Book 34
§1 Κελτῶν δὲ ἔστιν οἷς νόμος καὶ ἐνιαύσια θύειν τῇ Ἀρτέμιδι, οἳ δὲ καὶ θησαυρὸν ἀποδεικνύουσιν τῇ θεῷ. καὶ ἐπὶ μὲν λαγῷ ἁλόντι δύʼ ὀβολὼ ἐμβάλλουσιν ἐς τὸν θησαυρόν, ἐπὶ δὲ ἀλώπεκι δραχμήν, ὅτι ἐπίβουλόν τὸ χρῆμα, καὶ τοὺς λαγὼς διαφθείρει· τούτου ἕνεκα πλέον ἐμβάλλουσιν, ὡς ἐπὶ πολεμίῳ ἁλόντι. ἐπὶ δὲ δορκάδι τέσσαρας δραχμάς, ὅτι μέγα τὸ ζῴον καὶ θήρα ἐντιμοτέρα.
§2 περιελθόντος δὲ τοῦ ἔτους ὁπόταν τὰ γενέθλιαἥκῃ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος, ἀνοίγνυται μὲν θησαυρός, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ συλλεχθέντος ἱερεῖον ὠνοῦνται, οἳ μὲν οἶν, οἳ δὲ αἶγα, οἳ δὲ μόσχον, εἰ οὕτω προχωροίη.
§3 θύσαντες δὲ καὶ τῶν ἱερείων ἀπαρξάμενοι τῇ Ἀγροτέρᾳ, ὡς ἑκάστοις νόμος, εὐωχοῦνται αὐτοὶ τε καὶ αἱ κύνες. τὰς κύνας δὲ καὶ στεφανοῦσιν ἐν τῇδε τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ὡς δῆλον εἶναι διότι ἐπʼ αὐταῖς ἑορτάζουσιν.
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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 His output was prodigious, and while some of his editions have been superseded, many remain the most recent critical text available for minor Greek prose authors.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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