OPPIAN 



Aotot 8e (TKXrjpoiaw aprjpora yvia ;(traJcrt 

 (fypa^dfjievoL koXttolglv evLTrXcoovai daXdaavs, 260 



Kapa^os o^VTTay-qs t^S' dora/cos" ot 8e /cat a/x<^co 

 irerpais evvatovuL /cat ev TTerprjaL vifxovrai. 

 aaraKos av Trept Srj tl /cat 01) <j)ar6v olov eocura 

 OLKeirjs OaXdiMTjs Kevdei (fypeaiv, ovSd ttot avrijg 

 AetVe^' Ikcov, dAA' et /xtv dvayKair) T19 ipvaaas 266 

 TTjAe <f)€pa>v irepcoae ttoXlv TTovrovSe fj-eOeLrj, 

 avrap oy ov jxerd Srjpov irjv voariqae )(apd8pr]v 

 arrevBcov, ouS' ideXei ^eZvov p,v)(ov dAAov iXeadai, 

 ovh irep-qg TTerprjs eTTt^dAAerat, dAAct Stoj/cet 

 /cat Sd/xor ov KareXenre /cat ■^'^ea /cat vop.6v dXfx-qs 270 

 K€LV7]s Tj fJiiv e(f)€p^e /cat oy/c tJx^'QP^ ddXaaaav, 

 rris fit-v dve^ecvcoaav aXuTrXooi dypevrrjpes. 

 cos dpa /cat ttXcotoIglv eos Sd/xo? T^Se OdXaaaa 

 TTarpajT] /cat x^P'^s i<f)€crTLOs, €v9^ iyevovro, 

 ardt,€L ivL KpaSir] yXvKepov ydvog, ou8' dpa p,ovvots 27 

 TTarpls i(l>'r]iJ.€pioi.aL Tre'Aet yXvKepdorarov dXXcov 

 ou8' dAeyeivdrepov /cat Kvvrepov, os k€v avdyKfj 

 <f>v^i,7ToXiv Trarpr]? reXeaj] ^lov dXyivoevra, 

 ^elvos iv dXXoSaTTOLaiv drt/itTj? ^vyov cXkcov. 



'Ev KeCvT) yevefj /cat KapKivoi elalv dXrjrat 280' 



" Here Oppian begins his account of fioKaKoaTpaKo. or 

 Crustaceans ; cf. A. 523 b 5 Iv 5e rcDv /j.aXaKoaTpdKwi'' ravra 5' 

 ecTty Scrwi' eKT^s t6 crre/jeij', ifrbs 8^ to fioKaKov Kal aapKudes' to 

 S^ <TK\y)pov avTwv iffTiv ov dpavcTTOv aWb. dXacTbv, ol6v icTi Tb 

 Twv Kapd^wv Kal Tb twv KapKlvuiv. In this class A. includes 

 adTaKbs, Kapa^os, Kapi?, various species of KapKivos {irdyovpos, 

 Tnvvo<pv\a^, etc.) and two species oi KapKlviov or Hermit-crab. 

 Plin. ix. 83 piscium sanguine carent de quibus dicemus. 

 Sunt'autera tria genera: in primis quae moUia [=/ttaXd/cia, 



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