OPPIAN 



Kal pac^tSe? rpiyXai re kol aoTaKol a[i(f)is kirovrai. 

 Odfi^os e(f)V ToSe, dafx^os dd€a(f)arov, OTnroTe drjpas 

 aAAoSttTTOt reipovat ttoOol Kal vireipoxo. (f)iXrpa. 

 ov yap 677* aAAi^AoiCTt fiovov (j>L\6rriros elo-Tj? 

 OecrpLov dvayKalov hwKev deos, ovb boov avra>v 

 (f)vXov dvaXS'qaKeLV aleiyevios ^lotoio. 

 ^au/xa piev ovv KdKelvo hap^-qpevai a.(j>pova <jiv\a 

 dp,p,aaiv Ipueprol^ Kal op^oyvia (f>L\Tpa baijvai 

 Kal TTodov ov voeovra eV dXX'qXoicn Kepaaaat, 

 oldirep dvdpwTTOiaiv €7TLcf)poavvr] re voos re 

 ocjidaXpovs ineraaaev epov 6' VTrehe^aro dvpt,a)' 

 dXXd Kal 6dv€iOLS eTTepb'^varo injjodt (f)iXTpoLS. 

 0I09 pLev TTodos iarlv apt^T^Aoi? eAa^oicrt 

 drrayecov oaaos 8e ravvKpaipois cttI Sop/coi? 



" A Sea-bream, Ohlata melanura, M.G. /jLcXavovpi. A. 

 591 a 15; Athen. 313 d, 319 c, 3-20 e ; Phil. 92; Plin. xxxii. 

 IT and 149 ; Colura. viii. 16 ; Ael. i. 41 ; Ov. Jlal. 113 laude 

 insignis caudae melanurus. 



* The Gar-fish, Belone acus, M.G. ^eXopida, l^apydva : 

 "tres abondante depuis le raois d'aout jusqu'a la fin 

 d'Octobre " (Apost. p. 25) : cf. H. i. 172, iii. 577, 605 f. pa<ph 

 = j3e\6vT], cf. Athen. 319 d Awpiwc 5' ev ti^ irepl ixQvuv 

 " /3eX6i'7;>', " <f>r](Tii', " ^i' KaXovaiv pa<pi5a." ' Api(XTOTi\tjs 8' iv 

 irefjLTTTifj ^(^uv fiopiuv ^eXovrjv avTrjv /caXei. ^v 5e t(^ wtpl ^iolkCiv 

 ■fj ix0i>(x>v patpida avrrjv dvofj.do'as dvoSow (prjcriv avrrjv etvai, Kai 

 'LireixTitriros avTy}v ^eXov-qv KaXei. In A. 506 b 9, 567 b 23, etc. 

 ^eXovrj is Syngnatlnis acun, the Pipe-fish (Needle-fish), M.G. 

 (Ta,KKopd(pa, KaroiipXiSa (Apost. p. 7), but in 610 b 6 it seems 

 to be the Gar-fish. In //. iii. 608 Oppian's pa<^ts has teeth, 

 which suits the Gar-fish, while Athen, 305 d, 319 d says 



90 



