Book 15
§1 χρὴ δὲ ὅστις κύνας ἀγαθὰς ἔχει μήτε ἐγγύθεν ἐπιλύειν τῷ λαγῷ μήτε πλείους δυοῖν· καὶ γὰρ εἰ πάνυ ὠκὺς τύχοι καὶ πολλὰς πολλάκις κύνας διαπεφευγώς, ἀλλά γε ἐξ εὐνῆς ἀνιστάμενον καὶ σὺν βοῇ ἐπικειμένων ἐκπλαγῆναι ἀνάγκη καὶ πατάσσειν αὐτῷ τὴν καρδίαν. καὶ ἐν τούτῳ πολλάκις γενναῖοι λαγῲ ἀκλεῶς ἀπώλοντο, μηδὲν μήτε δράσαντες μήτε ἀποδειξάμενοι μνήμης ἄξιον. ἐᾶν δὴ ὑπεκφυγεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς εὐνῆς καὶ ἀναθαρρῆσαι.
§2 δέ, εἰ τύχοι δρομικός, ἐπαρεῖ εὐθὺς τὰ ὦτα καὶ μεγάλα ἀπὸ τῆς εὐνῆς πηδήσεται· οἳ δὲ διαρρίψαντες τὰ μέλη, καθάπερ οἱ σκιρτῶντες, ἀπευθυνοῦσιν τὸν δρόμον. καὶ τότε ἄρα ἐστὶν τὸ θέαμα ἄξιον τῶν πόνων, ὅσους ἐπὶ ταῖς κυσὶν πονεῖν ἀνάγκη.
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Hercher 1885
Teubner
Hercher & Eberhard, Teubner, 1885 · 1885
The Editor

Rudolf Hercher (1821–1878) was a German classical scholar who edited a wide range of Greek prose texts for the Teubner series, including the Greek epistolographers and several volumes of Greek historians. His output was prodigious, and while some of his editions have been superseded, many remain the most recent critical text available for minor Greek prose authors.

About This Edition

Hercher's Teubner editions, produced during the mid-19th century, provide critical texts of Greek prose authors — many of whom have received little editorial attention since. The editions are characterised by a thorough apparatus criticus and occasionally bold emendation. For many of the texts Hercher edited, no more recent critical edition exists.

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