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    "work": "Ammonius, In Aristotelis Categorias commentarius, ed. A. Busse, CAG IV.4 (Berlin: Reimer, 1895) — First1KGreek TEI tlg4016.tlg002.1st1K-grc1",
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    "work": "Olympiodorus, Prolegomena, ed. A. Busse, CAG XII.1 (Berlin: Reimer, 1902) — First1KGreek TEI tlg4019.tlg001.1st1K-grc1",
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    "work": "Elias, In Aristotelis Categorias commentarium, ed. A. Busse, CAG XVIII.1 (Berlin: Reimer, 1900) — First1KGreek TEI tlg4020.tlg002.1st1K-grc1",
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  "Olympiodorus, Prolegomena: the question of the genuine — 'πρῶτον μὲν διὰ πόσους τρόπους ἐνοθεύοντο τὰ βιβλία καὶ ποῖά εἰσιν κριτήρια τὰ δυνάμενα διαχωρίζειν τὰ γνήσια ἀπὸ τῶν νόθων' (the TEI mixes composed and decomposed Greek; the locus is given in the text's own characters)",
  "Olympiodorus, Prolegomena: three ways books were made spurious, the kings' ambition, the pupils' goodwill, homonymy — 'ἢ διὰ φιλοτιμίαν τῶν βασιλέων ἢ δι’ εὔνοιαν τῶν μαθητῶν ἢ διὰ ὁμωνυμίαν' (the TEI mixes composed and decomposed Greek; the locus is given in the text's own characters)",
  "Ammonius, In Cat.: the fifth head, whether the book is spurious or genuine — 'πέμπτον εἰ νόθον ἢ γνήσιον τοῦ φιλοσόφου τὸ βιβλίον' (the TEI mixes composed and decomposed Greek; the locus is given in the text's own characters)",
  "Ammonius, In Cat.: many composed works and inscribed them with Aristotle's name — 'πολλοὶ γὰρ αὑτῶν συντιθέντες ἐπέγραφον τῷ Ἀριστοτέλους ὀνόματι' (the TEI mixes composed and decomposed Greek; the locus is given in the text's own characters)",
  "Simplicius, In Cat.: the heads to be set out before a treatise of Aristotle — 'εἰ γνήσιον τοῦ φιλοσόφου τὸ βιβλίον'",
  "Philoponus, In Cat.: three occasions for the spuriousness of Aristotle's writings, the first homonymy of authors — 'τρεῖς γὰρ αφορμαὶ γεγόνασι τοὐ νοθεύεσθαι τὰ συγγράμματά του Ἀριστοτέλους' (the TEI mixes composed and decomposed Greek; the locus is given in the text's own characters)",
  "Philoponus, In Cat.: Andronicus of Rhodes on beginning with logic — 'ὁ δὲ τούτου διδάσκαλος Ἀνδρόνικος ὁ Ῥόδιος ἀκριβέστερον ἐξετάζων' (the TEI mixes composed and decomposed Greek; the locus is given in the text's own characters)",
  "Elias, In Cat.: Ptolemy's catalogue, a thousand works, with the life and the will — 'χιλίων τὸν ἀριθμόν, ὥς φησι Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Φιλάδελφος ἀναγραφὴν αὐτῶν ποιησάμενος καὶ τὸν βίον αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν διάθεσιν' (the TEI mixes composed and decomposed Greek; the locus is given in the text's own characters)",
  "Elias, In Cat.: royal ambition, Iobates collecting Pythagoras and Ptolemy collecting Aristotle — 'ἢ διὰ φιλοτιμίαν βασιλικήν· Ἰοβάτους γὰρ τοῦ Λιβύων βασιλέως συναγαγόντος τὰ Πυθαγόρου καὶ Πτολεμαίου τὰ Ἀριστοτέλους' (the TEI mixes composed and decomposed Greek; the locus is given in the text's own characters)",
  "Elias, In Cat.: books aged artificially for the market — 'τινὲς καπηλείας χάριν τὰ τυχόντα συγγράμματα λαμβάνοντες' (the TEI mixes composed and decomposed Greek; the locus is given in the text's own characters)",
  "Elias, In Cat.: works inscribed to the teachers, Socratics under Socrates and Pythagoreans under Pythagoras — 'ὡς τὰ Πυθαγόρου καὶ Σωκράτους ἐπιγραφόμενα βιβλία μὴ ὄντα Σωκράτους ἢ Πυθαγόρου ἀλλὰ Σωκρατικῶν καὶ Πυθαγορικῶν' (the TEI mixes composed and decomposed Greek; the locus is given in the text's own characters)"
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