OPPIAN 



rot re KaroiKtStrjaLv e^coTrXiaaavro /caAtais-, 



Kat rvrdovs draXovs oAtyoS/aavea? re fMvco^ovs' 



TOL S' rjroL avjjjTTaaav imfjivovai fxevovres 575, 



X^ifMepir^v ojprjv, Se^ag vrrvoLaiv fxedvovres' I 



ovaixopoi, ovT€ ^oprjv eXeeiv, ov (f)€yyos Iheadaf 



(pojXeLolcn 8' eots" vttvov roaaovrov e^^ovaiv, 



TyS" veKves Keivrai, hva)(^eip,epov olrov iXovres. 



avrap iTrrjV eapog TrpcjraL yeXdrfcoaiv oTTOJTrai, 580 



avded t' ev Aet/xtocrt veov ye fxev rj^iqaeLav, 



vojdpov KLViqaavTO Sefias fivxd-Trjs oltto XoxP'T^S, 



(f)aed T djJLTTerdaavTO Kal eSpa/cov rjeXiov (f>a)s, 



Kal yXvKeprjg veoTeprreg ehrjTVos epLvrjaavro , 



avdtg he 1,ojol re rrdXiv r'^ eyevovro [xvco^ol. 585 



AetTTct) /cat Xdcriov yevos ourtSavoto OKiovpov, 

 OS pa. vv roL depeos [xeaarov (f)Xoy€pfjaLV ev wpais 

 ovprjv dvreXXei. oKenas avTop6(f)OLo fjbeXddpov 

 olov Srj vv raoJves eov Se/xa? dyXao/xopcfyov 

 yparrrov eTnoKidovaiv dpivpeTTes aloXovcvrov 590 



Tcov ovSev /jiepoTTeacri Alos rexwqaaro p,r\ris 

 ^ vd\iv r Turnebus : TrdXt;' mss. 



" In Oppian, as in A. 540 a 10 ; 580 a 23 ; 613 b 15, alXovpos 

 seems to be a general name for the Cat, whether F. catus, 

 the Wild Cat, M.G. dypioyaros, or the Domestic Cat, F. 

 domestica, M.G. ydra; cf. CaUira. H, vi. 110; Ael. iv. 44, v. 

 7, V. 30, V. 50. vi. 27; PHn. x. 174; Plut. Mm: 959 f 7a\ar 

 Kal a'iXovpoi.. 



" Myoxim (/Us, 31. nitela, M. dryas are all found in Greece. 

 Erh., p. 20, mentions M. nitela as frequenting the orange- 

 groves in Syra, where it t'limbs the trees and attacks the 

 young fruit. In A. 600 b 13 ipwXet 5k Kal 6 eXeibs ev avroh rots 

 deuBpeai Kal yiverai rbre iraxvTaToi the ref. seems to be to 

 M. fflis, or possibly M. nitela, though the Squirrel has been 

 suggested, Bik. p. 12. Tristram found in Palestine " three 

 species of dormouse, the largest of which (J/, glis) is six 

 inches long without the tail, which is five inches more. The 



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