OPPIAN 



T) 8' ofMaSov TTpoXiTTOvaa /cat avepas idvs opoveL, 



yvp.v6v OTTOV AevaacL ttcSlov ttoXv' KeWev eireira 



e^eirjs Kara vcorov eyeLpop^evos Ad;^os" av^patv 



KXayyr]86v TrarayovaLv , I'u o^p-va. p,r)pLvdoLO 405 



a€v6p,€voi Kal Set/xa 7ToXv)(poov r] Be r aviyprj 



ap.j)i§oXos /xaAa irapuTrav a.rvt,op.evrj 7r€(f)6pr]Taf 



TTOLvra 8 6p,ov SetSoi/ce, X6)(ov, ktvttov, avXov, avrrjv, 



h€tp,aXer]v p,i]pLv9ov CTret KeXdhovros diyreio 



Tatv'tat T i(f)V7T€pde hirjepiai KpaSdovai 410 



KLVVpL€vaL TTrepvyes re Xty^'Ca avpit^ovai. 



TovvcKa iraTTTatvovcra Kar dpKvos dvriov epTrei, 



ev 8' erreaev Xweoiai Xoyots' toI 8' eyyvs eovres 



OLKpoXcvot dpioaKovai /cat eyKoveovres virepde 



airaproherov ravvovai TrepiSpopiov' dXXo 8' ctt' dXXo) 415 



vrjiqaavTo Xcvov p,dXa yap rore dvp^aivovaiv 



apKTOi /cat yevveaai /cat dpyaXeats TraXdp^rjaL' 



SfjddKL 8' e^avrrjs cjivyov dvepas dypevrrjpag 



BiKrvd t' e^-qXv^av, dtarwaav 8e re drjprjv. 



(xAAa Tore Kparepos ris dvrjp 7raXdp.r)V eirehrjaev 420 



dpKTOv Be^iTep7]v, ^'^pcoae re Trdaav epco-qv, 



Brjae r eTTiarapievcDs, rdvvaev re TTorl ^vXa drjpa, 



/cat ttoXlv eyKareKXeiae Spvos TrevKrjg re p.eXddpa), 



TTVKVTJai orpo(j>dXiy^LV eov SejLta? doKriaaaav. 



" Cf. i. 156. The nfpLSpo/jLos is a rope passing through 

 the meshes along the upper and lower margins of the net, 

 which, when the game is driven in, the ambushed hunter 

 pulls and so closes the mouth of the net. Hes. s. irepiopofioi' 

 Tov oiKTvov TO SieLpofievov (Txoi-i'lov ; Poll. V. 28 icriL di irepidpo/nos 

 ryjs dpKvos axoi^viov eKaripudev rwv avu) re km, koltw /Spoxcoj' 

 SLupop-ivov, (^ (xvveXKerai re to. diKTva Kai irdXiv dfaXverai ; 



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