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 oacrov iv rjeploiaL raws KaXos olcovolaL. 

 TTOLvra fitv adprjcreLas opea^LOV ola Ae'aivav', 345 



v6ar(f>L jjiovov pivolo, rov acoXov earecfxivajTai, 

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 TOL7JV p.€V TTVpoeaaav vtto BXecfxipoiaiv oTTOJTral 

 p.app.apvyrjv arpaTrrovaiv arap 8e/xa? eVAeTO rolov, 

 KaprepoVy evaapKov ' roirj SoXlxootklos ovprj • 350 1 



rota TTepl aropLareaat TrpoacLvara' rolov VTrepOe 

 v€V€i eTTtaKvviov ToZoi aeXayevaiv oSovres. 

 a)KVT€prj reXedei Se dowv 7Tavv7T€Lpo)(a drjpatv' 

 avro) yap re deeiv iKeXr] 7j€<f)vpcp yeveri)pL' 

 ovTi ye pLTjV yeverrjpL' tls dv rdSe TriaTcoaat,ro , 355 



drjpes on SpLTjOetev utt' rjepi vvp.(f)evTrjpL ; 

 eirXero yap Keivr] Keverj (f)dris, ai? rdSe (f)vXov 

 BijXv TTpoTTOU reXedei Kal dSepiVLOv dpaevos earf 

 hrjQaKi, yap Kev tSois" rroXvavdea KaXov aKoirrjv 

 peZa yap ovk dv eXots' 8rj yap re XL7Td)V ed reKva 360 

 enp.evea)S (fievyei, drjpiqropas evr^ dv 'iS-qrai' 

 Tj 8' erreraL oKvp^voLaiv dvid^ovad re dvp,6v, 

 •)(dpp,a /xey' dypevrrjpaL, npos dpKvas Wvs iKavei. 



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" F. tigris, A\ 607 a4; Plin. viii. 66; Ael. viii. 1, xv. 14; 

 Solin. xvii. 4 ff., xxvii. 16, liii. 19. 



*> Plin. I.e. animal velocitatis tremendae, r/. Solin. xvii. 4 ; 

 Luc. V. 405 ; Claud. In Ihif. i. !)0. 



« See C. i. 323 n. ; cf. Claud. De rapt. Proserp. iii. 262 

 Arduus Hyrcana quatitur sic matre Niphates, Cuius Achae- 

 raenio regi ludibria natos Advexit tremebundus eques : 

 fremit ilia marito Mobilior Zephyro. 



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