AESCH., PERS. 922 yd 6' adiaF ijpav xrT. Schol: Eyyaiav:
I
Y7
Tav Eiyyaav
Eyxcowtav.-rovTEorT
r Eo I/yv Ti/6v
rTlv e7Xaootov. ) OVTi(o;
T y/ yq'g piv xrA. tog
The scholiast's alternative interpretation of EyyaLav as E`a) seems to paraphrase ?xyalav, a compound which, not elsewhere attested, is not unlikely to have been though as the pronunciation of Ex before y the MS's underlying ayyaiav, as ey in fifth- and fourth-century Athens is known to have influenced contemporary spelling (see Barrett ad Hipp. 447-50;
Tr; 7y;
see also -ixyiyvo,uat
and 'xyovo;
in the Suppl. to LSJ).
This would suggest that a variant reading bxyatav was known to the scholiast in Aesch., Pers. 922. Whether such a reading is acceptable, is another question. What seems to be important is the testimony of the scholiast to the existence of this variant. RAANANAMERIDOR THE
HEBREW
UNIVERSITfY
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