OPPIAN 



evpv ireXoL ^aihpov re fieao^pvov e/c 8' apa KoparjS 

 afx^l pLerwTTa rpiy^cbv ttvklvol aeloivro Kopvp-^of 

 o/x/itt Topov, TTvpacoTTOv, emaKVvioLoi ha<^OLv6v' 

 cvpetai pXves, aropa S' apKiov, ovara /Sata* 

 yvpaXer] Beiprj reXedoi Xacnavxevos lttttov, 

 COS" ore xairiqeaaa X6cf)ov vevec rpu^aAeta' 

 TTOvXv TTeXoL GTcpvov, SoAt^j^oj^ Se^tt?, evpea vwra, 

 /cat po-X'-s dp.(f)l8vp,os p.eaov la^^^ Triaivovaa} • 

 ^ leg. ireipaivovcra ? 



" Poll. i. 189 irpoKotuov (forelock) fvirpeirh; Xen. Eq. 5. 8 

 545oTai irapa dewv Kai dyXatas eVe^-a X^^'''V ''"■^ irpoKd/Jiidv re (cat 

 ovpd, 



* " The eye should be clear and free from tears, the pupil 

 black," Hayes p. 212. Cf. G. and B. p. 54 amonjj the 

 beauties of the eye is "the clearness and little abundance 

 of the tears"; Xen. Eq. 1. 9 to €^6(pda\/xoi' ehai iyprjyopbi 

 IxaXXov (palverai rod Koi.\o4>dd\p.ov ; Poll. i. 189 Syu/ta TTporrerh 

 d)S i^6<pdaKfiov elcai, 6<pda\iJ.oi Trvpudeis, {'(pai/J-ov ^X^irovTes (opp. 

 to Koi\6(f)da\iJ.os ih. 191); Geop. I.e. 6nfj.a fieXav ; Varr. I.e. 

 oculis nigris ; so Colum. I.e. ; Pallad. I.e. oculi magni. 



" " The nostrils should be ... of ample capacity, so as 

 to suggest the possession of large air-passages," Hayes, p. 

 214 ; *' The absolute beauty of the nostril resides in its 

 width . . . Small nostrils are an absolute defect and 

 associate themselves with a chest that is narrow," G. and B. 

 p. 60; Xen. Eq. 1. 10 Kal fiVKxr/pes ye ol dvaTrfirrafJ.ei'oi twp 

 ffvfnrfjrrioKOTWV evTrvowrepoi re a/xa elcri Kai yopyorepov tov 'iinrov 

 dTTodeiKvvovcn ; Poll. i. 190 fjLVKTrjpes dvaTrcirTafi^voi (opp. to 

 fiVKTrjpii ffvfnreTTTWKOTes ih. 191); Geop. I.e. plvas /xr] (tv/jl- 

 TTcn-TioKvlas ; Varr. I.e. naribus non angustis ; Colum. I.e. 

 naribus apertis ; Pallad. I.e. nares patulae. 



'' " The old practical rule of finding whether a horse is 

 wide enough between the jaws is to try if the clenched fist 

 can be placed within the hollow," Hayes, p. 216. 



« " The ear is beautiful when it is short," G. and B. p. 43 ; 

 Xen. Eq. 1. 11 Sira /jUKporepa ; Poll. i. 190 Syra ^paxfo- (opp. 

 to Cora ^teydXa ib. 191); Geop. I.e. wra ■irpo<Te<TTa\ixiva; Varr. 

 I.e. auribus applicatis ; Colum. I.e. brevibus auriculis et 

 arrectis ; Pallad. I.e. aures breves et argutae. 



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