OPPIAN 



Tota 8e rep^P'a^et Kal fiopfjivpos' evr dv is dypriv 

 <j>pdaa'r]rai TrpoireacLv, 6 he hverat iv iljafJidOoLai,. 



Ad^pa^ 8' dyKLarpoio rvrrels evKafMneos ctlxf^fj 

 vifjoa dva9pcoaKO)v Ke<f>a\rjv dl,'q^es epeiSet 

 avrfj iv dppufj ^e^LrjpLevos , o(f)pa ol cXkos 

 €vpvT€p6v re yevoLTO kol iK(f)vyerjaLV oXedpov. 



Tola Kal opKvvot, fieyaKi^rees i<f>pda(TavTO' 

 evre yap dpTrd^oiai yevvv yvafmrroio BoXolo, 

 pLp,(f)a riraivopievoi, vedrrjv vird ^vacrav levrat, 

 ;^etpa jSia^ofMevoL d-qptjropos' rjv 8' dvvacoacv 

 is TTehov, auTt'/c' eireira Kdprj detvovres is ovSas 

 (hreiXrjV epprj^av, aTTOTTrvovai 8' aKCOK-qv. 



'AAA' oTTorav KaderoiGL TreXcopiOL dn<f>ixdva)ai,v 

 Ixdves, ola ^o(x)v re neXei Trpo^drcov re yevedXa 

 7] ^arls fj Kal ovcov vcodpov yevos, ovk edeXovaiv 

 eaTreodai, i/ra/xa^otcrt 8' im TrXarv acbjjia ^aXovres 

 ddpooL ifM^apvdovai, fioyov 6 dXievaiv edrjKav. 

 TToXXdKL 8' i^wXiadov aTT* dyKLcrrpoLO Xvdevres. 



o C. i. 74 n. ; H. i. 100 n. ; Plut. Mor. 977 f d/^^i/SXijcrTpots 

 ix^v yap Kal viroxals . . . aklcTKOvTai jj.6pfjLvpoi kt\. 



* Plut. Mor. 977 n b 5k \dj3pa^ avSpiKwrepov rod eXicpauTos 

 oiix 'irepov dXX' ai)r6j eavrov, brav irepiwicrr] rip dyKi<XTp<p, 

 ^eXovXKel, ttj Sevpo Ko-Kel TrapaXXd^ei ttjs Ke<pa\Tjs dvevpvvwv rb 

 rpavp.a Kal rbv iK rod (Tirapay/xov -kovov vironivwv, &xpi- S** ^/c/3dXij 

 rb &yKi(XTpov. 



' A large-sized Tunny. In M.G. 6pK{'vos=Thynnus 

 brachypterus (Apost. p. 14). Of. Athen. 303 b "B.paKXiwv 8' 



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