OPPIAN 



Brjpai t' ivvaXloLaLV evavria Srjplcraadai. 205 



TTCos ju-ev yap re ixaxoaa-Lv dp-^'Cos €kXv€V lttttos 



rjxov iycpalfiodov SoXt)(oJi' TToXepbrj'Cov avXcbv; 



r} 7Ta)S avra hehopK€v dKapSafxvTOLutv^ OTTCUTrat? 



al^-qoLcn Xo^ov TrerrvKaafievov OTrXlrrjaL, 



/cat ;\;aA/c6v' aeXayevvra, /cat darpdmovTa atS-qpov, 210 



/cat fxddev evre fxiveiv -x^peio), irore S' avris opoveiv, 



/cat fxddev elcrateiv Kparepcov avvdrjfjba Xoxo-ydJv; 



TToXXaKL /cat Srjpiv^ dvSpcov ineXdaaaro irdpyois 



TjpefJios daTTiSoeaaav VTronrepou, evre ^porolatv 



doTrls VTckp K€(f)aXr]s CTTLKdpaiov dcTTTtS' epelhei, 215 



oTTTTor^ eeXSovrat Srjtcov ttoXlv i^aXand^ai, 



/cat TreStov Tevxovcn p^errjopov, iTrra^oeiov , 



haihaXeov, ttvklvov, 7ToXv6p,(j)aXov, dvria S' atyAr^ 



XO-Xkov d7TodpwaK€L (fiaedovTcds , ali/ja S' OTrioaco 



KXLVop,€vrjg dKTLVos dTTaarpdnrei, TToXvg aldrjp. 220 



Ittttois ydp TTeplaXXa (Jjvcns TTope rex^rfefjaa 



rjp,€pi,o)v KpaSlrjv /cat ar^deaiv aloXov rjrop' 



alkv yivcLaKovcnv iov (j>iXov rjviox'^o- 



/cat ;^pe/xe^ouCTti^ Ihovres dyaKXvrov rjyep,ovrja 



/cat TToXepoLaL Treaovra jxeya arevaxovaiv eralpov. 225 



L7T7TOS €V VapLVfj P'^^^^ TTOTC SeCT/Xa aHjOTTTjS 



/cat (f}VGLos deafiovs v7T€pehpap,e /cat Xd^ev rjX'fjv 



^ VV.ll. d(rKap5a/j,vKT0L(riv, d(TKap8afjiVT0i<Ti.v, a.Kapda/xiJKroKTii'. 

 * STjtwv most Mss. 



<» The distinction between the rhetorical interrog. and the 

 exclamation disappears in late Greek, so that xQs, ir6(Tos = 

 ws, oaos. Cf. TTocffT] 330. 



" Cf. Job xxxix. 19 If. 



" Here and in iv. 134 a.Kap5aiJ.vT0L<nv (given by three mss. 

 in the latter place) seems the safest reading. Kapdafivaa-u 

 (for aa-Kapd-) is recognized by Hesych. and E.M. s.v. See j 

 further iii. 478 n. 



<* The led. viUg. Srjtuiv necessitates (1) the change of > 



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