Note 67 — THE VOYAGE OF NEARKHOS.

τῇσι κvμῇσιν. Another reading, not so good however, is, τῇσι κωμήτῇσιν for the village women, but the Greeks were not likely to have indulged in such gallantry. Wearing chaplets in the hair on festive occasions was a common practice with the Greeks. Cf. our author’s Anab. V. 2. 8.