UTCO -TrArlOuvrfvac), OUTCO Ka oi i api- Opoi ?EXOUCa Kai -raUTo-rrTcTa Kai ?T?pOT6r Ta. Kai AOITrrb

Trapac(p?pi T1rV TTAaTrcovIK1V XpioCiv, 6OTI ?criv aiE?pIS 6 K6OCUOS Kai Tr EV aUTco pi?piCTa' 01 yap ?lTrEv OTI auTar KaOt' avirr&a Eioti u?picrrTa, &AAXa bia TO C&ojopaC olov 20 1i A?UvK6TTr aCrri KaO' aitrnv .?ptlp-rC OiK ?OaTIV, AA.aX

8ia T6O c-&ia, i?pitor6v ov, A?y?Erai Iipioari. A?y? Toivuv a&piovfav iTroi?'vriv TOTS acpit6lols OauJaovjv EK06c y&p, p'{i, 9 IO, or cIXOV KaTCa iJTKOS' TOV p?V TrpCoTOV EXovra TO S T?TpaycbvovS O6vous S &ourro iova- 25

6g0, -rTV 8? 6'TE?pOV TOVS TE?pOPjlIK?lES cIS UWOTCTaKTCai a, 8, , i, , ss , I , s, iA, K, A, p, VS, o'- r apa- pacX? TOIVUvV -'rpcTov TETpycoOVOV ITpdTCT TT?EpOcl1KE1,

1t = Philop. ~, ~a

t0, = Nicom. XVIII, i

tO. 9 yap M: Si A

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Kai 8EvriTpov SEvUTEpp, Kai Tpi'ro TpITCO, Kal EOpCIaei5 30 TrpCTov pEV T-rv 8trrXadtov, EITr KaCTa Tadiv TO0S

ETrTpopiOvs, Ip6AiXtov Kaci ETiTpiTov Kai ?9E?fS' Xaap

yap TOV P Kai T1'V a, i8ov TO SnrAaClOV EI60S ErTa

TOV s Kal TOV 8, iSov TO tjPi6Aiov' w v TiVTOV i1p Kai

TOV 8, opa TOV ErriTpiTov, Kai Eq9EfiS5 I cbarcos. pia 35 ToiVVV arUTr 6iaqpop&, SErUTpa 6SE KE?ivr. XAa3E TrpCA-

TOV ETEpoPTIKIl Kai 8EVrTEpOV TETp6aycvov Kai TpiTov

TETpay)ovoV Kai 5EAiTEpoV ETEpOplrKrl Kai TETapTOV

TETpaycovov Kai TpiTov 'TEpopI'IKri Kal TrrEiTrrov TE-

Tpaycovov Kal TETapTov Kali EEpEfi5 6iOfCicS. Kai E?Jpi- 40 crEtS TrdAiv T-rV acurrTv avcaoyiav, olov XapE TOV P

Kai TOV 86 isou 6 sloiTrXaioS M6yog' TOV 0 Kai rTOv S iSoi 6 iot6Xios' TOV i5 Kal TOv ti( 6opa rOv ETriTpiTOV'

Kai ETri TravTcov bcraurTcos. I opa 8S Kal ET-pav apnovi- av' XapCE TaS 'rTEPX)aS TriS TrpCoTTI 8ia(popas KaC T fi

45 SEvuTpac, Kai TraXliv Ti aCTi a&vapavilo'?Tali vaXoyia' olov Ti Ay'co; Ev Trij ,wpCdTrI 8taTpopa, 6 P rTp6o TjIV povaSa TrapEp3&XXEETO TrVI TOivUv VTrEpEXEI; pJovast kK0OU a. wTra&v ?v Tir 8EurTp SiaTpopc, 6 8 TwpoS TO'

p TrapE3paA&XETO iTEpeXEI 6S 6 8 .To p 3uaSlt, EV 86 Tir 50 TrpcoTri Siapopa 6 3p -rT pov&CSos povasr crrrEpoXai

apa povas Kai u&as. 1ov' ToiWVV OTI 'rt l pov Trs5 Sv&- 605 SorrrAaoia. 1rrTtv 6 S TOV 8 'purrEpXE KaTr TTIV TrpcbTrlV 5stapopav 5u&Sv6 6 S e 0 TOi S KaTa TTjV SEvrTE-

pav 8iapopdv rTpltaS St TOUTO 6 y TOV (3 P i6AXos. 55 6poioOS Kai ETri 'rr vTcov EvUplaE1i EircaKTOV T'V wrp6-

o8ov. TarTar EOTrlV a (3oiAETal iad TO TrOV EiTErrTv io-rov S O'TI oVU6v da(ca9pS E(XEi Ti AtS.

K. a.v &S xtal TrpsTov ^Tepo,Lixnl |LAOV &IqpOTEpxv. Trd6lv

Trrpi TaUT-rOTTTOS Kai E-rpO`TriTOS 6iaMAyerai, Kai pTl- aov oTt O i 1pEV arTo povCISoS TE piTTOi Tpos TiS TraUTo- TTITOS EiC1V, ETrEI68i Kali T1 pOV&a Kal oi i TrEpiTTOi aSiai-

5 pETroi, oi 65 TrrO 86v68o apTiol Twrpo TiS ETEpOTTiTOS, ErEtiS6 Kal r vsu&aS Kai oi apTriol Slaip?Toi. Ay"YE T ToivvV

yAapvupa -tvca TrapacKoXovuOo0vTa aovTroT. priaoi yap OTI Eav peV Adpr1S ET?EpOpijIKE1i Kai pETatJ avUTCV aTroOli TETpayCOVOV, Ti vIT6EPOXn avCTcV orTai Ti aUTri, OOKETI

10 s l advcaXoyia ic avcTx'T cav 6S XAp(3irS TTrpaycbvoUS Kai p1TaT1V aV(ToAV ?TEPOIp.iKTI, T pEV ViTrEPOXin EVTaOaC O0JK o-rat il avrri, Tr &vaXoyia SE vai. olov EOTCr iTE- poprlKCAov TCOV p Kal TCOV 5 v i? OS TETpCYCovos 6 5' C)S

Elval oTrcOS, P 8 S' iSo0 dvaAoyia peV ov CocblrsTat f

K= Philop. 56, S

43 cf. Nicom. XIX, 3.

K,I = Nicom. XIX, 4.

37-39 Trrap-rov ... Kal TrTap-rov M: 'TrlT-rOV Kai -rTTrapTov A

52 S TV 8 scripsi: 6 Toi S AM K. i Kai Tp'Trov AM: Kai TOrv TrpC-rov Nicom.

4-5 &Staipsroi M: &aiaiperos A 7 yXacpupv Triva M: Tiva yXaqpupa A 13 alt. rTCv A: om. M

63

avT-i' 6 yap S Trov 5 fiOt6X16 ia-nv, 6 8E TOl (P 15 OOKETi, dcXAA STrXacnos f1l piEroVl VrEpoXTi TI aUT-ri 6 yap 8 TOW (3 vsua&t OTTEPiXEi, &XAA Kai 6 s TO- 65 SvdSt. Kai EipEEiS EcVpicaEiS TOVTO. Kai rT v1TepoXTI 6s EvTaKT6S ?CTI KaTra Jov&Sa avuavoiEvrl. TrdAXlv y&p pETa0J TO 5s KaCi TOO i(3 rTEPpOpTIKov ovrcov a&wTd ou 20

TOV 0 TETpaycovovV Kai T UVTrEPOX1T Tplts EcrTv EITa

TETpa& Kal TrEVTa& Kali ETEp?IS. c`aTrivEiaS 6S xapiv

TAXEIOS EKKEiC0eco or'iXOos' P3 S, e, I3, S, S K, KE, A, AS, itp, Pi(3 , glO, Vs' 6S V TCOV TETpaYC)VC)V, Ei&V rTEPOPTiKTIS

ArlnOi Ev TCo po'acp, avaXoyia pi6vrl (pvAaX0CrjoETat 25 olov crTco 6 5 Kai 6 0, TOiC COv v TCA) paCo 6 s, c oS uvTroTeTaKTal 8, 5, 0- iSoi iVTrEpoXTl .iEV OVK EOrlTV 1

atrri, &vacoyia 56 vai, o TE yap 0 TOw 5 1tu6AtOs10Kai 6 5 TOV 5' TTrAiv S KavTaOija il dvaAoyia KaTa Ta-rtv. TrrAlv yap oi ?Ep?ns5 ErriTpiTOi EcrovTra Kai ETriT?Tap- 30 TOt Kal EEPEflS' Aap(3 yap 0 Kal is Kali v TC r j paCOp TOv

I(3 CTEpoPiJiK' 0 i6oV TE lS TOO (3 nTrWTpiTOS ECTI Kal 6

ip TOW 0' Kai EPE?fi5s o6oicos. oTrco S6 Kai TOVTCOV oTi-

XoS Sl& TO acr'aEs 6, 5, <, (3, IS,> K, KE, A, AS, P3, tL' ETrEi Toivvv Kai TOVTO EiprITai, ioT-OV K&KEIVO' OTI 35

-TOCOvTOV cos aTro 7rE?pTTCov yivovTat oi TETpayCovol, OTI Kali ETi WavrcovV TCOV dEISco, olov ' SitrXaaicov tq

TpiTrAao'icov fq TETpaTFAa'iCOV, TraVTE oi iv TrEpiTTais

XcopalsKEiPElJVO TETpCycoYvoi Eiot Kai ov8EiS E v cpTti Xcopq KETa oov KEl o ior0cocav ol SiTrAdatot'o V ?vi E TTiXCp' 40

a, P3,, I8I IS, A(, S3, pKn, CrVS' iSovi TOiVUV 6 8 TTrpa-

ycovos5 Cv yv y TEpITTr Xcopa KEiTra'l aTro y&p povaSoS ?K?E XCopa TPiTT io'ri, TaE y Tre piTrr'a coaUrTCOs Kal

6 15 TE-Tpaycovos5 Cv Ev TEpITTTi XC )PC ?CoTr T'Trr'.LTn

y&p T1 Xcbpa &n'r TrfiS povC8os' Kaci <>ESfi5 6opoicos. 45

CbC'aaiTCO5 Kai ETri TCOAV TpITnaoaiCV' a, y, 0, KZ, Tra,

oupy, yK0' iSoi Kai EvTaCOa oi -TTp&dycOVOi Ev rrEpIT- Ta-ci XcopalS KETlTatr TOV avrr6v rpov T rov Kai ETi Trav- TCOV E EoTIE rt KOCKEIVO Oaupao-rov OTI oi KvU|3O KaT-r Tdta TCOV TrEpiTrCOv yivovrar olov rl govaS 50

wrpCATOs Kxip35 ETri' AOTlOCV oLET' aCjTrV 6 ri' 6TOOEV

SfjAov; ETrElSfi [JETa TIV povCaa eti'i 5V'o TrEITTro 6

y Kaci 6 E' aovvrteiievoI 85 oirTroi TroioOa TOV rl- Kai

AOITrrTO KaTra rTPooC'acaiv pova&So OvTCO yilOVTat ?raVTrEs- TOV yap pEp?gqS TpiTov rrEpl-Toi TWOIi)OOUCvoV 55 6 Z, O , 6 6 ta yivovTat y&p KZU orros SE KVI3pos TOV 86 &XAov 6S 6 ly, 6 iE, 6 Il, 6 t06 yivovTal 5 o CroS KVIPOS' TOv Si &AAXov E, Koai TOv PeT' avrTOv s, Kai TOv ,PET' K?EiVOV oi KCaTa 'TaiV I[TTc T EpITTOi, KaC TOVTO ETr'

cITrEtpOV, CjOCTE r TaivTOTTnS TTpos TTrS 'IOVv8OS Kali TCV 60

TrEpiTTCov. iorEov SE OTI, OrTaVv PETa iO TETpacycbvcov dTro0ri ETEpO[PIKT1, TO vTTO TCOV caKpcV Taov yivErTa TC- &dTr TO pAouovu olov piETraiv TOWU 6 Kai TOV 0 KEioCA)o 6 s TETrpaKIS 0, Trtoirtlov AS5 iS6o TO OiTrO TCAV

aKpcov. TroirTlCov Kai Ea&K1I S, TO aTrO TOv pEaov, 65

yivETat AS' iSo0 iaov TO 0jr6 TCOYV a'pcov TC a'irrO Tro

25 Arqeij M: om. A 34 iP, t5 scripsi: om. AM 37-38 f TprpTrraaicov M: om. A

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PECTOV. ITaXlV TOU e Kai TO 1tS TETpayCCvcoV OVTCOV

p(coS To rlV ETEpOPJKTJS 6 I0 ' i6OO TO TrTO T&CV aKpcOV i Ecov E Oi Tr c &rr TOU pioo0' Evv'aKi yap iS pp6, &aXa

70 Kai 65COXEKOaIS Ip pp6. Kai ?Tri TraVrcov TOUTO EUpi- C0EIS. TOUTC)V ToiVUV OUTCO TTpO0EOEcoprITjTvcov, TTrraoa fi X?EiS aaph'S TryXaVI Kai oUSEiGas XPi'; Et ?nyq-

ECC)oS.

Ka. 7Il To&. OOLS xKaLp6S av E'el. TArXlpbctas TOVY TErpi TCOV

apietiov XAoyov, XAorr6v OEAXEi TrEpi UpEC0TTilTCoV 8ia-

XEXefvait, OEcopouPEvCOv Ev TE aplteilrlTiKl Kail YECOPiE-

Tpia Kai appovia Kai iTo-rEo OT ya7Quppa EcoplLaTa 5 ra TC-rv &vaoyiltv 'rorrTCOV ao paAX6oEva TravraXov.

Kai yap pUCIKOi Xp,'louctv aUrrTv Kai parlparaTiKoi, Kai aTrA&5S wTrv-rET alEAel1 Kai 6 TiCaios v -rV Tu XO- yovia KEXPBrTai avao?oyiaiS Tiaiv' Eav o0v PTil EiSEir-

pEV arras, oU p6OOV Tra aivolyIaTco5cos ?KETcE XEy6- 10 pEVa OUv VOOJvIEV, &ax' oU06 Ta KaTa TO patv6OiEvov

'rapa5ct6tp6va. i-rEov -roivvv iOTI Ev ,IUEV Tir aplOpirTlKi

avacoyia eECopE-Tat KaTa TflV iTrrpoX'X1V po6v-lv a5u- vaTov yap EV Tri aT'rr UT?rEpoXT) avaoAoyiav Xoycov

q)uXAacxvalt olov EKKOO TO T(pUCOKOV Xula -TCOV apl- 15 OCpov &Tro pova&5o. OUKOUiv rl pv vuas Trfs pova&os

UTrEPEXE? pjiOVa6i, Tq tI Tplas T&fS 6sua65oS pova5i, Kai

1 TETpaS Trfs TpiaS0S pOVal5, Kai TOUTO ETT' aTrTEpov.

i8ou Toilvv avaCoyia E?V Kate' UIrrEpoOXilV E?1V, OUKETI

S6 Kara o6yov' oU yap 6v A6yov ?iX1 f 5uaS Trpos Tryv

20 povaba, -rorrov TOrv Xoyov ?XE1 i Tpias Trpos Thlv ua&5a fl TrTV aUrTTiV fl TeTpas Trpos TTfV Tplat5a' f EIUV

yap buaS 6SrrArXaov ?XEI X6yov Trpos T'rv povaSa, P] 68 TpiaS Trpos TrlV sua6a -TV ]Tc io6XIov, i 6E TE-Tpas

T-rpS Trlv Tplata TOV E-rlTplTov, Kcai qPETS O6OICOS. 25 ?v ,UrVTOi Tri y6ECAl6TplK1i a&vakoyi' avaTrcAiv 6 ,UV

Xosyos 6 aUTOS, il 6 UlrrTpoXTi oux fi aUITril orTos 6E 6

o6yoS T o-VVEx)(iS EOTtV P 86irpri vos' oVVEX11S p?V rTav 6 1po0S opos 6iS TrapaXapa13avlrTalr olov cos 6 p

TrpOS TOV V, OUTCoS 6O V TrpOS TOV K6* 61lprlpVOS 65 COS 30 6 p TTpos TOV V, O0UTCOS 6 IS TrpoS TOV i1' Kai i5ou AX6yos

pv 60 aUTr6S, uwTTpoxl) 6 OjUKTI. TOUTO 6 io v cupaoiV, iETrEt1i Tri l pEV TOU apleUpoU TO 6AaXl-rTOV coplcrTa

(PJovaS yap) Kai 6uvaupEa KaT-avTocral EiS AaXicTXrov, O OUK ECT IIcrrE TTIS' OlOV TCOV y Kai TCOV P' TOUTCOV

35 yap ou6eilS lEaoS, TOVU pEV y 6OT 0o 6lOalpEiTral siXa

Ka = Philop. o

Ka,, = Nicom. XXI, I.

69 icari M: om. A Ka. I Trri AM: 'rri 86 Nicom.

15 alt. iovaboS M: Sua&os A

23 8vuaSa M: povaSa A 28 alt. 6 M: om. A 29 alt. v M: is A

33 eIS M: Ei A (ut vid.) 34 pEO-aOrIS M: pov&s A

35 yap M: Si A

Iva TFroitcO, fi 6AiXov Xoyov, -TO 66 3 -ri &xaos oaUTO OUK EOTIV T11it6XAOS, El [Pij 6 y. wTTl plVTOI TCOV

p6EYEO)v, EwTrrElil iS aTirrpa 8lalpTaC Eiai, SuvaTr6v

XAaiptcviv picra. iCT-r0V 6' OTI TiVC pEV TCOV p0iocov EiCi [IEV, OU ?EyOVTal 6 a, TIVa 8O 66XCOS OU6TwoT? Eio1V, 40

&Aaxtc aXoya TuyXavouca Kai aovov6paoTa. Iva 56

yVCAJg?EV TO-TO, 6I1 TrpOCYa[3pEV KE1iVO. iCToT0V OTI7TrTca

povas5 [ETa [popiou TrTpayc)ovI[o"jEvr E6iS 1OJplov Ai?yt'* olov Ta5S p i[iolu TETptaycbvlcov, yiVTal s OV' 6is yap [P iivca Kai rTO jlO'Ua TCOV 6Uo iCou rrOIOUCtIV 45

S 6?0V i8ou0 EiS 16plOV TO 60V XAriEV' i6oui Troivuv a'uTTi

l p[CE60TT5S -rTiv, Ei Kai [I TrcapacXapp&avETal 6Si&a T

poptov' io(i E1VTOI Tiva Jirt 6 61AcoS 60vopal66ova, Kai

681i 6i8vai O6T, EaV AaP[3COiPV TETpayOCVOV O0 r O pfiKOS Eo7Tl 1TVrT T?TIX)V, TO 6Aov yiv6Tal KE, wTE16' Kai TO 50

TrrAaTro E, Kai yivoVTao T VTEVCKIS KE. EaV TOIVUV 5ia-

pETpov a&yycA6EV EV TCr TETpaycbvcO, 6 oTi stiaycb- viov, rT arr' arUTf5 avaypaop66Evov T-r-Tpaycovov iaov CETal TOIS aTTO TCOV .UO W-rrTAUpCOV TrTpayCOvolS, ETwt1-

65T) v TOIS 6pOoycovois Tpiycovois TO aTrO TTIS Thv 55

6pOev ycoviav UTrOTElVOu1TS TrAEVpaS TETpayCovOV irov Eoi ros T oS TCro TV T-rv 6pOfiv ycoviav TwEplEXOU- OCCv TrXEupCOv TrTpaycAvoI5. -ra 6 aOTr TrCV sOo TXAEU-

pcoV ylvovTal V TrXT)(OV KE KalKE' Kal Ka TrO Or TfiS 6ia-

ycOvou apa Er Tai v oO170o TOiVUV 6TO pICro, Ecv 60

p[IiVrS Tpl7)Xl(lia ITv, OU UvaoYaal E UpEiV' sla Ti; ETwE1- 68 TrXAov p1EV EaTlv KaTC -r E[80OV, EXLaTTOV 8E F

KaCTa oy8oov' i E EV yap v TEX2Eicos Ep60oov, 861I Elvait p' E'iTT-aKI yap Z pue vuv 68 v ErTiv. ei 65 TrXaAl iv Ti, ?668 8 6 ' OKTaKIS yap Trl 65 cocTE r6 iEoov avovo- 65

pCa6Tv EcTrr Kal oU 6UVaTOv EUpEIV. TauTa pEV OUv Kai TrEpi TOUTOU. ElTr1CA)J1V AOI.TrOV TrEpi T-rS pOUCTIKfS 6 O7-rT TrTpi TTis apOVIKKiS OvaCXoyiaS. iorrov OTI V1

Tri YECpiTpliK fI UTEPOXT1 TTpos Ta EprlT Xaipa(3VECTal TOUr TE pao0U Kai TOU AaXioTOUv ol6v OcriTv, , S, 65 70

EvraoUea roiVUV T-a TO -rv S -rplai UTTEPEXE1, EwT6EIS

11ptIa TCOV 5 y' i60ou JtEpoS TOU pCOVU, 6 EcrT TOU S,

UT7EpoXTI yivETal Traliv Ta S TCOV 6 UJTT6EPEXE1 u&ai, ETFEl81 i 'ltCiU TC)V 6 [ Eo-TiV. i6ou T6O lEppOS TOU E.AaXi- o-rou, 6 Cor1i TOOU , UTTrEPXE1. rrTi lUPVTOI TilS ap1pOVIKrS 75

oiX OUTC0os, &a?XV' U'TrEpOXl KaTar Tra lprlT TCOrV CKpCOV TOU T' -r yioTOro Kai -TOU iaXi'7Trou ot6v oToV Tri[, Ti,

S' EVTaUiOa 6 ip TOU Ti U'TTPEXE1 TTrpa6l, ETTrElSi TpiTOV TCOV Ip 65 i6o0 TroIvvv OTI TOU aKpOU rTO ,ppOS U1TrEpoX)(

yiveTarl &XAC Kai 6 Tr TO-U ooS rrp1TEXEI 6u , ET'-rrE 80

TpiTOV TOU S, O Eo-T TOU O (KpOU TOU XAa)(ioTOU, rOTi

8UO. 1l oiv UTrEpOXi) TCOV aKpC)oV E0Ti Ta [LEPTl. Kai tIou

OTI 6 [EV ip TOOU Ti 1iloA6iS 6 -riv, 6 68 rT TOU S -rriTpl-

TOS' irrTov yap OTI ap1pOVia EK TOiTC)OV yivETal. EK

41 avovo6aora M: &vov6pacra A 68 Trept A: om. M 69 YEcopsErptiKi scripsi: yEcou-rpia AM 70 s scripsi: Kai AM 77 alt. -roo M: om. A 79 8 M: om. A

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KE. a&v 8& J 7fapaXXAXou;, &XXa SiexeCl. ~av 5?, pTrlai, pil KatTa Ta'ItV EK1 , dcaXa 5lal?vuyvucov. ei p?v lor Eo riv T TrrapaElXEilS Kaci jtcr TpES aplt0Ooi oi EKTeOrVTrE

Kai TrXEioVE, El i lEV EiS ECTIV 6 TrapaX<pe?iOs, 8u&s o7Tal 1i UTrEpoOxl, Kai ei -tEV TrpETS Coiv oi EKTreOVTrE, 5

o-vVmlppil XEyE"Tal c

EKEoC-Sl, O-r ETS ETriv 6 IO ECTO

poS, Ei S6 8 SI 8tELyvunPvr olov Eo-rcoctav r 'rapaA-

ArlXoi, &vri TOv U c7uVVEXE?s, TpE1S & apleOi Evos T-rapa- AEw1TronEvou. a, y, E' 18ovi T'OIVV 5uaS \ JTrE?pOXl' aCITlq 68 ' ?K6eCeoS ouvrvij v1 eCTriv, E?TrE' 6 aUrTOS Erros 10

poS' itrl,prviWEl E8 a, y, E, ' ioiv Troivuv KaVTracea Suas '' VTrE?poXil, ?TrEli' EIS o TraCpaAE1Tr760EVos' E l

5iUo croiv oi TrapcaAElTO6IEvoi, Ei'T KaTCa Cv?XE?1av,

EiTE KCaTCa 5tlXECav, Tplas TraVTrcos l iTrEPOXTI' Olov

KaCrXa pV CUVVXE?iav, OTrav TPETS cCoiv oi rKT?EeVTES, 15 olov a, 5, Z i5oui yap CouvEXIs5 pEV, OTI 6 aUT'rs Ecros OpoS, rTplas 85 rl VTrEpoXrl, OTI 5Ouo 8iaXtl7TrvoUo't. KaTa 5i?XE1iav 58 Kai OUTO. 0Trriv T-plas, olov a, 8, ., 1

' Ei 8 Tpiata ITapaCXiEiTTO V, TETpaS Il V7TEPOXX'r Kai

iE TETpaSa, Tr?VTaCS, Kai E? VES EUpTcYEIs TOUTO. 20

ILe'XcL Ci dpa aCi$r] TcoaU ILev Iaou. i apa apl6ePrPTiIKl

TrroaoU0 iEV aVTi TOUO TfiS aCTflr VTI?TEPOXfiS ?T?TXE1. OUKETI 86 TrOIOl avri TOU Atoyou TOU aT-rov.

KS. Y65ov 68 (rct&PXeCL aur'vT; r7 T ea6Ty o;. aVTri TOO TTS

apietIriTKriS, TO ToIs aKpois vcruVTlrEO voIS 'iOV yivecr- Oal T'O [EUOV Kai KaTa cUv?XECiav Kai KCaTa il?XE?av. aA ' Ei p?V Ka-Ta o'uvEX?Eta, EaCUTCO O-rTieETal 6 .Eaos, Ei ?E Ka-Ta tacipEo?v, T-r aCAAX oTov E?OTCO KCaTa MoUV- 5

XEtav a, P, y' iSou y Kai a S, &AA& Kai 8iS p3 8. AXXa Kai KaTra 8iaip?tiv a,, 8, y, 8 Kai a ?, a&Aa Kai (3 Kai y E. xKv Te vatXXa&l. KaV T?', PTroiv, aVTIrtrp?ErS, Kai &a-T TOU To?A0US ap Kcai wrofloCrs y, C, a, Kai OUTCO TO UO TCOV V K ?PCi Cov O- TC) arro TOU pC(Jou. 10

KL. L' Se x XXl o &X7e0 t XL LOV. olov yap, pqc7aiv, EXE? AOyov EKaoros opos rrpos oSTro6v, TOUTOV Kai ai U-

T?rEpoXai, oUX OTI O aU'TOS Aoyos (pUA TTE-rat, a&X' OTI

KE = Philop. oO KS = Philop. rra KI = Philop. Trrp

KE,I = Nicom. XXIII, 3. 21 = Nicom. XXIII, 4.

KS,I = Nicom. XXIII, 5. 8 = Nicom. XXIII, 5.

KZ, = Nicom. XXIII, 6.

KE. i TrapaA1i7AouS Nicom.: Trpos a&AAfiouS AM

4 TrapaXeAriq)e (ut vid.) M: TrapaAseqreis A 5 EKTEOEVTES A: EKTTOIeTES M i6 yap M: om. A I9 [ M: om. A | rrapaXenwrolEv M: wrapacAiroiv A 21 aCurrT AM et Nicom. SH: T-roiautrin Nicom. KS. I TaOuTrn AM et Nicom. S: TrfiaS Nicom. 7 pr. 5 A: om. M 8 pr. Kav AM: av Nicom. IO TOr A: -rO piv M |I -r scripsi: rT AM KL.I SE AM: om. Nicom.

