OPPIAN 



KoA;)(iSa re MrfSeiav dpH^rjXov re Qe/xtcrTOj. 

 oAA' CfiTTrjs jxera (f)vXov ecjiiq^ieplajv dAeyeivcuv 

 drjpcrl QveoTeLrjv 6Xo7]v TrapeOrjKe rpdTTet,av. 



"EcTTt 8' ivKpruJivoLS eTTL repp^acnv AldiOTTiqcjov 

 iTTTrdypcov ttoXv ^vXov, a.KaxP'^vov loSopoiai 

 Sotots" x^^'^'^o^o^"^'' ■ TToScuv' ye p,ev ov p,iav ottXi^v, 

 Xn^'^v S' '^^ cf)op€ovaL SL7TXi]v, LKeXrfv eAct^otcrf 

 XdiTr) S' avx€virj p,€adrrjv pd^i^v dfX(f>i^€^oJaa 

 ovprjv is vedrrjv pieraviaaeTaf ovhk ^porelrjv 

 hovXoauvrjv erXirj ttoO^ VTrep^iaXov yevos alvov 

 aAA' €1 /cat TTod* cXoiev ivcrrpeTTTOLai, ^p6)(OLaiv 

 iTTTTaypov SoAtotcrt Xoxois pieXavoxpoes '11*801, 

 ovT€ ^oprjv ideXei, pberd xeiXecnv aiipa Trdaaodai 

 ovre TTietv, oXoog 8e (fyepeiv t,vy6v evXero SovXov. 



Opd^eo Kal Svo (f)vXa Svcrdvrea, Kap)(ap6Bovra, 

 p.rjXo(f)6vov T€ XvKov 8i»a8e/3/cea t' avdis waivav', 



" Wife of Athamas, killed her children through jealousy 

 of Ino, the previous wife of Athamas. 



'' Thyestes, s. of Pelops, had an intrigue with the wife of 

 his brother Atreus, king of Argos, who banished him, but 

 afterwards, pretending to be reconciled, recalled him and 

 at a banquet served up to him his own son. 



" The ref. is not to what are ordinarily called Wild Horses 

 (A. +88 a 30; P. A. 64-3 b 6 : Prohl. 895 b 24) but to the 

 ^/ Hippelaphus ; A. 4/8 b 31 exei 5e Kai 6 'nnr€\a(pos KaXovfievos 



iirl TTJ aKpufxlg, x'^^i'V' '<o-i to drjplov to wapbiov ovoiia^ofievoV avb 

 hi Trjs Ke0aX^s eirl ttjv dKpwfilav XewTrjv eKarepov- idiqi 5' 6 iwir- 

 eXacpos inby^ava ^x^' /cara t'ov \dpvyya, icTi 8' dfKpJrepa KepaT0(p6pa. 

 Kai Six^^^' V 5f O-qXeia iinriXatpos ovk ^xet KfpaTa, t6 0^ /x^yedos 

 icTTi Toi'iTov Tou foJoi' €Xd<p({j TTpoffe/ucpepfs. yivovTai S' 01 'nnr4Xa<poi 

 iv 'Apax^^Tais. . . . to, 8e tCjp 'nnrfXd(pCi}v Kf/oara irapawXricna 

 Tois TTjs dopKdSoi ea-Tiv. The Ethiopians of Oppian are the E. 

 Ethiopians on E. of Persian Gulf in the region of Baluchistan 



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