OPPIAN 



^vva 8e t' dvdpcvTTOiai TTohojKea Tvavra yevedXa 

 LTTTTOLS T^Se KvveaaL SicoKefjuev aAAore 8' avre 

 /cat fiovvoLS iTTTTOtcrt /cyt-aiv arep Wvs iXavveiv 

 LTTTTOiaLV KeivoLGLV , oaoL iT€pl Mau/3t8a yalav 

 (f)ep^ovr^ , rj Ai^veaaLV oaoi [xr] Kapre'C )(eLpa)v 

 dyxovrai ipaXioiai, jSta^o/xeVoto x'^Xlvov, 

 TTeidovrai 8e Xvyoiaik', otttj ^poros rjyepioveveL. 

 ToweKcv LTTTTeXdraL kclvcov em^r^ropes LTnTcov 

 rjhe Kvva? Xelnovac <^lXovs Triavvoi t' iXocoaiv 

 LTTTTOLS TjeXiov Tc ^oXfj Kal v6a<j)LV dpojycbv . 

 ^vvov d/covTt^etv 8e /cat dvTi'a TO^ct^ecr^at 

 drjpas dpcLorepovs, rot t duSpdcnv l<j>L ixd^ovrai. 



'Es 8e Xivov xpetoj areXXeiv olrfia drjprjs, 

 /cat woL-qv avefiov <j>evyeu> dvep,6v re BoKevetv. 



" The caltrop, iroSdypa {A. P. vi. 296 a.ffTeiLi<f>rj iroM-yp-qv) or 

 trodocTTpapr] (Poll. V. 33 kuXoIto 5' ac Kal TroSocrrpd^r]), was 

 employed chiefly for Deer, but also for wild Swine (Poll. I.e., 

 Xeii. Cp: i. 6. 28). It corresponds to the Lat. pedica dentata 

 (Gratt. 9-2 Quid si dentatas iligno robore clausit Venator 

 pedicas ':) and is said to have been invented by Aristaeus 

 (Plut. Mor. 757 n eUxovrai 5' ^Apiaralu} doXouyTts opuyfxacn Kal 

 jipdxoi-s XvKovs Kal dpKTOvs, 6s irpwro? d-qpeaaiv ^iryj^e iroSdypas ; 

 cf. Nonn. v. 234). It is described Poll. I.e., Xen. C. 9. II ff. 

 It consisted of a wooden hoop (crre^dj'T;) containing a frame- 

 work {-rrXoKavov) in which were set nails of wood and iron 

 alternately (Poll, seems to say that the nails were in the 

 crecpavri but Xen. describes them as iyKarairiirXey fxivovs iv r(f 

 TrXoKo-vu} and ace. to Poll. irXbKavov iv /neaip rt^ vXey/xari 

 ir^wXeKrai). Inside the frame is set a noose (/3p6xos) and 

 attached to it by a rope (crfipis, dpiredovrj) is a clog {^vXov) : 

 trap, rope, and clog are all sunk in the ground and covered 

 over. When the trap is sprung (dve<TTpaixnivy)) by the beast 

 treading on it, the noose entangles the foot or feet of the 

 game while the clog hampers its movements and by its 

 trail on the ground indicates the path of its flight. 



* Arr. C. 24. 3 Xi^vuv iralSes OKxaireis iariv ot olvtOiv, ol 5e 



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