85 I?V TOU qfloioAltO u Ti 85a E, EK 8E TOO ETrlTpiTOU il 8t6I 8, EK 8 TOU 5'rrXtlaciou i' 1iT wTacrcxO , fTtl5 KCaiTorrl

crTi KaCi oUp0eyyE'YY Tai. a1PAEEI EaV OUTCO KcaTao?UXKEvaaeC'

fi Xop5iT, wETlTriOEiS EiS TTiV o'p(pcovov aUTrj Kappos Kai

Kpo0]5s TaurT1v, Kai EK Tfi5 ETEpasT &aTOTwraXTal TO

90 Kappos- OUT ro oavupOE8yyov ava KEpavvuvTral oi pe6y-

yoi, ETrEil8r CoppuTrpia uxTAaTTErTa. EO'TCO yap ETriTpl- TOS Xoyos, otov 6 8 Kai 6 y- i8ou j ovaSt 6 8 TOO y

VUTEPEXE' 1 plErTpiE TOIVUV fl povaS TOV y TplaoCKISt, rTO 8E 8 rETpaKCKt Kai TrxAiV Eao-rcA 1pi6Xios 6 0 Kai S' 'rrEp-

95 EXlE 6 8 TrptiaSr 6 y Toilvv T'v pEV Ea5xa 5is pETpEi, TOV 5E 0 Tptioa'Kis<t 61ia TOUTO O0v Tl OVitPETpia pUXlaT- TETal. TrEpi TOiTCOV ToiVUV TCOV avaAoytlCv 8iaCAyE- Tra. TravTa ToiVUV av ocpf EorTI, Prsl,.tula5 E?ryiY WECOS

E6P1Eva.

KKp. aTlIv oiv &pLOqyrtlxh L ea6Tr-Sq, 8Tacv Tpci)v 8pcwv. 158T1

9a)&cVTrlrE EiprJKaCpEV TaS PEO'6TrTTasC' apXETal Troivuv

awrro T-rs apietOTIKtf Kcai ayEI Th V EUjTaKTOV aUTrc)v

UTTEpoXTV Tilv KaTa TO XoUvpia -rTO UaIKOV TcrV lova- 5 5cov.

Ky. XeLj.LVCAv ' ntLvoouJ.LVtV. KEIPIEVCOV p1EV, CbS ETi EK-

OaECOS' ETrwTvooupEVCV 86 OTrav Xcopis EKOEaECOES 8iaAE-

yCObtEea0 TrEpi TI'S pEaO60TITOS. I| &tiLa0T&peOaC dB Sv 'r

OLCrau'M 4XOMe0EL. Ei P.EV ya'p o6 J.C0S aJOTO Xapp.iavETal, 5 c)S TO0V p1EV Elvat Trp6ooyov, TOU 8E UJlTXOyOV, CUVE-

Xn5 fi EKOEcEa Ei 8E a&AoS Kai &AAos 58TprTivrl.

K<. a&v liv oiv kx rS Ix09aeewS TauTcrlS;. 6 OEXtE EIiTETri 7TO7TO EaO7 IV ' OT EaV EK TfS pUaKfiKS EKOECECOS' TpEiS

Xap&rS TrapaXXXious, 0 EoTl p81rEva TapaXCiTawvcov a?Xxa OUVEXEEIS, olov a, 3, y (TOOTO yap 5rlXol -rT

5 xcar& T?v auvljy?Jvy]v), pova8a EcUpTi0ElS TrV crrEpo- X1iV' 6 yap P( T fiS ovaoS povalt UwTTEpEXEt, KCai 6 y TrS 8bua&Bo pova&1. Ei 65 Kai 8 Kai TrXEioUS &'aprs, c, S 5IELEUypVE1ViV T'rolfCaal EKOEOaIV, Kaci OUT0') OVa8l EOarai rl vrrEpoXfi ytvoUEvrl' boacrTCoS yap 1 TETpas TfS

10 Trpit&aoS ova&t irrEpXE1, Kai 6 E TO , Kai pE5TjS

6poicos.

KP = Philop. ol Ky = Philop. oL

K5 = Philop. orl Kp,I = Nicom. XXIII, I. Ky,I = Nicom. XXIII, I

3-4 = Nicom. XXIII, 2. K6,I = Nicom. XXIII, 3.

5 = Nicom. XXIII, 3.

87 ovCUp8eyyErTat M: ovJpiEyyETai A 89 drrowTrrCcAATai scripsi (cf. n. ad loc.): &caTrr ... M: rTrai A:

qaipiS Ps2 i. m. 95 bis scripsi: 'iaKXi AM 96 Trptao'oKs5 scripsi: EvvO6Ki AM

KP. i -Tptiv Opcov AM: -rplicv q rTEIoXvcov O6pov Nicom. 4 'rv M: om. A K6. 4 rT M: om. A 8 BIELEvypLvrlv M: 8iaIEuyPlinvr A

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KOxKE fi iao'rrlMs ,V?E, olov a, P3, y iSo0 o y rrp6s Eau- 5 T-rv Xoyov EXEl TOV TOi y, Kai O6 P TOV TO [3, OV'TOr

Kal f] vTrEpoXn TravTavXOjv povaS ifcr TIS o0aa.

KrT. 9tl 'r6 yXacpupP'atov xdal. toi; Tox0.Xo0 Xie06S. &A-

Xo TrapaKoXovJOrIa OTt TO UrrO TCrV aKpcov XaTrr6v

EcrrT T TOU ro EoOU Ko iVC. a) vT1V fi Siaqpopc, olov a, p, y' &rira y yiVErTa y 61is 6E 3 yivETrai 6

5 ibov TO r ro TCo-V aKpoov XaTTOrrv Eori TOU a&Tr T-OU

jEcrov, &XXaa TcrOo'r T A E'aTTrov, oaC) TO UlTO TCOV

UTrEPOXcov acrrlv' V SE iT V'rrEpoxhl iov&as &rra~ pia yivETat ac i5ov jovaSl TO virT TOCv oKpcov E'a-rT6v

EcrTI TOU aTro TOV E Craou. Kai Trr6wiv 'Ecrco a, y, E* 10 TrEVToKrS pia '? TpiS 6? y eO i6ov TO vTrO TOV K<pcov

EXaTTr6v ?o-t TO o' 6rr TOTO I EUCTOV TETpaSi. Sia Tri TE-

Tpaxt; ETrrE1 Kai r JnrEpoxi orTos EorT -r a yap y T-rcS pova6So 6Sva5i iVrTEPEXE Kai ra E TOV- y vuait

vTrrFEPEXE' 6iS o0iv p yivovait 5' opa OTI KaXoos TE-TpaS 15 EXaTTc TO VITO TOr v aOKp)V TOV 0 arO TOV ECOVU.

Kf. 'craprov S , 6 xat oti cp6a6ev aorqitejLwav T. a?CA wrapaKXovOfrlpa. ic-rTov OTI oi o6yo0 TOrV cATTOVCAov

OpCov p|.EiloUs Eiao' TC)V piEiL.VCov' olov Ti XEyco; E-rIV

a, y, y EvTaiol, C6 S8E1KTrat, TO rrTTO TOOV a y iAaT- 5 TO,V E oTI TO rrO TOV p3 6 X6yoS ToiVUV EK TOv a y

CEilo)V EaTi TO t &rrr TOU 'p Tpis yap pia y, 61S S6 P 6' opa TOIVV OTI O ,UEV y Tr|S iovaSos TplTr'a i 6os, O iE opa Tlroivvv Toa v y S OVO rpt ao'os, 6

S T-fS 6va5t6S SI'rrXato' IIEi TOV SE TO TpiTrrXaacov TOO STrrXaaciov. coacravOT Kai ETri Wir7TEVCio, olov adro

10 p, y, 5' 6iS S rl, TpiS S6 y 0' iSoO TO TrrO TOV a'Kpcov EArTTrov TOv aTro TO v IcTOVu -c' &XX 6 pEv r Tk T 6vStaos

-rTEpaTrXaaio'cv, 6 SE 8 TOV Trpliv TpiTrXaaicov. Kai

mT1i TraVTOOV EVJpr1oEiS TOVTO. ETri pEVTOI TSs appovi-

KfiS EvavTricoS SEItXnTCETai, oi yap EV TOIS pEEilocIV 15 opotS Xoyoit Eiouvs Earovral, oi 68 Ev TroS EXar-Trociv

EXCTTOUS- EV pEVTOr TT yEOIETplKrr O TE EV TOIS pIJEio-

ao-v opois X6'yoi Kal oi Ev ros XEAaT'rooiv oi avTro

EiaiV' ot6v E'OTIv a, (3, S Kal -rr&Xiv EcT-rc [a], (, 5, i' COalTEp TOIVVV 6'i T ISs, OViTCO Kai 'TErT'rpK1S 5 IS, Oa-TE

20 Ev ipETait)(Iic EC-TI v Tr yEOCOpETpIKT, TO SE iCaOV EV ptECO6O- TTrlT TUvyXaVE. TocaavTa Eiplc-6OCA) TrTEpi TTS &pptOIpQIrt- KTIS pEr6-OTTiTOS.

7'. J 8^ ryTl 'T Mtn auv?E%X yEwxTplX^ flCa6r5. ?TrATpc)- acas TOV TrTEp T'S CaptipTrlTiKyS PEo'-TTrTOS o6yov, vUv

rTOv TTEpi TfiS yEoop)ETpItKTS EyEt. Kal iSrI E?iprlTai OTI

T pEV aplOrnT<KTlK KaTra TiV jvTTEpOX V fEO)pETai, f SBE

YECoAETpItKl Kara T1 V &vaAoyiav. Kai TOUTO, os 5

EopapEv, EiKOTO6' , OTI TO 'pV EA6)(XXto-v TOo &pltpOi

cSpio-tai, Kai t6i TOVTO Sivo apltep)v O0K o-rTIV c&i p?caov AacpEiv TOV yap y Kai TOV 6 TiS PEcmOS; TOV SE

EiEyEo&v a?Ei SvvaT6v. I AE'Ey1 ToilVV OTI xxKeLto0woav oi &ar6 J ov&aoc xcar& SL7acaLtov X6yov &apLOp o (i oi St'NrAa- 10

col0), T| oi TETpacTrXacrio Kai Tr' a-TrrEpOV. aTrcvroco Toivvv ri avur avaAoyia EVpECioE'Tat, olov EoCo) Tl, 6, P, a- 'o ioiV )S EXEtI rl TrpS TOV , oUrvTC 6 3p rpOs TTrV a. KaC EvaAAC 6SE, TOUTO EVPTiaYEI Kai aTro Tov p-ECOV, olov CbS XEt 6 5 Trpos TOV ri, oVTrroS fc a TpoS 15

TOV 3. Kal 1Tri TOV TpITrAawaicOv S Kai TO-V &aA.ov

EV/pTlTE1S TOOTO. I EXE SE 8it6 IV Ti T yEOCIlETplKT PEac6-

TT'r, 0 IJiTlEpiCa AX1' E?XEI, TO TaS St(iaop&s TCOV X'6-

yoov, 6 CETI TaS VITEpoOXaS, EV TCr arTCo AOycp Elvart

ol6v EC-rt A6yos 6 avrT6 TcOV rI Trpos TOV 5 Kal TCA)V 8 20

Trpbs P(3' SrAaioos yap OVTOS. UTrEpOXTi SE TOV J pEV '1

Trpos TOV 6 5, TOO ' 6E Trp'OS -rOv P6 3 6 8 ToiVUV

Twpbs TOV P(3 StiTA'aiC v A6yov EXEI. Kai TraAXI 6 O Kai 6 S Kai 6 5 iS6ov 6 i'lttXtos AXyos' Kai EC-rrv vTFEpoXI pEV TOV 0 Twrpos TOV S 6 y, TO 6 SE TrpOS TOV 5 6 (3' 6 25

Toivvv y Trpos TOv 3 rTOV iclt6Xi'ov A6yov EXEt, cXrTE Kai ai vrTEpoxati TOv avrov Aoyov vAa&rTOvucrv Ov

EXOVCIV EKEiVOI oi aplt0uoi Cjv EiCoiv ai vITEpoxai.

Aa. xKalT 6&v7acaLXtv S6. (avTri TOv K&V aTroC TO E'X'aTTO-

voS ap T'i ETI SE Kai &aAho iiopid EiOa-TI TO TOJS pEiELOvaS

OpovU TV v EXa-TTOVCOV aCUTC TO-r EAaTTOvi lta<pEpEIV ETri SlTr7acricov A6yCoV' oT6v ECTrtv 6 is, 6 TI, 6 5' 6 TOVVV tIS TOV 1 r VTTEPEXEI aVTC) TCO rl Kai 6 1T ToT 68 5

aUTc TCOr 6, Kal aOrat ai S6tapopai rTOV aUTOV A6yov EXOUCtIV. iTri S7racrioC v SE EC aTI P6voov TOVTjO. SETi BE TOWV TPITrAaaiTOv 6 EilCov EV r ir Si5 TO. EAvrTTovos' ol6v Eca-rT 6 iTi, 6 S, Kai O6 3 6 ToiVUV tI VITEPEXEI TOV S 6SS, tp3 yCp v1TTEPEXEI, 6 S6 t3 yIVETat SITrrAaaOYaaTE0VTOS 10 TO 5'S Kai iTaWtv 6 S TOt i3 VTrEEpEXEt 6, 6 S6 6 yivET-t STrrXaacaa0eVTOs TO P. ET'ri 'E TOr TETpaTrAac-iO'V TpiS, Kai ETi rTOV VTEvrTaTTaCTi'oV TETpaKIS, Kai TOVTO

E<PErnS. Ov pOi6vov S i iT'i T)V TwoXXaaTrAacriov (pvuAaTTE- orai l vaAoyia, ictAa Ka'i 'Tri TO'-V

- rtTopioov Kai rTOV 15

KT = Philop. Try K0 = Philop. Tr6 A = Philop. TrE, TTr Aa = Philop. Trti, Trr

KTI,I = Nicom. XXIII, 6. K0,I = Nicom. XXIII, 6.

KrT. I yXaqppcrcrrov M et Nicom.: yAcqpvupc'rEpOv A 2 rO A: om. M 3 pr. -roU scripsi: rT AM KO. I Twp6ocEv AM: 'rrp6orev 'rrav-rT Nicom.

14 yap scripsi: ?rpelS (fortasse ex y) AM i6 yECOiETptK scripsi: yecoLETpia AM 20 YEcoIIETpIKi scripsi: yEoipe-rpia AM

X,i = Nicom. XXIV, I. 9-1o = Nicom. XXIV, 2.

17 cf. Nicom. XXIV, 3. Aa,i = Nicom. XXIV, 3.

A. 14 eUpf1CoilS Kai A: EUpif'c1s a-rr6 TOO KCa M

Aa. I Kai 'TO ava&raXiv 6E AM: Kai Tr& a&va&raiv Nicom.

7 6OVcov M: IO6vov A 12 T?TpaCTrwacCiLov M: TpnT7acilcov A

13 rTevaTrAarrioccov M: T-rTpaTrrao'tov A

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Kai oirro 6 IEcroS TraVTCOS ?TEpoPiKT1S ?ori, Kai EK TCV

TrAEVPcOV TCOV TETpaycvov yV V ytaV6IEVOS' io0 yap 6 S pETa'U rcl TOiV TE 6 Kali TOU , EK rTOV alUTCv T7XEvpC)V Ecrr TOV o pEV yap e TrXEupa 6 y, rTO 65E 6 P(3, Tpis oUv [ yiVETarl 5. Kai Xrrdtv PETracU TOU o Kati rTOU is cr'lv 10 6 it[3 dMa TOU p?V tS rrXEVupa 6 8, TOoU 8E 6 y, Troij- o'ov oZv TETpdCK1S y, yivoVTalt tI. OUTO3 C peV OV, Ei otl c'uvvEXEs oi rT?TpaycoVOI, Ei 86 wo6pp5co A-XXicov

EiKoS 6 pJETracl Kai TETpaycovo6S ECor Kali ET?EpO1jiKTS KcT' aCAo Kai dCAo. oTov AapE TOV 6 Kai TOV 6 TrE- 15 Tpaycbvous, 'rXEpupal TOU pEv 8 6 [3, TOOU 6? {6 O ', <6i1s I> yivovTai IS- 6 IS on"Tro2 oiCoS avd(XoyoS EcTrv' oOiros 6B EO'Ti TETpaycovos, ad&X Kai ErEpOIjTiKrTS XAyE- rat, coS &v E dvirov TrrEupiov cuvTEEis iK TE TOtU r Kai TOU p3. TocaUCra C?V TpEi TOV TETpaycvCO)V. I| ?Ti 20 68 T-rV KU3PCO) iTEV TovT pETav'U TC V P KUjP3coV T'CV

cUVvEXCOV TraVTrco)S s6o .iaol d&vc6oyol EvupElovrclVTar 6cX' EvTraUOa 6EI TOYrv iv va rTETpaycovov rTV wrOIOUv- Ta TOV KUpOV T-rV 'va w-otaTrlAaOlt&lEcrealt 'rr i [ wTUEVupas TOU EV6O KUI[OU, Kali ETri 1Ciav TOOU 6Xou KU- 25 pOUv TOr 6v ST-rpov TraAIV OcAto-rcos. olov T-r Xyco; EK TOi 8 yiVETal KUpOS 6 Tq, EK rTOU 0 6 K[. OUKOUV EK

piEv TOOU q yivETai Erc o'o 6 ip- TroicO yap sis 3' i8bou 86uo TrAXEupS EXapov rTO KUO(3o yivErca 65' XalJa3&vco iciav TrAeupav TO'U K T-rjv TptC8a Kai TroIOt TpiS 8, 30 yivovralt tp i6oui 6 itp p3 EooS avdAoyoS. TraAiv pXociail ET-i TOV KL. Aajipdavco auTou bu'o TrAEupas Kati Troto TpiS yY,yivovTai 0' Aa cipavco tiacv rTOOU r KU[3OU T7AEU- pav TTrV 8uS6a Kai Trolc 68is 0, yivovart ITl' Eo-rTv apa Kali 6 Itl pCEao' oCraTE Eup0Orjlaav pjCTOi advaXoyoi 6 t( 35 Kaci 6 It Kaci EXOUCO TOv aUrTOv Aoyov. ?K6oU Ki, Itl, ip, ri Kai P(3AETE O8T 6 lpit6oioS E -i wravTcv puAX-rTT?- rcat Aoyos' Kai oi IEV pECot 8tlaarClpalr a c io EXOUCtiV' Ev yap 8tcracT-rla aTro TOU I Tr'li TO"V ip Kail XAAo ?v

drrIo TOUTOvU ri-l Ti TO v TCVTE 6T' &lE a Tpia blao-Trl- 40 ClaTa', Ev pV TO &ro-6 TO'r Ki ET?i TOV ti- Kai dXAAo TO rrTO TOOU It ETni TO'V t <Kai xAAo TO r Tro TOU t(3 TErr

rTOv 1')' Kai Slt TOJUTO Tra o-TrpE TP1X) 8 iaaTaTd papiEV ElVaL. ioT-Ov 86 Kali OT' al crrEpoxai TOV aUTOv 6oyov uA6rrTouoyiv o6lv Eorriv KL, t1, Ipt, Tr' i6ou 6 45

ripot6tos AoyoS, d&XA TOOU 1pEV trl 6 Ki iwTEpEp'XEI TO 0, TOU ip(3 6 rl VTTEPEXE? T rA 5, rTOU 6E r 6 I ( TOr 8'

Eilcv oiv O, s, s8 Kali oirot TOIWVU TOV 'r11OttIOV EXouo't Xoyov. j Kali iAcoXS i trov KaOoAOou oT' SaV TETp&yco- vos in auclTOv T-oAAacrrccAataag Fi ' ov rTErTp ycvov, 50 TraVTCoS TErTp,ycOVOv &ptieol v TrotEl' Ecv 68 TETprpyco-

20 cf. Nicom. XXIV, 9.

49 cf. Nicom. XXIV, Io.

Ap. I7 6iS rT (Philop.)] om. AM 21 P scripsi: AM 23-24 rTOV TrOlOUvTa M: om. A 24 p scripsi: rev'rpas AM 42 Iri M: ip A 42-43 Kai ... 'r6v 11 (Philop.)] om. AM

E1TT1Epc)V KCa TCOV pIKTCAV aTri TOj TCOV TE TroAaXXaTTa- alETtiiEpCi Kai TrCV T'roca'rrXTaaolEnrrtlopiov. I E oT 6E Kaci aA,Jo l68copa eil Ti -rS yEcopETrplKriS p?E6oTlTOS, TO Trrr TCOV tKpcov aov Eivcat T-rO Trr TrovU piroU, xav

20 oUvvEXls T ? a dvoAoyia. olov 0, s, 86 Ec-r yap EvviOKI 6 AS, dAda Kaci Ea'Kls 5 AS. I 86 8itE?lvyiEvr JTra&pXEi, apTiTorayEiS 68 &Cnv oi &piltOoi, aVTri TOU v 8V nXa- (iyovi XAoyc, T- iTrr6 'rT v &Kpcov iCaov EOl Tc& &arr TCOV pEacov. olov Eo'rco a,, 8, rl, tS, sA3, '8' TO rr6O

25 TCr)V Kpcov, O6 Ecri TfSl TE povaSos Kai TCOV 6, Iaov EOTi TC -r r TrCO T-Arv 'lTjiacl6VToV pEcov, olov TrOV TE p Kai TCOV A3- arroa yap 6? yivrTai S6, aA Ka Ka1i 5i

yJ3 yiVETri 68. Kai TrAilV TO 0vTT TCOV p Kai TCOV S Icrv EOri TCr) UTrO TC'OV 8 Kai AX3 siSs yap 68 pKrl, &aAa

30 Kal TETpoKIS Ap pKrI. Kai TOiTO a&i ?p ErpIaEtS oVi pOvov

Eiri TOiTCO)V, aXAa Kai Eri TCV &AAcov, 6 EOcTI Kali E7ri

TpiTraocicOv Kaci TETpaTraocicov Kai E7tiipopicov Kai wn-lIEpCvV Kai wroXAa-rrXaaooiEwlopicov Kcai T-roXacarXa-

oS1ETrrTIpcpv. Kai lOTI EV TrCaaal TIravl Tai Cis CX)(ECoEOV 35 Tl avaXoyila acbcErTat, Trapa6EIypcIa ?KE?VO iKavOv Ecrrco

rTO 8ta T-rv Trpv TrpoocTayp'raTcv &wrro868Et?yvov f6lN5. e8SiEa[Ev yap OT't i iolo'rMs TpouTrapXEi Trfi &vt- cOT-rTOS- TIn 8, Ka&V pETacI IPEV TETpaycbVcoV ETEpO-

PTKlKTrl KOcpECa,cl, 1 avcuTnr dvcaoyica puATrErTTat, ei 8E 40 IETaCi ?ETEpo0rlKCWv TETpaYCovOV, ovKETtI rl aluT' ava-

Xoyia, a&XXa c auTri] uTrrpoxi(, Tpicv aEi &aTOTEIpVO- g?VCOV, 6 EOrT AatpavoliVvcov, dptifeCov. Kali Eav TOV VaTEpOV TErTPyCOVOV TrrpOTOV 7TOI rr COI'PEV, EOPTIrO- PEV Ta Elrl T ravTa. olov Ecrco a, 3, 6 i6o TO 6TwAc-

45 ctov E1?OS, TE?EU'rTaTos 68 EcTIV 6 8 6* aP[coAJEv aU'ITOV TrpcoTov Kai atTOtiaccopiEV , , s i8ou rr&Av 6 pEv S ET?EpopIjKriS Cov Eo?CS Eo-riv, 6 86 e TETrpCycoVOS TE- AUTrcaios, Kai E(CT TO ' Tq1pioov E18OS. Tra6Xtv AXPCopEv TOv 0 -pC-rTOv Kai WTOticro0?EV 0, p t[3, i T' -roO 'ETriTpt-

50 rTOV Kai OTrCO Kara TacV '

TrpoK6rrTcov WrraVTa lTtOil- c'E1S Ta Et6rI. TOT"rCOV OUTCO TEOECoprp'VCoV Traca a

tilS aapis TuyXadv?E, pi6elJl as 8?Eopvrr ErlyioEoS.

AX. exKaeLp6roErov 6' Ev e'lq 'rVTaVOa yevo[4vouS. rrapa- 8icoCTS v EvrTaUOa 0Ecprjtpa TOIOUTOV AXyEt OrTI PErTatOi 6Vuo cOuVEXCOV TETpaycbvCOv TrraTCOS d&vAoyoS E?S ,U- aos ,O6vos EupicJXETaI. oI6v ErTIV 6 8 Kai c6 TrETpayCO-

5 vo p,rTa0 TroiTrr)V 6 O p6VOS o-rri paos a&vaXoyos,

Xp = Philop. 9, 9a, 9?, 9Y

I7 cf. Nicom. XXIV, 4.

Ap,i = Nicom. XXIV, 6.

