OPPIAN I 



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<f)€p^ovrat, ^ariSes re jSocav ^' virepoTrXa yevedXa , 

 rpvyoiv T apyaXerj /cat ir-qrvfjiov ovvojjia vapKT], 

 ifjyJTraL KaXXaplai kol r/atyAt'Se? epya r ovlokcov jos 

 aavpoi re aKeTravoi re kol oaa evLrlrpo(j>€ TTrjXots. 

 Qlva 8' dva irpaaoeacrav vtto ;(Aoepat? ^oravrjai 

 pSaKovrai jjuaivlhes tSe rpdyoi 7}S' ddeplvai 



" 72^ita 6a^js L., M.G. /Sart, and allied species of Raiidae, 

 of which five others occur in Greek waters — R. clavata 

 Rond., R. punchata Risso, R. cha(/rinea Pennant, R. mira- 

 letiis Rond., R. ondulata or Mosaica (Apost. p. 6). (Sortj in 

 A. 565 a 37, etc. seems generic for the oviparous Rays. Cf. 

 Athen. 286 b-e ; Poll, vi^ 50 ; Plin. xxxii. 145. 



" H. ii. 141 n. ' H. ii. 462 n. 



" H. ii. 36 n. « Cf. II. i. 169, 371, ii. 460. 



f The references of Aristotle to the xpiJTTa (A. 538 a 20, 

 543 a 2, 620 b 30) do not enable us to say more than that it 

 is a Pleuronectid. In Graeco-Latin glossaries it is equated 

 with Latin rhombus, cf. Athen. 330 b'Poj/iaioi Se KaXova-i 77]v 

 \pfiTTav pofi^ov Kal iari. to Sco/xa "EXXtjvikoi'. But Ael. xiv. 3 

 Tovi t'x^Cs Tovs TrXarets . . . -iprirras re /cat popL^ovs Kai arpovdovi 

 distinguishes them ; cf. Galen, Aliment, foe. iii. 30. It 

 was sometimes identified with the Sole: llesych. *. yj/riTTa.- 

 ixOySLov tQjv ir\aT€(jiv rj if/rjTTa rjv Tives aavddXiov rj BovyXcoaaov ; 

 Athen. 288 b 'AttikoI Be ^rjTTdv avrrji' KaXovcriv ; Galen, I.e. 

 irapeXiire 5' iv toutois 6 ^tXort/xos Kai to ^ovyXwTTOv, . , . el /mti 

 Ti S,pa Tw TTJs \(/rjrTrii 6vbp.aTi /cat /caret tuiv ^ovyXwTTuv ixprja'CLTO. 

 ■jrapairXriaia fxev yap irdis ecTTLV, ou firju d/cpt^Siis ofioeidrj ; cf. 

 schol. Plato, Symp. 191 n. But Oppian (//. i. 99) distin- 

 guishes them, as do Archestr. ap. Athen. I.e. and 330 a, 

 Dorion ihid., Speusipp. ih. 329 f, Plin. ix. 57 condi per hiemes 

 torpedinem, psettam, soleam tradunt. 



» Introd. p. Ixv. * C. i. 75 n., ii. 392 n. 



' Introd. p. Ixiv. Schol. ^pya r' ovia-Kuv ijyow oi ovLctkol, 

 irepi^paffis. 

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