OPPIAN 



TLKTei 8' o-TrXerov (l>6v, oaov x^heetv roaov opviv, 

 KVKXoae Xa'CveoLS dcoprjaaofxeuov KeXv^eaai. 



YlTCOKas deiSojfiev, drip-qs epihojpov oTTcLpr^v. 

 au)p,a TreAet rvrdov, Xdaiov, SoXixcorarov ovas, 505 

 jSatov VTrepde Kaprj, ^aiol ttoScs, ovk taa KcbXa' 

 Xpocrjv S' dfi(f)Uaavr^ dvop^ouov ol /xev eaat 

 KvdveoL hvo<j)epoi re fieXdfM^wXov /car' dpovpav, 

 gavdoL S avd' erepoi TrehUov eirl /JbLXroTTapT^cov' 

 avrdp epiyXrjvoL ■)(apo7T6v crrpdnrovcnv ovrcuTrat 610 

 Kovdov dypvTTvirj KeKopvdfxevov ovirore yap br] 



VTTVOV €771 ^Xe^dpOLOLV d7TO^pL^aVT€S eXovTO, 



SetStore? drjpcov re ^irjv /xepoTrcov re Ooov Krjp- 

 vvKrl he t' eyprjaaovoL /cat es (f>iX6rr]ra fxeXovrai' 



" This idea, entertained about various opisthuretic animals 

 (Solin. xxvii. 16 (Leones) aversi [i.e. dvTiTrvyoi, dir6<Trpo(poi] 

 coeunt : nee hi tantum sed et lynces et cameli et elephanti 

 et rhinocerotes et tigrides) is contradicted by A. 540 a 13 at 



5k Ka-nrfKoi oxeiJOi-Tai ttjs OrjXeias Kadrffievr^S' 7r6/)t/3e/37j*:ws 5e 6 

 Appriv dxEt'E' oi'K dpTiirv-yos {rf. 543 a 16), dXXa KaOdwep Kal to. 

 dXXa Terpdwoda with regard to Camels, and of Elephants by 

 Diod. ii. 42 (5xeye7-at 5^ tovto rb ^i^ov ovx, uxrirep nvei <f)a(xiv, 

 i^riWayfJuevias, dXX' 6,uoiu}s 'iinroi,s Kal rois dWois TfTpatroSon 



* Lepus timldus L. and allied species. M.G. Xa7w6s. 

 Besides the normal Greek name Xayuis we find (1) the 

 poetical term tttw^ (cf. C. i. 165), first as an epithet, Horn. 

 11. xxii. 310 TTTWKa Xa7w6f, " the cowering Hare," in allusion 

 to its timidity (Poll. v. 72 ; Ael. vii. 19), but already in Hom. 

 11. xvii. 676 as a substantive ; cf. Aesch. A(/. 137 (2) daffvirovi, 

 the Furry-footed, frequent in Aristotle, used also by Pint. 

 Mor. 971 A, etc. ; Poll. v. 68. and, ace. to Athen. 399 e, f, 

 by some of the Comic Poets ; Plin. viii. 219 (quoted on 

 1. 519), where he seems to distinguish lepus and dasypus, is 

 unintelligible. Similarly in the Anthol. x. 11 Xaai'ov wo56s 

 fx''"^ = tracks of the Hare. 



The Hare is very common in the whole of Greece (Bik. 

 p. 14)— though it would appear that at one time it was rare 



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