I6-I7 TrroXAacrrXao'aiTriEp&ov (Philop.)] 7rooAa-rrXaociov etrriEpov AM

29 rTC scripsi: 'T AM 30 &di M: av A 46 pr. S (Philop.)] Kai AM 49 wTOfiacoEVM M: 'rroi'cco A

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voS ETEpOPTKrln 1 ETEpoP1Kri TETpaycovov, OUETITOTE

TETprpCycovos yivETrat. boaCt-rco) KC&V KUVOS KUjOV TOA-

XaTrnaTao'ltaor, KUOOV TrroiEi ei'v KUO3S ETEpopilKT) 55 TroNXatrracrtcalr, rrwVTrco5 apT-rov T-TlE, KaV apTros

wTEplTTOv T TrEplTTOS apTIOV, Kai TOTE apT0os yiVETal. io"rEoV TroiVUV OIr TaUTa ocuvpaXE-rcTail -Trporov PEV

EliS TV TiVpailov E?yEI yap EKEI OTI I.rETrat TrCV 8uo

acrriXEicov Trupos Kai yfs EOTl j So pEca 0 TE aT p Kal 60 TO uScop Kcai rltrTEI a T-i 6v'o pEoa Kai p[l EV*' Kai

AEyEI r O ETTE8n caTEpEa Elat TaUTa Tra oroiTXETa, pE-

Trc(a 6 5uo TE0 oEpECv Suo0 pCOI d0v&Xoyoi yivovTal. EV E TariS TO'ITEi'aiS LTlTE Erl l 5ivaclrai 5tiaCvOQVai rrorT

EUVOpoupJEV Trr6oAitSi Kal aUTOS pEv oUK arroKpivETat, 65 TrOItE1 6 TaS MoUcaS xaTrOKpIvopEvaS Kai XEyoucCas OTt

CdS PEV EUVOpOUpIEVT OUJ5EV XcaETrTOV UTrTOpEVEl, wETEl51

65 yEyovev OUTrc) E Trawv-rcos Kaci alToyEVEcOeal adwo- yivETral 65 TOO yaipou Kai Tri5s Tratl5oTroiaS ou KcaTa

Kaipov a&roaccpacvopuEvrS, & AN' ETIrAEl-TOUrlS. o'ul- 70 poNIKcS OUV NAyEIt 5a Trr6ocov TrEplt6cov Kai pop5ov

6Ei TarS TraI5oTrOIiaS TrapaNap3pavEIV, Kai Troaous KaI-

poJS EV TCOr pEC 6 5Ei TrapaAapp[3tavElv oupNpaNAovTrai oyv KaKETIE Ta 'ToCauTra Travu. | TrrTTpcb'as -TOIVUV TOy Noyov TOV rTEpi TTrS yEcoApETpIKrqS pEcrOTlrTo Kai TOV

75 TTEpi T'rTS a&PtieTrjTKfS, pETCrapaiVEl ElTT TOV S 'appiovI-

KqS Kai A EyE TI T apovIKl] pcIEOTCTS EOri KaO' TiV pn'TE

avaNoyia 11 aU1-rTT) u(pv)aTTETaI C(3'7ITEp EITri TTSs yEco-

pErTpiK5f, pIiTTE 1r auTTrl jTrEpEOXo COs E Tri TTqS aplIplTii- KqS, taA' ' oTav cos5 o6 piEYroS Trpos TOV E aXloTrov EX1,

80 OUT0r Kai 1 TOU ipEYioTou TTpOS TOV pEcO0V 5iaqpopa

wrpos TTiV 5itapopav TOU pJIEoU TrpOS TOV ENaTrrTOva

olov EoTrcO apippovIK Peo'-TrrlnS aUT'rrI S, 5, y l5oui yap oUiS iTrEpoXEi I ar'UTl icr1v OUSi 6 6?yos, &XX' cs EXEI 6 pEiCcoV TrpoS TOV &aTrrova (-TTrS 65E EXE; B5ITNa-

85 -ia) OUTCoS ril ia(popa TOU r IEpiovoS TpoS T-rV p Ecov

Trpos TTjV 5ia9popav rTOU PiECU TrpbS TOV hEAcTTOvac Trivi 5E 5ItaTcpEE 6 IEi|cov TOU pCE'ov; O5'aI5 Trivi 6

IEOCS TOU EAaTTrrovo; povaSr KCai ] 5uas apa Trfi pova5os 5itrrNAacia. wTrdAv o'aTrc a&ppovtKni phEaoTT'S

90 y, P, K(Tara TOV TpiTTa'lov TOrV &v pcV ov N6yov' yap

5 TOU 3 TpTrrXaaioos rTTrEPE (E1 85 6O p.EV S TOU y Tpia5i, 6 85y -ro3 iov i y apa TriS piova5oS TplTrra- Coto TlCTalV 6 .Ev V TOU 5 TC-r aCTOU TpiTCp UTrTEPEXEl bua5i yap wjrEPEXEI, TpiTrov 5 TCOV S p[' TE y TraAlv

95 TOU 5 AEiTTETaiT TCo EavTro TpiTCA), pova5l yap ?EiTrETaT,

TpiTrov 5E TCO)V y tovas. | t. p.v y&p Toi rcTporepou Uto-

Se(tyKlaro. TOU ap,ooviKOU TOU KaTr TOV iT1rrAa'iov

57 cf. Nicom. XXIV, II 73 cf. Nicom. XXV, I.

96-97 = Nicom. XXV, I.

60 LrET1- A: IyrTET 81a Ti 5uo pCIEa O T7E Cap Kaci 'TO VcA)op Kai yr1TE1 M

69 KalpoV M: om. A 77-78 y?co6pE.TPlKS scripsi: yEcoe-TrpiaS AM 92-93 -Tplrrwao'os (Philop.)] TplTXaaicov AM 93 'avTo scripsi: oa-TC6 AM

95 icarro0 M (ut vid.): Eavrrc A

X6yov Ev TroI5 'cKpois Xap[3avopivou, Ev yap TOUTCO al

5aipopai Kai a'Trai 5vrr&ao'iaatcv v 5 6E TC 3 TC KaTr T6

Tp?rltrXao'ov TC)OV aKpcc v Kai ai 5iacpopai TplTrAacrtat. 100

Xy. i6ltwoa 8i XeL. Elri TlEV TrlS a&piOplTKiKriS oi EXTrTO-

VES N6yoI EV TOIS iiEiooniv Opois ficyav, oi 5iE PUEious EV TOYS XaTTroCovV. olov rTi XEyC; aptOPrlTrTIKl hECO'TTIS EOTriv 6 Tr, S, 6* pEiLco V TOIVUV E'0riV opos 6 1r OTroS TOIWV TOV ETriTTplTOV X 6yov EXE' TOV yap S EXE? Kal 5 TpiTov aUTroOU' AT&rcv 5 OE ErTIV 6 S' oTo TOV fV TP6- XIOV E?XE TO'V yap 8 EXEI Kai rTO U0io' u aUTroU 6 5

rp6ioxtos TOU EITrrpiTrou vEil.coV. EVTaUjea [pEVTOl E?V TOIS

p1EiloiCV O'TIV 6 p1Eicov, Kali V TOTs5 AX TOCOTv '

EXaT-r ov. TOUTO 85 yEyOVE, tva Cs EV pETalXpico 10 pecao' api poviKi TK1s TE CaplitOpTiKfiS Kai T75 yECo- PrETplKfS, Ti pIEV KCaT TT'V jUTEPOX1lV KOlVcoVOUO'a, -T

5E KeaTa TOV Xoyov.

XA. STL v JiEv 'Tfi &pL0LTjTLXfi. oaXo i5icSOI.a OTI 'v pEv

Tri apiOprlTIKyr 6 pCEo0S Opos 0EaUroO p1EV pEpE - Tr aOrUT PEilcov TE Kai EXa'TTrcV ECor TCOV EiKarTEpcoOEv aKpcov, au- TCOrV 5E EKEK1ivcV a&XXc Kail aXAcA otov ri yco; EOrTIv rl, S, 6' 6 S rTC aUTo'r pEilcoV o-ri Kai EXarTTrwv. Tr yap 5

aUTri sUa85 Kai EXa-TTCr V E0ri TOU 11 Kal pEilCo)V TOOU 6

ac2X' El Kai 5u&5i Kali pEiLov E-rTi Kai E-rTTcov, &XXd &aXAc Kai XAco) EKEiVcOv TCOV acKpOcov pEpE'E i yap 5uas TOU PEV 11 TErapTOV yivETat, TOUO 8E 85 U"IC' COT)' TOU

p?V TI EX&'rTTV EO-ri 6 5 TETrapT-rcx . ppE, rTOU 65 5 Ei- 10

coyv ljpio5E. ETr1i 5 T'rfs aPppoviKf s UTrEvavricos XEh' EvTrauta yap TO avaTraXtv 6 pECoOS EaUTOU PIEV UiEpeI CaXoA) Kai aiXco E ori [EiCO)V Kai EXaTrcov, aUTcorV 6 EKEiVCOV TCo aCUTco' OlOV ECTCO apPOVhiKI PECyOTTIS , 5,

y 6 ToiJvv a&Aco Kai CAXJ cp )EpEl TOU JPEV EOTV ?aTr- 15 TC)V, rTOU 5E6 pEicoV TOU p1.EV yap S EXa Trcov E-crli sutc1, TOO 6E y OUKErTI Tri auT-i SuaSt a?Xa povCab1t auir'TCv 85 TCrv a6Kpcov Tc aOUTCr pEpEh, co'TrEp yap ai Suo aloTlCToIV UTEPEXEt 6 5 TOU 8, TpiTOV 8ECTi PEpOS TOU S, OUrTCO KaOi 1 pova5 ijTrivI UTTEPEXEI 06 TOUW y, TpiTOV 20

ipipos o-Tr TrfS Tpat5os.

NE. 9TL tXEL '1Slov auj.PEPQ6. a&XXo TrTapaoKOotUerlpa Tris &ppovIKiS, -r T ro TS 7 a0KpouS cuvGEivai Kai Ti'v acv- OEct1V TroXXaTrXaaCt0aca ETrr TOYV pECO0V Kai auTOUS

Xy = Philop. 96 XA = Philop. 9S

XE = Philop. 9e

Xy,I = Nicom. XXV, 2. XS,I = Nicom. XXV, 3.

XE,I = Nicom. XXV, 4.

Io0 TplTrXaTolal scripsi: 'TplTrAaclO AM Ay. 8 v-rTau0a, cf. n. ad loc. II appOViKT) M: &appovia A 1-I2 YECOHE.TpiKqS scripsi: ycoIEr?Tpia AM AS. 6 acutri M: auTou A i8 act io M: 6 p A NE. I inter ETI et 8XEI Nicom. hab. ic a'ppovuc

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?CTI, TO 85? Ili6O6v ?orTIV ?V ToTS iXXTTOo'IV 6 y&p y TOIU 3 p 1t6Aios, T6O 56 5silXrA& i6v To-rTv T-) 1e ilovi 45 Kai TC-) Ey?co. 6 yap S TOU y St'rrTacyo TO 8? 5nTXa- c0iov a&a Kai rIlpi6Oov OTI 6 pi?v S TOU y siTrrAc'xos, 6

65 y TOi (3 p lOJi6XtoS TO 8? TETpa'rrAaiClov KaTa Tas

5ia(popa&s Xapa yap TT-V 8iapop&av TOV s5 rpos Ta 3, yiv?Tat 5, Kai vraAtlv TC)V y, 6 ?oTI TOU pEaOOU, wTpos 50 Ta 5uo, yivETal tiovas 6 oapa 5 TT)S pova8o5 TETpa- TrrXao'tc 0 ?TIV.

AZ. &v Se T) Karxca toV sLxS&aov. O?A?I ?11iTTTV, TT1CS ?V

TCO) 5iTraoiovi 0irroEfiypaTi 6 tia wTracoVv Kai sia E

E?UpicEKTal, 6 ?c-rT TplTrAac1ot , 6 yiv6OPvos 1?K TOU

8rrlacoiou Kai TOiU crtioAiOU, Kai A?y?E OTI yivovrat q1 ? aUjTOO T-OU E?i[.ovoS Kai T-TS 8iaipopas aUcroU wrpos 5 TOv p?100V 11 ?K1 TrS 8ia90paps TCOV TE aKpcov Kai TO)v

E?aTTOvcAv. ?K p?V aUTOU TOU pEj?ilovoS Klai TaVS 5lapo- paS TTS5 TTpOS TOY p?o0v'O OUTCO* Aa3p? aUTOV TOV P?El[o- va, i v , ?(TI TOV S, Kai Tnv 5aOpaV a(TOU TlV Trpos TOYV pI?Ca, yiVETai 6O p s &appa TOU p3 TpiTrXaCrio. ?K 10 5? TfS 58tapopas TC-V '1Kpcov Kai T-rcV AaTTrr6vv oU-

TC)OS 6 TOU y a?p? Tpa, 6 TO y 81PEIpla, J y OVa8t' 6 y apa T-rS pova5oa TpI-rr&-T'aaos. TE?E?uTraTov B? Kai EU?yl- o-r6v ?oTI TO SiS 65iat rroaoc)v pETa yap TOUTO OUK EOtTI V hAo, ?TrEi oiU? l (pcl 0aCraTOpKE?T rpOs TO p?1OS, 15

E?TEi piVyvuvTCa T& 9ipcov1rTItKa opyava, o05? ai ( opai, rEl?i Ka(i CaTal pFiyVUVTat1. E?<paCEV 5? TCIOS yiVETal ETri

TE TOU 5vITrAacoiou ITrro8Eiyp(-raos Ktai TOU TpiTr'aoti'ou.

ATr. TIVs&; SC a6Clv &PLOVLX?V XCXEICQOaL VO1l(?ouaL. 0?A?E

E?TrrEv OTI O)IXoXa.o aKoAou0OouvT?S TIVE? uWTr?v6rl'av

appOViKriV TOaUTV TV T ?rv CEOT6riTa Ka?lEToali, ?ETT?E16

TcIap?ErTal TraioTa yE?CO(JETplKi appovia. yECO)ETpiK1 8? appovia ?OT-riv, cob Kai 'ApiorroT?A1rS A?yE? ?V T1i 5

TTEpi TUXs Trpayp(aTE?ia TOUS KUPOUSV' Sia Ti 6 KUPOS; TTA?Epa&S p?V EXE? ip, ycovias 5? OTEpEaS 11, ?TrifTT?Ea 5? S' ?KE0oi oV U 3, 11, 5, Ka1i E?plo?ElS TraVTra appolovTra oCa EipilKaC(EV Tri TrS appOVIKfs' it5ou yap 6 1p?V ip TOU 11 ioA11616S ?o-rTIV, 6 5? 1r TOU S ?rriTplTOS, d0)TrEp 10 E?Ti TTrS cappovlKrs fiv. Kai TraXlAv Co)rT?Ep ?KE? CbS oi

aKpol Trpos &,aXAAous facrav, OUTO-r Kai 1l 8iaTqopa& TOU

PEyio0-rou TTrpo TOV p?o0ov Trpos Th V 5la(popav TOUi

?o0ou T-rpOs x-.aTTova, OUTCO KavTaU00Ce Co yap 6 C3

TOvU aKpous 9?' ?aUTro0U, Kai TOUTOU ytvo0Evou sliTrXa- 5 alos yiv?Tarc oi6v ?ETIV S, 8, y oi-veEs s Kai y, yivov-

Tali 8 <... > TroXXATrXacroiaaov ToUS ?CaoUS, ?xKIS y, yivovrat irl' 6 XS apa TroU I t 8t1rr7Xo'i6s EOTIv.

XS. :x,0e Si &~pJIovtxA. EiplIKaPEV T?lV appovIKlV TCAV Trp6O T- Elvat. AeyEi ToiVUV sia Ti appovIKT K?KErTatl,

Kai pTrCiv OTt l V aplOV &plT11rI TO TTO W OV, O ?E'TI TnV

UTrEpoX)lv, EtxE ;KaTa a&vahoyiav, ic 86 yECo1OETplK11 TO

5 TroI6v, 6 EcrrT TOUS pous Trpos aAAAXouv, Ij EVTroI

&pIOVIKT &aQ6i(PT?paC OUTE yap Ev Opois p6vov OUTE Ev

5oiaopai5, a&X' ?K pEipouvs piv Opois TC Cbs ?EXEIV TOUS

CKpoUS OUTCOS ?XEIV TaS l8tacopas, ?K T?pouS 85? 81iao-

palS TC TaS UT?EpoXas TO aUTO p ?PpoS tEval TrV a6Kpcov. 10 6ia TOUTO ToiVUV appovItKi K?KxA11Trla s XovcJa oXE?-

oiv ap(pOTEpav. | T6 6& sp6S; TL ineyvwtLev. EiprTTai OTI

Pi i?v aplIO11rTiKr TET'pi TO T6OOV, O ?OTI T't1v staC(opav,

EXEt TT'V avaXoyicav, T 5? yE?CA)PETplKTl T?pi TO TroI6v

&Tri Tro Trrpi TO'V OpOUS. 11 p,l?VTOI appIOV1K,l, CbS TrEpi 15 ?KOT?Epov ?)XOaCa, 86a TOUTO T&CV Trp6s Ti 6ovopida?Tal.

A?yE? ToiVUV OTI TO T T T rp6S , 0 Ti TrOT ?O-TIV ?lt6aaEl?V

aVCoT?pco, rTa T VTra tiaipotvvrT?ES 5ia TOUTO O0v,

pT1|oiv, appiOVIKl] KCaXEITa. .AAcos TE Kail O't pi&Aio-rra

TCIoUT\JT Oi UOUlKOi Til EIUr6OT11TT K?XpTlvTat. Kail TpCO- 20 TOS U ?V E?C-l XA6yoS 6 6ta T?-rE0'pCOV 6 V E?TrTpiTCp

0EcopoUjPEVOS, EiTa O6 Sta 6 ?v qpioXAic), EIT-a 6 8it

Traxccov 6 ia& TOl SiT-rXaciou, 'i?0' Ov 6 5ta -rraocov Kai 5t&a ? 6 lia TOU 5ITrATaciou Kal TOU fclItoxfou, Kai XOITrrv 6 iiS tia Tracrcov 6 ?K TOV TETpaTTrXaoiOU. Tra-

25c aa TOIVUV acOTrai aa 8o5i(opai ?V ToTs Urro6I?iypacot TOTS P3 Tris ap:POVIK'S pEcrO'6TTTOS TCO TE KaTa TO 8iTrrX6-

oClov Kai TC) KaTa TO TpiTrXaCnlOV OEcopoUrVrai. T5iC)?PEV ov TOUTO, ?i 5oK?i, Trp6T?pov ETri TOU 5TTarXacriOU

OrTCOw S, 6, y i8oui T-O p1?v ?rTplTOV, 0 ?OTI TO 5ia 6, 30 ?V TOIS ?AXaTTroov opois' 6 yap 8 TOU y 'TriTpiTOS' TO

O? p,tU6Aiov, o-rl To 8t& E, EV T oTs pEi(o1'IV 6 yap S TOU 5 qltio6AXos TO 8? ST.rA&Ciov, 6 ?rTI TO 5ia TraaCcov, ?V TOIS OcKpoIS' 6 yap S TOU y SiTXTaaios' TO 8? sITl-ra- cltov &aa Kai . lUtI6AXov, O ?O'aTI TO 5ia Trraacov &,aoi Kai

35 sl5a E' 6 p?V yap S TOU y 51T'rrAoxOS, 6 5E S ToOJ 58 1iO6- AIOS. TO 8? 5iS bta Traa(cov TO TrE?TTpaTrXaCIOV OTC0'

Acap? aOtUTOV TOYV p'OV EOCrtv O 6 5 Kaoi AaXp Tr'V irrrTpo-

X 11V TOU pE'cOU TTpos TOy ?AaTrTOv,va yiVETacl povaS' 6 8 apa T5S PO0va05S TETpaTrXacrios ? oriv. ?E?iCaP?EV

40 T-oVUV Tra&aS TaS 58iaopas '-l i TOUTOU TOU U0TrO5?i-

y1UaTos. ?XeO)oUv ?Tri TO TplTr -rpXal rov , s, TO E8v ?T1iTplTOV TV T OUTC0 Xap(3? TC)V CKpCO)V T-1V T?rEpo-

XlV, yivE?Tacl 5 6 8 apca TOU y TOU i1?c0ou ?7riTplT6O

XS = Philop. p, pa, pp, py

XS,I = Nicom. XXV, 5. II = Nicom. XXVI, I.

6 cf. n. ad loc. XS. 4 et I3 YECOpETpEKi' scripsi: yEcoIPET-pia AM

14 et I8 &ppOVIKi scripsi: &ppovia AM

XL = Philop. pS Ar = Philop. ps

AL,i = Nicom. XXVI, I. A,q,I = Nicom. XXVI, 2.

?L. i TOV Nicom.: TO AM 2 alt. Sia A: 86 M 8 TfrS M: T-rV A 10 TOV scripsi: TO AM 13 TpliTrXacos0 scripsi: TpITraoaicov AM Xaq. 4 TrapETreTa"l M: TrapErTETE A 6 rrppayc-reiac M: T-rp&ypa-roS A II TroVS Kulpovs AM: ((...>

TroVs Kupous[ ?]) 9 Tsrfi appOVIKfs M: T p aip,OVlKi A

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15 wrps TOV S, OUTcorS Ti 8ta<opa TOU tip Trp6s TOV rl, av-rl TOU CdS 6 8, Trpos T'rV i8ta(oppav TOU ipirou TrpoS TOV

EAaTTOva, dTvri TOvU Tpos TOV p. Kai Tra-ra aTrVX&s

T-r auTr oCXC'?1Et Kal TOV ErrITpiTOV X6yov, 6 EOcT T'rv 8ta 6 appoviav, Kal Tnlv 8t E a , O ECTt TTrV ijl 6Atov,

20 Kai T'rfv 68a 'rrTaov a&pa Kai EiTTprrov, Kai TTiV 8iS Stia wTaco)v, auTor s 6S Kai TacTa aa(Cao&S &CrraptletlTTai.

Ae. SCa7p s8 Iv T T:oU VLouaIxoU xav6vo;. ?rT?Et6fl E?1T

TrEpi aptelJriTtKS E1i T?EO-TTTO Kai yECA)E?TptKfiT Kai ap-

I.OVItKi, VUJV ?E?Et EiTEi?V OTI sVVaTOV 8'o &KpcoV 6pcov ElTE apTiCOV ElTE WE?pTTCov Xap3pavopivcov p?crov &o-

5 ?iocat KaOi TTOficrat aA&oTE aA?cos T&S y tE?O6TriTaS.

CoroTEp oJv, PrqcivY, ETri TriS Xop6fS ?cv AXCpoPEv 'TOv KO6NOTra Kai TO P3aTpaXtov, 6 Ec-rt uvXaptov, Kai -rro-

Xa3OIE?V T-r'v Xop86rv, ov wTaca IrXEti &W' El " E? T-r

TpiTrov aOXroa(CcoEv, yVErTal TO 'rpiO6Xov, El 8? TO

10T?TapTOV ?ETiTplTOV, El 6? TO fpitCTU StlA'rrcltov, Kai ?rrl TOO auAou o 6poicos ToU SlaTcrrmlaTros TCV O6TC)V

CAapavopivVcov' CorTE?p oiv E?T TOU'TCOV TcoV opya&vov ?v TroiS pEroiS SiacclTacr aiv dcTaXo'IS TIS yivETal, OUTCO( Kai irrl TrOV acKpcov TTOtTCV XapIpaVOp?Vcov

15 pI?CYCOV yivovTat ai TpEiS p?o6CTTTES' olov EOcCOOcta

CXKpotl TE ,p Kai 6 1. Eav ,i?v Y ?iTOV AEj3 ES TOV KE, yiVE- Trai T apitOliTlKrl pEoO6T'rls ati iTrrpoxai yap at au rai.

E? 6? TOV K i1 Y?ECOPETPIK11 T aCuTT yap -avaOoyia, t1- TrXacia' yap. Ei 6? TOV IS, yiVE?Tat 1 apIpoviKri c.S yap

20 EXE? 6 lTTpOS TOV I, OiTCOS Ti UiTTEPOXTI TOrU opEloVOS TTpOS TOYV JECOV lTpOS T'rV UVTTEpOXfTV TOU pI?EUO lrrpOS -TOV ? raTTOva. Kai a1TxAco TO' E?ip?TE?va TraVT-a itcj-

pIaTa JtlS ?KaXc-r)s TcoV y pI?EC0ToT)TV SraVTCo E?upfl-

OEIS. Kai 1TA?IOVOS ?VEKEV cra9T)V?iaS Tra'lv ? EKTi0?Tat

25 T'C i68tcbjOTaa Tr7Epirrt O ?rEy?Etaeai cracprq y? TuyXa- vovTa.

Lt. [poo8o; S6, 0S; a&v ivTXvocG. TO TTPOKEIEV6V C?OTIV

E?iTr?v auTo 0 pj?0oov r TlS otOv TE? ?CTI tiUo Opcoo XAap-

pavo1?Evcov TaSr y TroaTaS I?CE6T-T1TaS E?UpEi, IVa 8E?irq- pj?v ?i uvOaTOV Y?V?E9acra f1 T}. ElTi p?V oUv apitOrlTIt-

5 KfS rO?lEt OvUTco ovvOS rIS Ta aKpa, rTO f1ijiau Opov pE?rov

Ta'ov, Kali ?E?is T'V d ptiOilrTKTtK v p?Co6TT1Ta oIov ta3E p Kai I, rov?s rTOUTOUSv, yivOVTai v TO ttICrVu TOUTCOV

Ti EOTIV; KE. EKeOO OUV p, KE, t, Kai ?TrrV aUTrr &pteril-

e = Philop. pi == Philop. ptl, ptrl, piO, pK, p, pKy, pK8, pKE

X0, = Nicom. XXVII, i.

,I = Nicom. XXVII, 7.

20 pr. rTTv M: TOrv A AO. 3 SvvcrTOv M: om. A ji. 5 TrolEi A: TTEoit M 11 'T scripsi: Tov AM 6 ?E isA: E, rs M 7 TO M: Kal TO A

T<KTIK pIECrTIS. ?CV TOIVuv oi aKpOt aUVTe?0VTES uv1l-

eto-t 68iXa TlQ0rlqfvat, olTra OTt ?O'TI PETcOrrTS' olov ?i 10

AXCBPS p Kai la (oU yap uvaorTa 6 e aUTrYv cuvTEOriS 5ialpE80evai). ft o0v OUTcO Tw'OiEt i Tlv ToU pEiLovos

iUT?poXnv wrpOs TOv EAxTTOva 6iXa TEPVCOV Kai wTpoo-

OEis alTCO TC r E aTTCOvi, iEaovO TaEISt. olov Tri Ayco;

E?TIV 6 ia Kai 6 ' 6 ,t TOU I, 6 ?O'TIV 6 IEU?{iCOV TOU ?Ar- 15

TOvOS, TVl U'rrpTTpXEt; TCO A. T?'E TOivUv TOOTO SiXta,

yivovTrat t' Trp6OO?S auTcO TOV EAaTTOVa, 6 ECOTI TOV t,

yiv?Tal KE' yiVETaT Cpa Il, KE, 1, KaCi ?OTtv a&ptiet'tKn

PE6'TTrrlS. YE?COETpItK1' 6? yiV?Tai OUTCO' TO! UjTTO TCOV

aKpCOV TrpoIflIKOuS TVnv TETpayC)VIKTKV TTrEVupaV E?jpcov, 20

m?Crov TTorlcrov opov' otov ?CTIV [t, 1t ToirIoov TO UTrO

rTOV cKpCov, avTi TOt TEacrapaKovrTaKtiS , yiv?ETat u'

oirTOS 6 TETpaKo6tca wTpokptKTlS E?rciv, ?rET?6i1 ?E a&vi- croov T'AEt?ov yEyovE TOU Tr? Kai TOU t. 1T'rrnlcov Ei

EXE? T?TpayCoviK1V TU rAKEpav KOaCK?iV) 'ori pIEOTc' XE?t 25

TOivuv 6 u 1TrAEupaV TTrl K' EiKOCUaKI yap K, u-' ?KeO

Toivvv , K, , KKai EoTI YE?oopEr?TPIK1 tPEic6Ts. COOCTE, El

O6 -JTO TCOOV aKpOl<pov pl ?X TETpayCovIK1nv TrAuEpaV,

yiVCOOCKE O6T OTI yiVE?Tat y?CoiEC TpIKT i?EC6TTiS' OTv ?i

Ap3r;ls A Kati , OJK ?Ect Y?CoI?ETpItKT pL(E6OT1S*' TOITiS 30 yap TpiaKOvrTKti5 , yiVETat T' oOTros 56 oU TETpayoo-

V6S critv. Ti o'v OTJTC)5 6v OV XOUCo A'6yov ol 6pot

wpOS aAAWflXous' i6cbv rTOv 8X(a TOUTrou TIprTIKOV A6- yov, pI?Cov Trorl'aOV' olov EOT-roA Kai 1 TWTOOV EXOUCl

Trpo?s &XAA1iXos Aoyov; TOV TETparTAa'Cov, OV 8(Xa 35

TE4PE, TOV 8, yiVOVrTat' -(3 T'rX'os acpa ?V T?TEpaora- crioti 6 p?Eaos0 ?oTir' rlT?T yap TOV SiTrrAarov, ,I yap KaOi i VTCOV, J?CaS E?pioC<rlTatI 6 K. &pIoaPOVIKTV 56

piEOCrTTITa TTOEITS OUTCO' TC&V acpCov TTnv iaTpQopav Troircov Tri TOV E?AaTrova, Kai TOV yEv6E?vov Trapa- 40

PaA? TTpOS TOV CrOVeETOV TOV EK TCOV CKPcoV, trTa TO

'rrTaToS TfiS TTapapoArfl Trp6aeE?S TC) ?AX'&TO t, Kai

?-Tat 6 yEv6?PVOS appOVitK IT?EO'OTTIS oiov Ti i?yco;

EO-rCO p Kai t' i8taO pouCTo Troivu TCr ' TOUTOV TOlVUV

rToAAaTrAaaiacYov ETri TOV ?AaTTovat, yivETai T. oCrV- 45

e?S TroiS IKpouVS, yiVOVTaOt ' VrTapa(aAX T'OV T wTpos TOV oUVTE?e?VoTa, yiVETat S (TTEVTTrKOVT&KtS yap S, T)

rTp6aOES Ta S TCr ?ATT&-rrc, yivov-raci is ?KOOU o0v p, IS, t, Kati EOTI ap&povitKi EatoTrrlS. I Toaa'Ta !E?V TrEp

T-roTCOV TOV PEo'roTTicov EipTio'w0, as ETrraT-rvapaEv 8ti 50

rT ToXutOpuAAXiTrous auITas Eiva' Tra'rais yap KE-

XPrvrcTa oi &TroT ruOay6pou, Kca yap XTTA&cv Kai 'Apt- CrTOT?ATXS rarticTt KEXprlTai. &AAal 8? Eolcv eirrTa ava-

19 cf. Nicom. XXVII, 7. 38 cf. Nicom. XXVII, 7.

