OPPIAN 



oaaoL T AtyuTTToio TToXvipafiddoLatv eV o;)^0at? 

 ^ovKoXicov ovpoL, AoKpoi, )(apo7rot re MoAoctctoi. 371 



Et Se vv rot Kepdaai (j>iXov eVAero Soia yivedXa, 

 eiapi fiev TrpojTiara Xe^os iropavve Kvveaaiv 

 eta/31 yap jxa-XXov (fxXoTT^GLa /Lte/x^Aerat epya 

 drjpai, re /cat (TKvXdKeaaL /cat ovXop.lvoiaL hpaKOVOLV 

 TjepioLS T opviGL /cat etVaAtot? veTroSecrcrtv'. 380 



etapt /Ltei' ^^oAoevros" e^^tj Tre^opvypievos tov 

 LKTO Xe^os TTorl diva daXaaaaL7]s dAd;^oto • 

 etapt TTovros oXos Se vrepta/xapayet J^vdepetTj 

 Kal veTToSes yap.eovres ein^piaaovai yaXijvrj • 

 etapt /cat TpT^pojves imdvvovai, TreAetat?, 385 



LTTTTOL S aypauAot? eTTi (ffop^dcnv oTrXtt^ovrai, 

 ravpoi S' dyporepas eVt TTopriag o/o/xatVoucrt, 

 /cat ktlXol etAt/coevres" ev etapt fx'qXo^arevaL, 

 Kal KdnpoL TTvpoevres eiraixP'dt.ovai aveaai, 

 Kal ;^tyLta/oot XaalrjaLV i^iTnrevovGi, ;)^t/xatpats' " 3[K> 



Kat 8' auTot? piepoTTeaaiv iv eiapi fidXXov epcores' 

 etapt ydp TrdvhrjpLos eVt^pt^et Kf^epeta. 



"E^p'ea crot Se /cuvoiv OaXap^rjTToXeovTL fieXeadco 

 dppevd t' dAAT^Aotcrtr ioiKora r' e^oy^a <f)vXa. 

 ^ApKdSas 'HAetotj impiLayeo, IlatoCTt Kp-^ras, 395 

 Kapas" SprjLKLOLS, Tvpcrqvd yevedXa AdKcoai, 

 Sap/xart/cdv re Trdortj/ <j)opeois TTpos 'I^T^pi'Sa vvp,(f)rjv. 

 cSSe /Ltei' ey Kepdaeias' drdp ttoXv <j)eprara Trdvrcov 



" The dogs of the Carian Magnesia are mentioned Poll. 

 V. 47 ; Ael. V.H. xiv. 46. Cf. N.A. vii. 38. 



* Here prob. = Nile, as in Horn. Od. iv. 47 etc. For 

 Egyptian dogs cf. A. 606 a 23; Ael. vi. 53, vii. 19; V.H. 

 i. 4: Plin. viii. 148; Solin. xv. 12. 



« Xen. C. 10. 1; Poll. v. 37. • 



<* Poll. /.c. ; Ael. iii. 2, xl. 20 ; Athen. 201 b ; Aristoph. 

 T. 416 ; Lucr. v. 1061 ; Verg. G. iii. 404 ; Hor. Epod. vi. 



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