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τὰ ὦτα -- ἔχοντες. “A metaphor taken from horses and other animals, which let their ears drop when they are tired and overdriven” Thomas Gray. Schneider quotes Photius p. 572. 14 Porson τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχοντες: ἐπισείοντες τὴν κεφαλήν: ὃ ποιοῦσιν ἐκλελυμένοι. With οἱ δὲ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ—στεφανοῦνται cf. Pythag. Simil. 22 in Mullach Frag. Phil. Gr. I p. 486 τοῖς μὲν σταδιοδραμοῦσιν ἐπὶ τῷ τέρματι τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς νίκης, τοῖς δὲ φιλοπονήσασιν ἐπὶ τοῦ γήρως τὸ πρωτεῖον τῆς φρονήσεως ἀπόκειται. ἔλεγες. II 362 B.
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