49 cf. Nicom. XXVIII, i.

II Mp3is M: X'apEI A iJ la scripsi: i5 AM I9 TOi M: TOV A (ut vid.) 24 alt. TOU M: om. A

30 Xai3r S M: apeis3S A 3I o0 scripsi: 6 T AM 36 P M: ' 13A 50 cf. n. ad loc. 53 Eioiv scripsi: lcriv M

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Elcrv Sg &voaoyiai. al p1Ev -rpc-rai Tp?iT Tros &nr6 Thueayopou, TrATxrcovt Kal 'Apio-roTEAEi EYVcoaPEVal, at SE AoiTral TpETS, TOTS OUopnvr1aToyp&aois Kai al-

pEoa-ipXais yvcopiloi Eita. 105

Aoyiai iTEpi cov pAAEI Et Xyei. 8EKa yap TaS wracrta 55 peoCTTiTa &TrraplOpE-TaT, XAovCO KaV TOTCoro TOv

apil0uOv -rTElov cSb TrpOS TrTV V'TrArwXpcoctlV TCr)V io- vaScov aroSETiat. Xeyev TOIVUV rV rpcrTv PEV Kai

TETCapThV, TWpCOT11V pEV ECOOEV TCOV TplCO TOITCOV

TCOV EiprTlEVCOV Xapp3aVOIoEpvcv, TETapTrTV 5E KaTr TO

60 ruvEXS TCOv Xappavov6rcov TOrrtiv T-rIv orav.

ticrTov 8E OTt KaO' UTevtavLicocYiV EiCTOV ai ey6OpEvat TCOV T rpO9cpaoEicFcov Ei' yE Kai E aCTrCov EKEivcoV &va-

TrrXacrovrTa. Ti p?V ocv TrTapTrrl pETar TS fSrT Eiprl-

pivaS avTrIrErTrove T ri apCiOVIKi' E ?T yap Tris appovi- 65 KfiS os 6 piycyiroS TrpOS TOv AaXTTova, oviTCS i 6Sia-

(popa TrCV jiEi6YOvcov Trpos ThV Siacpopav YTCv EXcTrr6- vcov UTrnfpXEv. KlEKcb6Ea TOiVUV Kacd iTScJEv, olov s, E,

y' 6 TOfVUV iJ CoV r1TPrO TOr V A rTTova TOV SiTrrXaclov

A6yov :XEi, SiaQpepEI SE 6 pE V y TOU E Su&St, O 8E E TOU 70 S iOovasi, 6 P( apa TriS iova6os STirr.acrOtos. iSo0 a'rr

TCOV ?Xa rr6vcov TfqS 5laicopcs 'lpa&PEea ETl ri TrqS

OppoviKriS rro TCOV pElovCv)v, Sia TOUTO oiv a&r'vrrE-

Tov0Ev acTif. iSov 8E Tri TauroT TrfS PECY6TIlTOS TO

StcrAaaiov ciTOTEAXETeaCl TO 0vTO TOU 6CKpOU Kci iaEcOU, 75 TOU UTrO TOU PJECYOOU Kai TOU EXaCrTOVOS' E aIS yap E,

A, 7TEvTaKIS E TPE1S, 6EKaTTEVT?E TC 8E A TCOV IE SlrAXa- aia. ac S XAoiTrCi Suo PI(EO'TqTEs r TE E Kali 5 rrpos TIV

yECOPJETptKlnV pEaOr6TTTa aVTTrET7OVeO6TcO5 EyXOucOI, Sta-

q)ppouot 8A dAXXAXcov OUTcos' p(Iv E ETrriv OTavY V Tpl- 80 aCiv 6poIS cbs 6 pIJOS Trppo TTOV EAd(XIaOV, oUrrT Kai l

a'rrcov TOiTCOV tSiaopa Trpos p TOV TU pEyioTrov wpsrp TOV pJECov, olov E, , 3 ?o-i yap bS 6 pIEos, 6 EoTIV 6 8, TrpOS TOV EA(&XOTrOV TOV Sjo, oVTrcoS T TOUTCOV

5iapopd V < , o-Tv <6 3>, Trpo5 rV TTOIU pEyioTOu Trpos 85 TO-rv pCOV, O EaCTt TT'V jovdaSa cbS yap 6 5 TOU P3 8i-

T-rXacaios, OUTc Kai -a 5o TT iS povaboS. rrsEvavTia 8 EOc-TIV aUTlr T) yECOPETplKji, OTI ETi pEV TfTS yECo-

TrETplKS5 Cb 6 pEilCOV rrpOs TOV EAaTTOVa, OUTC) KaCi 1

TOU JEilovosS TrrEpOX'n wTpO5 ThV TOU cAaT'TOVOS, ETrl

90 85 TaTroTls vacTraXiv Ti ToU C EArovos Trpos riv Toi

JEiovos. it5ov 68 Kai TaUTTB TO IUw TOU PiEyifcro Kai TOU pEcoVU 5iXTaIrr ov Elval TOU 0rrr6 pEyioTrou Kai

EAaXir-rou- Ou'T yap E, 5, p- TO OJV ' UTO TCOV E Kai 8,

6 EoTr Tra Ei' KOo', 8TrACX'i6v CoTi TOOU UOjT TOU E Kai

95 TOU Of, 6 ?OTI TOO 1. r| Sl KTTr yiVETail OTaV EV TpiCai

opois fi, cbs 6 pyiytoros Trpos TOYV paCoov, oCrcoS q TOU

pEaou Trapa TOVr EXaXaTcrov vTrEPOXT Trpos TrIv TOU

pIiEytoou Trapa TOV pJECOV. cos yap 6 s TOU 8 16XioAxos, OJTC)O Kai 6 y TOOU 8o fil6Aios. EOIKE 8S Kai aUTr Ta'

100yECoipETplKi; EVaVTi6TTTI-' 71TriTpEp1Et yap TI TC)V O6- ycov pECaOTris COs ETr TTIS WTrETrTT1s. a irTai ToiVU

77 cf. Nicom. XXVIII, 4. 95 cf. Nicom. XXVIII, 5.

ioI cf. Nicom. XXVIII, 6.

60 Xap3pav6v'rcov scripsi: XacpaavopEvcov M

76 rTpEs P: Tpis M

8I p?yio-rou scripsi: pEaou M

84 6 p scripsi: om. M

Jia. racraapoa 6e STva;S (4Tpa eC'rtaxivouv-Sec. TTEpi TCOV

XOIXCwV S A.yEi JEOPOTCITCAOV Elp' CV pETIO0TEVTai Oi opot Kal OtiKTt ri avrr Ta--ts pluAarTETai. acirail Toi- VUJ ai PEaroTTITES ou Trravu Ep(paviiovtrai V Tvro TrCOV

rraXcaOTEpcov aoyypacppaao. T rpc'Th ToiVUV orTi 5 pECOTrTS OrTaV cbs 6 p Eyi-ros wrpO5 TOV ECAX1a-rov, ovTcos5 auTcov TOiTCOV TCOV aKpcoV ia<pop 6ra -pos TIV T&V CAaTT6VC0V Siaopav, olov e, pa, oo' aC-rTv c b 6 0 TTpOs TOV S, OUTCO5 q Siaqpop& TOU O wpYs TOV g, 6 ariv 6 y, wrpos TlV iacpopav TOU T TwpOS TOV S, 6 10

Eo-r Trpos T6V (3' cbs yap 6 0 TOU5 s 1iot6ios, OUTCOS 6

y TOU p. 8EUTEpa S E piJEaOTrrS OTarv cbs 6 Opiyia-ros

TrTpO TOV AiaXtCrov, oT'roS Pr TOUTCOV 5iatpopa Tpos T v T-rOV pjEtil6vcv Sia<opav, olov 0, L, 5s cb yap 6 0 TTpos TOV s, OUTCOS i tia<pop& TOTrOV, 6 COTIV 6 y, 15

iTpOs TrlV Siaopopav TOU 0 wrpOS TOv , 6 Ecrri Trpos TOV p. | TpiTrr 8 pCEao-rlTS OTav Ov 6 X E AXoyov 6 IpCEOS

TrpOS TOV EXAaXXlcov TOUTOV Kai fl TCOV aKpCOV UTEpOXfi

TrTpo TIV TCOV EAaTT6vcOV ov , ov , s, c b y&p 6 s

TpOS TOV 6 , OiTCOS Tl VTrEpOX)( TC-v . 85, O6 ECrIv 6 y, 20

Trp6s TTrV UTEpOXV TCOr s 5, 6 crTI TrOv (3. TETapTo 6E Oa-rtI EaCOT-S 6Trav fi cbs 6 pCaOS TrpOs TOV EXrTTova, OUTCO Kai f a 6Siapopa T pV aKp os v ps iapopav TCOV IptjE1OV, OIOV l, v , E, y' 6v yap A6yov XEI 6 E wrpoS TOV y, 6 CoTir TOV TriSipjEpr, TOrJTOV TOV AXyov EXEi 25

rq 5iapopa TCaV c aKpcov, 6 EOrTI 6 E, Trpos T'Iv Siapopav TCOV pEi16VCOV, O6 ECTI TTpoS TOV y. | iTo-TOV TOIvuv jOT

pIET TO TrXprlpc6aai Kai TatrTaS T&S .pEaoTriTaS cbs EV KESpaAaio) TCraacov Ta UlTro0EiypcaTa KTifEvrai, Kai pETC TOirTO SiS5aCKEI TrEpi ETEpas TIVOS IECaOTTTOS 30

appOViKSfi TEXIO6TTITOS.

J(3. <CeXCLozOTtr& >. appovtKrnv 8s aCuTflv KaAET, EwTEi6iS EK Tplicv 8iaorraTEcov yiVETai, TECaaapcoV o6pov yi- VOJEVCOV CbAoTEp EV TETpaXOpSfi KCi OUKE?TI TTi TplCV

Opcov. OAxouoal S oo a0Kpol TraVTCcoS OTEpEoi Elval,

ua = Philop. pKS-pAa

(3 = Philop. pAy-pAM

p(a,j = Nicom. XXVIII, 6.

5 cf. Nicom. XXVIII, 7. I2 cf. Nicom. XXVIII, 8.

I7 cf. Nicom. XXVIII, 9. 21 cf. Nicom. XXVIII, Io

27 cf. Nicom. XXVIII, ii.

pp,i = Nicom. XXIX, I 4 cf. Nicom. XXIX, 2.

pa. 7 Siacopax scripsi: 8i6a rTv opov M PP. i TrEAElOTcrTrs Nicom.: om. M (cf. n. ad loc.)

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5 oiov I icrdaKIS i' iooit KtS (avri TOU 0 KUj3oi), SOKi6ES i1 cr<prVioKOI q crKaNrIvoi. Kai -TOUTO XEycO OTt TrraVTES oi auToi EaioV. EV6E?XETa yap -TOv p?V t1Eiova KU'pov

Eival, 'TO 6E EXATrova copvriviKov iO TO aVCrraXiv, Kal 'ETi TCOV a&0cov o6oico1' CTEpEOi 6 WTaFVTES 69ei-

10 XOUaiv EIval. Kai XoiTrrv EtpiaKETatl 1 yECAPe'TplKf

avaooyia ou KaTa TaC7iv TCOV O6pcv NaonpavoE1vcov, cbS SEiOpEV, a&x cbs' 6 Eyio-Tos rrpos TOV y Cr' aUoTov, OUTCA)rS 6 T TOV a YI TrOvOV EY OV TOpbS TOV ' TO

yap -TOIOrTOV TO U rrO TC7OV a'KpCOv icOv TrrolE TCO rrTO 15 TCOAV CEwv oov OIOVrYorCaav aKpot 6 It3 Kai 6 S, itaoo 6E

O T?E Kaoi 6 r ' OUKOUV TO cVTrT TCOv aKPCOv iArov aTri

TCO VTrO TCOV [E COV), cos yap 5CO8EKaK1S S Op, OJTC') Kai EVVaKIS rT Op- Kal TraAlv Eav O6 pyEyiTroS rrpOS TOrv irw' aUTOv Ev Totoaar 6SE1X8ii tia(popa Ev 6cil Kai

20 aUTOrS oT'ros 6 Tr' aUTOv 'rrpOs TOV EAXatio-rov, api- epI. IrTIK 1 TOIaTITllrl pEOTT6s yIVETai, Kai Ir T7CV aKPCOV oCJvoEats SiTrwaocra TOU pECTOU' ti yap Kca S Kati Kai I' 6 i8 iri SicracrioS TOU 0 TOU ' 0 cTOU. aav 6? 6 y a-rr TOU tJ EyioaTou TC1) aUTCA pEp?EI TCOV (aKPCOV aUTCO7v

25UiTrEpT?XrTTai, appovVlKr yivETat, Kai TO UTrr TOU IUPCOU TE Kai T'S5 TCOV aKc<pcv o'uveEUEcOS, Sl1Ta-raxo Tov rrTO TCOV aKpcov' CiveES yap TOUvS aKpouS, yivovTai l. Trorlo'ov TOV PUo'ov, 6 EOTI TOV Tr, ETri TOV IT, yivovTal ppS Trrroi'ro'ov TO 1TrO TCOV caKPCOv, yivovrTal 0o3. iTorov

30 TOIVUV OTI 6 PiEv S oaKaxcvoS EOriv' aviroi yap auirou ai TrAeupai' oiTo yap TOU a'cTaa [ Kai Tpis yEyovEv- aTra~ yap 8uo yivovTai 6uo, TpiS 5uo yivovrai S. 6

? it3 arro TOWU 5iS iuo yEyovE TplS' ?is yap 0uo yivov- rat 6, Tpi5 6 yivovral i3. rTCO 6 E pEacv 6 uEv E'ACx&rcv,

35 6 o-riv 6 Oq, arro [yap] rTOU aT&rat , TE-TpaKis yEyovEv' &rrTa yap P yivovTal P, TETp'aKics yivovTai Tl' o6 8

PEIICOV, 6 ETo1V 6 8, aTro TOU aTtar TPELs, Tpis yEyovEV'

a&Ta~ yap TpEis yivovTra TppET, TpiS TpEis yivovTat 8.

38 TpiS -rpET scripsi: rTpEi Tpti M

rTEpEOi T?r o0v Eiaiv oi aKpot Kai Tpia EXOUOCrl 0acrrn- parTa, Kai 6OIOy?V?ES EiCo1V auTroT ai pE6OTTlrES, aVTi 40 -TO Kai auTra o-TEpEai. E OTIV OUV y?ECo E"TpiK'n 1EV

lx7iyS6nv, aVTi 'TO aVaT?wTrE?yP?EVnY Kali 0u KaTa Ta-r v aUTiy' cs 6 iT3 1rrp TOYV 1r, OUTO' S 6 -rrpos TOV

S S EIEuyYI?VTn yap Ev-TauOa Aa1opCavETai. ?'-rt 68 Kai EvaoXN&a c)o 6 i3 TTpOS TOV 8, OUTCO'S 6 i TTpS TO' V S, 45

aptilepruiTIK1 6? yiVETai, ETrEtsl OC'acp 6 TOU 8 UVTEPE-

XEl, TOUOUTCo 6 0 TOU S. appiOVIK1T 6E OU'TCOS*' pEPEl 6 rl TOU S UTTEPEXE? TOUTCp UTTO TOU 3 U'jT?EPEXE?Tai, ?V

aUTc) TC-rp I OEcpoupEvcp, CS-TT?rp yap 6 TI TOU S UTrEp-

?XEt 6SuaSt, r 68? Sua& T?-TapTOV p?pos ?rri TOWU r, 50 OUTCrS 6 i3 TOU Tl -?Trpa6i UcrFT?P?XE. &aAAa pilV ?-rrIV E?pE?i Kali TT'S apKOVIKS EV aUCTOTS Ta ovo6IaTac 6 UE?V

yap rl Trpos TOv s n1 6 ti TOpbV O O T? -EaCpcov X6yov TrolE?, ?V ?TrITpiTc) yap Eloiv, 6 E6? e Tpos TOV

S 6 iO3 Trpbs TOv rl TOv 6Sia Tr?vT?, ?v rlpUoXiicp yap 55 E?iCIV, 6 6? Ip TTpOS TOV S TOV Sta Tracwwov, ?V SiTrXaoCic

yap 6i ? UJ0Tpox) TOU l3 TrpO6 TO'v r, 6 ?crrTV 6 , Kail Ti U"T?EpOXT TOU 8 TrpOS TOV 11, 6 ?oTIV T itIovaS, -TOv iS 6ia Trraoco'v TrroIOUOcI, ?v TETpaTTRaaicp yap. 6 8? 0 TTpOs TOV T) TOV ToVIalOV TrOltE, EV E?Toy66cp 60

yap SAycp, 6 6? ?rr6y6oos TrTpOoTlEt?E?vs Tais XOp- SaTS, -TOvo TIS Kai aTTiXlnois yivETal. OUTOS yap 6

A6yos KOIVOV U?TEpov yiv?rTal TravTCOv TCOv ?V T7f POU-

CUlKi X6oycv, 5os yvCOpliiOT?Epov 6v. S6?6?KT' a T'oivuv OTI Siapopa T-rS T-Ov o-TroiXE?O8Ec-TaTrcov Kai TTpCATcov 65

CTJUl<pCOVlOV 0UTTpXE?. TOoaCrTa ToiVUv apKEiTC rrpOS

E?ioayco)ytKl v 66ac<aiav.

42 = Nicom. XXIX, 2.

50 T-raTpTOV... Tn M: (rpi-rov pipos ^o-Ti TO'U s [ ?]) 64-66 cf. n. ad loc.

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Asclepius I. a In line 5, the manuscripts of Asclepius are confused (see

the critical apparatus ad loc.); the correct reading is not only guaranteed by the sense, but also by those manuscripts which, like the Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2, contain recension IV preceded by I. a of the commentary of Asclepius (see In- troduction, pp. i8-2I). On the definition of 9t7oCrotpia as 9tAia croiaS see below this same note.

In lines 6 ff. Asclepius explains the name aooia as coming from aaq0ia and quotes Aristotle in support of this etymo- logy. Many critics, following Bywater, have taken Philo- ponus I. a, which is parallel to Asclepius I. a and in which the same interpretation of the name aoq-ia is given, as a fragment of Aristotle's De Philosophia. But actually both Philoponus and Asclepius when they later paraphrase again this passage of Aristotle's identify it as coming from Metaphysics a minor, i.e. Metaphysics 993 B 7- I. See below note to I, y and especially Introduction, p. 14 and n. 70 with the references there given.

In line 21 TravTrWv 6i Ov KaTEKp&Trl(cE, &ao'oI pev is the

reading of Cod. Scor. Y-I-I2. Notice the reading of the manuscripts of Asclepius: T-aVTCOV 6E Kai Ta Kpavia. This is but another proof that our three manuscripts go back ultimately to the same archetype. See Introduction, p. 21.

In line 22, Asclepius wrote Tr 8S rr6Siaa KcaraKAjLovrTa. Notice Philoponus, I. a 20 Ta 8E i6TEia Kai oi iv TOVTOIS o0iKOv- TES KOTraKXUlOVTai.

In lines I5-I7 it is said that there are five different meanings of aoo6v according to Aristocles in his work in ten books TTEpi O DioropiaS. This Aristocles is Aristocles of Messene, the teacher of Alexander of Aphrodisias. (But cf. contra P. Moraux, "Aristoteles, der Lehrer Alexanders von Aphrodisias," Archiv fur Geschichte der Philosophie 49 (I967): pp. I69-182.) Asclepius and Philoponus proceed to

give these five meanings and attribute each meaning to a different period of the evolution of human civilization. Most critics attribute to Aristocles not only the five dif- ferent meanings of the word aoq)ov, but also the connection of each meaning with a different period of the history of civilization. Some of the notions mentioned in Asclepius I. a I5-49 and also the quotation of passages of ancient authors occur in other works of Ammonius or in works which ultimately go back to Ammonius, and they do occur in passages in which there is no mention of Aristocles at all. Thus for example, the cataclysm of the time of Deuca- lion (connected with humanity's loss of wisdom) and even the quotation of Homer, Iliad XX. 216-217 oc- cur in Asclepius' commentary to the Metaphysics. Cf. Asclepius, In Metaph., p. 10, 28-p. 11, 6 (Hayduck): rrTpOKElTca aOVTO EVTE'OEV EirTEv' T6V XpOVOv, KaO' OV Eq0OiTTj'rEV

EiS ujaS 1 aq0oiaa' oiX 8rOT 9pciv iv Xp6vc ?9oiTrIaEv, a&X' os TrpOs Trv TIPE-T6'pav ITEPio8ov' qv yap Kal wrpcrlv. yivovTa- yap KaTaCKXUoCoi Kari OaEt1aOi Kail &paviLovTai T'a rTp&ypaTac Kal

TrCAlv EipioKO-rTa, cS 9prnoi Kal alTOST6 'ApioaroTrEiris iv Trot METECPOIS poiEp TOU pIey&XOU CoaEiCtpO TOUi yEVOpEVOv iV T-r 'Axaiia, Kal OT'I ilT TOU AEUKaAXicovoS, 9nrlc, EiyVETO iJEyaS KarTaKKXUovapI Kal TToAAol iq)aviCiarlo av TOTrTO, Kal 1Tra(a aoi iTrESia&E d&TrTCoovTO,

Kal p6voi fiSuviQlcraav TrrEplcoOivatl oi Ev TaiS aKpCopElatI TCOV 6piwcv o6-rE, C^oS 56qXo Kail 6 wroiTJ'nS EiprlKs&S "KTiOC'O 8E AapSavi-

Tlv, FrrEI oihrco Xlios ipf iv -rESic9 TwTET6XlOIT , iT6OXS p?p6wcov a&vpcbTrcov &aWS' EO' vrrcopEiaS Evalov TrouvTiSaKos "ITS."

In the lines that follow Asclepius sets forth humanity's subsequent evolution in knowledge; the passage is more elaborate than the one in the commentary to Nicomachus, to be sure, but it is essentially the same. And the fact that in his commentary to the Metaphysics Asclepius refers to Aristotle's Meteorologics (although not all that he attri- butes to Aristotle is to be found there) casts doubt over the attribution to Aristocles of all that is contained in lines 15-49 of Asclepius I. a. Moreover, there are other passages in works which ultimately go back to Ammonius (some of which are quoted below) which are parallel to Asclepius I. a I7ff. Since also before and after the passage under consideration there are doctrines and quotations that are typical of the school of Ammonius, it seems to me that possibly only the five different meanings of oocpov belong to Aristocles in lines I5-49 (cf. also Asclepius I. ia 3-5 and note ad loc.), and that the connection of the five meanings of ao96ov with the different periods of the history of human civilization belongs to Ammonius, although he might have found the basis for his more elaborate developments in certain passages of Plato and Aristotle. At any rate one cannot be certain that Aristocles really connected so elaborately the five different meanings of ao0pia with the evolution of humanity. But even if lines I 5-49 were ultimate- ly based on Aristocles this certainly is not a verbatim quotation (see below).

In lines 44-49, for the connection of Pythagoras with the fifth meaning of aocpria, that is, to designate the wisdom of eternal things, T& &dE Kari cocauT-ros EXovTa, and with the definition XpiAoopia icrri qlAiar oo1iar, and the connection of the different meanings of aoqia with the quotations of Homer, Iliad XV. 412 and XXIII. 712, compare Ammo- nius, In Porphyrii Isagogen, p. 9, 7-23 (Busse): 6 lEVTO1

nTuOay6pas pTrci "iXoo-o ia Ea-roi piXiar co0aiS" wTp&-TOs TZr wapa TriS raraio-rTpois irrCTia-ra5 &papTrpCr. iwTESl yap iKetvoi roOp6v cbv6palov rTOv v-nlvarov pT-rovTa TEXVTIV, bv 6lS qv Kai 'ApXi'oXoos Aycov "TpiaiVaV 'iUoX'v Kal KVPEpVTT|S

-O?96S," Kari O6 WOTrris "EWrEi 0-9O6S 'pape T-rKTCOV" Kal "6E EiSCo Coiris UTroOiTmpoiuviaC v 'AOTVTBS," pEOioT1crl TEnV rpoorl- yopiav TauT-rqv iTTi TOV e0Ov CbS pOvov EKEiVOV KaX6EiCTOal aoO6v, -rTv OEov 9prllT, ooq)iav TE Kai T'hV TOrV OVTCOV &iSicov

iXOVTa yvocniv. O6pcv Se TO'VS piv ETri pTITOplKTV TOiS 6SE ?iE

ypapparrtKlIv TrOUS 86 EiTr TiV TCOV qUvaolKcvV LTrrta1v TrpiXovTras, &AXous 8' acx 1TrXciv i' ETEpa, 7TpocayOpEUsIE TOVS T-nV TCOV

vCalKav Oecopiav &CoKouvTas itAoao6pouv oloveil pXouvTas TOV

0oq0p6v, OrEp i iou KaAEdv TOV O0EV, Te V Si TOJTOOV yvcoriv piXoao9iav avao6ycos T-rv qXiav T-rS CaopiarS croq0iav yap, dcs STIrl EiprlcTa, Ti1V TO OEo0i yv&oatv cov6oiale. Ta-rTa nTuOay6pas.

