DCLP transcription: 62567 [xml]
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1[ -ca.?- ] ̣α̣τατ̣την
[ -ca.?- ] ἄτοπον. εἰ
[ -ca.?- ] ὀ̣στὰ καὶ
[νεῦρα καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα ἔχω, οὐκ ἂν οἷος τ’] ἦ̣ ποιεῖν
5[τὰ δόξαντά μοι, ἀληθῆ ἂν λέγοι. ὡ]ς̣ μέντοι
[διὰ ταῦτα ποιῶ ἃ ποιῶ, καὶ ταῦτα νῶ]ι̣ πράτ-
[τω, ἀλλ’ οὐ τῇ τοῦ βελτίστου αἱρέσει, πολ]λ̣ὴ̣ ἀναγ-
[ -ca.?- ] μ̣ὴ
[διελέσθαι οἷόν τ’ εἶναι ὅτι ἄλλο μέν] τί
10[ἐστι τὸ αἴτιον τῷ ὄντι, ἄλλο δὲ ἐκεῖνο ἄνευ] οὗ
[ -ca.?- ψη]λα-
[φῶντες -ca.?- ] ̣
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1φωνεῖν τίθ[ημι ὡς ἀληθῆ ὄντα καὶ περὶ]
αἰτίαν(*) καὶ τῶν̣ [ἄλλων ἁπάντων· ἃ δ’ ἂν μή,]
ὡς ο̣ὐκ ἀληθῆ. [βούλομαι δέ σοι σαφέστερον]
εἰπεῖν αλλε̣[γω·](*) [οἶμαι γάρ σε νῦν οὐ μαν-]
5θάνειν.· Οὐ, μά τὸν [Δία, ἔφη ὁ Κέβης, οὐ σφόδρα. Ἀλ-]
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λ’, ἦ δ’ ὅς, λεγεδε ̣[ -ca.?- ]
ἄλλοτε καὶ ἐν τ̣[ῷ παρεληλυθότι λόγῳ οὐδὲν]
πέπαυμαι λέγω̣[ν. ἔρχομαι δὴ ἐπιχειρῶν σοι]
ἐπιδείξασθαι τ̣[ -ca.?- ]
10κ̣αὶ ἄρχομαι̣ ἀ̣π̣’ [ἐκείνων, ὑποθέμενος εἶναί]
τι καλὸν αὐ[τὸ -ca.?- ]
αα̣κεραιον καὶ ἄλ̣[λα πάντα· ἃ εἴ μοι δίδως τε]
καὶ ξυγχωρεῖ[ς εἶναι ταῦτα, ἐλπίζω σοι ἐκ]
τούτων τὴν αἰ̣[τίαν ἐπιδείξειν καὶ ἀνευρή-]
15σειν ὡς ἀθάν[ατον -ca.?- ]
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Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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Notes
- 1.
The transmitted text ἥντινα ἂν τάττῃ was evidently garbled by the scribe or his exemplar.
- 7.
The editor wonders whether the end of the line contains a dittography, i.e., ἂν {ἂγ}, with the gamma explained by the kappa of καί which follows in the transmitted text.
- 4.
It is unclear how significant the scribe's deviation from the transmitted text is.
- 12.
There are traces of what appear to be a marginal note, which the editor suspects may have shed light on the reading at the beginning of the line.