OPPIAN 



drjXvreprj t{.kt€l, rpl^ov dvdpwTTCov aAeetVei, 

 ovveKev arpaTTiTol pLeporrajv d-qpeaat ^e^rjXoL. 



PC^o;!^a 8' €v dyjpeaatv ctt' dyXatr] Kop,6a>aLV 

 apaeves evKcpaoi, TToXvSalSaXov epvos exovres' 210 

 rj yap evu^i-hecov Kepdcov aiprjcTL Treaovrcov , 

 P6dpov p,€V Kara yaZav 6pr>^dp,€voL Karedaijjav, 

 o(f)pa K€ p,T] Ti? eXrjGLv en avXaKos dvTL^oXi^aag' 

 Kevdovrai 8' avrol Trvp^drot^ Xaaioiai re ddpLvoig, 

 aiSojJievoL drjpeaoi Kapijara rola ^avrjvat,, 215 



yvjjivd, rd tol tt port dpoi.de fMeri^opov deipovro. 



A/x^i'^tot 8' eXa<j)oi' Koi yap Tpa(f)eprjv Trareoucri 

 /cat TTOVTOV TTepocoatv,^ ofioaroXov dXX'qXotcn 

 vavTiXiT^v TrXwovTeg, ot^ i^avvovat, ddXauuav 

 irpoade fiev et? eXd(^oLaLV eVt arixo-s rjyejJLovevei,, 220 

 ola KvfiepvrjTTjp p,€d€7TCx)v olij'Ca vrjos' 



^ Trareovac . . Trepouiaiv IK : other jiss, Trepowai . . Trar^ovcn. \ 



" Contrary to the usual doctrine ; A. 578 b 16 Troteirai tovs 

 t6kovs irapa ras 65oi's bia rbv irpbs to. drjpia (p6§ov ; 611 a 15 17 

 i\a(f>os oi'x rJKia'Ta 8oKei elvai <f>pbvLixov rifj re rlKTeiv irapa rds 

 65ous {to, yap drjpla 5id TovsavOpihirovs 01) irpoaipx^Tai) ; Plin. 

 viii. 112 in pariendo semitas minus cavent humanis vestigiis 

 tritas quam secreta ac feris opportuna. Cf. Plut. Mor. 971 k ; 

 Antig. 29: Ael. vi. 11. Oppian seems to have confused 

 the seclusion of the Hind after the birth of the young (A. 

 578b 20; Antig. I.e.; Plin. viii. 113; Solin. xix. 10) with 

 her behaviour at their birth, just as Ael. I.e. KaTamavOetaa 

 5e oi'K &v ^Ti T€KOL irapo, Tcts 600US confuses this with the 

 seclusion of the Stags when they have grown fat (A. 579 a 5 ; 

 Plin. viii. 113). 



* A. 611 a 25 dwo^iWovcri 8^ Kai to, K^para iv tottols xaXeTOis 

 Kal du<xe^evp€Tois' oOev Kai rj Trapot/xia yeyovff "06 ai €\a<pOL ra 

 Ktpara aTro^dWov'Tii' ." uxjirtp yap to. ow\a djroj3eji\rjKinat (pv\dT- 

 Tovrai bpdadai; A. Mlrah. 835 b 27 ; Antig. 20; Ael. iii. 17; 

 Plin. viii. 115; Theophr. /r. 175. 



* Ael. vi. 5 ol iXacpoi to. Kepara diro^aXovres ela^vvovraL 



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