16 ([return])
[ See note on i. 203.]
17 ([return])
[ {ton erkhomai lexon}: these words are by many Editors marked as spurious, and they certainly seem to be out of place here.]
18 ([return])
[ {kou ge de}: "where then would not a gulf be filled up?">[
19 ([return])
[ {katarregnumenen}: some Editors read {katerregmenen} ("broken up by cracks") from {katerregnumenen}, which is given by many MSS.]
1901 ([return])
[ Or possibly "with rock below," in which case perhaps {upopsammoteren} would mean "rather sandy underneath.">[