158 FIRST MENTION OF A FLY 



marine) must verily have demanded rov ciifiLotfjyov, " a 

 craftsman of the people, welcome over all the wide earth." i 



For these reasons the kudos of the first mention of an 

 artificial fly belongs, in my opinion, to Martial rather than to 

 iElian. 



» Od.. XVII. 383 and 386. 



