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[101] ἀποπαπτανέουσι, they will look away from the fight thinking only of retreat. The vulg. “ἀποπτανέουσι” is a curious ‘mumpsimus’ which has invaded nearly all MSS. and must be of great antiquity, dating no doubt from Alexandrian times. It was first corrected by Bentley from Hesych. (Letter to Dr. Davies), after Barnes, conscious of metre but careless of form, had tried “αὐτὰρ ἀποπτανέουσιν”.

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