OPPIAN 



riojoSaAtes" 8' oXoal SISvjjlov yivos' o-l fiev eaai 

 lieit,ovs elaiheeiv /cat Trdaaovcs evpea vcbra, 

 at 8e t' oAt^drepat jxev drap /xeVo? ovtl ;)(e/3etous" 65 

 etSea 8 afji,(l)OTeprj(nv ofioua SaiSdXXovraL, 

 v6a<j)L jjiovrjs ovprjs, rjj r* efXTraXiv elaopdarai' 

 p.eio(n jxkv fieil^cov reXedei, fxeyaX-Qoi Se fjbetwv. 

 evTTayees jxripoi, hoXi^ov 8e/xa?, o/x/>ta ^aeivov 

 yXavKLOioai Kopai pXe(j)dpoLs vtto fMapfMaipovaai, 70 

 yXavKiocjoLV opuov re /cat evSodu (j)OLvicjaovTai, 

 aWofievais t/ceAai, TTvpiXapiTTies ' avrdp evepOev 

 oJXpoL T LoroKot re rrepi aroixdreaaLV oSovres. 

 pLvos SatSaAeo?, 'Xfioifj r* cttI 7TafX(f)avococrr) 

 rjepoeLs, TTVKLvfjai p,eXaivopi.lvrjaw ottojttols. 75 



wKvrarov BeLeL, Kai t' dXKLp.ov Wvs opovei' 

 (f)atr]s, OTTTTor tSoto, SLrjepirjv ^opeeadai. 

 efiTrrjs /cat Td8e (j>vXov eTTiKXeiovaiv dot8ot 

 TTpoaB* ep,€vaL Ba/c;^oto (f)ep€ara<f>vXot,o rid-qvas' 

 rovveKev elaeri vvv o'iva> p.eya KayxaXocoai, 80 



Sexvv/Jievai orofidrecraL Aicovvaov fxeya SoJpov. 

 ri XP^°^ ^'^ ixepoTTOJV he /cAura? rj/xenlie yvvalKas 

 is roSe TTophaXiiov yevos dypiov, avOis aetcroj. 



Nat iJ,r]v dXXo 6o6v Si(f)ves yevos ihmjaaLo, 



<* TTCLpdaXis {ir6p8a\is), the commoner and older word (Hom. 

 //. xiii. 103, xxi. 573 ; Od. iv. 457), and trdvd-qp (first in Herod, 

 iv. 192) are translated alike by panthera in Latin writers, 

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