OPPIAN 



TcDv r]Toi ixeyedos ^lev orroia XvKoiaL ^a<f>oivots, 

 jSatdv, oAt^orepor, Kparepov Se/za?, a/x^t 8e ptro? 

 rprjx^lats Xaaiaiai Trepi^ Tre^pLKev lOeLpais, 391 



OTTTTOtais dcop-q^ar €-)(Lva>v aloXa (f)vXa. 

 dXX' ore p,LV aevuoaiv dpeioves ^^oxa. Oijpes, 

 Stj tot* ifXTJcraTO ToZa- 6oas e(f)pL^ev iOetpas 

 /cat T OTTtcrco vojroiaiv a.Ka-)QX€vov d)KV7TeTrjcnv 

 iOvg aKovril^eL p,aXep6v ^eXos' dp,(f>6r€pov 8e 40O 



<f)evy€L t' e'/x/xevecos" Kal dXevopevos 77oAe/xt^ei. 

 Srj6dKt.s eKT€LV€v Kvva Ka.pxo.pov' c5Se K€ j>aiT]s 

 al^r^ov ro^cov BeSarjKOTa ro^eveadai. 

 TovveKev oTnrore jjhv Orjpijropes oiTTiqacjovrai, \ 



ovTL Kvvas nedidcrc, SoXov 8' iTrereKTi^vavTo, 405 



Tov ^erevretr epeoj, drjpajv (f)6vov ottttot aet'Scu. 

 'Ijj^p'ei'yLtajv jSatos" /^eV, arap /xeyaAoicrtv op,oia)S 

 fieXTTeaOaL drjpeaaL Travd^ios etVe/ca ^ovXrjs 

 dXKTJg re Kparepfjs vtto vy^neSavolai p,eX€aatv. 

 •^ ya/j Tot Kepheaai /care/crave 8t7rAoa <f)vXa, 4^9 



epTnqarrjpas^ 0(^ets' Kat d/ayoAeous' KpoKoSelXovs, 

 KCivovs NeiXwovs, (j^oviov yevos' oirTTore yap ns 

 drjpdjv XevyaXecDv evhr] rpLoroixO' TTerdaaas 

 ^ epirvffTTJpas KM. 



" A. -i90 b 28 rds oLKavdiJideis rpixa^ ol'as oi x^P"'"'*" ^x^^'^'-*' 

 ixivoi Kal oi varpixes : Claud. De hystr. 17; Calpurn. Eel. 

 vi. 13. 



* A. 623 a 32 ra ^dWovra rais Opi^lv, olov al iJcrrpixeo ; Ael. 

 i. 31 ; Phil. Lc. ; Solin. I.e. ; Plin. I.e. hystrices general 

 India et Africa spina contectas ex irenaceorum genere, sed 

 hystrici longiores aculei et, cum intendit cutera, missiles. 

 Ora urguentium figit canum et paiilo longius iaculatur. 

 The legend, which arose doubtless from "the rattling of the 

 spines and the occasional falling out of loose ones " (Camb. 

 N.H. X. p. 501), is elaborated by Claud. De hi/str. with the 

 inevitable comparison to the shafts of the flying Parthian 



146 



