OPPIAN 



dAAa ra jxev Kara Koafxov deiaofxcv evpea kolXXt) 



7rdrp7]s rj^ieTepr]? iparfj YltfJbTrXrjtSi [xoXtttJ' 



vvv he TTaXivrpoTTOS etfii kXvttjv d-t^peiov doiS-qv. 



"EoTtv dp^aifiaKCTOv ^oviois ravpoiat yevedXov, 

 Tovs KaXeovGL Blawvas' evret Trdrprjs reXedovoL 

 BiaroviSos Qp'^K'qs' drdp eAAa;^ov etSea rdla' 

 <f>pLKaXerjv x^^'T'W H-^^ eTTCopLaSov aldvaaovaiv 

 avx^CTL TTLaXioiai Kal a/x^' draXoLGi yeveiois' 

 old re Xa^vqevres dpitrpeTres elhog exovai 

 ^avdoKop-ai, ^Xoavpoi, 9r)pcbv p^eSeovre Xeovres' 

 o^eiai Kepdcov Se TTvpLyXcxy-^Lves^ a/ccoKat 

 "XaXKeLOLS yvapLTTToZaiv eVet/ceAot dyKLcrrpoiaiv 

 dXX' , ovx ojs erepoLOLV, evavriov dXXrjXoLaL 

 vevovat arvyepihv Kepdojv eTTLKdpaiov at;^/xat/ 

 vrrr la S eiaopoiovra irpo^ acdepa (f)otvia Kevrpa. 

 rovveKcv, dmrore hr^ rw* eTTixpipAlnnai Ki)(pvre<s 

 r] Pporov 7] rwa drjpa, pbenqopov detpovai. 

 yXwaraa Se rots' crreivrj piev ardp rprjxela pt^dXiara, 

 ola aihiqpo^opOLO TveXei re)(vaapLa aiS-qpov 

 yXojaajj S' alp.aaaovre'S arro XP^^ X(,xpd^ovai. 



Nat pirjv (LkvttoScov eXd<l>0)V yevos erpa(f)ev ata 



^ V.l. 7re/)i7Xt6x"'fs. * ai'xM*^ Boudr. : alx/J-ri'' »iss. 



" Fountain in Pieria sacred to the Muses. Callim. //. iv. 7. 



* iW bonasiis (Bison europaeus), the Wisent or European 

 Bison, now exterminated in Lithuania, where a herd was 

 maintained by the Tsar of Russia, and probably in the 

 Caucasus also. Aristotle describes it under the name 

 p6ua<Tos 630 a 18 fF, ; rf. 498 b 28 ; 506 b 30. In 630 a 20 he 

 says it is called by the Paeonians nbvairo%. Cf. A. Mirab. 

 830 a 5 ev rfj Uaiovi(} <j>aalv . . , elvai ti Oripiov to KoKoifxevov 

 ^6\iv6ov, VTTO de tQiv Maibvuiv fxavanrov ; Ael. vii. 3 fidvu^ ; 

 Antig. 53 fiovwTTos ; Plin. viii. 40 Tradunt in Paeonia feram 

 quae bonasus vocetur equina iuba, cetera tauro similem, 



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