OPPIAN 



TTO/aSaAte's" t' oAoat Kal (fjvaaXoi aWvKrrjpes' 

 iv Se ju-eAav dvvvcov l^afieves yevos, iv 8e Sa(j)Oivri 

 TTprjcms drapTrjprjs re hvaavrea x^ap-ara Xdp,vr)s, 37 

 p,aXdrj r ov^ p^aXaKfjcrtv iircjovvpog dhpavirjai, 

 Kpioi t' dpyaXeoi Kal dTxaiaiov dxdog vaivrjg 

 Kal Kvves dpTTaKTTJpes avatSees" iv 8e Kvveaai 

 rpf)(9ahiiq yevei^' to p,ev dypiov iv TreXayeaai 

 KrJTcai XevyaXeoLS ivapiOpiov dXXa 8e <j)vXa 37 



StTrAda KapricrroiaL /xer' l-xdvat hivevovrai 

 TTrjXols iv ^adieaaL- ro p,ev KevrpocaL KeXaivots 

 KcvrpivaL avhwcovrai iTTcovvfxoi.' dXXo 8 op^aprfj 

 KXeiovrat yaXeoi' yaXecjv 8' ereporpoTra (f)vXa 



^ v.l. /xaXOij 6' 17. 



« //. V. 30 n. 



* Perhaps Physeter macrocephalits L. ; the Cachalot or 

 Sperm Whale. Erh. pp. 28 f. tells of one which was stranded 

 at Tenos in 1840, another at Melos, and a young one at 

 Tenos in 1857 (Erh. p. 95), Ael. ix. 49. Strabo 145 (of the 

 sea off Turdetania) (is 5' a£/rws ex" kol irepi tGjv ktjt^wv awdvTwv, 

 opvywv T€ Kal (paXaLvuiv Kal (pva-qTripwi', wv dva<pvi7r]advTWP (palverai 

 Tis vt<pihSovs 8\f/is kIovos ro2s irSppwOev dcpopwdL ; Plin. ix. 8 

 Maximum animal ... in Gallico oceano physeter ingentis 

 columnae modo se attollens altiorque navium velis diluviem 

 quandam eructans ; Phil. 95 ; Senec. Hippol. 1030. 



* Pristis antiquorum {Squalus pristis) ; A. 566 b 3 ^qio- 

 TOKovaiv, ^Ti 5e wpicxTii Kal /3o0s ; Plin. ix. 4 f. ; schol. irpTja-Tn. 

 paffiXlffKos. ■* //. V. 36 n. 



» Unidentified. Ael. ix. 49 (among /ctjti; p.iyi<jTa) i) vprjaTis 

 Kal T] KaXov/jLevr] fiaXdrj' SvaavraywviaTOv di &pa to 6rjpiov toOto 

 Kal Afxaxov ; Suid. *. ktjtos- . . . irprjcTH, yj Xeyop-evij /xaXd-q, 6 

 Kal Svo'avTayuji'KrTov effri; s. irpijcrTis' eWos ktjtovs OaXaacrlov, rj 



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