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CD? apa /cat TrXcorrjpatv iv vypoiropotaiv eacri 

 rol [Jt,€v KepSaXeot, rol 8' d(f)poves, ota /cat rjpuv 

 avSpdaiv, ouSe rt Trdatv evatatjitov eart vorjfxa. 



Opa^eo S' d(f)paSir] Trpo^epiararov rjfMepoKOirrjv 

 Ixdvv, 6v TTapd TTavras depyorarov reKev dXixrj. 200 

 Tov 8 T^TOt K€(f)aXrjg fjiev dvco TerpaTrrat v-nepdev 

 o/x/xara, /cat arop^a Xd$pov iv o^QaXpjoZat p.€aoLaw' 

 alel 8' ev ifjap,d6oiat TravTj/Lieptos" rerat-UCTTat 

 eu8a»v, vu/CTt 8e p,ovvov dveyperai 178' aAdAT^raf 

 Towe/ca K€KXrjrai koI vvKrepis' dXXd pAV drrj 205 



yaarpo? dreKp.dproio KaKrj Xd-^ev ov ydp iSoBrjs 

 rj Kopov rj€ ri p^irpov imararaL, aAA' dreXecrrov 

 Xvcrcropbavij ^ov^pcocmv dvatheC yaarpl <j>vXdaaeL' 

 ovSe ttot' dv X-^^etev eh-qrvos iyyvg iovarjg, 

 elaoKev ot V7j8us" Te p,€crrj 8ta Trdaa payeir], 210 



auTo? re Trporadets Trearj vtttlos, rjd rt? aAAos" 

 7T€(f)vr] p,LV vcTTohoiV TTU/xciTTj? ep,(f)oprov eSojSrjs. 

 arjp,a 8e toi To8e yaarpos deip^dpyoio 7rt^aucr/ca» • 



" Chrysippus a^). Athen. 83 d ■^ irlvvTi koL 6 wivforrifnii 

 ffvvepya dXXijXoiy, Kar tbia. ov Svpa/xeva (TVfiixiveLv. ij fiiv odv 



■WIVV7) 6(TTpe6v icTTLV, 6 6^ ini'VOTTlpr]S KapKlVOS /XlKpOS. Kal 7] TTLVVyt 



biacTT-qaacra. rb 6crTpaKov ijavxa-t^d TrjpoCaa ra. iinicnovra ixdvdia, 

 6 5i TnvvoTTipy)^ TrapeffTws brav eiaiXOri tl Sd-Kvei avrijv wawep 

 (Tr)piaivwv, rj be OTfxdelcra ffv/ifivei. Kal oCrws rb a.iro\ri(pOkv ivSov 

 Karecrdiova-i Koivrj ; Theophrast. C. P. ii. 17. 8 (in a discussion 

 of Parasitism in general) f(jja iv f(fJo£j olov rd re ev rais irivvai^ 

 iarl Kal 6<Ta &\\a ^uiOTpo(pe2 ; ibid. 9 oCre yap itrwy rais irivvan 

 ^los el JXT) Sia tov KapKLVOv. 



* Uranoscoims scaher, M.G. Xi5x>'os (Bik. p. 81, XOx^os 

 Erh. p. 81, while Apost. p. 9 would write X£xj'os = gourmand). 

 The name ovpafoaKdvos, referring to the upward direction 

 of the eyes, and KaX\idbvv//.os, euphemistically referring to 

 ugliness (cf. /caXXt'as = ape), might be applied to various fishes, 

 e.ff. Lophius piscatorius, but the identification of the 



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