HALIEUTICA, III. 17-10 



of Zeus — the saviour of Zeus but the slayer of 

 Typhon." For he tricked terrible Typhon with 

 promise of a banquet of fish and beguiled him to 

 issue forth from his spacious pit and come to the 

 shore of the sea, where the SAnft lightning and the 

 rushing fiery thunderbolts laid him low ; and, blazing 

 in the rain of fire, he beat his hundred heads upon 

 the rocks whereon he was carded all about like wool. 

 And even now the yellow banks by the sea are red 

 with the blood of the Typhonian battle. O Hermes, 

 glorious in counsel, thee especially do fishermen 

 worship.* Therefore invoking thee with the gods 

 who aid their hunt I pursue the glorious song of their 

 chase. 



First of all the fisher should have body and hmbs 

 both swift and strong, neither over fat nor lacking 

 in flesh. For often he must fight with mighty fish 

 in landing them — which have exceeding strength so 

 long as they circle and wheel in the arras of their 

 mother sea. And lightly he must leap from a rock ; 

 and, when the toil of the sea is at its height, he must 

 swiftly travel a long way and dive into the deepest 

 depths and abide amongst the waves and remain 

 labouring at such works as men upon the sea toil at 

 with enduring heart. Cunning of wit too and wise 



death with Sicily (Aesch. P.V. 363 iirovaevot pl^'aiaii' Atrvaiais 

 VTTO ; Find. P. 1. 18 rat d' virep Kvfj-as aXiepK^es 3x^at Zt/ceXia t' 

 avTov iri^fft (jTepvo. Xax^aeira). 



* Pan father of Hermes as a vo/xtos fleos (Horn. H. xCt. 5) 

 is patron alike of Hunting, Fishing, cf. A. P. vi. 167 (a 

 dedication to Pan) d? Oitr eras d-zera 0)7/)O(ri''i'O!* | ffoi yap KaffTopidwv 

 vXaKO. Kai rpiffropLOi aixMV I evo-Se Kai Taxt-vijs ipya Xayw^cfHiyiTji 

 I diKTvd T iv podioci a.ir\ovfj.€ya Kai AfaXo^eirraj | Kd/jLvwv Kai 

 fjLcr/epu>v ireifffjia aayijvo^oXujv, and Fowling, r/. A. P. vi. 180 

 rat/rd ffoi ?k t opiuv Ik t' aidepoi Ik re OaXdcrffai | rpeU yvwroi 

 rix'as (Tufj^oXa, Udv, ideffav. Cf. ibid. 11-16, 179, 181-187. 



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