POLITICS OF ARISTOTLE

2 74 A RlS TO TL E'S POLITICS.

Gchpov may either be taken as *an alternative, or as introducing

a second condition of healthfulness, SO that a South Eastern aspect

is what is recommended; i. e. a situation which is open to the

healthy East winds and affords shelter from the North wind.

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    3. TO;& y' Gpvrar
       is the reading of all the hlSS.
       t;p+dnl, adopted by Bekker in his second edition, is unnecessary.
       &r01 7' rGpqrai='a remedy has been found for this,' i. e.
       rcmedy may be found.'
       but this is no reason for altering it.
    
    
    
    

The conjecture of Lambinus,

a

The language is not quite symmetrical,

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    3. iJno8oxhs +Lppiors u"bau1v.
       Five XSS. read ;pflphvs, a possible reading, 'rain cisterns for
       water ' instead of ' cisterns for rain water.'
    
    
    
    

11.4. b rc roioLry xai npbs rorohov.

'In the situation described, and looking to the quarter de-

scribed.'

11.5, soiou'rwv vap6rov.

The reading of the best RISS. and the old translator, 'such

streams as I have spoken of above,' that is to say, ' good streams '

(;ytfrvSv $ 4).

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    5. dKp6lrOhlS 6hlyapXcKbv Ka'l povapXiKdv, dpruroKpariK&J.. , iuxupoi TdHOl
       Acious.
       Why should a single fortress be adapted to
       a monarchy, or oligarchy, several strongholds to an aristocracy ?'
       Probably because in the former case the government is more
       concentrated. A small governing class, if they are to maintain
       their power against the people, must draw together. An aristo-
       cracy has only to defend itself against foreign enemies, and is
       therefore better dispersed.
    
    
    
    

It may be asked :

11. j. riv ZLE oho KarauKtvJ[g, rta6cirsp c'v 70;s yropyois Bs KaXoSui rivfs 7&
    dp&I'Xov Cruo-rdSas.

ai ?;uKv~~ Zpm~oi, ;;IIcivov 6; rirs tkij Kai pi Kad crsoixov s+rtvp'var

The last word is explained by Hesychius (under [vmciGrs) as