OPPIAN 



Alphestes, Alpheslicus, or Cinaedus ; Phycis ; Cirrhis 

 H. i. 126 f. 



/cat KiyXai paSii'al Koi <^UKiSes ovs 0' dXirjes 

 avSpbs kiTMVvjjiii^v Orj\v(f)poi'o<; TjvSd^avTO. 

 Mss. and schol. as 6'. 



1. There can be no doubt that the reference in 

 dvSpu's €7ra)vvyu.i7p 9-i]Xv(f)povo<i is to the fish called 

 KtvaiSos (cf. the synonyms of KivaiSos in Poll. vi. 126 

 KaraTTvyuiv, . . . drf\v8pias, . . . ywaiKtas, . . . 

 dv8p6yvvo<;, . . . OrjXvs Tr)v \pV)(rfv\ aA^rycTT^s, d\(j)-q- 

 (TTiKos. The first name occurs Plin. xxxii. 146 Cinaedi 

 soli piscium lutei, and is no doubt intended in Hesych. 

 s. KtvaovtSfs (sic)' lxdv<;. For the other names cf. 

 Athen. 281 e. Apollodorus of Athens (b. circ. 180 

 B.C.), after quoting Sophron's " KaTa-n-vyoTepav t 

 dX(j)7]a-Tav," says: "The dXcfiijaTai are a species of 

 fish, yellowish (Kt/DpoeiSeis) as a whole but purplish 

 in parts. It is said that they are taken in couples, 

 one following in the rear of the other. From this 

 following in the rear (^Kara ttjv Trvyrjv) of one another 

 the name was applied to the licentious and lewd " 

 (d/cparets Kal Kara^epts) [i.e. KaraTruyoves]. Aristotle 

 ev Tw Trepl Zwwv says " fiovaKavdov (with a single 

 spine) elvai koi Kipphv (yellow) rhv dXrjiijcrTiKov." 

 Numenius, of Heracleia, ev 'AXievriKw mentions it 

 thus : <aAAoTe 8' av Trep/cas, ore §€ orpo^dSas Trapa 

 TreTprjvy* | (ftvKiSa^ dX<f)rj(rTy]V re kol €V ^poiycTLV epv$pbv 

 I (TKopTTLOV <r] TrepKauTL KaOijyrjTijv fieXdvovpov^.^ Also 

 Epicharmus, ev "H^as yct/xw-- /xres dX(fir)(TTai tc Kopa- 

 Kivoi T€ KoptoeiSees ; cf. Eustath. Hom. //. xviii. p. 

 11 66. 42; Athen. 305 b Diodes eu Trptorw 'Yyietiwv- 

 ol 8e TTerpatoi KaXovfievoi p,aAaKO(rapKoi, Kocr(ri>^oi, 



<• Supplied from Athen. 319 b, 320 e. 

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