HALIEUTICA, III. 41-65 



should the fisher be, since many and various are the 

 devices that fishes contrive, when they chance upon 

 unthought-of snares. Daring also should he be and 

 dauntless and temperate and he must not love 

 satiety " of sleep but must be keen of sight,* wakeful 

 of heart and open-eyed. He must bear well the 

 wintry weather and the thirsty season of Sirius <= ; 

 he must be fond of labour and must love the sea. 

 So shall he be successful in his fishing and dear to 

 Hermes. 



In the autxmin season fishing is best in the evening 

 and when the morning-star rises. In winter the fisher 

 should set out with the spreading rays of the sun. 

 In bloomy spring the whole day is prosperous in all 

 manner of fishing, what time all fishes are drawn to 

 haunt the coasts near the land by the travail of birth 

 and the thirst of desire. Look always for a wind 

 that blows gentle and fair, lightly rolling a tranquil 

 sea. For fishes fear and loathe violent winds and 

 >vill not wheel over the sea, but v^ith a temperate 

 wind fishing is exceedingly favourable. All the fishes 

 that swim the sea speed against wind and wave, since 

 this is the easier way for them in their march toward 

 the shores, and they do not suffer through being 

 driven forcefully by the current. But when the 



When the postmen slowlier jog. And the ox bec-omes 

 delirious. And the muzzle decks the dog. Alcaeus fr. 39 



rey^^e irXevfxova otvi^' to yap cLffTpou irepiTfWerat, [ d 5' &pa 

 XaX^ira, irdfTa 8e ditpaia-' iVd Kavjuciros. The name S rius does 

 not occur in Homer, but the star is referred to //. v. 4 aarep 

 dvuipivip {vaXiyKtov os re jj.d\iffra \ \afiirphv Trafitpaivrjai XeXoi'- 

 fjUvos 'UKeavoio ; xxii. 26 Tfafi.<()aivovd' ws t darep' iireaffVfj.fvov 

 irtSioio I OS fid T OTTLbprji elcriv dpi^rjXoi Si oi ai'yai \ (paivovTat 

 TToWoiffi fier' dcTTpdcn vvktos d/ioX"y(f), I &v re kit' 'ilpicjvos 

 iiriK\T]<TLV KoKiovai' \ XafiirpoTaTos fieu o y eari KaKov 8( re ffTJfj.a 

 T^TvKTai, j Kai T« (f>fp€i TToWbr trvperbv SetXoicn ^pordiatv. 



