INTRODUCTION 



rds TrfpuTTfpds ff ofioiws <Tvkkaj3o)V eip^as CX*^> I 

 KajravayKa^€t TraA.rreii' ScSe/JLCvas €V Siktvu) ; Arist. 

 H.A. 613 a 23, Ael. iv. l6, xiii. 17; for Part- 

 ridges used in the same way, Arist. H.A. 6 14 a 10, 

 Ael, iv. l6. Cf. in general Xen. Cyrop. i. 6. S9 <tv 

 yap €7ri /nev ras opvida^ ev tu5 IcrxvpoTaTO) ^ct/xwi'i 

 avio-Tci/xcvo? ejTopivov vvktos, Kal Trplv KiveurOai. ras 

 6pvi6a<i eTreiroirfVTO (TOt at irdyat avrais Kat to K€KI- 

 vrjfiivov \ioplov k^iLKoxno tw olkivtJtw' opviues S 

 £^€7r€7rat8€vi'TO (TOi ws crot /i.€V Ta (rvfj.<f>€povTa vTrrjpeTtiv, 

 Tos St 6fj.o(fivXovs 6pvt6a<i e^aTrarav. Fowling furnishes 

 Homer with a simile 0. xxii. 468 u>s S' orav 7^ kix^c-^ 

 Tavva-iTTTepoi rjc —ekeiai | epKC eviTrA^y^oMTi, ra ^ ecrr^Ky 

 evt ddfiv<D, I avAii' ecrup.€vat, <TTvy€po<i 8 VTreSe^aro 

 K06T0S, I ws at y' e^eiris K€(f>a\as ^X°^> dfi4>l 6( —acrats | 

 BeipycTL fSpoxoL T^crav. The Fowler's dedications in 

 the A. P. vi. include ve^eAat, I'^^voTreS?/, Trayts, kXcj/Sioi, 

 ardkLK€s (stakes to support the nets), limed reeds, 

 k—unraa-rqp ( = iiriBpofjios of the Hunter's net), and 

 a net or noose for catching cranes by the neck 

 (^dpKvv T€ KXayepiJjv XaifjLOireSav ytpdvcjv, cf. Sepdy^rj 

 A. P. vi. 109). 



Of ancient writings on Fowling we possess, in 

 addition to some fragments of the De aucupio of 

 Nemesianus (a.d. 3rd cent.), a prose paraphrase by 

 Eutecnius of a lost poem — sometimes supposed to be 

 the 'l^evTiKd ascribed to Oppian (Suid. *. 'OTTTrtavo?), 

 but now generally attributed to Dionysius the 

 Periegete (in time of Hadrian). We quote it as 

 Dionys. De av. i.e. Alovvo-lov Trepl 'Opvidtiiv (Cramer 

 Artec. Par. i, 22 f.). The treatise (3 Bks.) reminds 

 one of the Oppianic manner. Thus Bk. III. begins, 

 like our Cynegetica and Halieutica, with a com- 

 parison of Hunting, Fishing, and Fowling. While 



