INTRODUCTION 



Trayovptjiv [Crabs] koI dcrTaKiJav [Lobsters] ; c/. Hesych. 

 s. avXbJirias' KOiX.6(fidaX.fjLOS, s. avXurTTtSf (TT€i-g irepl 

 Tois 6<f>6aX.fiovs), whether "hollow-eyed" or "with 

 lobster -like eyes": cf. Xen. Sifinp. v. 5 KapKtvov 

 fvo(f>6a\p.6TaTov etvai Twi' {^wwk (ii) H. iii. 192 the 

 bait for the Anthias is the Basse (Xd/3pa^). (iii) H. 

 iii. 205-334, where he describes modes of fishing for 

 the Anthias, and says its " mouth is unarmed " 

 (oTo/xu Toiaiv daarXov), i.e. is toothless (328). His 

 account of its struggles to escape — fSiMfj-evos tk dXa 

 8vvat (310) — shows that he means by Anthias what 

 Aelian means by Aulopias, xiii. 17 w? tt/jos dvTtVaAov 

 lOTarai tov dXiea koi Kparei rd 7rAeto~ra, €7ri pdXXov 

 caiTov TTtecras Kai /carw vevcas tt/v K€<paXrjv Kal (LOrjira^ 

 Kara tov fSvdov. 



(9) Archestratus ap. Athen. 326 a veapov fnydXoi' r 

 avX(D—ca iv depei (Lvov [ Kpavia also suggests a large fish. 



CalUchthys. To Oppian CaUichthys (l) differs from 

 Anthias, (2) is called Upb<; lxdv<s, (3) is comparable in 

 strength to the Anthias, (4) is a deep-sea fish, (5) is 

 called Callichthus, i.e. Beauty-fish, on account of its 

 beauty : H. i. 179 ot 8' kv dfxeTpi]roi(Tiv dX-qv TreXd- 

 yecrcrtv f^ovcn, | tijXov d-Tro Tpa<f)€prj<i ovS' rj6<Tiv etViv 

 eraipot . . . ev tois koi koAAi^j^^i'S iiroivvpos, lepbs 

 iX^i-'S ; ^- iii. 191 dvvvca p.kv KaAAi^^t'S laa'crai, avrdp 

 oncTKOts j opKvvo<;, Xd^paKa 8' kir dvdnj OTrAt^oto ; iii. 

 335 (after an account of capture of Anthias) toIov 

 Kal KdXXL\6vs €\£i (T^evos ^)Se yevWXrj | opKVvwv ocrcroi 

 Tf Se/xas K7jTw6ees aAAoi I TrAa^oi'Tai" Toiot? 8e (ipa\L0<Tiv 

 dypmrorovrai ; v. 627 ff. sponge-cutters are safe if 

 they see a KdXXiyjdvi : tw Kal piv i(f>y'^piaav Ifpov 

 ixdvv. Bussemaker, identifying it with dvOias ei'toTro?, 

 makes it Serranus gigas, the Metou, which we identify 

 with 6p<f>6<i. 



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