OPPIAN 



^aiol ixkv Kaplcnv d(f>av pore pats ipvovraL, 



TTOvXvTToSwV dvodvOig T] KapKLVOi dfJL(f)LXCiv6vr€S 



KapKLvaaiv r oAtyr^ac /cat el Kpeas dXfivpov dnTOig 

 TTeTpaiai's 6 eXfuai Kal orri roi ay;^t Trapeirj 

 l)(dv6ev jSaiou? S' em /xet^OCTiv OTrAt^oto* 

 heLTTVOLS ydp yeXocovres eTnaTrevSovaLv oXedpov 

 rj yap del ttXcotcov aL(f)X6v yevos vypd deovrcov. 

 dvvvov fiev KopaKLvos dyei, Xd^paKa Be Kapls 

 TTLaXerj, ^dwos Be ^iXov (f)dypoiuL SeXerpov 

 /cat /Sco/ces" avvoSovrt /cat LTTTTovpoicriv touAof 

 TpiyXrj 8 6p(f>6v evecfyve /cat ecrnaae Kippiha TrepKt], 

 p^aivihi Be )(pvao(f)pv£ dveXKcraf avrdp dviypai 

 jjLVpatvai fjierd adpKag evretyo/xevat (fiopeovrai, 

 TTovXvTToBojv' OGCTOt Be Scyuas" TTepifieTpov exovGL, 

 dvwo) fiev /coAAt^^^u? laiverai, avrdp oviaKois 

 opKVvos, Aa/S/oa/ca S' err* dvOirj ottXIi^oio, 

 LTTTTOvpov ii(f>irj, yXavKCx) 8' eVt Kearpea TTeipois' 



« H. i. 320 ff. 



* A. 534 a 16 irt 8i iroWol tQv IxOi'^v Siarpi^ovaiv iv 

 (TirrfKaioL^, oOs (Treidav ^ovXuvTai irpoKoXicraadaL wpbi tt]v dripav 

 ol aXieis, rb arofia, toD <Tin]\aiov TrapaXei^ovcri rapixvP"'^^ 6crp.ah, 

 irpbt Ss e^ipxovrai raxews ; Ael. xiii. 2 irepiweipei tQ ayKLCTpt^ 

 yKvKOCTOfxov 6vTa rujurdpixov, 



A. 534 a 23 ff. 



"^ One of the Sciaenidae, perhaps Corinna nigra Cuv. ; " a 

 Chalcis un vieux pecheur m'a dit qu'on I'appelle S)ci6s 

 KokiaKovSa, c'est-a-dire Corv. corneille," Apost, p. 13. 



' H. ii. 130 n. 



f H. i. 124 n. » C. ii. 391 n. 



* Cf. H. i. 110 where atKpoTepoL /SaJicej refers to the two 

 species Box hoops {Box vulgaris), M.G. ^wwa or yov-wa, and 

 Box salpa, M.G. ffdX-rra (Apost. p. 17). They belong to the 

 Sjmridae or Sea-breams. 



* H. iii. 610 n. 



* i/. ii. 434 n. For hvKo^-iovXU cf, Eratosth. ap. Athen. 

 284 d in ^woi/ras lo6\ov?. 



362 



