OPPIAN 



Nat firjv aAAo yevedXov e/xot? Ihov 6<j>6aXjMolaiv 

 d/x^t'Su/xoj/, /xe'ya ^au/xa, }x,era arpovdoto KafnjXov 

 TTjv kfXTTTjs Kov^oLs jJ^erapidfiLov olojvoicn 

 /cat nrepoeaaav eovaav ijjial fieXifjovcrLv a,oi8at, 485 

 ovveKev ■^jJLcreprjs fxiv eXev vopLos atoAo? ayp-qs. 

 ovre yap opvldwv a<j)€ BapidacraTO di^'Cos t'^os"> 

 ovre hiTjepiiqv hovaKes Trareovres drapTTOv. 

 aXX 1777701 oKvXaKes re Qool koL detSeAa Secrjitd. 

 rrjs tJtol pbiy^dos [M€V vnep^iov, oaaov virepde 490 i 

 vixiTOLs evpvraroLcn cl)€p€Lv veodr^Xea Kovpov i 



/cat TToSe? vtpireveZs , t/ceAot vcodpolai Kapu-qXots, [ 



OTTTToZov dap,Lvfjcnv dprjpdp,€VOi (fioXiSecrcn 

 aKXrjpfjs dxpi SlttXtjs eiTLyovvihos' vifii, 8' deipet 

 Pairjv p.€V KecfxiX-qv, iroXXrjv Se ravvrpi^a Setpi^v 495 j 

 Kvaverjv Kelvrjcn ttoXv Trrepov ov p,€v VTrepdev^ 

 rjepos vipLTTopoicriv eTTLTrXcoovcrL KeXevQoig , 

 dXX epLTTiqs deUiv TToaai Kpanrvol reXedovaai 

 avToZaiv cfjopeovaiv laov Ta)(os olcuvoZatv. 

 ovSe p,€V opvideaaiv opoiXos dp^^ahov evv-q, 500 



Bd/crpiov' Ota 8e <f)vXov exovcriv d7T6cnpocf)a Xeicrpa' 



^ After 496 all mss. insert C. iv. 74-76. 



" The Ostrich, Strufhio camelus; A. 616 b 5 toj* 4v Ai^vrj 

 (XTpovdbv ; P. A. 697 b 14 6 ffrpovdbs 6 Ai^vk6s ; cf. ibid. 

 695 a 17 ; 638 a 13 ; De gen. 749 b 17 ; Ael. ii. 37 tj ffrpovdos 

 7] fieydXtj ; cf. iv. 37, v. 50, ix. 58, xiv. 7 ; Phil. 4 ; Herod, 

 iv. 192 (TTpovdol Kardyaioi ; Diod. ii. 50 at dvo/j-a^ofj-evai crrpov- 

 doKafx-qXai., cf. iii. 27 ; Agatharch. ap. Phot. 453 a "25 ; Plin. x. 

 1 Sequitur natura avium, quarum grandissimi et paene 

 bestiarum generis struthocaraeli Africi vel Aethiopici. 



* This is not a mere form of expression for " the two 

 thighs," "thigh of each leg" but a ref. to the notion that 

 the Camel — and by analogy the Ostrich — is double-jointed. 

 Herod, iii. 103 r6 /jl^ drj elSos oKoibv ti ^x" V Kdfx.7]\os, ^rtcrrajue- 

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