“His reputation as an emender stood as high as almost anyone's [. . .], and he was not the man to be bothered by the absence of manuscript support. No one worked harder at collecting the evidence for the text of the lyric poets or showed such restless zeal for uncovering its problems. He wanted not only δοκεῖν ἄριστος, ἀλλ᾿ εἶναι.”