OPPIAN 



^i^Aetav' OdfivotaL KaraKpVTTrei Xaaloiuiv 

 opviv, ofjuoyXcoaaoLO avvefXTTOpov -qddSa 6-qprjs' 

 rj 8e Xiya /cAa^et ^ovdov jxeXos, ol S dtovre? 

 rrdvres eTnaiTepxovaL, /cat is ^poxov avrol levrai, 

 drjXvreprjs ivoTrfJGi 7TapaTTXay)(divr€S Icorjg' 

 TOLs KeZvoi KvproLo TTeaov Xayoveaaiv o/xotoi. 



Toirjv S av K€(f)dXoLcnv epcog irept^aXXerai arrjv 

 Kal yap rovs diqXeia TTaprjTTa<f)ev iv podioiaiv 

 cXKOjjbevT]' daXepr) 8e TreAot Xnrocoard re yvla' 

 tSSe yap ^Icropocovres direipoves dpb(f)ayepovraL' 

 KoXXei 8' eKTrdyXais ^e^Lrj/jievoL ovk ideXovai 

 XeiTTeadai, Trdvrr} Be rrodcov ivyyes dyovat 

 daXTTOfievovs , et /cat a(f)LV dvdpcnov rjyefxovevois 

 )^€pcrov vve^epvcov drjXvv hoXov ol h e^eTTOVrai, 

 ddpooL, ovre SoXcov fiefivrjjjievoi ovd^ dXtijcov' 

 dXX axTT rj'tdeoi TrepiKaXXeos o/x/xa yvvaLKog 

 <f>pa(jadfX€VOL rrpaJTOv {xev dTTOcrraSov avydl,ovTai, 

 elSos dyatopievoL TToXvrjparov , dyyi 8' CTretra 



" The decoy bird, TraXevrpia A. 613 a 23 and 28, Introd. 

 p. xxxiv, avis ille.e (cf. Plant. Asin. i. 3. 66 aedis nobis areast, 

 auceps sum ego, | Escast meretrix, lectus inlex est, amatores 

 aves) ; ffvucpvXos 6pvL's Dion. De av. iii. 4 ; x^^P°V^^'-^ 6pi'ides 

 if), iii. 1. Cf. iii. 9; Mart. xiv. 216 (on a Hawk 

 captured and trained as a decoy) ; Praedo fuit volucrum ; 

 famulus nunc aucupis idem | Decipit et captas non sibi 

 maeret aves ; Pallad. x. 12 noctuae ceteraque instrumenta 

 capturae. 



* ^ovdos, when used of colour, is pretty nearly = ^a^^os : 

 when it is used of sound, it is not possible to give more than 

 an approximate rendering. 



" 11. ii. 462 n. 



** A. 541 a 19 Trepi 5e ttjv ^oivlktjv Kal d-qpav Troiovvrai Oi' 

 dXX^Xwj' ■ dppeuas fxev yap vtrdyovTes KecTpias rai drjXelas irepi- 

 ^aXXovrai (rvfayovre^, OrjXeias S^ rovs dppeva^ ; Plin. ix. 59 

 isdem (mugilibus) tarn incauta salacltas ut in Phoenice et 

 in Narbonensi provincia coitus tempore e vivariis raarem 



412 



