OPPIAN 



A. *AfjLcf)l TTodois^ oXooZaiv (XKrju ^X^' AetTre re 



Kearovs ' 

 ixdo-ipo) ra Xeyovaiv ddvpnara Hoproyeveirjg . 

 0. 'E/cAuo/xeV ere, fjuaKatpa, yapLWV dfivrjrov 



eovaav . 

 A. MeArre fxodovs drjpcJov re Kal dvhpcbv dypevr-q- 



pwv ' 35 



fxeXTre yevq aKvXaKOiv re /cat Ittttiov aloXa (f)vXa, 

 ^ovXdg (JjKVvoovs, cjTL^irjS eiJKephios €pya' 

 exd^o. fjLOL drjpeLa Xeyeiv, (f>LX6rr]ras aeiSetv 

 /cac daXajjiovs eV opeacriv dhaKpvroLO K.v6eLprjs 

 Kai roKerovs ivt d-qpalv a/xaievTOio Xox^irjs. 40 



Totat (TwdeaiaL TjTjvos {JieydXoLO dvyarpos. 

 eKXvov, det'Soj" ^dXXoL[XL 8' eTriaKOTTOv rjX'^v. 

 dXXd av y , dvroXiiqOev err ^Q.K€av6v ^acnXevcov, 

 evScov dfx^poaLrjCTtv vtt 6(f)pvuL afjai yeyrjdcog, 

 Se^Lreprjv OTrdaaio TTOviXaov oX^oSoretpav 45 



yaifi Kal TToXi€GaL Kal evdrjpoiaiv doihals. 



TpixdcLSi-qv d-qprjv deos Mvaaev dvdpiOTrotaiv, 

 rjepirjv x^'^^^W ^^ '^^^ elvaXirjV epareiv-qv 

 aAA' ovK laos dedXos' eirel TTodev laa rdruKrai, 

 Ix^vv daTTaipovra ^vBwv dTTopnqpvuaadaL, 50 ' 



Kal ravaovs opviQa? dn rjepos elpvaaaSai, 

 r^ drjpalv <f>ovLOL(nv iv ovpeai Sr^piaaadat; 

 ov fiev dp* ou8' dXifjC /cat ovk iros l^evrfjpi. 



^ Tr6dois Koechly : fiddon. 



« Horn. //. xiv. 214. 



'' i.e. Aphrogeneia, Aphrodite: Hes. ?. 196. 



* The epithet (applied to Athena, Colluth. 33) is used of 

 Artemis as the huntress maid, ioxeaipa ■wapdevo's Pind. P. ii. 9. 



** Cf. ii. 15 ; Herod, iii. 35 eiriffKowa ro^evovra. For 

 metaphor cf. Pind. 0. ii. 98, xiii. 94 ; A^. vi. 27, ix. 25. 



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