08-15-2012, 11:37 PM
Quote:Hercher (1885 Teubner text) already suggested that this was a corruption of πελτασταί, to balance the λογχοφόροι. In my opinion, this is more likely (i.e. I can see how a copyist might have made this error) than Müller's θυρεαφόροι (which, in my opinion, would require a far more convoluted sequence of miscopying).
Anyone happens to have a scan of the point in question in the manuscript? Why the heck would anyone suggest "theiastae" if there is no (or little) clue as to the word missing? I guess that something in some manuscript has survived in order for anyone to propose such a word.
