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(j>ap}JLaKTais , ot Xxrypov evr' l)(dvaL ixrjriaavro 

 (jidplxaKov, wKV/jiopov Se reXog veTToBeaatv ed-qKav. 

 OL 8 riTOL TrpwTOv fj,ev ivaacrvTepaLs ^oXiSeaai, 

 KovTtov re piTrfjat, kol aiKLj^aiv epeTficov 

 clXevcTLV verroScov SetAas" aTi)(O.S ets" eVa ;^ajpor 

 KoiXocfivrj, KevOjJicoaLv VTrayvvpbevov dafxeecrcnv 

 €v6 ol fiev Svvovacv vtto yXa(j)vpfjs (TTTiXdSeaai,, 

 TOL 8e TTepiariqaavro Xtvoyv evepKea Travrrj 

 hiKTva KVKXcoaavres, dr^ dvdpdai SvafxeveeaaL 

 SnrXd 7TepL7Tpo^aX6vr€s dvdpaia rei^^a Trerprjs. 

 KUL tot' dvTjp dpyiXov ofxov TrUipav detpas 

 pil,av 6^, T^v KVKXdpbivov ecjuqjxiaav IrjTrjpes, 

 fiL^as iv TToXd/jLTjcn Svco (fivprjaaro fj,di^as' 

 TTovTO) 8' iyKareTTaXro Xlvcov virep, dpL(jil 8' ap' 



avralg 

 KoiXdcn KOL 6aXdfj.rjaL hvaaia ^dpp.aK dXenfie 



" Philostr. Imag. i. 13 (speaking of Tunnies) : I5iai /xh 

 oZ>v Kad' &s oKicKovTat /ivplai' Kai yap aiSrjpov (i.e. the trident) 

 IffTiv eir' avTO'us Orj^aarOai /cat (pdpfxaKa eirnraffai. koL fiiKpOP 

 ifpKecre oIktvov oTip dvoxpv '^'^'^ (TfiiKpjv tl t^s d7A7;5. Besides 

 Cyclamen (659 below) we read of the use of ((>\6ij.os {irXofj-os), 

 Mullein, Lat. verhascum (Plin. xxv. 120): A. 602 b 31 

 6iirodvqcrKov(n bk ol Ix&vi ti^ vXdfiq)' 5i6 /cat drjpevovaiv cl fxev 

 dXXot TO()s fv Tois TTOTapioh /cat X/jucats irXo/xtfovrf j, ol Sk 4>otj't/ces 

 Kal Toui ev rfj 6a\aTT7], cf. Ael. i. 58 ; of 'ApttrroXox'a, 

 Birth-wort, Aristolocliid rotunda: Plin. xxv. 98 Piscatores 

 Campania radicem (aristolochiae) earn quae rotunda est 

 venenum terrae vocant, coramqiie nobis contusam mixta 

 calce in mare sparsere. Advolant pisces cupiditate mira 

 statimque exanimati fluitant ; of Kovv^a, Fleabane, used to 

 induce the Poulpe to relax hold of the rocks : A. 534 b 26 

 /cat ot ye woXvxooes ovtw fxev vpoaix^^'''^-'- ^(^Te firj airoffTraadai 

 dXX' viro/xivfiv Tep.v6iJ.evoi, iav 5e ris Kbvv^av TrpocreviyKrj, d<pid,<Tiv 

 eiidvs dcrpw/xevoi. Cf. Apost. p. 50 " A cote des harpons se 

 place une espece de crochet construit expressement pour la 

 peche des poulpes, dont la chair est, comme on sait, tres 



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