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Text and apparatus show errors of inadvertence. I note. for instance.
Ti lTElllTTT] at 5.1. where other editors have Ti E' and Brown records no
variant. and KaTO (for KaTCx) at 35.10. The ap aratus at 3.21 et25 omits
an attribution to M. At 19.9 "eallo8Tjv AM" seems superfluous since
there is no variant or emendation here. At ro.1 the apparatus records
"BoTlalol AM" without attributing the text's BOTTlalo!. In attributions
to Jacoby the apparatus makes no distinction between readings in his
text and queried suggestions in his apparatus. Twice. moreover. attributions
to Jacoby can not be confirmed by his text or apparatus in FGrH.
Are these false references. or did Jacoby make the suggestions elsewhere?
In general, the lack of any key to references in the apparatus
makes it difficult to pursue a reference. even by consulting the apparatus
of other editions.
Of some thirty-five readings found in neither A nor M only one derives
from (unspecified) recentiores. The majority are supplements.
athetizings or other emendations by earlier editors. Of the dozen or so
inherited supplements. few address obviously corrupt or unintelligible
readings. Most are in the nature of glosses. which (however congenial
to the phantom of Konon's text) might be better left to the commentary.
I notice only three entirely unprecedente readings. Emending 'Av­
8EIlovdac to 'Av8EIlOVVTOC to avoid alleged confusion of Macedonian
Anthemous with Mesopotamian Anthemollsia. Brown overlooks the
inherent plausibility. attested actuality and Hoefer's explicit suggestion
(1890) of 'Av8EIlOVCIOC as toponymic for ·Av8Ellovc. In 41 Brown supplements
the title TIEAacyioEc. a feminine adjective. with