Book 21
§1 θηρῶσιν δὲ Κελτοὶ καὶ ἀναμιγνύοντες τοῖς ἰχνευταῖς κυσὶν τὰς ὠκείας. καὶ οἳ μὲν μαστεύουσιν, αὐτοὶ δὲ διίστανται, μετὰ χεῖρας ἔχοντες τὰς κύνας τὰς ἀγαθάς, οἷπερ μάλιστα εἰκὸς τὸν λαγῶ ἀπευθῦναι τὸν δρόμον, ὥστε ἐφιέναι τῶν κυνῶν ὅπως ἄν τῳ προχωρῇ.
§2 καὶ εἰσὶν αἱ κύνες αὗται τι περ αἱ ἄρκυς τῷ Ξενοφῶντι ἐκείνῳ. ἀλλʼ ἄτακτοί τε οὕτω γίγνονται οἱ δρόμοι καὶ λαγώς, εἰ καὶ πάνυ ἀγαθὸς ὢν τύχοι, τὰ πολὺ ὑπὸ τῆς κλαγγῆς τῶν κυνῶν ἐκπλήσσεται, καὶ εἰ μὴ πρὸ πολλοῦ τύχοι προπηδήσας, ὡς καταστῆναι αὐτῷ τὴν γνώμην, ἁλίσκεται εὐμαρῶς, ἔκφρων γενόμενος.
§3 χρὴ οὗν ὅστις ἐπιλύει κύνα ἀγαθήν, μὴ ἐφεῖναι ἔτι θορυβουμένῳ, ἀλλʼ ἐάσαντα ἐξελιχθῆναι τοὺς ἑλιγμοὺς τοὺς πρώτους, οὕτω μεθεῖναι τὴν κύνα, εἰ μὴ διαφθεῖραι ἐθέλει τὴν θέαν.
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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 His output was prodigious, and while some of his editions have been superseded, many remain the most recent critical text available for minor Greek prose authors.

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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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