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HORST, P.C. van der, Les Vers d'Or Pythagoriciens. Édités avec une Introduction et un Commentaire. Brill, Leiden, 1932. 76p. Theses. Sewn. Diss. Rijksuniversiteit Leiden. ‘This is a faithful piece of work. The author tabulates the variations from V of eight manuscripts and in the critical apparatus records all his own divergencies from the text of Diehl (Anth. Lyr., I). He has studied the opinions and used the collections of Mullach, Cobet, Nauck, Delatte, Scott, and others, included in his Bibliography. He assigns the verses to the second century after Christ and tries to distinguish the good old Pythagorean ‘sentences’ embodied in the work from the inferior lines of the author. He finds, however, more unity and coherence in the poem, than Delatte does. His commentary examines the lexicography of all striking or doubtful expressions and quotes the interpretations of Hierocles as well as of many modern commentators.’ (PAUL SHOREY in Classical Philology, 1933, p.66). € 45.00 (Antiquarian)