OPPIAN 



TratSes' VTTCodhLOL, /cat a(l)LV Trapavqx^TO-i' atet* 

 rovs 8 oT€ K€v rpofxeovras thr] Kparepcorepov Ixdvv, 

 dix(f)Lxo.V(ji)v KareSeKTO 8ta crro/xa, iieacjja k€ Selfxa 

 XO-crurjraL, rore 8' avris dveTTTvae XevKavirjdev. 75Jj 



Qvvvqs 8' ovTLv" eycoy' ddepbiarepov eX7T0jJ.aL IxBvv 

 ovhe KaKocf}poavvr] TTpo^e^rjKora vaLep,ev dXi^-qv' 

 oja yap evre TeKrjai, (f)V'yr] 8' (hhXva ^apetav, 

 avrrj yetvafievrj Karahalvvrai oaaa KixXjai, 

 vrjX-qg, rj 6^ id reKva (f)vyfjs ert vrfch^ iovra 76i 



iadiei, ou8e fiiv o'lktos iaepxerat olo tokolo. 



Ectti 8 OCT ovr€ ydpioKTL (pvreverai, ovre yovfjoL 

 Tt/CTerat, avroreXecrra Kal avroppeKra yevedXa, 

 oarpea hrj avp,iTavTa, rd y' IXv'C Tt/CTerat avrfj' 

 Ketvojv 8 ovre rt. drjXv TreXet yevos, ovr Itt* dfxoL^rjg 76; 

 dpaeves, dXX 6pL6(j)vXa koI et/ceAa Trdvra rervKrai. 



"^S' Se /cat 7777-680^77? d(f>vr]s oAtyTjTreAe? edvos 

 ovTLvos eKyeyaacnv a(f> alfiaros ouSe tokt^wv 

 evr€ yap e/c ve^eoiv 'Lrjvds voog opi^pov d(f)V^r] j 



Xd^pov VTrkp TTovTOLo /cat dax'^Tov, avTLKa ndaa 77( 

 fjLLayojjLevrj bivrjai TraXipLTTVoir^oL ddXaaoa 

 ait^ei t' d(j>pida re /cat tararat olhaivovaa, 



" Here generic = 6(TTpaK68€p/xa, Testaceans. Cf. A. 490 b 9 

 &\\o 8^ yivos icTi to twv oarpaKoSepfxuv, 6 (faXetrai 6<TTpeov, Cf. 

 Nicandr. ap. Athen. 92 d. For their spontaneous genera- 

 tion, A. 547 b 18 oXws 5^ wavra ra oarpaKuSri yiverai Kal aiTOfiara 

 iv rri iXvL, Kara Tr]v 5ia(popa.v ttjs i'Xi/or erepa, ef /xfu rrj ^opjSopdidei 

 TO. 6(TTpea (here = bivalve Testaceans), iv di tj dfinibdei Koyxai- 

 Kal TO, eiptjuAva, wepl dk rds aripayyas tQiv ireTpLSiojv rrjffva Kai 

 paXavoi Kal to. iTriiroXd^ovTa, oiov ai XeTrdSes Kal ol vyjpeiTai.. 



" a<f>in] (a- neg'. and (pvu, cf. Athen. 324 d) is generic for 

 various tiny fishes and fish-fry. Some 6.(f>vai are said by 

 Aristotle to be spontaneously generated, others are merely 

 the young of various fishes {cf. e\pr)T6% or Eng. Whitebait) ; 



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