OPPIAN 



aKpov emifjavovres dXos iropov, oaaov Iheadai 

 a/x^co vr])^o[xevoLaL /cat LTrrapLevoiaLV oi-LoIol. 



AtSe jjbev wore TToXrjes eV l^dvaLv, otSe 6^ ofjuXoi, 

 KCKpifievoL yeydaaiv dAiTrAay/croto yevedXrjs. 

 TCL)v S' OL p,ev TrXaT^ovrai doAAee?, aioAa (f)vXa, 44 

 TTCjeatv -q a-rparifjaiv ioLKores, o" r' dyeXaloL 

 K€KXrjvraf rol S' avre Kara, arises ' ol he Xoxoiaiv 

 eiKeAot r) SeKadeaaiv 6 S' ep^^erat olos avr' dAAcov 

 /xofvaSdi' 6pp,7]deis' nepowaL 8e St^uye? d'AAof 

 ol 8' auToiJ daXdp,r]aLV iv oiKeirjOL fievovai. 44 



XetjLtaTt /xep- 817 irdvres deXXdiov urpo(f)dXiyyag 

 apbephaXeag avrov re Sucn^p^eos" oiS/xara ttovtou 

 e^oxa SetjLtatVouCTtv • CTret TTeptcvatov dAAcat' 

 Lxdvoevra yivedXa (f)iXrjv 7T€cl}pLK€ ddXaaaav 

 pLaLvopievr^v Tore S ot /xev ap,7]adpLevoL Trrepvyeaai 45 

 ^apipov vTroTTTT^aaovatv avdXKibes • 01 8' uvrd Trerpais 

 elXopbevoL SvvovGLv doAAees" ot 8e ^ddtara 

 is TTeXdyrj cfievyovcn Kdrco pvxdrrjv vtto ^vcxcrav 

 KeZva yap ovre Xl7]v TrpoKvXivheraL ovd' utt' drJTaiS' 

 TTpvpivodev elXelraL, 8td 8' eaavrai ovtls cteAAa 45 

 pil,av dXos vedrrjv /xeya 8e cr(f>iaL ^evdos epvKei 



" A. 610 b4 (list of dyeXaioi), 488 a 3 dy€\a7a . . , Kai tQv 

 TrXwTcDf TToXXa yivT] tQv ixdvwv, olov oOs KaXovcn 8pofid5as. Cf. 

 XVToi 543 a 1, pi»d5es 534 a 27, etc. ; Plin. ix. 56 vagantur 

 gregatim fere cuiusque generis squamosi. 



* Ael. ix. 53 aXQurai de dpa ixGvs Kai TrXavQivrat. ol fiiv 

 dOpdoi, ibairep oZv dye\ai OpefxfxdTOjv 7) rd^as oirXtriSj' iovcrai 

 Kara fXas Kai <pd\ayyas' oi 8e iv KOfffitf) Kara cttolxov ^pxovTai' 

 ot 5^, <palT]s ^v avTo^s elvat \6xovs' -qpidfirjVTai 8e els SexdSaj 

 dXXot, . . . ^577 8e vrixovrai Kai Kara, ^eOyds rives' dXXot 5^ 

 olKovpovciv iv Toh (ftwXiois Kai ivravdoi Kara^iocrLv. /novaSiKa A. 

 488 a 1, etc. fj.ovripr]s, used by Athen. (e.g. 301 c) in quoting 

 Aristotle, does not occur in our texts. 

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