What is in the seventh book of the Cesti
Table of contents. These things are in the seventh book of Africanus's Cesti: 1. On arming. 2. On the destruction of enemies. 3. On athletic contest. 4. For the cutting of one who has been struck. 5. For a wound from iron. 6. Taming a horse. 7. That a horse may not neigh. 8. For a horse's cataract. 9. That a horse may not be startled. 10. On the speed of horses. 11. The horse-frightener. 12. For the destruction of pack-animals. 13. For a kicking mule. 14. Military hunting. 15. To find the breadth of a river and the height of a wall. 16. Theft of sound. 17. A means of staying awake. 18. For a fight against elephants. 19. Paradoxes of farming. 20. A seal concerning the missile.
Greek
Πίναξ Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῷ <ζʹ> τῶν Ἀφρικανοῦ Κεστῶν· αʹ Περὶ ὁπλίσεως. –βʹ Περὶ πολεμίων φθορᾶς. –γʹ Ἀγωνιστικόν. –δʹ Πρὸς τομὴν πληγέντος. –εʹ Πρὸς τὴν ἀπὸ σιδήρου πληγήν. – ʹ Ἵππου τιθασία. –ζʹ Μὴ χρεμετίσαι ἵππον. –ηʹ Πρὸς ἵππων ὑπόχυσιν. –θʹ Ἵππον μὴ πτοεῖσθαι. –ιʹ Περὶ ἵππων τάχους. –ιαʹ Ταράξιππον. –ιβʹ Πρὸς ὑποζυγίων φθοράν. –ιγʹ Πρὸς ἡμίονον λακτίζουσαν. –ιδʹ Θήρα στρατιωτική. –ιεʹ Ποταμοῦ πλάτος εὑρεῖν καὶ τείχους <ὕψος>. –ι ʹ Ἤχου κλοπή. –ιζʹ Ἀγρυπνητικόν. – ιηʹ Πρὸς ἐλεφάντων μάχην. –ιθʹ Γεωργίας παράδοξα. –κʹ Ἐπισφράγισμα περὶ βέλους.
About this text
Julius Africanus, Cesti (Embroidered Girdles): a miscellany of history, science, and craft, in the surviving fragments — books 7, 2, and 3 in full, with parts of books 4, 8, 9, and 13, and the colophon of Cestus 18. The older English translates his letters only. The book-2 table of contents and a book-7 appendix are not in this volume.
New English from locked PG 10 / Khazarzar Greek of the Cesti fragmenta through 9.5. Earlier lemma-led scaffold English was discarded. Book-2 pinax and book-7 appendix held. This lock is exhausted.
Catalogue & scope
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Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 10 Cesti fragmenta (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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