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The Last Sibylline Oracle of Alexandria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Walter Scott
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As the abolition of gold cannot directly cause the restoration of a ruined city, the word γάρ must be taken as referring back to 1. 348: ‘Enemies will make peace; for gold, the cause of quarrels, will be abolished.’ But the awkwardness of the connexion suggests a suspicion that the passage has been in some way altered or rearranged.

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Research Article
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The Classical Quarterly , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 1916 , pp. 7 - 16
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Copyright © The Classical Association 1916

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page 8 note 1 Is there a suggestion of the same metaphorical sense of θÉρоς or θ ερσμóς, viz. destruction, in V. 300, áνтì δÈ θÉρоς Èσσ εαт? See 1. 299 above.

page 12 note 1 μÉγας is awkward, and can hardly be defended. Perhaps it would be better to write ≺тύ≻δ' ÈκтημÉνоς: Chosroes ‘shall be her owner.’ (I am indebted to Dr. H. Bradley for this suggestion.) There is good authority for the use of κ εκтημÉνоς as a substantive; and εκтημÉνоς might very well be used in the same way.