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MmdÄacf o\ ßaa-ikeig. Ili aliis ad eundem Dionysium scholiis, o\[xs& d^ov•zSit^XO/d^jsiy^ddovTig 'jct ecturdvxx itpe^g^igmv khvtol{ q\ ^X 0i > tAeyovdxokx&oog i 7 ndetxvv/puoi, d/A inevSev xdxdPiv , Acytf ctVc nAidlx'ivdt,piyovyjftd<p' st^h asAidia 'ivct, icaV" dkAxeva.ActßovTeg,x J XTCi)g<rujuctyonsg** 7 *f Jtevw TO.gr iyxs eigzv'Jäs d*fti(ovTag 7 « ^dy(Jt,ari i Aoyxxd^v elg ydpxg,tig d^ypnctg^ rj ym&Atxg, « d'/Aon w^xdiBpov , XToogsTrsddxvuvTO. P et7TTetv$ig-i'jd ditg-dra crwjdynv,Kj eoog vvv pa7rreig (pa/^^xg SitTUTctlf^XTia eig evnwdyovTag 1 iyug rl sirtsrmAanete. Nonvidetur autem verisimile, post Solonislegem latam[de qva supra num.XI.]Rhapsodos ampliu centones ejusmo-di sive confusum versuum Homericorum chaos decantasse, praecipue infestis publicis ac Panathenaeis: qvin Dionysius Thi^ixipse, itidem inedi-tus , pcrpudiai/ non ait esse centonem ex variis locis consutum , sed partemex integro poemate decerptam, qvosenfu singuli libri Iliadis vel Odysseaeinscribuntur patpadla/. patpaJiet, inqvit, «Vi wo^fictT^ epfzs&ei*A t/pogriva üwoßsmv. Ei^ra/ 3 ' papadid oici/et ***pctß<rci)Sict , »r«. a^ro §vypd$d(i>><rup&öAoö KTroAAmiaxM, ‘Zj&egxo/Äpxg ctd&iv rd tx'O fxd^xnoinfx&ict.Solebant tamen Rhapsodi canere undecunqve facto initio qvodloco veltempori oportunum ducebant, ut aliqvot exemplis demonstrat PlutarchusIX. i.fymp.Rhapsodorum agonas ab Alexandro institutos memorat idemin ejus vita p. 666. Delphis primus Stefander Samius citharaHomeri pugnasdecantavit facto ab Odyssea initio, vide Athenaeum XV. p. 638.

XXIIL Ab antiqvissimis temporibus propositum fuisse Homerumjuventuti ediscendum in Graecorum scholis,testis locuples Isocrates,cujushaec sont verba in Panegyricos?^ d« H 'jrjn 'OpmepisoiriG-iv/ u,s'h£oo AußävcTiKcikdg 'Jxg 7rth&f&*i<ra.vT<xg tdg^a^dpsig evsKw/Mcttre. K dj Sk}& 'Jxito QxktiSqvctf'jxg7rg>oyJ>vxgypLo0vtnifMVdvTX7Tciii(ratTfivrex vr l v £ VTe ratis 7^« ptxcrixygadAcig, Xj'Jtj 7T£uSsotr<j r jun vtttSTSQav, IvetTroAAuxig dxxovrsg 7vv ewdv ex/j.a.v&dväofdi/j'lwtyP^cw iqv Trpog &mxgv7rdpxxa-<tv. Hinc pauper Homerus innumeros aleredictus, qvi nempe illum juvenibus praelegendo didactrum merebant: &Alcibiades**** ludimagistro alapam inflixit, qvi de Homeri codice roga-tus eum habere se negaverat. Praetereo qvod Romani etiam pueros suosvel inprimis Homerum docebant,ut e Qvintiliano & aliis constat.

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* Confer dicta supra Lib.I. c.XXIX. n.i ** Confer qvte de simili Gallorum veterum poe-tarum more Antonius Verderius in Bibliotheca Gallica p. 1 o.

*** Non probatur hoc Vossio III. 7.16. Inst,Po'etic.IicctconsesltiuntSvidas,Euslathius&alii.

**** Plutarch, ia Alcibiade &; Apophihe^m.