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ayXatj) XP^^^^P^S eTrtovu/xos- rjSe BpaKovres 

 aLfXOL re yXavKoi re kol aXK-qaTal avvohovreg 

 OKopTTLOs aiKrrjp, Schvpiov ylvos, aii^orepai re 

 a(j}VpaLvaL hoXixol pa^tSe? ^' a/xa rfjcriv dpaiai 

 €V 8e xapa^ Kov(f)oi re KV^Larrjrrjpes eaai 

 Kco^Loi' ev he p.vci)v x'^Xerrov yevos, ot Trepl Trdvrojv 

 dapaaXeoL verrohoyv Kai r* dvhpdaiv a,vrL<f>epovraL, 17") 

 ovri roaoL Trep eovres' errl arepefj 8e {xdXiara 

 pivo) Kai TTVKLVolcn TreTTOtdoTes evSov oSovai, 

 l^Qvai, Kol jjbepoTTeaaiv dpeiorepoiaL fidxovrac. 



" Chrysophrys aurata Cuv., M.G. x/"'"^*^*/"! (<!/• xp^'^°-'po'- 

 Marc. S. 12) rannrovpa, Kdrcra at Corfu /xaplda at Misso- 

 longhi (Apost. p. 17). Habitat, A. 598 a 10 wpoffyetos, cf. 

 5+3 b 3 ; Day i. p. 33. C/. in general Athen. 284 c. 328 a-c ; 

 Plut. Mor. 981 d; Ael. xiii. 28; Plin. ix. 58; Mart. xiii. 90. 



* It gets its name (cf. Lat. aurata [Plin. I.e., etc.], Fr. 

 Daurade, etc.) from its interorbital golden band: Ov. Hal. 

 110 et auri | Chrysophrys imitata decus ; Plin. xxxii. 152 

 auri coloris chrysophryn. 



" //. ii. 459 n. Habitat, A. 598 a 11 wpjayeios. Plin. ix. 

 82; Dayi. p. 79. 



•* Schol. fj-iKpoL Trarf'oi ttjv riXiniav' irarfoi ijyovf cn/j.offir6vdv\oi,. 

 In list of Nile fishes Athen. 312 b, but not Strabo 823. C/. 

 fish called aidio'<f/, 5ia rb Kai tov irpocrdnrov ffifiov ex^"' ''"O'' tvttov 

 Agatharch. ap. Phot. p. 4()0 Bekker. 



« Introd. p. Ixi. 



f II. iii. 610 n. 



' Scorpaena scrofa L., M.G. aKopinva, and S. porrus L. : 

 " a cette seconde espece d'une coloration brune on donne 

 vulg. le nom de (XKopwioi et x°-'P'''V^ " (Apost. p. 12). Hices. 

 ap. Athen. 320 d tuv aKopiriuv 6 fj.iv ian TreXdyios, 6 5e T€va.ydi5r)s. 

 Kai 6 iJ.ev ire\a,yLos Trvppos, 6 d' erepoi /j-eXavi^wv. dia<p^pei de ry 

 yevffei Kai Tip Tpo(f)lp.i^ 6 ireXdyios ; Athen. 355 d ffKOpirioi de 

 oi weXayiot Kai Kippoi Tpo(pifi(i}TepoL twv TevaywdQv twv ev tois 

 aiyiaXois tCiv /xeyaXoov {/xeXavwi' Coraes) ; Numen. ap. Athen. 

 320 e epvOpbv aKopiriov, Epicharm. ihid. ffKopirioi iroiKiXot. 

 Aristotle has a-Kopwios 508 b 17, 543 a 7, 598 a 14, uKopiris only 

 543 b 5 cTKopiriSes (i\l. ffKOfi^pides) iv rcjj ireXdyei. {tIktovcfiv). Cf. 



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