OPPIAN 



e/c 8e deoL ttoAAt) /jLeroTncrde ravvrpi-^og ovp-^' 



jxrjpol S' evTTayees, ftucuSees" avrap evepdev 



op9oT€V€ts SoAip^oi T€ TToScov TTepLrjyies avXol 



Kttt fiaXa AeTTTaAeot • /cat crapKi AeAet/x/xeva KOjXa, 190 



Ota TOvvKpaipoLuiv aeAAoTrdSeacr' eAa^otaf 



/cat acf)vp6v dyKXlvoLTo, deoi Se Trepihpopios ottXtj 



vijjL fidX' e/c yaiTjs, ttvklvi], Kepoeaaa, Kparai-q. 



TOLOS p^oL ^aivoL Kpareprjv dijpeLov ivvci) 



dvpLaiv(x)V, GVvdedXos, dp-q'Cos, o^pip^os Ittttos. 195 



TupCTT^vot TototSe /cat Appievioi /cat 'Ap^atot 



KaTTTraSo/cat re /cAurot Taupou Trporrap 61 re^ 



vepiovrai . 

 davp,a Se KaTTTraSo/ceCTCTt /Aey' eSpaKov cu/cuTToSecrcrt * 

 elcroKC pikv veoyiXov vtto arop^drecratv ohovra 

 /cat yAayepor (f)op4ovai Se/xa?, reXeOova dpL^vqvot • 200 

 KpaiTTvorepoi 8e TreXovaiv, ocrcp /xaAa yrjpdcrKovai. 

 Kelvovs €LS TToXepiov p.eyaX'qTopa dcop-qaaoco j 



aWojvds r' evrt drjpas' errel p,dXa dapa'qevres 

 ottXols dvTidav, TTVKCvrjv p'q^ai re <f>dXayya, 



^ TTpovap o'i re Koechly : irpoirdpoiOe jiss. 



" (7/*. Xen. ^g'. 1. 5, 7; Poll, Z.c. oupa wpofiriKris ; Geop. /.r;. 

 oupav pL€yd\r)v ov\6rpixo- i Varr. I.e. Cauda ampla subcrispa ; 

 Colura. I.e. Cauda longa et saetosa; Pallad. I.e. cauda I 

 profusior. I 



* "The muscles of the thighs should be well developed" ^ 

 (Hayes p. 311); Geop. I.e. ix-qpov^ fn/xvcofM^fovsi Colum. I.e. 

 ferainibus torosis et numerosis. Xen. Eq. 1 distinguishes 

 the firjpol oi virb rais (i/iOTrXdrats (§ 7), i.e. what are now 

 called the " fore-arms " (extending from elbow to knee), 

 from the /j.ripoi oi virb rrj ovpg., i.e. thighs +gaskins (the latter 

 terra now being used to denote the hind leg from thigh to 

 hock). 



« i.e, the part of the leg between knee and fetlock: the 

 " shanks " (Cossar Ewart ap. Hayes p. 16). ay\ot=; tibiae. 

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