And see especially the variant given after p. 9, 17-18 (... aocpiav TE Kal T'riv T-rV OVTCOV d&C6icv (XovTa yvctaiv) in cod. Parisinus 1973, f. 14 v. (cf. Supplementum Praefationis III in Ammonius, In Porphyrii Isagogen, ed. Busse, p. XLV): Kal ov TaCITrnv &Tr7AcoS &X& ara oaiav AyopEv TO aac95S, oaarE S8 AEyopIEv TO 9avep6v, 9pavE?pa 68 XEyovav Ta auXca

' TEpi yap

TauTa ia 9iXAoaoqpia KaTayivETai. Ei SE PJn uTroTiTrTr TarTa

pyIv, ouxtl Sl Tf1V oiKiav aCtIKpO6TrTa aaX& Si'a T nlv oiKiar &COeivEav, oCorrEp Kai TarS VUKTEpiaiV 6 it0os COKOTEIV SOKEI Sta

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-rjv &acOvEtav TriS acr0ocrEcos. On Pythagoras and the use of the word philosophia, cf. Diogenes Laertius I. I2 and Aetius, Plac., I 3.8 (= Diels, Doxographi Graeci, pp. 281-

282). It is interesting to notice in the passage of Ammonius' commentary to Porphyry the particular quotation of Homer, Iliad XXIII. 712 as frrEl cop6S ilpapE TriTrcov. In the first place we must observe the occurrence of the word aoq6o instead of KXwAr6u. Eustathius does not quote this variant (which, to judge from Allen's editio maior, does not occur in any manuscript of Homer) in his note to XXIII. 712, but in his note to XV. 412 E0 Ei8ir croqpi|S Uiro- 8OmocaVvi)aiv 'Afivrns (this is the only occurrence of the word ao(pirl in Homer; N.B. this passage is also quoted by Ammonius, Asclepius, and Philoponus) he has a note on the meaning of aoopia where he quotes oqoSb fpapcpE TEKTrcV; cf. Eustathius, Ad II., I023, 12-15: aoq)iav &6 ov Trv XOylK1iv (pqlcTv aAX' arTAws T'-rv TrEXvTlv e0Ei pXXaic, Kacl &aXtora -rfTV

XElpCo)aKTi1Krn, q1Fv oiE TS U'r rooripooa'vaiS 'AOqivnS Kra -rbv 7roilrlTr, v, CfS, Ts wroXXou 6IrlQo0UTai, -rolarcrats -rTXVa 'wtcrraTovros. ol yap -rraXatot oi opovs iKa&Xov &aTavTaS Troj

rTXViTra, 5os TO, o0p6s tipape TEKTCr)V. This variant of Iliad XXIII. 712 was also known to Clement of Alexandria; cf. Strom., I. 4.1: 'OplIpoS SE KCa T-KTrova CTO6v KaXET. It is also interesting to notice in this quotation the word Tirei which occurs both in Ammonius and in Asclepius (cf. also Elias, Proleg., p. 24, 3 and David, Proleg., p. 46, 8), whereas Philoponus starts his quotation with aoop6s.

Lines 50-51: The reference to Plotinus is Enn. I. 3.3. The passage is quoted by Philoponus I. KL. Cf. also As- clepius, In Metaph., p. 15I, 4-6 (Hayduck): 8t6 plcrniv 6 TTAco-rivoS "So-rTov Troi votis T-a p&aelgcri a Trpos oavvEOlapov

rTTS &cacoi&Crou qpOiCEco." Philoponus' quotation of the pas- sage is close to Asclepius' (cf. Philop. I. KI 2-3): TcpacSOTeoV ydp -rots votlS -ra lclpcccr, T Xco-rivos prrra , pbvosS oUVEtICoi6v TriS daccojia-rou p6iEcos. Plotinus, Enn. 1.3.3 has: r yiv 81 paOiTO rca o-rTEV i rp6s vveO8tcr6v Koacravofiloco Kac Tricn-ros &cropa&rou. The reference to Plato is probably to the Re- public; see also below Asclepius' comments on Epinomis 991 E I-992 B 3 quoted by Nicomachus in 1.3.5.

Lines 51-53: Here the reference to Plato is Timaeus 52 B 2, Aoyiaolr -c TVl vo6co. Cf. also Asclepius, In Metaph., p. 131, 18- 9 (Hayduck): ibt Kal 6 ndTaTcov v6ecp Xoylcapo Xlw'Trlv auT-'rv Elval eNEyev and ibid., p. I33, 3: Kal cos 6 flTTrcov q9iaO, v6ocp oy 0iCT 7lrrTr'rTi.

Asclepius I. a and Philoponus I. a are parallel. Philo- ponus most probably did not have anything but the text of the notes from Ammonius' lectures for the quotation or

paraphrase from Aristocles. This did not prevent him from expanding, as may be seen from a comparison of Philoponus' text with that of Asclepius. Notice his expan- sion of the quotation of Iliad XX. 216-217 to 215-2I8. As I have said above, it is possible that only the five different meanings of aoq0ia belong to Aristocles and not the con- nection of each of them with a different period of the evolution of humanity. But even if this connection also Ammonius got from Aristocles, in all likelihood lines I5-49 do not constitute a verbatim quotation and consequently no arguments based on the occurrence of a definite word should be used. And, if this text is to be included in a collection of the fragments of Aristocles, the version given by Asclepius is the one that should be accepted and not that of Philoponus. Heiland in his edition of Aristocles (Aristoclis Messenii reliquiae, Diss. Giessen, 1925) prints the whole text of Philoponus I. a and considers that this, although in part contaminated by some more recent material, contains the essence of a passage of Aristocles' De Philosophia. But after what we said above, it should be

obvious that, at best, only lines I5-49 contain material coming from Aristocles.

Asclepius I. p The lemma given by Asclepius (f srlTioupyias) is more

appropriate than the one given by Philoponus (dX ' 6 yE Fuvray6paS). In line 2, A and M read -r& instead of ydp; for a similar mistake, cf. I. a 5I.

The line quoted from Homer is Iliad XXIII. 318, which is also quoted by Philoponus in a passage which reproduces almost verbatim what Asclepius has stated. The verse was probably quoted from memory; the correct quotation is [l'Tt 5' fvioXoS rrepiylyvETar fvi 6Xoio.

Asclepius I. y Here again the lemmata given by Asclepius and Philo-

ponus are different. The passage starts with the demon- stration of the Neoplatonic notion that the "forms" which are in this world are derivative from the true forms which are in the intelligible world; the heavenly bodies are inter- mediate between the two.

Lines 4-5: rrETiS6 TroiS n'l ocnt wrapaKn<vTal. Both A and M omit Pfi; but it seems to me that the negative is needed.

Asclepius is giving the reason why the things in our world are not Kvpico 6ovra, and since -rrapaKivTat means "being closely connected with" (cf. Iamblichus, De Communi Math. Scientia, p. 88, 17-19 [Festa] KocO6Xov piv o5v Sei

TpoE16Svatl dcs wrapaKEIVTcai T-ri pacTlCraTKiK OEop fi( T -E OEO?oyiKi -rrtiorpTi Katl P 9VuCj1K KT-r.), it seems that we need pn,

which I have supplied from Philoponus (I. y, 3). Cf. also below, lines I2-I3: OUK eioi T-ra Tv-roea o p Kpifcos Ova &AAX

7n-r OVTra, w-rrES1 T-r pt 6Ov-rt Trlraicnlcoul. In lines 35ff., the passage where Aristotle calls the

objects of knowledge KcaOapa and (pcoorToKa is identified as Metaphysics a minor; Philoponus does the same thing (I. y, 33-34). This is the same passage paraphrased by Asclepius and Philoponus in I. a and which many critics take as a fragment of Aristotle's De Philosophia. Against this see also Introduction, p. 14 and n. 70, and the note to Asclepius I. a.

In lines 45-53 Asclepius paraphrases Phaedo 65 A 9ff. The same paraphrase occurs in Philoponus I. y, 40-45. The text of A, M, and P is confused here and I have cor- rected it according to the text of Philoponus; see the critical apparatus ad loc. This is but another proof that

ultimately A and M go back to the same archetype (see Introduction, p. 2I).

In lines 68-71 Asclepius quotes Timaeus 27 D 6-28 A i. In explaining this passage Asclepius argues against those who interpret the Timaeus as asserting that the universe had a beginning in time because Plato calls the cosmos

YEvT-TOs. Asclepius argues that Plato calls the cosmos yEv1rT6s because it always is in process. Philoponus, as we saw (cf. Introduction, pp. 1o-I2), has substituted this explana- tion with a more non-committal bi: TO-r auvVEXS T-rf pETa-roXfij and has suppressed the polemic against those who inter-

pret the Timaeus as asserting a beginning in time for the universe. The defense reported by Asclepius was a favorite one since the time of Middle Platonism. Cf. Alcinous, Epitomd XIV. 3 (Louis): oTrav 8i EDlTr (sc. &TA&cov) yEVTITOV lvacl TOV KO6aClov, ouX ovrcos aK&ouorTov av-ro, Cds ovTos

rrOTE- Xp6vov EV (C OUK ?iv KOCIJ6OS- d'aj a SIOTI a6ti iv yVEcrEl ca-rl Kal [EpCaiv E Ti-S aCTOUro OTooaT&CXOE S &PXIKCOTEp6v Ti aTinov. Cf. also Taurus, apud Philoponus, De Aeternitate Mundi, pp. 145, 8-I47, 13 (Rabe) and Proclus, In Timaeum, vol. I, pp. 290, I3-29I, I2 (Diehl).

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In line 75 I have emended aourcp to aior6v The dative cannot be right because both (a) "it (sc. the quotation) does not mean for him...", and (b) "he does not mean yEvrTrov by it..." are impossible. T6 cannot be the subject of pouXErai and, moreover, in (b) the article is in the pre- dicate, and in that case it can only be understood as introducing a quotation and not as part of the quotation itself. This is precisely why I have emended the text: "there (sc. in the Timaeus) he does not mean (this) "it is generated," that is, that the cosmos came into being; for he says that it is always becoming, etc." The conjecture of p2 (cr6ts) does not solve the problem.

In lines 78-79, 60ev Kal 6v (v-rTi -roU Kupios 6vTro) oEU8TroT- Eo-rt refers to the cosmos. What Asclepius means is that, despite the fact that the universe has no beginning or end, it still is not true being; cf. Asclepius I. i 7-II, where a propos of the same passage of the Timaeus he says: Sta iravrTs yap pET Kai Tp-rrETa, Cos Kal TTRcovTc qrrolv Ev Tiliaicp, -rt EKETVa pIEV YEvECiV OVK ?EXEI, a\X' aEl 6vra io'i, Ta 6E T6SE

yivovTal, 6 Ea-iv daIXoloOvTai-r Kal OUK Eiov OUSETtOTE Kupicos OVTa. See also Asclepius I. I13-I4.

Asclepius I. 5 Here again the lemmata of Philoponus and Asclepius

are different. The reference to Aristotle is to the Posterior Analytics 71 B I5-I6, 88 B 3off., etc.

Lines 3-4, dael s-rTEXoVTa EV TcOr K6aOCO are a quotation of Nicomachus I. 2 (lines 11-12 [Hoche]) which Asclepius proceeds to explain. This corresponds to a different pa- ragraph in Philoponus (= Philoponus I. e).

Asclepius I. E Again, here, the lemmata of Asclepius and Philoponus

are different. Line 2: cf. Aristotle, Categ. I A 1-3: 6pcjvuJpa Ayyerat civ

ovo,ia povov KOIV6V, 6 S Ka-rOI, TOiUVOpa ?o6yoS rfiS oocriaS ETEpOS, olov Zcov 8 TrE avepcOTro Kal TO yEypaIppVOV.

Asclepius I. S and L I-io For a comparison of these passages with the corre-

sponding ones in the commentary of Philoponus, see Intro- duction, pp. 9-Io. In both passages Philoponus gives the same lemmata as Asclepius, but those of Asclepius are fuller.

Asclepius I. L Ioff. Here it is necessary to suppose that rTac-ra 86 K-rT. are

meant to be a commentary on d&ao,barra in Nicomachus (= 0-i in Philoponus).

Asclepius I. i In line 7 Asclepius starts to comment on the words

a&X' de1 pi-rappei (cf. crit. app. ad loc.); this is indicated by a different paragraph in the commentary of Philoponus.

In lines 8-13 Asclepius paraphrases Timaeus 27 D 6-28 A 4: Ti TO 6v adEi, yEVEcIV SE OUK ?XOV, Kal Ti TO ytyv6OEvov pEv d(E, iv 5E OUETTOTE; rTO 6V p8 VOTO'EIv pEET Ao6yov TrEpitX7TrT6v, aEl KCCa Ta rTa ov, TO 8' ai 5665 p1ET' ai6iotEcorS &?6oyou so~aor6v, yiyv6OEvov Kal d&TrO7XAUpEVOV, OVTCrS BE OUSoETTO-E OV.

This passage of the Timaeus is quoted verbatim by Nicomachus in 1.2.2.

Asclepius I. ia In lines I-7 Asclepius refers back to I. a where he pointed

out what is the purpose of Nicomachus' Introduction to Arithmetic. The three things stated here, namely, (a) that philosophy is love of wisdom, (b) that there are five dif-

ferent meanings of aoo6s, and (c) that true philosophy has as its object eternal being, were stated in I. a. The same reference backward we find in Philoponus.

In line 4 the manuscripts of Asclepius have 'AptIao-roTXrl instead of 'AplorroKXfi but the emendation is obvious if we compare this passage with I. a. According to Hoche's edition of Philoponus the latter here has 'ApltoroKXfiS. That the two names were easily confused by scribes is shown by the fact that in I. a some manuscripts of Philoponus have 'AporroT\riXs for 'Apo-roKXAfs.

For lines 17 and 26-27, ECUlota, cf. Aristotle, Nicom. Ethics o098 B 2I. Notice also the example of the builder of the house and the connection with the Aristotelian final cause, etc. All this Asclepius gets from Nicomachus.

Lines 33ff: There is a scholion in M (f. 98v.): TrAjXfoS IUEV TTri TO TrAEov, pIyE0os 8 ETTI TrO EXraoTTOV' Tr yap TrrAXfos dTr6

pov&8os dpX6,pEvov Kal ETr T-rO TAoV TrpoXCopEiv Kal rrEpas oUK

ETrri5XETalv TO SE PEyEe0os &rO O6yKou apXo6Evov, EiTa EiS AXr6TTOTEpa KaTaTEjpVO6pEVOV TrhV alrElpiav EXEl Kai TO &6plT-rov pEXPI arlpEiov, oi5 ppos oUSEv TU-rlrieval pI.d 5uv&pEvov.

In line 49 -rTara refers to rTO CTVEXS Kal TO r SopalolEvov. Lines 66ff.: The reference is to the Republic, Book VII,

especially 5I9 C 8ff. Cf. Asclepius, In Metaph., p. 20, 6-i6 (Hayduck): CdOrTE a cia ov -rfS o Trp&aEcbs EoTlV, da&X TrfiS Ecopias. 6pCoS .IEVTOI YE 6 1Ra-drcov TrapaKE?VEjETai TOOS q)iuAoKaS &V&yElV )Xp(pi TfiS TrpcbT-riTS ECOpi'as EiTrd q)cTrIV O.r Kal TrdaXv pEETa TO avayayEiv acrroUs KaTayaycopEV ETr -rTlV OAXh V Kai T]V pov-Tia TCOV UliKCOV TrpaypT&rcv. Kai qcricnv "ETrTOPEi- Xovut yap Tri 0pEwaplvir TrE Kat wal TrEuacra av-TOUS Kal -TOIOU- rTOS aTrOT-rEXE&Co l." caTE oOU SET1 XyElEV "Sia T-i yECOpETpOiUEV q

&CTpovo0poupEV; OUT-r y&p oTI KEp5os EVT-rEOEV." aC-Tai yap at TrlaT-rfai tLTroOv-rTa oiu St KEp6os, &XXa Sia T-rO ya0ov -rTS

WV)(is KXAipa yap iEaTI Kal 61' aoT-rcov, qlraiv, aVEpX6piEa ErTT T-rV Trpco-TioTrlv raCaov EWTrioT-riIC , T-rV OVTrcoS ao(iav, TIrS ou iS' a&Xo dAX& Si' auT-rv EoTr1V atpETrl.

In line 69, in favor of a&vyEo0ai are Philoponus, As- clepius, lines 64 and 67, and Asclepius, In Metaph. quoted above. Plato (Republic 5I9 C 9) has a&iKOecat.

Lines 76-80: The quotation from Proclus does not occur in the commentary of Philoponus. I am unable to identify this quotation in the extant writings of Proclus. See Iamblichus, Protrepticus, p. 47, i2ff. (Pistelli).

In line 76 we should probably keep 6 = "that which" "as"; to read the article would be perhaps too harsh.

At first it may appear that 6 is the relative of rTaOra in line 80; but in lines 80-8i, TraiCr& E-ov & pouA0XEra 58i T-rTCOVrv Si5&dai, does not refer to Proclus but to Nicomachus or to Ammonius (cf. Introduction, p. I7).

Asclepius I. iy-tS Here the lemmata of Asclepius and Philoponus are dif-

ferent. The corresponding paragraphs in the commentary of Philoponus are in the reverse order; cf. Introduction, p. I3.

Asclepius I. ty Line 2: oU yap TCrV OVTrc)S VOnTlOV. Cf. Philoponus I. rli

1-2: OU58 yap rTEpi TrOV KUpiCoS VorTITOV UTrEpKOCiapiov 6 X6yos vuv, da&Ad TrrEpt TCOV ipa0iopaTrov.

In lines 2ff. Asclepius refers to the famous passage of the divided line, that is, Republic 509 D ff. Cf. Asclepius, In Metaph., p. I42, 7-II (Hayduck): Kat 6 TlaTCrov rr&Xiv Ev T-r TTohXTEria Xappa3vEl piiav EVEiOav Kal TELpVEt avTrV 5iX(a EIS

VOTrl'rV ovcriav Kat aiaOrlTilv, Ka[ T-rV voTrl-rv S5aipET E1S TE VOTIriV Kal 5iavoT-rilV Kal Trd&Xv rTTV T AXXlv ElS atlTOrT-riv Kal EiKaCTOrV.

In line 6 there is a reference to the X6yoi 5rpiovpytKoi which is not reproduced by Philoponus.

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Asclepius I. i0 What Asclepius says about Androcydes is based on

Nicomachus 1.3.3. Androcydes is mentioned by [lambli- chus], Theologumena Arithmeticae, p. 52, 9-Io (de Falco) as 'AvBpoKU68S TE 6 TOveayoptlK6 6 iTEpi T-rV cruip36cov yp&acas. Philoponus I. Ka I8-24 who expands what Nicomachus reports about Androcydes probably did not have before him anything but the text of Nicomachus.

Asclepius I. K-Ky Here again what Asclepius and Philoponus report about

Archytas is based on the quotation that Nicomachus has (Nicomachus, p. 6, I7-p. 7.4 [Hochel]) = Archytas B i

(vol. I, p. 431, 36-p. 432, 9 [Diels-Kranz]).

Asclepius I. Ka In lines 2-3 the manuscripts of Asclepius read Ei p?v

&dX&(. The correction to IpsEv d&SEaE& is necessary and is guaranteed by the text of Nicomachus. This is one more example that A and M go back ultimately to the same archetype (cf. Introduction, p. 21).

Asclepius I. Kp-Ky These paragraphs are in the reverse order. For an

example of this in the commentary of Philoponus, cf. Introduction, p. 13 and above note to I. iy-iS. But, where- as in the case of Philoponus the same paragraphs in the correct order are given by Asclepius, in the present case Philoponus has no corresponding passage to Asclepius I. Ky.

Asclepius I. K8-, Here Asclepius and Philoponus comment on Epinomis

991 E 1-992 B 3 which is quoted by Nicomachus probably from memory. That Asclepius and Philoponus based their comments on the quotation given by Nicomachus is shown by the fact that they both read El TlS EiS ?v pE3Twcov as does the text of Nicomachus according to Hoche. Apparently not all the manuscripts of Nicomachus have Ei (cf. D'Ooge, Robbins, and Karpinski, Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduc- tion to Arithmetic, p. I85, n. 3), but even so it is clear that the text of Nicomachus which Asclepius and Philoponus had in front of them was the same, in this respect, as the one adopted by Hoche. In Philoponus I. KZ Plotinus is quoted; this quotation does not occur in the commentary of Asclepius; but the same passage of Plotinus' was refer- red to by Asclepius and Philoponus in I. a (cf. above n. to I. a). K6. i: EITpT-ral. Cf. Asclepius I. a, 49ff.

Asclepius I. Krl In lines I-3 Asclepius refers back to I. ia 29-30. Same

reference backward in Philoponus, I. KrT.

Asclepius I. Ke In line 2 after oiv buv&auEa either one must indicate a

lacuna, for there is something like -rp6o (piAouoqaiv ivacl (cf. Philoponus I. K0, 2) missing, or one must suppose that mri -ra vorlTa o 6Uoca goes also with ou uSvv&CJea.

This paragraph of Asclepius is very close in language to Philoponus I. Ki and yet we can discern here signs of Philoponus' re-elaboration. This re-elaboration is not limited to his expansions of the text which contained the notes from Ammonius' course; in the quotation of Hesiod, Opera et Dies 291-292 (cf. Rzach's editio maior ad loc.), Philoponus has suppressed iv 6' ES aKpov iKr-Tal.

In lines 11-15 Asclepius quotes an anecdote narrated by Ammonius. This anecdote is also present in the Philoponus

text, but Philoponus has changed it in order to underline his special relationship to Ammonius; cf. Philoponus I. K0 8-11: TOTE yovv T1S ?poi cuvv'ilOs a&ro6?Eltv yECojE6TpilKO0 TrO6S OEcoppalr S irro O TOU SloSaoKx6Aov rrapaAap3cbv Kal Tri

KacraTotKsv iav Eqr)S6JpEvos, lTErSr Trpos TCr) CaujawEpao'pcraT

yEyovEv, avi&caeOa i pr TO Ao 6you Tripas EiAXrp6T0oS, cocrrap El TIS

oycp XAiav filov- l TTroTCr TIV, ETrEltSav SalTavrlETi AuvTrouIpEvoS. See Introduction, p. 13 and Westerink, R.E.G. 77 (I964): PP. 534-535.

Asclepius I. Xa In line 6, after paoiocai, with which Philoponus finishes

his commentary on KAiptiai tcin, Asclepius continues with acra& KaC' CiauTa Eicl Oeica T pcriiatcsra KCa oU pEra TC-rV EviAcov. In the manuscripts of Asclepius these words are indicated as a new lemma, but in the text of Nicomachus we find nothing like it. It is possible that we have here another instance of the fact that the commentary of Asclepius was left in large measure unrevised (cf. Introduction, pp. I2ff.), but it is more likely that in the present case there has been a shift in order to comment on another part of Nicomachus' text and that a scribe mistook these words for a new quotation. At any rate with au-ra Kac' caiTa KTA.

Asclepius comments on Nicomachus I. 3.6 -ri 6E &av?ia KTA. In line 9 there is an obvious shift to Nicomachus I. 3.7

6ocia yap T-rS WuXil KTA. Philoponus I. Aa 5 quotes Odyssey IX. 36; this is not included in the commentary of As- clepius.

In lines 17-18 Asclepius quotes Homer, Iliad V. 127- I28. The same lines are quoted by Philoponus (I. Ap 16-17) with some variations. The text given by Asclepius is on the whole better.

Philoponus I. Aa paraphrases a passage of Plato's Republic which is also paraphrased by Nicomachus; there is nothing like this in Asclepius.

Asclepius I. Ay Asclepius starts by referring back to the passages where

it was pointed out that it is impossible to arrive at the goal of true philosophy unless one has acquired enough knowledge of the four mathematical sciences, i.e. arith- metic, geometry, music, and astronomy (cf. Asclepius I. a, la, te, K6, KT), KO). Same reference backward in Philopo- nus I. Ay.

In lines 5-8 Asclepius paraphrases Nicomachus' state- ment that the ideas are the thoughts in the mind of God (Nicomachus I. 4.2) and his special reference to arithmetic with the words i &apiOpTIlTlKril wroAl-rETCu CTa iap T -r SrBlpopy?c, El yE EKEi EioIV ol AOyol T-rCv EitC&v 1TrVTrCV. Same descrip- tion in Philoponus I. AS, 1-2. Asclepius continues his ex-

planation insisting, as he has done before, that what is in the mind of God is really the LOGOI of things or forms, not the things or forms themselves (cf. above Asclepius I. iy and n. ad loc.). In the reference to Homer Asclepius only mentions Athena and Hephaestos, whereas Philoponus adds a reference to Apollo.

In line 9 the manuscripts read pErpK6oS, whereas the cor- rect reading must be PTE7pr)TKO6S (cf. Introduction, p. 21).

In line 42 6 yEcopETpris is of course Euclid and the re- ference itself says that it is to Book V of the Elements. Same reference in Philoponus I. AS, 25. After showing that arithmetic is the first of the four sciences to be studied because it is arithmetical number that the X6yoi TCOV di6Sv imitate in the mind of God, Asclepius goes on to show that also by its very nature arithmetic is to be studied before geometry, music, and astronomy. Philoponus I. AS has the same content and the two texts are very close

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here; yet Philoponus has modified one thing here, another there, and the reader should compare carefully the two passages to become aware of the way in which Philoponus edited the notes from Ammonius' lectures on Nicomachus.

Asclepius I. A7t Here the manuscripts of Asclepius read KCa&rrep oi T-r

p?ya in the lemma. In cases such as this I have emended, because the text of Nicomachus and the sense guarantee the true reading. The mistake might have been prompted by the fact that Asclepius had in mind oiu p6vov... Kaa&rrEp TO pEya TOOU peiovos; he might have written ov...KaaIO&WEp KTA. and this was changed by a scribe to Kaoc&Trp o0.

Asclepius I. p In the corresponding passage of Philoponus there is a

reference to the Pythagoreans d propos of the "music of the spheres." There is no such reference in Asclepius.

Asclepius I. pa In lines I-5 Asclepius recalls that it has been said that

only through the four mathematical sciences can we reach philosophy (cf. Asclepius I. a, ta, t0, KS, KTr, KO, Ay, etc.) and also that it was shown that arithmetic is by nature prior to geometry, music, and astronomy (cf. Asclepius I. Xy and if.). Now he says that we must study the model that is in the mind of God, that is number (cf. lines 5-8). This has also been said in the commentary to Nicomachus I. 4.2. The same references backward are to be found in Philoponus I. pup I-5. The rest is based on Nicomachus I. 6 which, in its turn, develops the cosmological ideas of the Timaeus in Neopythagorean fashion.

In lines I2ff. Asclepius, following Nicomachus, says that the "dianoetic" number is a composite, aoyKE-Tal apa { O&VTCOV KaO 6OoyEvav Kai EvavTicoV. This definition and the

one in lines 23-26 i a6ppovia ? EvavT-rfov aCUYKEtTai1, ot TTuOa- y6pElo1 5r1XAoUoca cal yap OI apppovia cEaT-i rroXvlyEcov Kai SiXa (ppovE6vTcov Evcocas (this latter definition is taken ver- batim from Nicomachus II. I9.I) probably go back to the fragments attributed to Philolaus; cf. especially fragments 2, 4, and Io (the last is precisely Nicomachus II. I9.I) = vol. I, pp. 407, 408-4II (Diels-Kranz).

Asclepius I. US In lines 3-5 Asclepius reports the opinion of Amelius,

the student of Plotinus, according to whom even the X6yot -rTO KcaKCV are in the mind of God; this text is also reported by Philoponus I. IE 2-3, but there is a misprint in Hoche's edition which has aupAEI in line 2 instead of 'AIEAXlos (the misprint is noticed by Hoche himself at the bottom of p. 52 of the first book). This misprint is probably the reason why the commentary of Philoponus on Nicomachus was not quoted by Zoumpos as the source of fr. XXXVIII of Amelius. Cf. Amelii Neoplatonici Fragmenta. Collegit A. N. Zoumpos, Pars Prior. (Athenis, 1956). Zoumpos gives as his source for this fragment A. Mai's Spicil. Rom. II, 20, which contains a selection of texts taken from Philoponus' commentary.

Asclepius I. PE

The manuscripts of Asclepius give as lemma Kai aOVT-r

ErmrrlaToviK6v. I have added -r6v, which is also the reading of some manuscripts of Nicomachus (Cp). I have corrected the text according to the text of Nicomachus, because there appears to be a mistake by a scribe.

