OPPIAN 



aypr) voa^t ttovoio • ttovco S' a/ia ripijjLS OTnqheZ 

 IxovvTj, Koi (f>6vos ovTLS' dvalfiaKTOL 8e TreXovrai. 55 

 TjTot o /xev' TTerprjaiv ethiqfxevos ay)(idXoiaL 

 yvpaXeotg SovoLK^aaL Kal dyKLarpoiat 8a<l)OLVots 

 arpofMO^ aCTTraAtej)? eTTeS-qaaro SalSaXov i)(dvv'^ 

 repTTioXr) 8', ore "xp-Xkov^ viral yevueaai rop-qaas 

 vifji [xdXa dpcocTKOvra ^vddjv vnep doTraipovra 60 



elvdXiov (f)op€7]aL 8t' rjepog 6p)(7](Jrrjpa. 

 vai jjirjv l^evTTJpL -novos yXvKvg- rj yap evr' dyprjv 

 OVK dop, ov SpeTrdvrjv, ov ;^aA/cea Sovpa (jiepovrai, 

 dAA' avTols €7tI SpvfJid avvip^iropos eaneTO KcpKog 

 Kal SoXlxclI dcopLiyyes vypos re fxeXixpoos l$6s 65 

 ot re Sirj€pi.r]v SovaKes TtareovaLv drapnov. 

 rts TttSe ToA/XT^cretev detScLv laordXavra; 

 ri ^aatXri'C Xeovrt rU alerov dvn^dXoLTo ; 

 LO) TTopSaXicov 8e tls dv fivpaivav itaKOL, 

 iq ddjas KLpKois, r] pivoKepcoras ixivois, 1% 



^ 1. 58 is omitted in Aldine (Editio princeps), Venice, 1517. 

 * Xa^Kov Mss. 



» KlpKos hawk generically ; specifically A. 620 a 17 tuv 

 iepoLKUv Kp6.TL<TTo% fxkv 6 Tpiopxv^ (Buzzard?), 5evTepo$ 5' 6 ' 

 aiacLKwy (Merlin ■'), rpiros 6 KipKos. Cf. Turner on Birds 

 (Evans), pp. 14 f. ; Hawks of English fowlers, Walton, 

 C.A. c. 1. 



* Ps. 140. 5 "The proud have hid a snare (na, LXX 

 7ra7i5a) for rae and cords " (o-'^nn, LXX (rxoivia). Cf. A.P. 

 vi. 109 yr]pa\^ov ve^t'Xas Tpvxos r6Se Kal rpUXiKTOV 'xvoiriSav 

 Kal TCLs vevporeveis irayida^ /fXco/Sot's r' dfi(plppiiryas dvaairaiXToOi 

 re Sepdyxci ; Aristoph. Av. 194 and espec. 565 ff. opviOevTi}! 

 iffTijffi. fipoxovi, irayLSai, pd^Oovs, 'ipKt), ve(f>i\ai, diKTva, injKTdi, 



« Made of mistletoe berries: A.P. vi. 109 /cai raf eOKoWoP 

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