OPPIAN 



<f)dcryava ^oVTrXrjyas re XayoiO(f>6vov re rpiaivav, 

 ay/cuAiSa? OKoXcas fioXt^oaffnyyeag re Kopcovag, 155 

 anaproSerov fJbTjpivdov evTrXeKrov re TToSdyprjv , 

 apLfxard re ardXiKas re TToXvyXrjvov re crayqvqv. 

 "Ittttovs S* ets" Orjprjv pbeya KvS-qevras dyeadojv 

 dparevag- ov p.6vov orri ;\;epeio>'e? elai, TTohecrcn 

 drjXvrepaL reXeeiv hoXixov Spopiov ev ^vXoxoLaiv, 160 

 aAA' or' dXevaa6ai ■^(^peioj ^iXohep,VLOv rjrop 

 iTTTTOJV (VKVTToScov, aTTO S' iTTTTaSa rTjXocr' epvKeLV, 

 6(f)pa Ke pLTj ■)(^pep.eda>ai, AiAaid/xevai (f)tX6rrjros , 

 /cat r' dtovres dS'qv^ Kpveprjv (fiv^avSe vecDvrax 

 ve^pol SopKaXiSes re 6oal /cat Set/xoAeo? irroi^. 165 

 Imroiv 8' atoAa (f}vXa, rocr edvea /xupta (jxxjrcov, 

 oaaa ^poroloi yevedXa SeSacr/xeva airov ehovaiv 

 dAA' epLTTTjg epeco, roaaoL fierd TTdcrt Kparatol 

 ocraoL 6' ImTaXeoLaiv dptarevovaiv 6p,tXoLS' 



^ V.l. a.v5r]V. 



» Poll. V. 19 mentions ^i<pri among the hunter's weapons. 



* Poll. I.e. Kai d^ivas irapaaKevacfTeov, el Kal vpefiva Ko^at d4oi. 

 ' Lat. tridens, fuscina. 

 •* The sense of ayKv\L5e$ (only here) and Kopdvai is only to 



be guessed. 



* Sfipa tenacksima L. (or allied species), which grows 

 wild in Spain and Africa, still called sparto or esparto. 

 PUn. xix. 26 ff.; Cato 3; Varr. R.R. \. 23. 6; Colum. xii. 

 53. 8; Aul. Gell. xvii. 3. 4-; Xen. C. 9. 13; Ael. N.A. xii. 

 43; Bliimner, Technoloffie, i. 294. 



' Cf. C. iv. 43; A. P. vi. 296" d<rTefx<()rj iroodyptjv ; Xen. Ci/r. 

 i. 6. 28 ^Xd0oi's {So\oup) Troddypais Kal dpireSovaii. See Xen. 

 C. 9. 12 flF. for description of the TodocTpd^T} (pedica dentata) ; 

 Gratt. 92 dentatas iligno robore clausit Venator pedicas. 



' The precise sense of a/i/ttara here is uncertain : possibly 

 the same as the dpireSbuai of Xen. Cyr. i. 6. 28. 



* See n. on v. 150. Cf. A. P. vl 152, vi. 1S7, xii. 146; 

 Theocr. Kp. iii. 2; Tryphiod. 222; Poll. V. 19, 31, FO ; x. 

 141 ; Hesych. .f. ardXiKas and s. SoKdvai, who has also 

 aToXiSixs- Tovs KapLUKas ^ x°/"">'<^^* 



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