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7) Xdpov alydypois, t) K-qrea ttovt eAe^at-Tt; 

 d-qp-qrijpe Xvkovs oXeaav, Qvvvovg dXirjeg, 

 aypevrfjpe? 6'ig, rprjpcovas eXov SovaKrjes, 

 dpKTOv eTraKrrjpes, /cat pLop/xvpov daTraXLrjes, 

 riypiv S LTTTTrjes, /cat rptyAt'Sa? l-)(dv^oXrj€s , 75 1 



Kavptov Ixvevri^pes, drjSovas l^evrrjpes. 

 aXXd av p,€v, Nrjpev, /cat Sat/xove? 'A/Lt^iTptTi^S", ' 

 TjSe (juXopvidcov ApvdScov x^pos, tAT^/cotre* i 



or] yap e7ncrTpo(f)dSrjv f.L€ 0tAat KoXiovaiv dotSat" 

 haipLoat, d'qpo(f)6voLai, vaXCvrpoTTOs ep-)(oix d^iatov. 80 i 

 Yipoira pLev at^Tjot piri pot fidXa nioves earoiv ! 

 'q yap rot GKOTreXoicn dopelv puev vnetpoxov lttttov ' 

 XP^^d) avayKairj, XP^^^ ^' ^P^ rd^pov dXeadai. ,' 



SrjdaKi 8 iv hpvp,oiaLV dvdyKT] drjpa hieadat, \ 



TToaalv €Xa<^pit,ovra /cat €V(l)6pTots /xeAeeaat. 83^ 



TO) p,7] TTtaAeot dijpr]^ inl picoXov toiev, 

 /LtiyS' €Ti AeTrraAeof /cat ydp ttotc hrjpiaaadai 

 drjpalv ivvaXioiai XP^^ TToXvaypea (fxjjra. 

 rovvcKa pioi Sepias coSe Kepaaadp,evoL ^opeoiev, 

 dpi(f)6T€pov KpaiTTvov T€ deeLV adevapov re p-dxeadai. 9C 

 /cat 8 d/aa Se^irepfj p,ev emKpahdoiev aKovras 

 dpi(f>L8vpiovs ravaovs, Spendvrjv 8' errl pLeaaoBi t,cov7]s' 



" Gf. H. i. 100, iii. 126. Pagellus mormyrv^, one of the sea- 

 breams (Sparidae). M.G. fiQvptJ.ovpi{ov) : known in Rome as 

 mormillo, Venice as mvrmiro, Genoa as mormo. A. 570 b 20 ; 

 Ov, H. 110 ( = Plin. xxxii. 152) pictae mormyres ; fj-vpfirii 

 Epicharm. ; fjiop/nvXos Dorio ap. Ath. 313 e f. 



* We assmne that rpiyXis^TpiyX-ri. So, in Arist. fr. 189, 

 Porph. V. 45 has rpiy\i5os, Diog. L. viii. 19 rplyXtj^. 



" Cf. C, ii. 158 ; Kmped. frag. 35 avrap iyij] iraXivopaos eXev- 

 cro/uMi es irbpov ii/nviov ; Lufr. i. 418. 



■* Poll. V. 18 etr] 5^ (6 KvvrjyeTTis) veos, KOv<pos, eXa^pos, 



SpOfXlKOi ktX, 



* Cf. Eutecn. par. Trpjs re Tdcppuv Kal cKo-jriXoiv aX/xara. 

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