Asclepius I. p0 Asclepius here paraphrases the definitions of number

given by Nicomachus. The definition of number as a col- lection of units most probably originated with the early Pythagoreans in the fifth century B.C. (cf. Cherniss, Aristo- tle's Criticism of Presocratic Philosophy [Baltimore, 1935], pp. 387-389). The second definition or "fluxion" theory is later. On the definitions of number see Heath, The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements 2: p. 280; see also Iamblichus, In Nicomachi Arith. Introd., pp. Io, 8- II,26 (Pistelli), who expands the number of definitions given by Nico- machus. Cf. Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics 1: pp. 69-70.

Asclepius I. vS I-3: Both Asclepius and Philoponus misunderstand

Nicomachus (pp. 13, 20-14, 4 [Hoche) by relating TrapEp- qaivcov to b6vaos instead of to &pTlos, since any even number can be divided into two even or two odd numbers.

Asclepius I. vs We can see that in this paragraph Asclepius is more

explicit than Philoponus in his explanation, but this does not make his text clearer; Philoponus in the corresponding paragraph has suppressed Asclepius' unnecessary repeti- tions of examples.

Asclepius I. vL For Nicomachus' definition of number in I. 8.I and the

special role that he assigns to the monad or unit because of this definition, cf. D'Ooge, Robbins, and Karpinski, Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduction to Arithmetic, p. 48 and note i.

Asclepius I. vr In line i, eipiKapEv refers to pa, especially lines 35-37. Asclepius here merely paraphrases Nicomachus' tri-

partite division of even numbers. He also follows Nico- machus in the tripartite division of odd numbers (which Nicomachus develops in I. IIff.). Euclid in Book VII of the Elements has a quadripartite classification (even-times even, even-times odd, odd-times even, and odd-times odd) which applies to all numbers, whereas Nicomachus' classi- fication of the even and of the odd (which he divides into three parts to balance the tripartite classification of the even) is not very significant. Cf. Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics 1: pp. 70ff. See also Heath's notes on Euclid Book VII, Definitions 11-14 and D'Ooge, Robbins, and Karpinski, Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduction to Arithmetic, p. 192, n. 2 and p. 201, n. I. It is to be noticed that in the corresponding passage Philoponus gives only the classification of the even number, not that of the odd number; see below note to I. Try.

Asclepius I. ve In line 3 there is a shift to comment on TrapaoKoouove S6

aTrrc (= Nicomachus 1.8.6) and this corresponds to Philo- ponus I. ~S.

This passage of Asclepius has a somewhat confused way of stating what Philoponus develops with much more clarity in I. ~S. The interpretation of SiJvauiS as the quo- tient of a number when the latter is divided, which both Asclepius and Philoponus give as the meaning of the word in Nicomachus, is probably mistaken. Svuvapls here should be translated as "value"; cf. D'Ooge, Robbins, and Kar- pinski, Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduction to Arithmetic, p. I93, n. 3 and the references there given.

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Asclepius I. {a In this passage, and in the corresponding passage in

the commentary of Philoponus (= Philoponus I. {r), Euclid is criticized for his definition of the "even-times even." This refers to Euclid, Elements Book VII, Defi- nition 8: &pTXiKli apnoS &api0i6s iaTnv 6 O w6 d&pTiou api0pto

PETpOUIEVOs KTcr& apTlov d&pi0o6v. Of course this criticism does not have any validity, for it depends on the acceptance of the tripartite division of the even number that Nicomachus has given. Euclid's classification is different and is better than the classification given by Nicomachus; cf. above note to I. vrt and the references there given. Criticism of Euclid and the corresponding praise of Nicomachus is not an exclusive feature of the commentaries of Asclepius and Philoponus, for it is also a characteristic of the commen- tary of Iamblichus. Iamblichus himself criticizes the same definition of Euclid in similar terms; cf. Iamblichus, In Nicom. Arith. Introd., pp. 20, 7-2I, 4 (Pistelli). This is one more proof that the Neoplatonists (perhaps with the ex- ception of Proclus) preferred Nicomachus' speculations on number to the more scientific treatment given by Euclid.

Asclepius I. Sp Asclepius here insists in his notion that 8uivapis means

quotient. Cf. above note to I. v0.

Asclepius I. ~S This passage of Asclepius really fails to explain fully

what Nicomachus states in I. 8.ioff. The corresponding passage in the commentary of Philoponus is more precise. See also D'Ooge, Robbins, and Karpinski, Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduction to Arithmetic, p. I94, note 2 and p. 195, notes I and 2. Asclepius I. ~s-oa and the corresponding passages of Philoponus are quite different from one another. The Philoponus text is a better commentary on Nico- machus.

Asclepius I. rlj In line 4, KacI piav KTX. is a commentary on the series

that has an even number of terms.

Asclepius I. oa In line I, EX6yoPev, refers to S, 2 ff.

Asclepius I. op Here the parallelism between the text of Asclepius and

that of Philoponus starts again.

Asclepius I. os Asclepius' note to yvcbPovES is not as full as that of

Philoponus. Cf. also D'Ooge, Robbins, and Karpinski, Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduction to Arithmetic, p. 197, n. 3.

In line 3 Asclepius starts to comment on Nicomachus I. 9.6 = Philoponus I. -rL.

Asclepius I. Tra In this instance Asclepius gives fewer examples than

Philoponus. Both texts are merely a paraphrase of what Nicomachus says in I. Io.

In line 17, EipiKagEv refers to orn, 8ff. In line 53, after -roEie there is a marginal note by M2

that I cannot decipher. It seems to be an addition to the text.

Asclepius I. wrp This seems to have as parallel in the commentary of

Philoponus, 9E, 62 ff.

Asclepius I. Try Asclepius here comments on Nicomachus' tripartite

division of the odd number. One must notice, however, that Asclepius already gave the tripartite division of the odd number in I. vn, when he commented on Nicomachus' classification of the even number. In the corresponding passage of Philoponus the latter refers forward to his com- ments on Nicomachus I. II.I (see above note to I. vri). On Nicomachus' classification of odd and even number, see above note to I. vrl with the references there given.

Neither Asclepius nor Philoponus notice that according to Nicomachus' definition of prime number also 2, which is even, would be prime. But for Nicomachus prime number is a subdivision of odd number, not of number in general. Cf. Heath, The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements 2: pp. 284-285 (on Euclid's definition of prime number [Euclid, Book VII, Definition ii]).

Asclepius I. rrE This does not have a parallel passage in the commentary

of Philoponus.

Asclepius I. rrS For the method that Eratosthenes called the "sieve"

and for its insufficiency, cf. Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics, 1: p. Ioo.

Asclepius I. 9a In line 5, oiTroS (sc. 6 -rTVTE) yap sEurepos means that

five is the second in the series of odd numbers.

Asclepius I. 9y-96 These two paragraphs have no equivalent in the com-

mentary of Philoponus. The lemmata given by Asclepius differ from the text of Nicomachus.

Asclepius I. pa Lines 7-Io refer to TrS.

Asclepius I. p,3 In line 6 ol arrcx refers to the fact that in the diagram

of p. 41 the square numbers had only one number over them; cf. Philoponus (pl 4-5): of uCi' v6OS 9' EcaTOV TroXAXa- arrcaolacrOEvros.

Asclepius I. pE This is a simple paraphrase of Nicomachus I. I3.IO-I3.

For this method of determining common factors, see Euclid, Elements Book VII. I and Book X. 2.

Asclepius I. pS For the ethical distinctions made in lines 27ff., which

are based on what Nicomachus says in I. I4.2, see Aristotle, Eth. Nic. IIo6 B 24ff.

Line 36: For Bias, cf. Frag. d. Vorsokr. 1: p. 65 (Diels- Kranz).

In line 46, with ETrei TOIVVV KTX., Asclepius starts a com- mentary on Nicomachus I. 16.4 (= Philoponus I. ptE).

Asclepius I. p0-pi Here the manuscripts of Asclepius are confused. The

last sentence in p0, of 68 aXXol W-rrv-rES -rTEoi KaTr' Ev?pyElav, is indicated in A, M, and P as a new lemma. But this obviously belongs to p0, whereas what follows is the com- mentary to Nicomachus I. I7.I TrpoT?TEXvoXoyr1Evov KTX., which the best manuscript of Asclepius gives as -wpOTE- XvoXoylcri0aavou. So, having made the necessary emendation, I have taken this and the following words as the new lemma.

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Asclepius I. pi In line 2, Eip1rKaCEV refers to la, 53 ff. Strictly the study of relative number should, according

to Nicomachus' statement in I. 3.I, belong to music.

Asclepius I. pta This passage which paraphrases Nicomachus' classifi-

cation of relative number is somewhat imprecise. In line 31, o' y&p pepoS should be understood as ou y&p

Ev pipos p6vov. Cf. Philoponus I, pKy, 27. In lines 45-48 the text of Asclepius is again confused and

I have emended it in order to make it intelligible. In lines 54-57 Asclepius mentions the (Pythagorean)

notion that equality is the mother of inequality.

Asclepius I. plb In line 3 the commentary shifts to comment on Nico-

machus I. I8.I (= Philoponus I. pKO).

Asclepius I. pK In line i, EIPiKaPEV refers to pill, 17-19.

Asclepius I. pK8 Asclepius and Philoponus paraphrase Nicomachus' defi-

nition of Truve0iv and give examples of it. Truvetfv is the lowest ratio in a series of equal ratios. TruevOive is already used in this sense by Plato, Republic 546 B-C. See D'Ooge, Robbins, and Karpinski, Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduc- tion to Arithmetic, p. 216, note i. For a different use of TruvOpjv cf. Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics 1: pp. II5-117.

Asclepius I. pKE In lines 1-2, EipfiKapXE refers to pia, gff. In line 2, crX?aEls refers to the divisions of relative number;

this is stated by Philoponus I. pAO I-2. In line 5, after fq TuIsep~S I have completed the sentence

with i TrroAaXrrXcaalErrliit6pov q' wroAXaTrXacaiETriu?pEs; this is probably an omission of a scribe, since in the previous line it was said that there are five divisions of the ieetov.

In line 8, o0i e8CEt Ka1 V6Oic, &Ad& uoaEi is taken from Nicomachus I. I9.I4 oiTrro puo'l eiEi Kal oU vOpc -rEEpcp. This distinction was common in the Sophistic of the fifth century B.C.

In line 56 Asclepius jumps from the irni;6pios to the wroXXarrXaalE;rtpiopios, omitting the ETrimEpfis.

After line 90 the manuscripts of Asclepius reproduce the diagram that Nicomachus has in p. 5I.

Asclepius I. pK0 In line 22 notice the vai which is suppressed by Philo-

ponus in a sentence that otherwise is a verbatim repro- duction of that of Asclepius. Cf. Westerink, R.E.G. 77 (1964): p. 53I.

Asclepius I. pAS In line 2, Elp1KapEiv refers to pK8, 1-3.

Asclepius I. pArl In lines 8-91 have excised TiO 86 TpiTov TOU TE-TpTrou peTov;

this phrase makes no sense here and is, in all probability, a scribal mistake: a scribe misunderstood 8ov for "second" as T-rErpTov.

Asclepius I. ppa Here Asclepius fails to explain the lemma of Nicoma-

chus; Philoponus I. p~y gives the correct explanation. It is possible that Asclepius meant to explain only al eISdKai; but even in this case rather than rroXcarracxaier8il-TplTos and roAacTorrXacrlwElrTtapTos he should have written tSirra- oCirarSirTp-ros and rTprlnacxoirrt'raproS.

Asclepius I. pp8 I have included the words rT SI8rAacrlov yap pwVEI in p,y

where they obviously belong. These words are given by the manuscripts of Asclepius as the lemma of a new paragraph. This paragraph of Asclepius corresponds to Philoponus I. p~s but Philoponus gives as the lemma 6a&oKis piv yap (= Nicomachus p. 60, I6-I7 [Hoche]). There are several possibilities: either the manuscripts, or Ascle- pius himself, are wrong when they indicate a new paragraph here and -rTO s8rrTXA ov yap pEveI KTA. is simply part of the previous paragraph, or only the words indicated as a lemma are part of the previous paragraph and the lemma of the new paragraph is lacking, or the manuscripts of Asclepius are correct and -rTO nTrAaX ov y&p PieveF is lacking in the text of Nicomachus in p. 60 after lines 4-5. The most probable alternative seems to me to be that the mistake is due to a scribe and that the lemma is Trap& T-rv rroc6o-rTrca crapovoopaaoeia?Tai; the scribe simply committed a mistake when he punctuated to indicate the lemma.

Asclepius I. pv According to the manuscripts of Asclepius the lemma

includes ErrEl cb Etpr-rTal eipeOiae-ra TO acrro (line 2). But this must be a scribal mistake.

In line 2, Cos eripTrai refers to pAe-pXs.

Asclepius I. pvp This passage should be compared with Philoponus I.

porq-po0. The passage of Asclepius is really parallel to poe. In the other paragraph, poll, Philoponus has intercalated a philosophical digression.

Asclepius here paraphrases the principle of the "three rules" as enunciated by Nicomachus I. 23.7. If we have three equal terms, another three in different ratios can be derived from them, and, conversely, any proportion of three terms may be reduced to the original equality. The purpose of Nicomachus is to show that equality is the mother of any form of inequality (cf. also Asclepius I. pia 54-57 and I. pKe I2ff. and II. a; the latter is his comment to Nicomachus II. I.I). This principle was certainly known to Adrastus in the second century A.D. (cf. Theon, Expositio Rerum Mathematicarum Ad Legendum Platonem Utilium, pp. I07, 24-IO8, 8 [Hiller]). It is very likely that already Eratosthenes in the third century B.C. knew this principle of the three rules; cf. D'Ooge, Robbins, and Karpinski, Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduction to Arithmetic, p. 225, n. i and the references there given. In the present passage Nicomachus gives the process of deriving from three equal numbers three unequal ones in different ratios; in II. I-2 he gives the reverse process.

Asclepius II. a In line I, ETplTrai refers to I. la, 53 ff., I. pia, iff., I. pKe, i ff. Here Asclepius describes the process of reducing three

numbers which are in a given ratio to their original equa- lity. See above note to I. pvp.

Asclepius II. S In the lemma the MSS of Asclepius give EiS and then

?riv iO6TTrlTa KT-r., omitting the rest but preserving the sense. The passage in Nicomachus reads (Nicomachus is speaking of the process of reducing three numbers with a given ratio to the basic equality)... iXplis av eiS iCroT6-ra avaX)CoCiv' eg oui -rcrcaa dva&yKql SlAovoTI &dTwoaivEeaca, T^V i6oTlrTa TOUr

Trpos Ti -roroi o aroiXETov Trravtos evai (Nic. p. 75, 11-14 [Hoche]). Therefore I postulate a lacuna after eis.

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Asclepius II. e In lines 4-5 'v -rij yvXoyovi' flaTT covos refers to Timaeus

35 A if. Lines 7-8 are corrupt and I cannot suggest an emenda-

tion. In line 19 Asclepius starts his comment on Nicomachus

IL. 3.1 and after ?AEYEI YO-V there is a verbatim quotation of Nicomachus; cf. Asclepius, lines 20-22.

In line 20 Py'aE-rai means, with reference to the table in II. 3.4, "it will head a column." Cf. D'Ooge, Robbins, and Karpinski, Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduction to Arithmetic, p. 231, n. 4.

In line 48 Asclepius starts his comment on Nicomachus II. 3.2, but there is no lemma, though &rrO6' 8' -rv -rpi-TrXaaicoY ol iETi-rpt-roi rrTrvTE (Nicomachus, p. 76, I3-I4 [Hoche]) is probably meant.

In line 64, 'v -rf puxoyovi'a refers to Timaeus 35 A ff. In line 70 the commentary shifts to comment on Nico-

machus II. 4.3. Asclepius starts with a quotation from Nicomachus, p. 79, lines I4-i6 (Hoche), from which he omits only ol &(vcT-raTco.

Asclepius II. 5 In line 21 the commentary shifts to Nicomachus, II. 5.5. In line 32 Euclid is mentioned (same reference in

Philoponus, II. K 6). Cf. Euclid, Elem. VI, def. 5.

Asclepius, II. L The three alphas that the manuscripts have after

1I'TrOTETaKrt l (lines 4-5) are meant to be an example of

-frap&NATIAos F'_KeEals.

Asclepius, II. 0 For the role of the six categories of relative position

and motion in Neopythagoreanism, see D'Ooge, Robbins, and Karpinski, Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduction to Arithmetic, p. 238. n. 4 and the references there given.

Asclepius II. ia In line 14, after eiOpiaKco O-ri 6 8 obviously a scribe has

omitted avv-rTieTlI.ii Tv 8 Kadi T6bV s, yiVOV-ral i- 0 I apa Tp1YCyVOs. 1TcAlv LyTCO -rou 8 T riS jcTrEPEXel Ciova8i, Evp1(iox oTr 6 E; (cf. critical apparatus for the reading of A in lines 13-I4). The mistake was caused by homoioteleuton.

In lines 37-38, Eoo-rt 8i Kcxa &5?rT C.0o8oso TSrpETay6cVCov, T1T1ris 6vop&LE-rai 8kxauAos, Epipy-ral 8iE Katl 'Ev TaTis $iJvrIKCaiS, refer to a course on Aristotle's Physics given by Ammonius; see Philoponus, In Phys., p. 393, 15-27 (Vitelli) which is based on Ammonius' lectures; cf. Introduction, p. 14f.

Asclepius II. If In line 26, Epi'KCaPEv refers to II. S, 72 ff. After line 5o the manuscripts of Asclepius reproduce the

diagram that Nicomachus has in p. 97, except that one more line with the 6K-ra&yovoi is added. The principle that Nicomachus ennunciates in II. II4 and which Asclepius (lines I-25) and Philoponus (II, pIa) paraphrase was en- nunciated in the second century B.c. by Hypsicles; cf. Diophanti Alexandrini Opera Omnia, 1: pp. 470, 27-472, 4 (Tannery):Kal da'rrE8EX0rlX -r6o -irap'a 'YyiKX?E gV Opco XEyO.LJEVOV ori ~&v 5aiv #piOj.oi dirT 'iova8oo 'v io't al rrTEPOXf 6-rrOC-iOv,

'SovSo& IEvoVr'a; -ri rS epoXfiS, 6 iT-rTcaS 'oriv Krp{yo)vos, 8Va'8O& 8E>, TE-rTpaycv s, -rTPi680o 8E, 7rEv-TraycovoS- ?E'yE-rai 8E TO

Tr?d'ios TCOV YCOViYOI) Ka(-'a -r6v 8vai I EiLova TT1s 0rrepoXfs, irrXevpcad 8 a'Tcv TOI Tr20eoS TCOv E'KTEeEV--c)V acyv Tij p BOV&i. See also, Op. cit., p. 472, 20ff.

Asclepius II. iy After line 32 Asclepius is confused about the pyramidal

numbers that follow io; the next is 20, not 15, etc. As- clepius has confused the bases with the pyramidal numbers.

Asclepius II. i8 In line 3, 'bS Eiprl-ra refers to II. iy, 13 ff. Nicomachus (p. 104, 2-4 [Hoche]) says that we may

encounter the names of the truncated pyramidal numbers Ev aviyypaippaai p6c7w-ra -ro!S0 ECEp?.a-riK0To!. Now both Ascle- pius (lines 8-I2) and Philoponus (II, v, 4) take this to be a reference to a sort of Theologumena such as the one that Nicomachus himself wrote. This interpretation of the reference is approved by Tannery, Md5moires scientifiques 2: pp. 188-189. But Nicomachus may simply be referring to theoretical writings on Arithmetics; at any rate there is no reason to think that in the Theologumena Nicomachus treated of the numbers that are truncated pyramids.

Asclepius II. iS-iql The anecdote about the duplication of the cube is not

included in the commentary of Philoponus. For the anec- dote cf. Theon Smyr. (from Eratosthenes' Platonicus), p. 2,

3-12 (Hiller); Eratosthenes, ap. Eutocius, In Archim. (3: pp. 88, 23-90, ii [Heiberg] cf. Hiller, Eratosthenis Carmi- num Reliquiae, pp. I22-I37); Plutarch, De E ap. Delph. 386 E; De genio Socr. 579 A-D; Philoponus, In Anal. Post., p. 102, I2-20 (Wallies), Anonymous Prolegomena, 5. 15-24 (p. i i [Westerink). See Heath, A History of Greek Mathe- matics 1: pp. 244-270. The manuscripts of Asclepius have a scholion which I have transcribed in the Introduction, note 30.

In ir after ?&lyovcriv in line 52 A has omitted some words, but because the manuscript is damaged I cannot read the first two lines of the page (cf. Introduction, p. 21).

Asclepius II. im In lines 7-8 the reference is to Timaeus 35 A if. Lines 87-91: the text is corrupt in line 89, but the

emendation (&irroTro7Q6E-rai) is guaranteed by a parallel passage of Asclepius where the same experiment is des- cribed; Asclepius, In Metaph., p. 92, 20-25: 6Oiocos Kcai i-rr -rTiS Si& -rrac'a&v ap[povicas, j-ris E&o-r Kca Ka-TaKopEa3CCTrrr Ea-ri 8' 6 -roio-rToS ?o6yoS 8lTr7axuloS. i6o AE'v -ris -'rrayyiav 0EfrT -riQv Kie6pcxv, Epf3&Joi SEi Kap(pos Eic; Tilv vFUvpaO' -riv airro-rE7AoiUaav -r6v 8i'ar7v-

oiov M6yov, Kp0oac 8i Trp6& - iSv P

aXEOirl, &rTTOTra7'ETrai T6

KapPos- ToaavJT1l Ea-i ri avpITfrc6Eiac, KaiT-rol &a\Acov K1<apqv, E-rrEp EsEV, PTI K1VOvpEvCoV. Cf. also Aristides Quintilianus, De Musica II, xviii (p. 90, 2-6 [Winnington-Ingram]): El yap -ris 8iio XopS65v 6pioyco'ov E' s Iv -riv i-rE pav 1IIKPav 'vEeE0irl Kca KOCiIplV KcaVaXplv, ea-rEApav 8i -rr6ppco re-rapE'vrjv 1rVEIEIV, 6pyETrai -r7v KcAaXarlp6pov E'vapykrTa-ra aVYKIJ OVTyKiPvoto w 8EIv' yap cbs EQIKEY 1 OEida -r' Vl Kca Si -r6v a'y'XWv 8p&aalc -ri Kai 'vepyipcEat.

Asclepius II. Kp In line 2, EIP'jKapIEv refers to II. Ka.

Asclepius II. N In line 3, dpiyg-rai refers to II. Ka0, i if.

Asclepius II. ?4 In lines 58ff. the reference is to Timaeus 3i B 4if. In line 63 the reference is to Plato, Republic 545 D if.

Nicomachus himself refers to this passage of the Republic (cf. Nicomachus II, 24.11 [p. I3I, 7ff., Hoche]). Philoponus refers to the passage of the Timaeus, but not to that of the Republic; he adds, however, a reference to Homier's Golden Chain and an allegorical interpretation of it.

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Asciepius II. Ay Since what is said in lines 8-io is at variance with what

was said about the arithmetical proportion at the begin- ning of the paragraph, we must assume that dv-rao0a in line 8 refers to the harmonic proportion; ivrTa-iOa, sc. iv fi9 appIOviK1) &(vcaoyi4.

Asclepius IL. 2r Here again in line 6 we have a lacuna, for the multipli-

cation of 4 by 9 is lacking.

Asclepius IL. As In line x, ElpliKCapEV refers to 11. AP, 73ff. In line xi,EipElp-ra refers to I. Ka, I I fff., AP, 78-79 and if.,

etc. In line i6, M8i8&6a1.uv refers to I. ta, 53ff., I. pta, 4ff., L,

pKs, iff ., II. a, i ff.

Asclepius II. A?rl In lines 5-6 there is a mistaken reference to Aristotle's

On The Soul. This reference, which is not to be found in the commentary of Philoponus, is another proof that the commentary of Asclepius was left unrevised (cf. Intro- duction, p. I2f.). It should be noticed that in Nicomachus, p. 135, line 12 (Hoche), the subject of cpaaol is those who agree with, or follow, Philolaus, and this same opinion held by Philolaus' followers is attributed by Asclepius to Aristotle. This mistaken reference can perhaps be explained. In the school of Ammonius a passage of Aristotle's De Anima (4io A i-6) where Empedocles is quoted was taken to represent the Pythagorean notion that the cube, a harmonic proportion, was the structure of the earth, etc. Cf., e.g., Philoponus, In De Anima, p. 176. 28ff., a lengthy passage from which I quote only pp. 176, 32-177, 8: iGIISe v5T1 Eils -rjv yvFoiv T-ov ovvTov ToCvs apI.OViKo1* of Tveayo'6- pEtot -TrapAap3avov C&ptDpo*,s. Ei's -rv y)vro-tv oitv -r6$v 6o-rC5v rrapa?apa'.4&vE -rTOv 6KTCb, T16T1 -rrpCoTros KlJ3Os 6 T, TO SE KVPIKOY

oc(Xlhi &Tr0viO1JCi Ti) xl), ..a.a ST KyjO '

CYos iyKEtral ~S dcppo- VIKCOV e&plepOv- EXE1 yap TrAEVP'as PIEV &bo'&Ka, y'Covcia &' O'KTc,

-rrireBa 8' ES? eXovaiv oiiv -rTa P'V &Cb&EKa -rrp065 -r'ov TOKTcb TOY

Tpli6?Uov 7o6yov, T-rp'Os 'E -r& Ta Ei' TOv SrirrMoiov, 6 SEi 6K'TC' rrp6os -r6v i'E -rT6v A1Tri'TplTOV. oiiTot S'i 0 p1 dcp 0l 0rrooOiYatv &ppOVtKO\IS Xo6yovS' K'r?. See also Simplicius, In De Anima, p. 68, 5-8: 'ETri1lpoS' SB, Tov-JTrTrv ivapp6vtoS, EipTI-Tat f yij i,s K\POS KCTria

Til v nvOay6pEtov iTapa'SoaTIV T'oY yap KtPOv SI& T O SCSEKa itv nElY TTkevp&s 6KT6 Si yc.vifa S 6' Si lirieSa rTI'v 'appoviK?v

-rroioOivra &vaWoyicav (ppoviav !Kx&2ovv. Ammonius, then, while lecturing made this reference to Aristotle's De Anima, a text into which he read the notion that the cube was a harmonic proportion; Asclepius did not remove or change this mistaken reference probably because he did not revise this part of the commentary; Philoponus omitted the reference altogether.

In line 8, E.ipAKag-Ev refers to II. KG, 67ff.

Asclepius II j.

In line 50 -rrEpi TOiTwCvY TraV ..ao... A ends. Cf. p. 21 and n. io6.

In lines 73-77 Asclepius repeats Nicomachus' statement in II. 28.3 that it is a characteristic of the subcontrary proportion that the product of the greater and the mean terms is twice the product of the mean and the smaller. This is a false inference of Nicomachus', for it happens to be true only of the particular example of subcontrary that he gives, namely, 3, 5, 6. Cf. Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics 1: p. 98. For the correct enunciation of the characteristic of this proportion (i.e., the product of the greater by the middle equals the product of the middle by the less multiplied by the ratio), cf. D'Ooge, Robbins, and Karpinski, Nicomachus of Gerasa. Introduction to Arithmetic, p. 282, n. 2.

