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Kevdovrat TrXarafJioJaLV eas irXoKafuSas eSovres" 

 avrap iTTTjv eap vypov €VTpo(f)ov avd-qaeiev , 180 



a/cpe/xove? (j(f)iaiv ojKa veoi iraXiv oXhrjaKovaL, 

 KoL TToXiv euTrAoKa/xot SoAtp^i^v TrXcoovai, ddXaaaav. 



'E^etT^? €V€7TO)p,ev iua(j)vpov, rjepoevra, 

 KpaiTTVov , aeXXoTTohrjv , Kparepd>vv)(ov , alirvv ovaypov ' 

 oaore^ TTeXei (jiaihpos, Se/xa? dpKLos, evpvs Iheadai, 185 

 dpyvpeos XP'^''W> ^oXixovaros, o^vraros delv 

 Taivirj 8e /jieXaiva fjbecrrjv pa^yv a.p,<f)L^€^r]K€, 

 Xi'OvejjS eKarepde TrepLaxopievr] <jr€(j>a.vrjaL. 

 Xt'Xov eSei, <j>ep^ei, fiiv dSrjv 7TO€atTp6(f)os ala, a 



dAA' avros Kparepols dyad-q ^oais eVAeTO 07] pal. 19(| 

 <f>vXa 8' deXXoTTohcov t/rjXrjp^ova TrdpLTtav ovdypcov 

 TToXXoLaLV t' aXoxoicnv dyaXXojJievoi KOfxocoaf 

 drjXxrrepaL S eoTTOvd^ , oOl toi ttogls r^yef-LOvevei' 

 TTpos vofiov Wvvovaiv, eTTTjv iOeXrjaiv dvuyyeiv, 

 TTpos TTrjyds TTora/xcbv, drjpcbv fiedv, Kal TrdXw alipa IW 

 TTpos Xacriovs ot/cous", orav eanepos vttvov dyrjai. 

 i,rjXov 8' dpaeai vdaiv ctti acjierepoiaiv oplvet 

 vtdai vrjTndxoioL iravdypios olarpos dvacSi^s- 

 OTTTTorc OrjXvrepr] yap ex^t kottov^ ^IXclOvltjs, 



^ 6<rffe B. de Ballu : ocrre mss. 

 * KOTTov Jacobs : tokov mss. 



" Equus onager, the Asiatic Wild Ass, or E. onager 

 hemippus, the Syrian Wild Ass, which hardly differs from 

 the other. A. 580 b 1 eiffl 5' iv Xvpig, oi KoKov/xevoi tiij-Iovol, 

 'irepbv yevos tCiv sk <Tvv8va<Tfj.ov yevofxivwv iinrov Kai 6vov, 

 Sfioioi 5^ t})v 6ipiv, ibcnrep kuI ol dypioi 5voi wpos tovs ij/j^povs, 

 dir6 Tivos ofioLOTTjTos Xex^^f''^^^- • • • o,vTai. ai ijpiiovoi yevvQiatv 

 i^ d\\r,\uji'. Cf. A. 491 a 2, 577 b 23. The fertile 7ip.io,^ot 

 were of course a species of Wild Ass, which perhaps explains 

 the portent in Herod, iii. 151 f. Cf. Plin. viii. 174; Horn. II. 

 ii. 85-2 ; Herod, vii. 86 ; Varro ii. 1.5; Colum. vi. 37 ; Ael. 

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