OPPIAN 



TTerpai aapyov e-)(ovaiv e^eoTLov rjBe aKiaivav 

 p^aA/cea Kal KopaKivov eircovviiov aWom xP'^'-fi> 

 Kal aKOLpov, OS Srj fjiovvos ev l-^Qvai TTaaiv dvauSoij 

 ^deyyerai iKfjLaXerjv XaXayrjv /cat piovvos iSrjrvv 

 aifjoppov TTpotrjaiv ova oro/xa, bevrepov aurij 

 haivvpuevos, pL'qXoicrLV avaTrrvaacov tcra <f)op^TJv. 



"OcrcraL S' av XVI^TJ^'' '^^P^'TtXcol t] AcTraSeacnv, 

 iv Se a(f)iv daXdpiai re /cat auAta Su^evai Ix^vs, 

 rfjai Be kol (f>dypoL /cat dvatSee? dypt6(f>aypov 

 KepKovpoi re puevovai kol oifjo<j>dyoL kol dviypal 



« C. ii. 433 n. Cf. II. i. 510. 



* //. iv. 596 n. 



« Zeiis faber L., M.G. xp^'^'''oi'cipo, (ravirUpos etc. (Apost. 

 p. 15): Plin. ix. 68 est et haec natura ut alii alibi pisces 

 principatum obtineant, coracinus in Aegypto, Zeus idem 

 faber appellatus Gadibus {cf. xxxii. 14H); Colura. vii. 16; 

 Ov. Hal. 110 Et rarus faber; Athen. 3-28 d dta^epei 5e ttjs 

 XaXKidoi 6 xaX^eiys, o5 fj.vrjiJ.ov eve l . , . YMdvbTjpios . . . X^ywv 

 avTo{)s vepKpepeTs re elvai Kal KVKXoeideis ^ A. 535 b 18 (among 

 fishes which \l/6<povs tivcls a.<f)ia(n kolI Tpiyfjovs) fri 5e x'^^f'S (^•^• 

 Xa\K€vs) Kal KOKKv^' 7} /j,€v yap \po<p€i olov <nipiy/j.dv. The Dory 

 makes a noise on being removed from the water, cf. Day i. 

 p. 14-0. 



<* //. iii. 184 n. 



' Scarus cretensls (Fam. Lahrldae), M.G. (TKapoz (Bik. p. 84, 

 Erh. p. 91); anciently held in high esteem: Epicharm. ap. 

 Athen. 319 f a.\uvofj.ev airapovs \ Kal cKapovs, tQiv oi'Sk to <TKap 

 defxiTdv €K^a\elv deoh; PUn. ix. 62 Nunc principatus scaro 

 datur ; Hor. Epod. ii. 50, S. ii. 2. 22 ; Galen, De aliment, 

 facult. iii. 23 d.picrTO'5 5' iv airroh (sc. rois irerpaiois) ijdovyis ^veKev 

 6 (TKixpos elvai TreiricrTevTai. 



' Aesch. Pers. 577 dvai'jdtjv iraiduv rds a/xiavToii ; Hes. Sc. 

 212; Soph. 4/. 1297, id. fr. 691; Athen. 277. 308; Ov. 

 A. A. iii. 325, cf. the jest ovdeh KaKos fxeyas ix^vi Athen. 348 a. 



' Athen. 331 d ^Ivaaeas . . . tovs iv rciJ K\etTO/>t troTafK^ 

 (pTjcriv ix6vs (pOiyyeffdai (Phn. ix. 70; Pausan. viii. 21. 2), 

 KaiTOi fiovovs eipriKOTOi 'ApiaroTeXovs (pdiyyeadai crKapov Kal rbv 

 iroTOLfJiov xo'^poj'. The "voice" of fishes is discussed A. 



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