OPPIAN 



exdof^LevT) cTKoXoTTevSpa /cat oct/auAos" ol he /cat aurot 

 afMcf)L^iOi' /cat 7TOV ng dvrjp tSev dypouorris 

 yqTTOvos, dyxt-d-Xoiai, (f)VT7]KOfjiirjaL fxefx-qXajs, 

 6ap,vXov evKapTTOis rj ttovXvttov dfxcfyl Kpdhr]ai 31(J 



rrXeyvvjJLevoi' yXvKepov re ^vrGiv diTo Kaprrov eSovra. i 

 rots Se fxed ipTTvarTJpaLV taov Xdy^ev olfxa 8oX6(f)p(i)v 

 crrjTTi'q ' dXXa Se (f)vXa fier^ OiSpbaaiv oarpaKopiva, i 

 TToXXd fiev iv TTerprjac, rd S' eV ifjafxadoiai vep,ovrai, j 

 v7]plraL arpopL^cxiv re yevos /cat nopcjivpaL avrat 315! 

 Kr]pvK€s re jxves re Kal drpeKes ovvop^a aojXrjv 

 oar pea 6 epoiqevra koL oKpioevres e)(lvot,' 

 rovs e'i Tis" /cat rvrdd hiarfxiq^as ivl Trovrcp 

 ptt/jj), cwp,(j)vees re ttoXIv^cool re vep,ovr ai. 



" Probably Eledone moschata, a species of Octopus 

 variously named from its strong smell: A. 525a 19 f)v 

 KoKovaiv oi fxiv /SoXi'raiiai' [;36XiTos = dung], oi 8' 6l^o\n> [6^eiv — 

 smell]; 62lhl7 ovde TroXviroSes ovde ^oXiraLvai ; Athen.318e 

 etd-q 5' icrrl nroKvirbSiav eXfdujvri, Tro\virodivTj, ^oK^Lrivrj, dcfivXos, 

 ws ' ApiffTOTi\y)i icTTopel Kai 'Eirevcrnnros ; Athen. 329 a KaWi/jMxos 

 . . . KaraX^yiiiv ixdvui' ouo/j-acrlas (priaLv 6'gaLva odfivXiov Qovpioi ; 

 Epicharm. ap. Athen. 318 e xd 8v(xu5r}i /SoX/Stris ; Ael. v. 44, 

 ix. 45 dapiiXos ; Hesych. s, oa/xvXia' rCiv woXvTrodiiov ai Sl^aivai 

 Xeyofxeuai ; s. ocr/j.vi'ai' ^oXliiTivai OaXdcrcnoi ; Plin. ix. 89 

 Polyporum generis est ozaena dicta a gravi capitis odore, ob 

 hoc maxime murenis earn consectantibus. 



* This passage is paraphrased Ael. ix. 45 'Aypou ytiTviGivTOi 

 daXcLTTri Kal <pvTuv irapecrrwTUjv iyKapirwv yeuipyol TroXXd/cis 

 KaraXafi^dpovcriv iv wpa Oepeiqi TroXinrodds re Kal offfivXovs eV tCov 

 KvfidTijv TTpoeXOovTas Kai 5ia ruiv Trpifivuv dvepTrvaavra's ktX. Cf, 

 Phil. 101. 32 ; A. 622 a 31 ; Plin. ix. 85 (polypi) soli molliura 

 in siccum exeunt ; Athen. 317 b-c. 



" H. ii. 121 n. Its craft, Phil. 105 ; A. 621 b 28. 



■* ?'.<?. Testaceans, A. 523 b 8 in 5^ rd 6<TTpaK6S(piJ.a' TOiavra 

 5' icrrlv S}v ivrbs fi^v rb aapKuiSis iartv, ^/ct6s 5^ rd (TTepebv, dpavarbv 

 bv Kal KaraKTOv, dXX' ov dXaarbv. toiovtov 5k rb tQ>v KoyXiCov yivo^ 

 Kal rb tQv offTpewv iffTiv ; Plin. ix. 40 Aquatilium tegumenta 

 plura sunt. Alia . . . teguntur . . . silicum duritia ut ostreae 

 et conchae ; Ael. xi. 37 ; Galen, De aliment, fac. iii. 33. 

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