OPPIAN I 



^uAa [j,ev€Lv iJLOv6(j)vXa, ra S' e^oxo- reKfxiqpavro 

 avBpes eTTaKT7Jp€S' ra Se fxvpia <j>vXa TreXovrai, 400 

 Tibv apboOev [xopcfiaL re Kal etSea rota TreXicrdoi. I 



fxrjKeSavou , Kparepov Se/xa? apKiov, rjhk Kap-qvov | 



Kov<f)ov, ivyXrjvov Kvaval crriXfioiev oTTCOTrai' 

 Kapxapov e/craStov reXiOoL aro/xa- /Sato. S' VTrepdev 

 ovara XeTrraXeotaL TrepLcrTeXXoid' vp-eveaaf 405 



SeLpr] firjKeSavq, Kal arrjdea vepde /cparata, 

 evpea- tcu irpoadev 84 r' oXit^orepoj TrdSes" earojv 

 op9oT€vels KcLXiov ravaol 8oAt;!^T7pee? laroi' 

 evpees (LfioTrXdraL, irXevpcdv irrLKapaia rapaa' 

 oa<j)ves evaapKOL, firj TTioveg' avrap OTnade 410 



aTpv(f>vri t' e/craStos" Te ireXot SoXcxoctklos ovprj, 

 Toloc fxev ravaolaiv i(f)OTTXLl,oivro hpopiotai 

 hopKOLS "^S' iXd(f)OLaLV deXXoTTohrj re Xayojco. 



Qovpoi 8' avd^ erepoL, roZaiv pievehrjCos aA/C7^, 

 OGcroL Kal ravpoiaiv €7T€)(paov r^vyeveiots 415 



Kal avas v^picrrrjpas inat^avres oXeaaav 

 ocTGOi fxrjSe Xeovras eovs rpelovaiv dvaKras, 



" Gratt. 154 mille canum patriae. 



"> Twv afjLodev is taken from Horn, Od. i. 10, and the meaning 

 seems to be either that the "points of the dog" here 

 enumerated are not an exhaustive description of any breed 

 or that they do not apply to all breeds. Eutecn. dnu}(ry^iru)i. 

 Cf, Suid. 8. dfji.-)]yiTrr]. 



' Arr. C. 4. 2 f. vpQ)Ta ixkv 8t] naKpai Icrrcoy d-n-b Ke^aX^s iir' 

 ovpdv. 



" Xen. C. 4. 1 K€<l>a\ds eXa^pcts. Cf. Arr. C. 4, 4 ; Poll. 

 V. 57. 



' Xen. I.e. 6fji.fjLaTa /.lereojpa [sint celsi vultus, Nemes. 269] 

 fif\ava Xafxwpd. Cf. Arr. 4. 5 ; Poll. I.e. Geop. xix. 2 ; Varr. 

 ii. 9. 3 oculis nigrantibus aut ravis; Colura. vii. 12 nigris 

 vel glaucis oculis acri lumine radiantibus. 



f Xen. I.e. Cora XeTrrd Kai ftXct 6wi<jdev. Cf. Poll. I.e. On 



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