Book 26
§1 ἄρρενα δὲ μὴ πρόσθεν διέτη γενόμενον ἐξάγειν ἐπὶ θήραν· πολὺ γάρ τοι ὕστερον τοῖς ἄρρεσιν πήγνυται τὰ μέλη.
§2 καὶ κίνδυνος οὐ σμικρός, ἀλλὰ πολλοὶ ἤδη πρὶν τελεωθῆναι ἀγωνισάμενοι πρὸ ὥρας ἀπώλοντο, καὶ μάλιστα δὴ ὅσοι γενναιότατοι· ὑπὸ γὰρ μένους τοσοῦτον ὅσον δύνανται θέουσιν.
§3 τὰ δὲ ἄλλα ὡσαύτως παραφυλάσσειν, ὅσα ἐπὶ ταῖς θηλείαις ἤδη μοι λέλεκται ὅπως πρακτέον.
§4 φυλάσσειν δὲ ἀπὸ ὀχείας ἐντὸς τῆσδε τῆς ἡλικίας· οὔτε γὰρ γονή πω αὐτοῖς πέπηγεν, ἀλλʼ ἐστιν ἐξίτηλος τὸ πολὺ καὶ ἀμαυρά, καθάπερ τῶν παίδων, αὐτοί τε διαφθείρονται πάμπαν, ὡς μηδὲν ἔτι πράττοντα ὕστερον ὀρθῶσαι τὴν ἁμαρτίαν. ἀλλʼ ἀπὸ τρίτου μὲν ἔτους ἐφίεσθαι ἐν ὥρᾳ ἂν εἴη τῇ συμμέτρῳ. ἐφιέσθων δὲ ὧδε. φυλάξαι χρὴ τὴν κύνα, ἐπειδὰν
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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 His output was prodigious, and while some of his editions have been superseded, many remain the most recent critical text available for minor Greek prose authors.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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