Asclepius II. pif i: In M, &pPIOVIKIj -TEMXE10'T1TOs, the final words of the

previous paragraph, are indicated as a new lemma; but, since they seem to belong to the previous sentence, I have supplied TEWEIOT-5(rTTs (Nicom., p. 144, 20 [Hoche]) as the lemma of the new paragraph. For &PJJOVIK1lV cf. also Nicom. II 26, 2.

64-66: Both Asclepius and Philoponus misunderstood Nicom., p. 146, 22-23 (Hoche); for the correct explanation see the addition to, or the gloss on, -TprCoTrAv in the margin of Nicom. C: fTrot -rTav bi& S ?n St&' E. Cf. also Boethius, De Institutione Arithmetica I, 54 (Friedlein): unde notum est, quod inter diatessaron et diapente consonantiarum tonus differentia est, sicut inter sesquitertiam et sesquialteram proportionem sola est epogdous di_ferentia.

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INDEX TO THE INTRODUCTION AND TO THE NOTES TO THE TEXT

(a) Index of Names

Adrastus, p. 79 Alexander, of Aphrodisias, p. i6, 73 Alexandrian School, p. 8 and n. 34;

p. 14, i6, 18, 20, 22 Allen, T. W., p. 74 Amelius, p. I7, 77 Ammonius, son of Hermeias, p. 8ff.,

73ff. Androcydes, p. 76 Anonymous, Comm. on Nicom. Introd.

Arith. (probably the work of a By- zantine scholar) = Tannery's Re- cension IV, p. 5, 6, 7, 18-20, 21

Apuleius, p. 5 and n. 3 and 4 Archytas, p. 22, 76 Aretin, Ch. F. v., p. I9 n. 103 Aristocles of Messene, p. 17, 73, 74 Aristotelian, p. 76 Aristotle, of Stageira, p. Io-II, 13,

14-15 and n. 73; p. I6, 17, i8, 20,

73, 74, 80, 8I Aristotle (the teacher of Alexander of

Aphrodisias ?), p. 73 Arsenius Olbiodorus, p. 7, i8, 20

Asclepius, passim Athanasius II, p. IO n. 48

Bandini, p. I9 Boethius, p. 5 and n. 5 Bruns, p. 22 Bullialdus, Ismael, p. 20 n. Io5a Busse, p. 73 Bywater, I., p. 14 n. 70; p. 73

Cassiodorus, p. 5 and n. 4 and 6 Cavalieri, De', p. 20

Cherniss, H. F., p. 14 n. 70; p. 77 Clement, of Alexandria, p. 74

Delatte, A., p. 7 and n. 22; p. 8 n. 29; p. i8 n. 101 and 102

Deucalion, p. 73 Dick, A., p. 5 n. 7 D'Ooge, with Robbins and Karpinski,

p. 5 n. 2, 3, and 5; p. 7 n. 28; p. I5 n. 76 and 8i; p. 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 8i

Empedocles, p. 8I Eratosthenes, p. 78, 79, 80 Euclid, p. 8 n. 30; p. I5, I6 and n. 86;

p. 17 and n. 93; p. 76, 78, 80 Eudoxus, p. 15 n. 84 Eustathius, p. 74 ]fvrard, p. o1 n. 46 and 48; p. ii and

n. 50 and 5I

Eyssenhardt, F., p. 5 n. 7

Festugiere, A.-J., p. I6 n. 90 Friedlein, G., p. 5 n. 5

Haase, W., p. 14 n. 70; p. 17 n. 9I Hardt, I., p. 7 and n. 25; p. I9 and

notes I03 and 104 Hayduck, M., p. 8 n. 34; p. 20 n. 105;

p. 22, 73, 74 Heath, T.L., p. 5 n. 2 and 3; p. 15

and n. 75, 77, and 79; p. I6 n. 87; P. 77, 78, 79, 80, 8i

Heiberg, p. 5 n. 10; p. 6 n. I2 Heiland, p. 74 Heronas, author of a comm. on Nico-

machus, p. 5 and n. 10 Hesiod, p. 13 Hippasus, p. 15 n. 84 Hoche, R., p. 5 n. I; p. 6 and n. I8 and

I9; p. 7 and n. 21 and 25; p. 9 n. 38; p. I2 and n. 53; p. 12-13, 76, 77

Homer, p. 80 Hunger, H., p. 20 Hypsicles, p. 80

Iamblichus, p. 5, 6 and n. 15; p. 15-I7, 78

Isaac Argyros, p. 6-7, i8 Isidorus of Seville, p. 5 and n. 4 and 8

Karpinski, cf. D'Ooge Kutsch, W., p. 6 n. 14

Lindsay, W. M., p. 5 and n. 4 and 8

Mai, A., p. 77 Marinus, p. 7, 8 Martianus Capella, p. 5 and n. 7 Mercati, G., p. 20 Moraux, P., p. 73 Morelli, J., p. 19, 20

Mynors, R. A. B., p. 5 n. 4 and 6

Neoplatonic, p. 74 Neoplatonic commentaries on Nicom.,

p. 5ff., 22

Neoplatonic (developments of Nico- machus), p. 17

Neoplatonists, p. 78 Neopythagorean p. 77 Neopythagoreanism, p. 80 Nicomachus, passim

Oliveri, A., p. I9

Pachymeres, G., p. 6 and n. 13 Philolaus, p. 15 n. 84; p. 77, 8i Philoponus, passim Pingree, D., p. 12 n. 53 Pistelli, H., p. 6 n. I5 Plato, p. IO-I2, 13, 17, 73, 76 Platonism, Middle, p. 74 Plotinus, p. 76 Proclus Procleius, p. 7-8 Proclus, Neoplatonic philosopher, p.

7ff., 8 and n. 29 and 30;p. I3, 76, 78 Psellus, p. 6 n. 12 Puntoni, V., p. I9 Pythagoras, p. 14, 15 n. 84; p. 73, 74 Pythagorean, p. 79, 8i Pythagoreans, p. I6 and n. 85; p. 77

Quadrivium, anonymous, sometimes falsely attributed to Psellus, p. 6 and n. I2; also Quadrivium of G. Pachymeres, cited in p. 6 n. 13

Rabe, H., p. 22 Revilla, P. A., p. I9 Richard, M., p. IO n. 40; p. 14 n. 67;

p. I6 n. go Robbins, cf. D'Ooge

Stephanou, R. P. E., p. 6 n. I3 Stephanus of Alexandria, p. 20 and

n. I05 Stevenson, H., p. 20 Suidas, p. 7-8

Tannery, P., p. 6ff., I8ff., 80 Thabit ibn Qorah, translated Nicom.

into Arabic, p. 6 and n. 14 Thales, p. 15 n. 84 Thymaridas, p. i6

Untersteiner, M., p. I4 n. 70

Vancourt, R., p. 20 n. 105

Westerink, L. G., p. 8 n. 34, 35, and 36; p. 9 n. 38; p. io and n. 42, 45, and 48; p. ii and n. 49; p. I3 and n. 54;p. I4n. 67 and 69; p. 6 n. 9o; p. 22 and n. 107; p. 76, 79

Xenarchus, p. 8 n. 36

Zeegers-Vander Vorst, N., p. 6 n. 12 Zoumpos, A. N., p. 77 Zuretti, C. O., p. 20

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(b) Passages of Ancient Authors Cited or Re/erred to

Aetius, Plac. I 3.8 (Diels, Dox. Gy., pp. 281-2), p. 74

Alcinous, Epitome XIV.3 (Louis), p. 74 Alexander, De Mixtione (Bruns) 226.

9-IO, p. 22 In Metaph. (Hayduck) 105.

8, p. 22 Amelius, frag. XXXVIII (Zoumpos),

p. 77 Ammonius, In Porphyrii Isagogen

(Busse) 9. 7-23, p. 73 and also in the version of Cod. Paris. I973, f. 14 V, p. 73

9. 7-I5, P. 14 Anonymous (= Tannery's Recension

II), In Nicom. Isag., in A. Delatte, Anec. Athen. 145. I9-I46. 20, p. i8 n. 102 145. I9-I46. 5, P. I8

beginning and end of books I and II, p. 6

Anonymous (= Tannery's Recension IV), In Nicom. Isag. (beginning of commentary), p. i8 beginning and end of books I and II, p. 6; see also p. 20

Anonymous, Prolegomena to Nicoma- chus' Intr. Arith. in Diophanti Opera Omnia vol. 2, 73-76 (Tannery), p. 6 n. I5

Anonymous, Prolegomena to Platonic Philosophy 5.15-24 (p. ii [Wester- ink]), p. 8o

Archytas, frag. B i (Diels-Kranz), p.76 Aristides Quintilianus, De Musica II,

xviii (90.2-6 [Winnington-Ingram]), p. 8o

Aristocles, TTEpi ploao(pi'as in io books (= Vestigia I [Heiland]), P. 73

Aristotle, Categ. iA 1-3, p. 75 De Anima 410 A i-6, p. Si MUetaph. 993 B 7-II, p. 14

and n. 7o; p. 73 Nicom. Eth. io98 B 21, p. 75

iio6 B 24ff., p. 78

Post. Anal. 71 B 15-16, p.75 88 B 30ff., p. 75

Arsenius Olbiodorus, author of the (un- metrical) epigram transcribed in p. 7

Asclepius, In Metaph. (Hayduck) 3.30-34, P. 14 4.30-35, P. I4

5.6, p. 8 and n. 33 10.28-ii.6, p. 73 10.30-II.5, P. 14

14.32-I5.2, P. 14 I9-33-34, P. I4 20.6-16, p. 75 40.16, p. 8 and n. 33 43.36-37, p. 8 and n. 33 89.4-5, p. ri n. 49 90.27-28, p. ii n. 49 92.20-25, p. 8o 92.29-30, p. 8 and n. 32

II4.1-I0, p. 14

114.29ff., p. I4 117.24-32, p. 14 121.5, p. 8 and n. 33 13I.i8-ig, p. 74 133.3, p. 74 142.7-II, P. 75 151.4-6, p. 74 17I.9-I1, p. II n. 49 186.1-2, p. II n. 49 194.23-26, p. II n. 49 226.12-15, p. II n. 49 236.11-12, p. 15 n. 73

Asclepius, In Nicom. Isag. (Tarkn) I. a, p. i8, 19, 20 n. io5a; p. 21,

73, 74, 75, 76 a 5, P. 21 a 6ff., p. 14 a 8-io, p. 14 a 21, p. 20 n. Io5a; p. 21

a 34ff., p. I4 a 39, p. 21

a 49ff, P. 76 a 51, p. 21, 74 a 62-64, p. i6, i8 P, p. 74 y, P. 74 y 36ff., p. '4 and n. 70 Y 47-5I, P. 21

y 55-68, p. II

y 68-79, p. II and n. 49 8, p. 75

E, p.75 S;, p.-9, I2, 75 L, p. 9 and n. 38; p. 12, 20 L I-I0, p. 75 E I, p. 21 L ioff., p. 75

1, p. 75 7-II, p. 75

1 I3-I4, p. 75 ta, p. 75, 76 ux 3-5, p. 73 ia 3, p. 21 la 23, p. 23 ia 29-30, p. 76 ta 69, p. 21

ia 76-80, p. 8 n. 30; p. 13 n. 6o ta 8o-8i, p. i6 ty-1S, P. 75 ty, P. 13, 75, 76 IS, p. 13 tO, p. 13, 76 K-Ky, p. 76 xa, p. 22, 76

Kf3-Ky, P. 76 KS-A, p. 76 KS, p. 76 K8 9-io, p. i6 KlI, p. 76 1e, p. 76 1(0 8-15, p. I3 Aa, p. 76

AY, p. 76 7-y 9, p. 21

Ay 68-69, p. 22 Xy 83-84, R. i6, 17 ?ll, p. 77 P, p.77 .tga, p. 77 pa 40-4', p. I6 PS, p. 17 n. 10o; p. 77 P.E, p. 77 Pe, p. 77 vS, p. 77 vS, p. 13 n. 64; P. 77 vL, p. 77 vll, p. 77, 78 Vil 28, p. 22

VT) 49-50, p. i6, 17 v%, p. 13 n. 64; p. 77 ~a, p. i6 n. 86; p. 78 9f, p. 78 gS-oa, p. 78 9S, p. 78 9S 33-34, p. i6 9'n, p. 78 oa, p. 78 OP, p. 78 op 99-i01, p. i6 OS, p. 78 OT) 35-37, P. i6 ira, p. 78 Tra i6-17, p. 22

ira 57-58, P. 22

rrf3, p. 78 -rP II, P. 21

Try, p.78 ITE, p. 78 TrS, p. 78 rrs 2, p. 21

irS I8, p. 22

rrS 19, p. 22 Tr5 26, p. 22

9a, p. 78 9y-98, p. 78 Pa, P. 78 PP, p. 78 pE, p. 78 P5, p. 78 ps I03-105, p. 17 p0-pt, p. 78 p', p. 79 pta, p. 79 pta 54-57 p. 79 pIy 5, P. 22

pIS, p. 79 pK, p. 79 pK8-, p. 79 pKE, p. 79 PKE 12ff., p. 79 PKL I-4, p. 17 Pi(, p. 79 pK(0 7ff., p. 22

pAS, p. 79 p?l., p. 79 pPa, p. 79 PP8, p. 79 pv, p. 79 PVP, P. 79

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TARAN: ASCLEPIUS OF TRALLES ON NICOMACHUS

II. a, p. 79 8, p.79 E, p. 8o E 93-95, p. I7 n. 92

s, p. 8o S 40, P. 22

L, p. 8o 11 2 p. 22

0, p. 8o ta, p. 8o ta 37-38, p. 14 ia 68-70, p. 17 n. 92 ip, p. 8o i3 61-63, p. 17 iy, p. 8o iy I4-I5, P. 22

'Y 43-45, p. 17 n. 92

iS, p. 8o iS-iTq, p. 8o iL 8-17, p. I3 n. 6i "Ir 58-6o, p. 17 n. 92

ie 56-57, P. 17 n. 92 K 7I-73, P. I7 n. 92 Ka, p. 8o KY( 98-99, p. 17 KP, p. 8o A, p. 8o ?Aa 5I-52, p. 17 AP, p. 8o 74 6o, p. 21

Ay, p. 8i

WE, p. 8i AS, p. 8i AL 2, p. 21

M-n, p. 8i All 5-6, p. I3 n. 55 NO 24-26, p. 17 n. 92

p, p. 8i P 5o, p. 21

i. 76, p. 21

pp, p. 8i Bias, cf. Frag. d. Vorsokr. (vol. i, p.

65,2 [Diels-Kranz]), p. 78 Boethius, De Institutione Arith. (Fried-

lein) 11.54, p. 8i Cassiodorus, Institutiones (Mynors)

140.I5-20, P. 5 n. 4 Clement, Strom. 1.4.I (vol. II, p. 16.9

[Stahlin]), p. 74 Damascius, Vita Isidori, ap. Photius,

Bibi. cod. i8i, 127 A 5-10 (Bekker = p. 192, Henry), p. 14; Bibi. cod. 242,

341 B 22-28 (Bekker), p. 14 David, Proleg. (Busse) 46.8, p. 74 Diog. Laert. 1.12, p. 74 Diophantus, Opera Omnia vol. i,

(Tannery) 470.27-472.4, p. 8o

472.20ff., p. 8o

Elias, Proleg. (Busse) 24.3, p. 74 Euclid, Elem. V, p. 76

VI, def. , p. 8o VII, p. 77 VII.i, p. 78 VII, def. 8, p. 78 VII, definitions 11-14,

P. 77

VII, def. II, p. 78 X.2, p. 78

Eustathius, Ad II. 1023.12-15, p. 74 Eutocius, Comm. in Libros De Sphaera

et Cylindro, in Archimedes, Opera Omnia cum Comm. Eutocii vol. 3 (Heiberg) 88.23-90.I1, p. 8o

I20.20-23, p. 5 n. io Hesiod, Opera et Dies (Rzach) 291-2,

P. 76 Homer, Iliad V.I27-8, p. 76

XV.412, p. 14, 73, 74 XX.215-2i8, p. 14, 74 XX.216-217, p. 73 XXIII.3i8, p. 74 XXIII.7I2, p. 14, 73, 74

Odyssey IX.36, p. 76 Iamblichus, De Communi Math. Scien-

tia (Festa) 88.17-I9, P. 74

In Nicom. Arith. Introd. Liber (Pistelli)

4.12-5.25, p. I5 n. 8o

i0.8-24, p. I5 n. 84 i0.8-ii.26, p. 77 11.1-26, p. I n. 84 i6.iI--20.6, p. i6 n. 85 20.7-21.4, p.I6 n.86;

P. 78 30.27-31.21, p. i6 n. 86 34.20-35.IO, p. x6 n. 85 62.18-68.26, p. i6 n. 87 75.25ff., p. 15 n. 74 75.25-26, p. 15 n. 75 8o.ii, p. 15 n. 75 8o.2o-22, p. 15 n. 75 88.I5-9I.3, p. I5 n. 83 88.16-17, p. 15 n. 75 88.24ff., p. 22

lamblichus, Protrepticus (Pistelli) 47. I2ff., p. 75

[Iamblichus], Theologumena Arithme- ticae (de Falco) 52.9-I0, p. 76

Isidorus, Etymologiae (Lindsay) III. 2.1, p. 5 n. 4

Marinus, Vita Procli 28 (Boissonade), p. 7 n. 28

Nicomachus, Ench. Harmon. (Jahn) 260.I2-i6, p. 5 n. 3

Introd. Arith. (Hoche) I. 1.2, p. 75

2.2, p. 75 2.4, p. 13 2.5, p. I3 3.1, p. 79 3.3, p. 13, 76 3.4, P. 76 3.5, p. 74 3.6, p. 76 3.7, p. 76 4.2, p. 76, 77 6, p. i5 n. 82; p. 77 7.4, p. 77 8.i, p. 77 8.6, p. 77 8.ioff., p. 78 9.6, p. 78

10, p. 78 iff. p. 77

ii.i, p. 78 130IO-I3, P. 78 14.2, p. 78 1i64, p. 78 I7.1, p. 78 i8.i, p. 79 19.14, p. 79 22.2, P. 79 23.7, p. 79

II. I.-, p. 79 1-2, p. 79 2.2, p. 79 3.1, p. 8o 3.2, p. 8o 3.4, p. 8o 4.3, p. 8o 5, p. I5 n. 82 5.5, p. 8o

II4, p. 8o

12.1-2, p. 15 n. 76 I4.5, p. 8o

I9.1, p. 77 24.II, p. 8o

26.2, p. 8i

28.3, p. 15 n. 78; 8i 29.1, p. 8I 29.4, p. 8i

Philolaus, frags. B2, B4, Bio (Diels- Kranz), p. 77

Philoponus, In Anal. Post. (Wallies) I02.I2-20, p. 8o

332.5-24, p. I4 De A eternitate Mundi (Ra-

be) I45.8-147.I3, P. 74 De Anima (Hayduck)

23.26-24.3, p. 14

I76.28ff., p. 8i 176.32-177.8, p. 8i

[Philoponus], De Anima (Hayduck) sed re vera Stephanus 457.24-25, p. 20 n. 105

Philoponus, In Meteor. (Hayduck) 49.25-52.5, p. II and n. 50 50.20-28, p. ii

In Nicom. Isag. (Hoche) I. a, p. 74, 75, 76

a 7ff., p. 14 a 8-42 Mistakenly at-

tributed to Aristot- le's TTpE 9Il?*oaoc{as (= fr. 8 [Ross]), p. 14 n. 70

a IO-I3, p. I4 a 20, p. 73 a 32ff.. p. 14 a 75, p. i6 Y 3, P. 74 y 33ff., p. 14 and n. 70 Y 33-34, P. 74 Y 40-45, p. 74 Y 46-54, P I2 n. 52 Y 54-58, p. ii 6, p. 75 C, p. 9 and n. 38; p. 12

ii, p. 9 and n. 38; 12, 20

84:

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8-1, p. 75 IS 4-5, P. II, 15 n. 73 IL, p. 13 iii, p. 13 ill 1-2, p. 75 Ka, p. '3 Ka 18-24, p. 76 Kl, p. 76 KL 2-3, p. I3 n. 63; P. 74 Kul, P. 76 Ke, p. 76 Ko 2, p. 76 KO6 6-ii, p. 13 Ke 8-ii, p. 76 Aca, p. 76 ka 5, p. 13 n. 63; p. 76 AP 16-17, P. 76 Ay, p. 76 AS, p. 76 AS 1-2, p. 76 AS 25, p. 76 AS 51-52, p. i6

VP '-5, p. 77 lp3 24-25, p. x6 PE 2-3, p. 77 Sa, p. 13 n. 64 S6 I5, P. i6i, I7 tS, P. 13 n. 64; P. 77 tTI, p. i6 n. 86; 78 o8 65, P. 16 rrL, p. 78 irL 3, p. i6 irre 45-46, p. r6 9e 62ff., p. 78 PE 4-5, P. 78

Athens, Nat. Libr. No. 1238, p. 8 n. 29

Bologna, Bibl. Univ. No. 2734 (Olim i82), p. 19

Escorial, Bibl. Monast. No. I45 (T II 6), p. ig

Escorial, Bibl. Monast. Y-I-I2, p. Ig, 20, 21, 23

Firenze, Bibl. Laurent, Plut., LVIII 29, p. Ig

Istanbul, Cod. Gayri Islami Eserler, Poz Topkapi Sarai 5, p. 12 n. 53

Madrid, Bibl. Nac. No. 4707 (Olim 0 28), p. 19

Madrid, Bibl. Nac. No. 4746 (Olim 0 I5), p. 19

Milano, Bibl. Ambros. B 77 (Gr. 105), p. 7, 9 n. 38; p. 19, 21-23

INDEX

PIE, p. 78 PIE 35-36, p. 17 PKY 27, p. 79 PYCS 7if., p. I5 n. 73 PK0, p. 79 p?e 1-2, p. 79 pSy, p. 79 P~S, p. 79 P011-pO8, p. 79 PO1, p. 13 n. 65 POII 3, P. 22

II. K 6, p. So K 13, p. 22

KS 6, p. 22 Aa igff., p. iS n. i01

oa 19-24, p. 18 Aax Ig-20, p. 14 pia, p. So tl3 25-26, p. 17 v 4, p 8o 0 23-24, p. 17 -ir 20, p. 17

In Phys. (Vitelli) 393.15-27, p. I4 n. 72;

p. So 583.I3-5854, p.10o n. 47 583.14, p. 0 fl. 47 584.4, p. io n. 47

Photius, Bibi., cod. 187 (Bekker p. 48 Henry) 145 A 35-40, P.1I4 (See also under Damascius, Vita Isidori)

[Plato], Epinomis 9gIEl-992B3, p. 74, 76

(c) Greek Manuscripts Cited

Milano, Bibl. Ambros. H 58 sup. (Gr. 438), p. i'

Milano, Bibl. Ambros. J 83 inf. (Gr. I050), p. 19

Modena, Bibl. Estense No. 245 (III G 12), p. I9

Miinchen, Bayer. Staatsbibl. No. 76, p. 19, 20

Miinchen, Bayer. Staatsbibl. No. 431, p. 7, 9 n. 38; p. 19, 20-23

Miinchen, Bayer. Staatsbibl. No. 482, p. I9, 20

Napoli, Bibl. Naz. III C 7, p. 20

Napoli, Bibl. Naz. III C 9, p. 20 Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barocci

I13, p. 20

Paris, Bibl. Nat. No. 1973, P. 73

85

Plato, Phaedo 65 A 9ff., p. 74 Republic 509 D ff., p. 75

519 C 8ff., p. 75 519C9,p. 75 545 D ff., p. 80 546 B-C, p. 79

Timaeus 27 D-28 A, p. ii 27 D 6-28 A 4, P. 75 27 D 6-28 A I, p. 74 31 B 4ff., p. So 35 A ff., p. So 52 B 2, p. 74

Plotinus, Enn. 1.3.3, p. 74 Plutarch, De E ap. Delph. 386 E, p. So

De genio SOcr. 579 A-D, p.8o Proclus, In Eucl. (Friedlein) 212.24-

213.2, p. 8 n. 30 In Timaeum vol. I (Diehl)

290.13-291.12, p. 74 Scholion on Asclepius, In Nicom. Isag.

II. it = Proclus, In Eucl. (Fried- lein) 2I2.24-2I3.2, p. 8 n. 30

Simplicius, In De Anima (Hayduck) 6i8.5-8, p. 8i

De Caelo (Heiberg) 42.17, p. 8 n. 36

In Phys. (Diels) 59.23-30, P. 14 n. 68

Suidas, sn. Proclus (3) vol. 4 (Adler) 210, p. 7

Taurus, ap. Philoponus, De Aeternitate Mundi (Rabe) I45.8-147I3, p. 74

Theon, Expos. Rerum Math. (Hiller) 2.3-12, p. So I07.24-Io8.8, p. 79

Paris, Bibl. Nat. No. 2375, p. 8 n. 29 Paris, Bibl. Nat. No. 2376, p. 7, 21-23 Paris, Bibl. Nat. No. 2377, p. 7 Paris, Bibl. Nat. Suppl. No. 292, P. 20

n. io0a Torino, B VI 29, p. 20 Torino, C VI i6, p. 20 Vaticano, Cod. Reg. Graec. ii1, p. 20 Vaticano, Cod. Gr. 256, p. 20 Vaticano, Cod. Gr. 1411, p. 6 Venezia, Bibl. Marciana No. 397, p. 20 Wien, Osterreich. Nationalbibl. Cod.

Phil. Gr. 35, p. 19, 20

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INDEX TO THE TEXT

A. Proper Names and Passages Cited or Referred to by Asclepius

'Aqnva, I.a.34; I.Xa.I6; I.Ay.I6. 'ApWAos, I.p8.3. 'AppclwVOS, I.S.4; I.L.2 (6 OeTos s86CaKa-

Aos); I.K. I I. 'AvSpoKj8Or1, I.t. I. 'ATrW6Xov, II.il.9; and in line 14

6 A4XmioS. 'Api-roKAfiS, I.a.i6; I.ta.4. 'Api-o-roi&S, I.a.9 (cf. Metaph. 993 B

7-II; see note on I.a); I.y.30 (cf. Metaph. 1043 A 35, I050 B 2, etc.); I.y. 36-39 (Metaph. 993 B 7-11); 1.8.1-2 (cf. Anal. Post. 71 B I5-I6, 80 B 3off., etc.); I.a.4; II. XA.5 (false reference to the De Anima, cf. note ad loc.); II.p.52-53; 103.

'ApxTrras, I.K.I. 'ATpoSirr, I.Ay.8o.

Bias, I.pS.36.

AvEKaXicov, I.a.20o. AXAioi, II.it9.g.

EUKE{iSrn, I.Ay.42 (6 yeo PiTpT1S, cf. Elements, book V); I.a.5 and 12

(Elements, book VII, def. 8); II.S.32 (Elements, book VI, def. 5).

'HaioSos, I.K0.6 (Opera et Dies, 291- 292).

"Hatoo-ros, I.Wy.I6.

AuVYKE S, I.ca.77. MoOvat, II.XA.65.

NIKO6pCXOS, I.a.4-5; I.xa.7; I5; I.K6.4; I.Ay.5; 59; I.pvp.30-3I; II..30o; II.1p.63.

