OPPIAN 



rrpuyrrj vtt afji(f)LXvK7j, 69^ ecodivov dypoiorrai 135 



laro^ofjos evepdev vtt' evTTOLTjrov ix^TXrjv 

 yeiorop.ov BajxaXTjaLV imdvvovaLV aporpov 

 r) TrdXiv iarrepirjaLv or* rjeXios ^vya xrAiVet, 

 oTTTTore aT]p.aivovaiv eat? dyeXrjcrL vofirjes, 

 €vr€ KaraareiXovaL ttotI a(f)er€povs ttoXl arjKovs 140 

 ^pidofxevai [JLa^ovs re /cat ovdara KV/xaLvovaraL- 

 ol 8' (XTTO Xa'iveojv dixorov irpodopovres ivavXcov 

 TTavres edlcri ^iAtjctc TrepLcrKaipovaL reKovaai?, 

 dfji^l fiev evyXijvovs Sa/xaAaj ^XoarvpcoTree pi,6ax<i>> 

 avrdp eiJKpaipovs o'ias Trepl ^XrjxdBas dp,va), 145 



p^rfKahcLS avr' epicfxx), kol <pop^d8a? coxee ttwXoj. 

 Kat fiTjv rocrcra <j)epoLVTO ttotI KvrjjJiovs ^vXoxovs T€ 

 ipyoTTOVoi Kparepol 6t]P7]s tpt/cuSeo? onXa, 

 evied t' evd-qpoLO /xe'ya TTveiovra (jjovoco, 

 dpKva? €varp€(f)€as re Xvyovs ravaov re navaypov 150 

 BtKrvd re axo-XlBas re ^pox^jv re iroXvarova Sea/xa, 

 alxP'Tiv rpiyXcoxi'VO.y aiyvvT]v evpvKap-qvov, 

 dpvdXayov KafxaKdg re Kal evTrrepov ojkvv o'Ccrrov, I 



" Cf. Ov. lU. xi. 257 Pronus erat Titan iuclinatoque ] 

 tenebat Hesperiura teraone fretum ; Hor. C. i. 28. 21 

 devexi Orionis. 



" Cf. Poll. V. 17ff.; Xen. C. 2. 



" For hunting-nets in general cf. Xen, C. 2 ; Arr. C. 1 ; 

 Gratt. 25 ff. ; and espec. Poll. v. 4, who says that while all 

 nets may be called diKTva, hunting parlance distinguishes 

 (1) 8iKTva = Ta iv Toh 6/j.a\ois Kai liioireSois iardfieva {i.e. set up 

 on level ground) ; (2) evodia to. iv rals odoh (i.e. set up on the 

 " roads" or tracks of wild beasts); (3) at 5^ dpKves rovrwv ^iv 

 eXcLTTOvi ei<ri roh /xey^decn, KeKpv(pd\(f 8e eo'iKaai Kara to crxvi-'^i 

 eh 6^v KaraXriyovffai. Thus olktvoi' = Lat. rete, net in general 

 or specifically a large net or haye ; ivoSiov = Lat. plaga, a 

 net placed in a known "road" of the game; dp/ciis = Lat. 

 casshi, a funnel-shaped net, resembling, as Pollux says, a 

 /ce/fpiy^aXos = Lat. reticulum, which means (1) a net-work cap 

 for the hair (Hom. //. xxii. 169) ; (2) any bag-sliaped reticule 



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