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TToZat Koi ^ordvaL /cat t' dvOea yqpdaKovaL, 

 yvfMvrj Se OKvXdKeaai fievec drjpeios dvTfirj. 



Ectti 8e TL OKvXdKcjv yevos aA/ct/xov l-xyevrripcjv , 

 ^aiov, drdp fieydXrjs dvrd^iov efjbficv* doLhijs' 

 Toijs Tpd(f)€v dypia ^vXa Bperaj/cuv aloXovcorojv 470 

 avrdp eTTLKXrjhrjv a(f)ds 'Ayacraaiovs ovo/jirjvav. 

 TOiv rjroi fieyedos p-ev 6p,ouov ovTihavoiat 

 XixvoLs OLKihioLai rpaTre^'^eaaL Kvveaai, 

 yvpov, dcrapKorarov, XacrL6TpL)(ov, 6p,p,acn vcodes, 

 aAA' ovvx^aaL TToSas K€Kopv6p,evov dpyaXdoLai 475 



/cat dapuLvoZs kvvoSovglv dKa)Qxevov locjiopoLaf 

 piveat 8' avre pLdXtara 7Tave^o)(6s ianv ^Ayaaaevs 

 /cat art^lrj TravdpLoros' evret /cat yatav" lovtcov 

 IxvLov €vp€pL€vaL /Acya brj ao(f)6s, dXXd koL avrrjv 

 lhp,ojv TjepirjV /xoAa cxrjp,rjvaa6aL dvTp,t]v. 4gQ 



Kat Tts eTTaKrrjpojv TTeip-qdi^vai oKvXaK-qcov 

 LfieLpiov, TTpoTTapotde TTvXdojv aLTTewdcov 

 7) v€Kvv rj t,(x)ovra ^epet TraXdpirjcn Xaycoov 

 ipTTV^et, 8e Trdpoide TrapaL^aSov dTpaTrirolo, 

 TTpdJra pi€v Ldelav, [MereTTeira Se Bo)(p,6v iXavvwv, 4gg 

 Xaifj, Se^crepfj, aKoXirjv 686v diJi(f>ls eXiaaojv 



" This epithet (Ht. " of particoloured backs ") we take to 

 refer to the practice of staining or tattooing. Caes. B.G. v. 

 14 Omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt. So of Scythians, 

 Verg. G. ii. 115 pictos Gelonos ; A. iv. 146 picti Agathyrsi; 

 Amm. Marc. xxxi. 2. 14; Herod, v. 6 rb fiev effrixOai €i>7e»'^s 

 K^KpiTai (among Thracians), to 5i 8.(ttiktov ayewi^ ; Herodian 

 iii. 14 TO. ffiifiara aTi^ovrai {01 Bperavj'ot) ypa<pais ttoikLXui' {(fwv 

 eiK^cnv, odev oi)6e a.p.<pUvvvvTai, Iva fxr} ffKeiruffi tov crw/^aroy ras 

 ypa<pds. 



'' The chief ancient references to British dogs are Strab. 

 199 among exports from Britain are Kvves ei)(/)uets irpos rAs 

 KVi'rjyecriai- KeXroi 5e Kai trpbs roi/s TroXefiovs XP'"'''''"^' *>'"' tovtois 

 (cat Totj iTrixf^p^ois i Gratt. 174 flF, Quid freta si Morinum 



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