INTRODUCTION 



th^Orontes in SynS^ as is shown by Cyn. ii. 125 fF. 

 where, speaking of the Orontes he writes : 



aiVft? 6' kv fit(raTOi(riv (Traiyi^cov TreSioKTiv, 



ykpaov ofiov Kal v^ov," c/i^v TroAtr, vSari xevwv 



and just below 156 f. (after mentioning the Syrian 

 tomb of Memnon) he says : 



aXAd TO. fifv Kara Kotrfiov acio"o/xev ei'pea KakXtj 

 iraTfyrj^ r}^€T€/37/s ^po-TTj TlifnrXrjtSL fioXiry. 



Halieutica. — 1. The author of the Ualieutica is a 

 Cihcian as is proved by two passages ; 



(a) H. iii. 7 ff.— 



(TOi 8* €/z€ T€/37rcoAijv Tc KoX vfivTjTTJp' dveqKav 

 8aifiov€S ev KtAtKeo"0"iv i'<^' Ep/xat'ots dSvTOLai. 

 ^EpfMcia, crx' 8c /xot Trar/atoie ktA. 



(6) H. iii. 205 ff.— 



Avdiewv Se Trpwra 7r6pt(^pova Trei'^eo dijprjv, 

 onjv rjp^T€pi]^ epiKvBiOS (vrvvovTai 

 irdrp-qs evva€T^p€5 virep 2a/cnrry8oi'os aKT^s 



" Xepcov o/xov Kai vrjcov = Xepff6vT]<roi', "quod versu dicere 

 non est," one of the names of Apamea or Pella on the 

 Orontes. Cf. Steph. B. *. 'Airdfieia, Xvpiai iroXts, drb 

 'Xira.fjM.s, Tijs SeXeii/cou fjLTp-pos- iKXridr] icai Xeppovrja-os, dirb riji 

 Trepioxv^ Tdjv vSdruv, Kai IIAXa, iird rijs iv yiaKeSoviq. ; Stratx) 

 75:2 T] 5' 'Aird^ieta koI ttoKiv ixei to irXeov evepK^- \6<pos ydp 

 €<TTiv iv Tf5iui Koi\<f} TfTeixi'O'fJ'-ft'OS Ka\Qs, 8v TTotet x^PPovT]<7i^ovTa 

 6 'OpovTTjs Kai Xinvri irepiKtifx^vT) fieydXij Kai i\rj irXar^a Xeinunfas 

 T€ ^oi'/SoTOfj Kai iirro^oTovs Siaxtofxevovs iiirep^XXovTai to 

 fieyfdos- fi T€ St) ir6Xi% oirrus d<T0aXtDs (cetrai {Kal Si] Kai Xeppo- 

 vrjaos €KXri6rj Sid t6 avfi^^rjKOi) Kai x^f^^ tVTopti TrafiiroXXtjs 

 evSai/xovos [cf. C. ii. 150 ff.]. Si ^s 6 'OpSvT-q^ peT . . . ^KaXeiTo 

 Si Kai IleXXa iroTe iiirb tQv TrpJrrwv "SlaKtSovoiv Sid t6 tovs 

 xXetffToi'J Twy ^laKtSovwv iirravda otV^croi tQv ffTpaTCVo/jUvuv. 



