OPPIAN 



yuayovT iy)(eXves re Kal damhoeaaa )(eXa)vr] 

 Kaaropihes r* oAoat hvairevdees, at r aXeyewriv 

 oaaav inl KpoKoXr^aw aTraioLov (hpvovTai 

 avhpdaLV os Se Ke yrjpiru iv ovaaiv dXytvoeaaav 

 he^rjrai arvyeprjs r' ivoTrfjs kcokvtov aKovarj, 

 ov T7]Xov davdroLO ra;^ kaaerai, aAAa ol drrjv 

 Kal jJLopov alvordrr] Ketvt] fjiavreverai avd'^. 

 val fjirjv Kal (jidXaivav dvathea (f)aal daXdaarjs 

 iK^alvei-v ')(€paovhe Kal rjeXioLo Oepeadai. 

 (f)d)KaL S' ivvvxi'di. /xev del XiLTTouac ddXaaaav, 

 TToXXaKt 8' ■^fxdriaL Trerpais evt, Kai ipafxddoLaLV 

 evKrjXoi pbipivovcjL Kal e^aXov vttvov e^ovGC. 



Zeu Trdrep, is Se ere Trdvra /cai e/c aedev ippt^covrai' 

 €LT ovv aldepos olkov VTreprarov etV dpa Trdvrr] 

 vaierdcLS' dvrjTw yap djjbrjxo-^ov i^ovojjirjvat. 



° Chelania cephalo Dussum. " Die Caguana und nicht, 

 wie man sie falschlich in Handbiichern findet, Carette 

 genannt," Erh. p. 71. M.G. dx^^'^va (generic for all Turtles 

 and Tortoises), A, 589 a 26, 558 a 11, etc.; Plin. ix. 36 

 Feriint et pastura egressas noctu, etc. ; ibid. 37 in terram 

 egressae herbis vivunt. 



* Comparison of A. 594 b 28 ^uia 5^ twv rerpairSduv Kal 

 dypiwu ^(ptiiv TTOietraL ttjv Tpo(l)r]P wepi Xifxvas Kal iroTap.ov%, irepl di 

 TTjv ddXavTav ovS^v i^w 0w(cr;j. roiaOra 5' iarlv 6 re Ka\ovfj.evos 

 KacToop Kal TO (Tadipiov Kal rb aaTvpiov Kal ifvdpls Kal r) KaXov/x^vrj 

 Xdral' IcTTi 5f tovto wXarvTipov ttjs ePvSpidos, Kal oddvras ?x*' 

 Iffxvpoi'S' e^iovcra yap vvKTup iroWaKis ras irepl rbv Trora/xbi' 

 KfpKidas (Krifj-veL rois odovffiv, rf. A. 487 a 22, leaves no doubt 

 that Oppian's (caa-ropts^ Aristotle's Kajrup = Castor fiber, the 

 Beaver, still found in S. Russia, the various names, ace. to 

 Sundevall, being synonyms for the same animal ; cf. Herod, 

 iv. 109. Ael. ix. 50 paraphrases vv. 398-408. 



* Cf. Ael. I.e. This seems to be merely an expansion of 

 A. 589 b 19 (of the Dolphin) Kal ?$w be ^rj ttoKw xpofov /xv^uv 

 Kal (TTivbiv. Cf. A. 535 b 32. 



^ Ael. I.e. Kal T) (pdXaiva 5i rrjs daXdrTijs wpbeiffi Kal dXealverai. 

 TTj dKTivi. Cf. xvi. 18. The statement is probably based on 



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