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XaA/ctSe? O.V dpiaaai re kol ajS/aa/xtSes" ^opeovrai ' 

 adpoai, aAAore 8' aAAov ctAos iropov, rj nepl rrerpas 24 

 7} TTeXdyrj, hoXixolai r* eTtehpapiov atyiaXotaiv, 

 alev djuet^o/xevat ^eivrjv ohov rjvr^ dXrjraL. 



'Avdidajv 8e /xaAtcrra vofjual Trerprjcri ^adeiais 

 ep,(f)vXoi,' TOLs S' ouTt TTapearioi alev eaat, 

 TTOLVTr] Se TrAa^ovrat, OTrry yews, evda KeXevei 25 



yaarrjp /cat Xaifiapyos epcos aKoprjros iScoBrjs' 

 e^oxd yd-p irapd Trdvrag aSrj^ayos" oXarpos iXavvei, 1 

 /ceiVoi;? /cat vojSov' Trep vtto ar6p,a )(d>pov e^ovras. ' 

 reaaapa 8' dvdtecov p,eyaKrfea <f)vXa vepuovrai, 

 ^avdoi t' dpyevvoi re rd 8e rpirov alfxa^ KeXaivot' 25j 

 aAAous' 8' eucuTTous' re /cat avXcoTTOVs KaXeovcriv , 

 owe/ca Tot? KadvTrepdev iXiaaopLevrj Kara kvkXov 

 6(f>pvs Tjepdeaaa TreplBpopbos iore^dvojrai. 



^ altxa : el/xa Koechly. 



" Clupea sardina Ciiv. {Alosa sardina Moreau). The 

 precise identification is uncertain. Aristotle's references to 

 XciXkis are perplexing, but Oppian's fish is probably intended 

 in A. 543 a 3, 621 b 7, 602 b 28. Plin. ix. 154 adeoque nihil 

 non gignitur in mari ut cauponarum etiara aestiva animalia 

 pernici molesta saltu aut quae capillus maxime celat existant 

 et circumglobatae escae saepe extrahantur . . . quibusdam 

 vero ipsis innascuntur, quo in nuraero chalcis accipitur; 

 Athen. 328 c x^^'f^Se? /cat rd 8/j.oia, dpiaaai, rpixiSes, epiTifioi ; 

 ibid. 328 f 'ETratVeros . . . (p-qal . . . x'*^'^'^"'' ^s /caXoiVt koI 

 aapdlvovs. Cf. Athen. 329 a 355 f ; Ael. i. 58. 



* A. 621 b 15 ov yiverai 5' iv ry evptirCj) (of Pyrrha in 

 Lesbos A. 621 b 12 : Strabo 61T t6v llvppalojp eSpnrov, cf. 

 Plin. V. 139) ovT€ aKCLpos ovre dpirra oUre &\\o rCov aKavdr^poriptjiv 

 oi'div ; Thritta Plin. xxxii. 151. It is clear from Athen. 328 c- 

 329 b that it is a Clupeid, or member of the Herring family, 



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