OPPIAN 



fxvpaivat aavpoi re Kai oijjifiopcov yevos op<:f)(x)v, 

 OL TTCLVTiov iTeptaXXa Kara ■)(d6va h-qdvvovai 

 l,o}oi Kai rp.Tjde.vres ert airaipovaL aihrjpo). 



"AAAot 8' ev ^evdecratv viro^pvxa jJiLixvd^ovcn 14; 

 <f)coXeiots, Trpo^arov re /cat rJTraroL rjhe TrpeTTovres , J 

 t(f)difJLOL fMeydXoL re (f>VT^v, vcodpol Se KcXevda ' 



etAewTttf TO /cat ovttoO* irjv XecTTovai x^P^^PV^> 

 aAA' avrov Xox6a)aL irapal fxvxov, o? kc TreXdaarj, 

 X^i'PorepoLS dtSrjXov evr' Ixdvai, Trorfiov dyovres' 151 

 €V /cat ovos Keivois evapidjxios, o? rrepl Trdvrcov 

 irr'qaaet oTTCvpivolo kvvos hpipielav op^oicXriv, \ 



» H. i. 106 n. The reading aavpoi involves duplication 

 in view of v. 106, but so does the v.l. aKbu^poi (read by schol. 

 ffKOfj-PpoL' a-aupoi) in view of r. 101. 



* The Great Sea-perch, Serranus (Epinephehis) gigas, 

 M.G. 6p((>ws, po<f>6s, " poisson tres estime pour sa chair 

 blanche, et qui se peche presque toujours a I'harae^on " 

 (Apost. p. 13) : Ov. Hal. 104 f. Cantharus , . . tura concolor 

 illi ! Orphus ; Aristoph. Vesp. 493 ; Marc. S. 33 ; Plin. ix. 57, 

 xxxii. lo2. For habitat, A. 398 a 9 irpoaynos ; rf. Athen. 315 a, 

 Ael. v. 18. The epithet " late-dying " refers not to longevity 

 — ^Xi ov ir\iov 8vo irwv Athen. 315 b — but to tenacity of life : 

 Athen. 315af5iOJ' 5" ev avrQ ian . . . rb bvvo.fxdanroXvv xpovov 

 i^fjv fierd Trjv dvaropLrju ; Ael. I.e. el eXois Kal dvarefiois, ovk cLv i'Sots 

 T€0v€u)Ta irapaxpTiiJ.a avrov, dX\' iinXafx^aveL ttjs Kivqcrfus Kal ovk 

 iir' dXiyov. For spelling and accent cf. Athen. 315 c. Poll, 

 vi. 50, E.M. s.v. 



" Lines 145-154 are paraphrased by Ael. ix. 38 and, in part, 

 by Suid. s. viraroi. 



** Only here and JI. iii. 139, Ael. I.e., Suid. s. vTaroi' eiSos 

 ix^vos Kr]Td)dovs, ot KaXovvrai Kai irpb^ara Kal irpiirovTei. dpLdfiotro 

 5e TovTOLs Kai 6 6vos. " Rondeletius umbram piscem a Graecis 

 huius teraporis ovem marinam appellari scribit, Bellonius 

 aselli speciem, quam vulgo Merlangura [i.e. M. poutassou, 



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