'Oplpos, (referred to as 6 TrolrlTriS, r rToilcis, etc.) I.a.26-28 (Iliad, 20, 216-217); I.a.33-35 (Iliad, 15,412 and 23, 712); I.p.4-6 (Iliad, 23, 318); I.Xa.I7-I8 (Iliad, 5, 127-128); I.Xy. 16 (mistaken reference to Iliad, 5, 6I-62?); I.Xy.6-I7 (Iliad, i8, 400).

nlA-rcov, I.a.5I; I.a.53 (Timaeus 52 B2); I.y.46-53 (Phaedo 65 A 9ff.); I.y.69 (Timaeus 27 D-28A); I.1.8

(Timaeus 27 D 6-28 A 4); I.ia.66 (Republic 519 C 8ff.); I.iy.3 (Re- public 509 D ff); I.KS.7 (in KS-X Asclepius comments on Epinomis 991 E1-992 B 3, which is cited by Nicomachus); I.Ay.9 (6 lTTArcov -r& EiSil &aplOiiOUS wrpocayopEOEl: this is not a citation, but an interpretation that goes back to Aristotle); II.E.5 (Timaeus 35 A ff.); II.E.8 (Timaeus); II.lL.13; II.Ka.7 (Timaeus 35 A ff.); II.XP.58 (Timaeus 31 B 4ff.); II.Xp.63 (Republic 545 Dff.); II.p.52; II.P. .03.

TTAcoTrlvos, I.a. 5I. lTp6oKXo, I.la.76. lTuvayoppac, I.a.44; 46; I.pa.40. TTluayO6pEioi, I.pa.24; II.irB.17; II.P.52;

II.p.103.

Xo0Kp&aTS, Iy.7.-

Tipiacos, II.Ka.7 (a reference to Timaeus 35 A ff.).

)ti6AWaos, II.Anr.2.

B. Mathematical and Philosophical Terms

(This is a list of the most significant mathematical and philosophical terms; it is not an exhaustive index, for I limit myself to list one or only a few occurrences of each word. Except in a few cases, I give only the masculine form of adjectives.)

ayco86v, I. 8. 6; I. ia. 16, 17, i8, g19. dyyEWos, I. ia. 40. ayvoia, I. a. II; I. ,ao. 11.

Sxlaipe-ros, I. vl. 22. di6lov, I. y. 73 (Ta& &i6a, I. a. 42; I. y.

2). aoaroatis, I. i. 13. alrOlTr6v, I. Iy. 4; I. Ly. 7. al-ia, II. il. I8.

dKacapocaa, I. ca. 79. dKo7aciaa, I. PS. 31. caKparos, I. ve. 3. aKpoS, I. oa. 12. A6iEIla, I. Ap. 2. dAfieEv, I. a. 30. &AMEwra6xrov, I. 16. I-2. &aXoi6co, I. y. 9; I. L. 5; 6; 8; I. i. Io. dAXoioclS, I. t 4. &Aoicc-roTiK, I. I. 3. &XAoicooT6v, I. y. 5-6. &6oyov, II. Ka. 41. &aeprpS, II. 1e. 18. &prrap&Arlo, I. y. 3; 6; 8; 21; I. 0. 2. dpTroXos, I. VS. 4- dvcxOKayr co-S, I. vL. I.

dv&yKlr, I. pa. 36 (ypappCWKaTS D&v&yKai).

dvoayp&qco, II. Ka. 53. &vdyco, I. .. 2. &vam68XOpai, I. v. 12-13. dvaipico, I. Ay. 26; 27; 28. dvaGXo[coTos, I. L. 7. &vaXoyico, I. pa. 7. &vcAoyia, I. oa. 9; I. p7. 13-14. dV&7xoyos, I. oa. 14; . ; I. pA. 2; I . . 2 a&v&dsva, II. a. 8. &vai?co, I. Try. 25; II. a. 7. avaTro5ioa6o , I. Ay. 77-78. avao-rpoqi, I. pv5. 2. avaToiti, I. y. 59; 60; I. Xy. 78; I. p. 5. avSpEia, I. ps. 29. dVEpiSEos, I. y. 19. av(o-S, I. Xy. 65. avepcowroS, I. y. 7. &vIoov, IP.v. 3; I. vy. 3. avitOTrpS, I p. pa. 56. dvio-r-mI, II. ie. 5. avopoy?eviS, I. or1. 3I. advooS6i5S, I. vy. 20; I. vE. 2. dvrTaTrKpivo,Ual, I. g0. i.

dvT?roTpaGpx vcos, I. pvy. 2. &vnTrrapcovuvJopGai, I. -q. 2; II. e. 23. &dvTnrTrrov06Tcos, I. va. 3; I. oP. 41-42.

86

avrtnEpicao-ras, I. 5s. 16-17. d&vrioTppyco, I. pv8. 5. dVT1roTp6opos, I. pvE. 13. &nrapiOpco, II. Xi. 2I. eTreipov, I. ia. 44; 49. drfw'Xrlcla, II. lip. 62. &TT76TTIS, I. PS. 32. dar6o856ei, I. K8. I4-I5. anWo,pIipUopai, II. ry. I6. arwOTrX\,apa, I. AS. 1-2.

TrOi6pacitS, I. vp. 1-2. &p6Tri, I. ps. 27. CptlpiETtKr', I. a. 6I. apip65o, I. ca. 45. app6Oco, II. S. 72-73. &ppovia, I. K1. 2; I. u. 3. &ppOVIK16, II. Ka. 68.

apTnos, I. pa. 27; 29-31 (Tr &pd-nP KiS ap- T-OV, TO dpTOTrEpirTTOv, T6 TrEpia&dp- TIOV).

dPTICjbvios, I. vO. 6. dPTI{cS, I. pIE. I. d&pXrv1Tos, I. A7. 6. dpXql, I. pa. 37; I. vy. 9. dPXIKSI, I. I. 73- aPXoEl5As, I. vy. 7-

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&caqapis, I. ve. 5. d&oKapSapcvKuTi, I. y. 41. d&OKEiV, I. ia. 27. da-rip, I. Xy. 75. a&cTpov, I. K?. 3; I. p. 4. d&-rpovopia, I. ia. 63. davcrveTOS, I. Try. 31. &acbcparos, I. y. 52-53. drTEX's, I. XE. 6. aTrprlTos, I. o3. 48-49.

'rpEn-rros, I. L. 7; (Tr aTpEr=a, I. y. 3, 32, 33, 54.)

a&vos, I. py. 3 (Tr& &OXa, I. a. 53; I. y. 54).

&uAcos, I. Xa. 9. aOu&vco, I. ia. 45. ahr|rlS, I. ia. 44. ccaroprlpca, I. py. 3. d&cpapco, I. rrs. 120.

aXpova, I. y. 33.

p&dos, II . 83. paots, II. ty. 22. pa-rpCaXIov, II. XA. 7.

ygveats, I. y. 70; 72; I. t. 9; I. pa. 35; I. vri. 4.

YEvrlTos, I. y. 75. yEVIKcoS, I. pca. 44. yEvos, I. a. 2. yEcopErTpia, I. ta. 63. yEcopeTpItKr , II. Ka. 25. yiyvopai, I. 1. IO. yiyvcotaKo, I. y. 4I. yAa(pup6v, I. Tra. 2.

yvcbcov, II. ia. 67 (yvcbovEs, I. o5. I; 3.) yvcoats, I. a. I2; 49; I. ta. 28. ypagpp6i, I. KG. 12.

ypappitKi, I. pa. 36; II. I. 2. ypaupplKcoS, II. iL. 21.

ycovia, II. i. IO.

StElia, I. ps. 30. SEKTIKin, I. y. 20. 6Eo8p65, I. K[. 2.

86vrTpco8o60upv?, I. pKK. 7. 86XXopat, I. vS. i. SrllJoupyia, I. P. I.

8rlptoupyIKi, I. p. 2. 8rlptoupylKOs (Aoyos), I. ta. 37; I. ty. 6. Srlploupy6s, I. Ay. 7-8; I. Xe. 4; I.pa. 6. Sopc.bSls, I. pa. 39. Staycbvios, II. 13. 35. SialeryvvuP, II. KE. 2. 8iQE~Cnis, I. E. 9. BiaipeClS, I. ta. 35; I. vL. 25. SIatpETov, I. ia. 49. StaipEco, I. iy. 3; 4; I. iy. 7; I. ia. 34. StlKpivco, I. Trs. 6.

S&KpIrlos, I. ia. 39. staX?KTiKm, I. Xa. 3; 4- BiaXvruv, I. Try. 26. SI&prETpos, II. Ka. 51-52. Siavorlr6s, I. ly. 2; I. ly. 5; I. up. 1-2. i8tvota, I. pp. 5. Siapep6co, I. p. 7. Stau LaLil, II. 5. 76.

INDEX TO THE TEXT

i8&aTrpaoc, I. p. 4; I. Xy. 75. SiauAoS, II. ia. 38. BlaEqpco, I. KE. 7-8. Staqcop&, I. KE. IO. Bi6XEla, II. KE. I4. BtKalocarvrl, I. PS. 27.

BK6oAovpos, II. 8i. 6-7. Stopi[co, , ( tcr opioapvov) I. ia. 42; 43;

I. ip. 2. BtirroXaoacco, I. ~e. I2.

Starr7aoia'cr6s, I. oa. 2. 5lTrwaclE'rrilTrTEprTS, I. pPy. I .

58tTAavo'7TrrTTapTos, I. pp,y. 10. 8TrWXaoclEr'iTplTos, I. ppy. 5. STrrrXaaciprm 6l? ioS, I. ppE. 6. 8rrrX&olos, I. Ay. 37; I. pia. I4-I5; I6-I7. 8iXa, I. vO. 2.

8iXS,, I. Xy. 33. SiXoTropia, I. vq. 25. 86yupa, I. KO. 9. SOKiS, II. S. 64. 566a, I. i. I2. 8uas, I. vy. 7. buvapis, I. i. 3; I. ia. 40. 8ucTs, I. Xy. 78. 8uCmi, I. y. 59.

eyKqaX?os, I. y. 65. ETIBo, I. y. I8; 27; (Et6n, I. y. 2I; I. Ay.

8; I. pa. 29.) iKao-rov, I. ly. 7; 8.

EiK6ocoS, I. pvL. 19. EiKcbV, I. pp. 5. EioEcppco, I. 7y. 28-29.

EKaTrovraycovos, II. Ip. 4. KOEo'IS, I. ~T. 5; I. OF. 92.

EKT-riti, I. o. 3. EAeyXco, I. ~a. 4. EXAaXprwo, I. y. 40. EapSa, 5, I. 0. 4. aXXEAils, I. ps. 27; II. ta. 55. AATtnWS, I. ps. 5.

EvaXX&a, I. prj. 2. &vavT'oyEvis, I. oI. 29. vavTroTrcaOi5, I. oS. 3. vav-rios, I. vi. 23; I. pa. I4.

EvavTto-rTS, I. pS. I.

v,E8Xopat, II. iP. 7. ivVpyEia, I. y. 29; 30-31; 57. EVOco, I. pt. 2. ivvuos, I. Aa. 7.

EvvoCTi, I. la. 39; 41. iraycovos, II. i. 27. iaTra7ixlos, I. pirT. I9-20. rnISieprps, I. pvE. 4; II. ,ua. 25. rrliT-rpilos, I. pAy. 3I-32; I. pAX. Io-II.

ETriEKTroS, I. pKE. 56. ?mteppis, I. pia. 30; I. pKE. 5. 'Trij6ptos,, I. pia. 21-22; 43. TIrrtvoco, I. a. 30.

~wrrivoia, I. a. 32; 39. riTrrESoS, II. i. 8.

?iTirrEE0T-os, I. pia. 29. ET1m-rqpil, I. S. 2; I. ia. 50; I. re. 4. T-rarlMpOVlK6OS, I. Try. 38.

'rTiTacls, I. Xy. 63. ETri-rETapros, I. pla. 29.

87

ErrtTrrTpanKTros, I. pAy. 36. hTrrt-rTpaPeprlS, I. pve. 5. E'rrlT'TpaTrET-Tro5, I. p7L. 13.

TIrrTpiPtEpS, I. pve. 4. TrrtTprTErapTos, I. pAy. 33. iTriTprTOS, I. ia. 58.

t?rlwavia, I. Ay. 34- 7roySoos, II . . 3.

hTrr.aycovos, II. ia. 63. TnrrTaXrrcalos, I. pirt. 20.

eTrcovupia, II. t. 5. orreppiao, I. Ay. 80. [T6popnKTns, I. rrs. iii. rEpo'TTrs, II. ITI. 9.

-rEpcOvupEco, I. ply. 3. TEpocbvuJPos, I. 'rS. i.

ETUiJuooyEco, II. Is. 2. tOuaicroroia, I. ia. 24. Eulcoia, I. ia. 17. EOEiTa, II. s. 84. Ee'Uypapp,os, II . i. I. E6tAycos, I. pvL. 6. EJOpECrs, I. Ki. 8. evXOpai, I. y. 67. ypZ)EtS, I. ia. 16.

6iEpai, I. la. 22.

~ECOa, I. Ay. 8 I.

Icot, I. ta. 26. LCOov, I. E. 2; I. ia. 24.

etiKos, II. 1S. ii. iAlelOT6rr , I. p5. 31. iqlAos, I. y. 43. qilioA6os, I. ia. 58; II. y. 4. qiCtov, I. Ay. 56; I. vL. 20.

EToS, I. . 2; I. t. 2; I. ia. 66. Oeicos, I. ,lu. 2. IEoAoyia, I. ia. 69. IEoXoytKos, I. ia. 72; II . 69-10. E6Es, I. y. 64; I. i. 6.

Oecns, I. pKE. 8. ecpEpco, I . Ia. o; I. ly. 5.

0ecbprlpa, I. KO. 13.

GecoprjpCaTlKOs, II. 1i. 9. Iecopia, I. a. 42; I. pia. 62; II. E. 95. 6pacrvrrTs, I. PS. 30..

iStKcoS, I. pia. 44- iaos, I. vy. 3; I. oa. I3. ico6rrAvpos, II. p3. 36. iaoTrIs, I. pla. o1; I. L. 9-1o.

KaCapos, I. y. 21; 63; I. Xa. 20.

Kaeapcos, I. Aa. 15. Ka6oouov, I. op. 46. KaKia, I. ps. 26. KaKS6, I. PS. 4. Kavcbv, II. E. 7. KaraKAuch ioC5, I. a. 20. Kaacrr6&riiS, I. 1O. 4. KaoravTaco, I. T7r. I21.

KOIVOS, I. Vi). 36. KOIVCOVECO, I. y. 56; 6i; 62. KOlvovifa, I. KE. II; 13. KOlvco5, I. oy. I.

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K}6XAo7, II. xA. 7- Ko0op6s, II. 16. 5. K6Aovpos, II. 18. 6. Kopvu^, II. iy. i6. K6oxIVOV, I. rrS. 4. KoCaUp , I. 8. 5; I. IE. 5. K6apos, I. y. 76; I. 5. 4; 5. KVpOS, I. pr. 3. KUKXAK6S, II. Irl. 38. KvKXOS, I. Z. 13. Kvpicos, I. y. 4. KCoVIKOX, II. it. 21.

AIlS, I. a. 64; I. oT. 36; I. ps. Io4. AoytK6s, I. ta. 25; 26.

Aoyiapo6S, I. a. 52. A6yos, I. Tl. 2; (A6yos 56rjnoupyiK6s, I.

ta. 37); I. ta. 6o. AoMi, II. S. 93.

paOlarroa, I. a. 51; 58; I. pa. 2.

paeirCpariK6s, II. Ka. 6.

peyEOos, I. ta. 48. E0Qo1oS, I. sE. 2.

pEIovEsIa, I. ps. 29. pdicoaCs, I. ia. 44. piEAos, II. Al. 15. psEpto6S, II. t0. 19; 21.

pipos, I. Kp. 6; I. vs. 5; I. ve. 7. CiraoS, I. S5. 6.

pCEOTrinS, I. Ay. 3; I. nl. 5- pT-rap?rlTos, I. y. 6; 57; 77.

ErTapoAil, I. y. 58-59. srTpEcO, I. VTj. 35-36.

pEsTpTTIKo5, I. Ay. 10; I. Arl. 12.

pETpov, I. VT. 36. PfiKos, I. 'ra. 20; I. rrS. 6I.

prlXaviKi, I. Aa. 8. pltpopat,l, I. S. 3; 5; I. la. 70. povaB5KcoS, II. I3. 34. pov&S, I. ta. 46. PovXEs5, I. Ay. 33. p6ptov, I. pia. 22.

povUCIKn, I. ia. 57. POUCIaKO (A6yos), I. Ay. 47. puveOSES, I7. y. 17.

voEco, I. y. 36. voTrTOS, I. y. 2I; I. ty. 9; I. pa. II.

v6pos, I. a. 38; I. pKE. 8. voOs, I. y. 49; I. I. II.

vvKTrpis, I. y. 44.

PuA&plov, II. Ae. 7.

666s, I. a. 3; 62. olKeia, I. y. 40. 6KTaycovoS, II. p3. 24. 6KT-r5pos, I. Ay. 36. 6KTcnTrcrrios, II. E. 66.

6AXoKAipcoS, I. pir. 1-2.

6Aos, I. Kp. 5. 6poyEvrS, I. pa. I3-14; I. otr. 33- 6ouoest1s, I. vy. I6. 6poloyEsvS, I. orl. 29-30.

6poAoyia, I. KS. 4. 6porayfrS, II. E. 74-

6poToayco& I. pl. 3. 6POu, I. o. 13. 6pcbvvpos, I. a. 14. 6gcovvicos, I. E. 2. 6v, I. y. I-2; I. ta. 7. 6vopa, I. a. 46. OTrcOS, I. a. 3. 6pyavov, II. At. 16.

6pe6ycovos, II. Ka. 55. 6pico, I. a. 5. 6pic'p6s, I. pa. 38. OpIorlKos', I. Ay. 12. 6pos, I. Z. 13; I. v. 7. oup&vios (r& o0p&via), I. y. 55. ovpav6S, I. y. 62. oOaia, I. y. 28.

-ravoupyia, I. ps. 32. rrapdyco, I. y. 3. irapaS1Eypa, I. S. 5; I. l-3. 4- irapaKEimal, I. y. 5. -rrapaKoAouveco, I. orl. 28. rrapacKo?ouvOrla, I. vrl. 4-5. Trap&AA1iyis, II. KE. 3. -rapaXAi6nX [rri'rEBos, II. iL. 2-3. Trap&XAArlXoS, II. E. I. TrapaAXXc icoS, II. ta. 4. rrapacorriLco, I. p\. 3. Trapcovvpia, I. 15. 1-2. rrapcbvvpos, I. vO. 8. TrapcovvpcoS, II. S. 36-37. TrEVTa'ycovos, II. I. 7. TrevTorarwXaoEETrTplros, I. ppy. 6-7. ?rrEvTaTrrX&clos, I. prl|. 17. wTEpaivco, I. la. 44-45. -rrEpas, I. 1. 5. rrspioSos, I. p. 6.

TrrploploTlKOS, I. Ay. IO-II.

T EpTrrrO, I. ta. 56; (rTO rTprTOV Kal aoirv- OETro, TrO sEVTEpov Kal ai o0ErOV, rbO v

pacpC TrorVTcv [= rTO wpOS p?V EaorTO COTVVETov Kal SEVT5TpOV wrpS 8E &AAo

Trp'oTOV Kal &'CtVErTOV, I. vrl. 11-13], I. pa. 31-33.)

iTTlr iKoV, I. ia. 52. ?T rlAK6OTlS, II. S. 36. WirrrTCo, I. o. 7. -rraTos, II. S. 80.

acrrcovlK65, I. a. 2; I. KS. 4; II. t0. I8. TrAEovELia, I. ps. 28. TrAEVpa, I. iTS. 2.

-rrAfios, I. ae. 51. TrAilviS, II. 1E. 3. TrroiEco, I. ~E. 14. TrroOTrlS, I. I. 8-9. ?rrorrTEVco, I. Ay. 7. rroWXaarrXaai&Lco, I. lrl. 6. wroAXarrrXaoiaoapos, I. rra. 82.

?rroXAaTrrAaarlETrl6 TprTOS, I. pcpa. 1-2. -roAXaTrAacliETrlErpnlS, I. pia. 35. TroXAaTrraoalEaTipopios, I. pia. 32. wroXaTrrAacolE'TTrrTaproS, I. ppa. 2.

7roAAaTrAacErri'rTprTos, I. pvs. 5.

?rroAaTAcrrraalcEprli6loS, I. pvs. 8-9. rToAAaT?racEcq)qpQICTrS, I. pvS. 4. ?rroMAAarA&ccov, I. pia. 14. TroAuycAovos, II. P3. 42.

oTrroAvepUAA)TOS, I. pa. 39. rroao6v, I. ia. 52. -rroooTrlS, I. P. 7. rrpoaipEcns, I. ply. IO.

wrp6paols, II. ty. 27. rrp6oArlpa, II. iL. 23. rrp6o'EcrS, I. pKE. 7. TrpoKEVTrlJla, I. AE. I.

rrpoKoTri, I. pa. 8.

wTpOKO6TTcO, II. ia. 46-47. TrpOAoyoS, I. pKp. 2.

-TpopIK}lS, I. TrS. 112; II. t. 7. wpowTo5iap6S, I. Ay. 78. rrp6aoaEcS, I. va. 7. Trpoc-rrGipt, I. op. 54. rrpooTrTKElpai,l I. Arl. 3. rrpoX&paypa, I. pP. 3. T?rpCOTlEU), II. 1. 29. 1nuvay6pEios, I. v. 6; I. vy. 2. TTvOayoptKcoS, I. ~a. I.

truvi'jV, I. pK5. 1-2.

rurpauiS, II. S. 64.

1pCo, I. 1. 7. priyvvul, II. AZ. I6. OTTri, I. PIP. i.

aa9S,, I. a. I ; I. KO. 3. Caacpa, I. a. 7; 8. aracoS, I. op. 11I. orlcaivco, I. 3. 4; I. Py. 3. cralpEov, II. ly. 20.

rlCpElco, II. 1. 33. aKaArivoS, II. up. 6. CKaplq)Os, I. AE. 2. oKaypaqta, I. AE. 2. CaKorr6, I. a. 63. 1aKoTos, I. a. I .

aocpia, I. a. 5; I3; 32; 36; 39; 45; 47. aoq6s, I. a. 34; (aoqo6v, I. a. 13, 14, I5.) oTEpE6V, II. S. 81. c-rTlyul, II . . O6.

oTOIXEiov, I. pa. 18; II. a. 7. ToyyEVis, I. Ka. 3; I. Kp. I; 2.

CatyKElpat, I. pa. 12.

auplpOAiKCos, II. Ir. 39. aoi,upoAov, II. E. 5. auVpE-Tpia, II. Ka. 91.

avpugqyyopat,H II. Ka. 90. ovUp9oovECO, II. 3p. 27. aupC(covia, I. KE. 8. oCvavaipEco (-r6 ouvavaipouv), I. Xy. 23. ovvapitpEco, II. iL. 4. ovvappo6Lo, I. pia. 27. oCUVEICEpco, I. Ay. 24; 29; 30. aouvXEta, I. ta. 35. cnvvEsX5, I. ta. 34; 36; 42; I. i3. I. aoiveEss, I. rra. 8I; II. AE. 2-3. oaveETros, I. pa. 12; I. Try. 30. ovvTrijrli, I. vL 4. CoaTaoral, I. KE. 2-3. aCTaTlpa, I. KE. 2.

aroaipa, I. Ay. 69. O)alplKos, I. Ay. 58; II. Ml. 38. cq)rlKOS, II. IS. 4- oarqlviooKOS, II. S. 71-72. oXImS,, I. ta. 57.

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INDEX TO THE TEXT

acopa, I. a. 40. acCOpalK6OS, I. ?a. IO; I9. ccqpoc7vv,l, I. PS. 31.

Ta'rr6TS, II. . i. 8. rEXEios, I. la. 56; I. PS. 5. TreSicos, I. pIE. 4. rEAEuroaios, I. ~S. 7-8.

T-rXos, I. a. 3; I. ta. 7. T'rvco, I. vp. 3. rEpacycovi[co, II. Ka. 43. TrTpaycovos, I. ta. 56. -rTpcaKoAoupoS, II. l8. 8.

rTTpa7rrraoi&[co, I. pKy. 2.

TETpacrXaatoEw'ripTTro S, I. ppy. 6. rETpcrrrXaoioS, I. Ay. 53-54. TrETrpas, II. Kaor. I7. -rTpCorrooupvl, I. pK0. I5. T'rxvI, I . 33. TEXviriTs, I. XA. I. TiKTC-r, II. E. 6. Tpufipa, I. vS. 3. rTOji, I. v. I2. Tovialos, II. pP. 60. -rvoS, II. pp. 62. rTO6TS, I. 1. 2.

TpETrIKTl, I. L. 3. TrpETTr6v, I. y. 55; 77. rTpirco, I. Z. 5. Trpias, II. Ka. I6. Tpiycovos, I. Xy. 39.

TptKo6ovpos, II. iL. 7. -TptTAacata&o, I. pKp. 9. 'TptTrXacrETrfTpTros, I. ppy. 6.

TrplrraX&coS, I. Ay. 37. TrpiXEs, I. Ay. 33. rTptcoSoupEvj,l I. . pK. 2. TpOTfl, I. L. 4. rTUxq, I. ta. 30.

vAXl, I. a. 52; I. y. I8. rTrrvavrios, II. p. 86.

vTrEvavTicoS, II . A . . rUTrrpaorTi[co, I. pA. 4.

TrrEppaivco, I. op. 32. UOTrppoXi, I. PS. 26. uTr6p)xco, I. op. 58.

WTrEpoXCO, I.

pK. 8.

UrEpTXrEAS, I. PS. 4. OTro6bEiya, I. op. 83. uroSotaipsolS, I. rtry. 41. VrroSiatpEco, I. vrq. 7. TrroSrTrwa&los, I. Tra. 8.

uTroETrlEpriS, I. pta. 50. uTrosTrlr6opios, I. pia. 46. uTro0TriTpTroS, I. pta. 48. Tro6KEpaoi, I. vO. I4.

OTr6ooyoS, I. pKp. I. vrowTroaoXXatreorra tlE Epis, I. pla. 53-54. uroTrow?XarraaiT1rlitp6pios, I. pia. 52.

TorroXTroXaarrXa os, I. pta. 42-43. Trr6ooracS, I. 1. 4.

UTrOTETpaTrwaCOloS, I. piS. 6.

89

OvroTiemnli, I. ~s. 3-4. OTroTpiTrwaicxos, I. pI. 4.

{TpTj6io'xtos, I. pia. 47.

paivco (-rT6 pav6Opvov, -ra paiv6oiva), I. la. 33; II. Ka. Io.

q)avTacria, I. y. 50. q(poyyos, II. Ka. go-9I. 90opa, I. a. 52. pAina, I. a. 5. 9pAoaoqoEo, I. la. 6. qiXoao(pia, I. a. 5. (tA6aoq)oS, I. K8. 6. 90opa, I. KE. 3. 9ppap, II. S. 82.

Pp6vrloS, I. ps. 3I-32. qppovrTlo, I. la. 70. qvUVK6s, I. a. 42; II. Ka. 6. pucais, I. a. 4I; I. y. 40. qcovfi, II. IS. 2. qCov1r'TK6S, II. AL. I6. qcot, I. o. 9. pcoTrrlTTK6S, I. y. 38.

XopSri, II. Ka. 88. XpEia, I. a. 30. Xpovos, I. y. 9. Xulpa, I. ep. 3.

yvX6, I. y. 66. YU)(IKOS, I. a. . o.

v)uXoyovia, II. E. 4.