OPPIAN 



Ti's" 8e Toaov )(Xovvrjg (f^opeei aOevos, oacrou aaTrroi 35 

 Xcifivai; rig 8e Xeovros evl ^pealv aWerai olXkij, 

 oaat] piyeBavfjaiv avLacoaairo l,vyai.vats ; 

 ^coKTjv Se ^XoGvprjv /cat eVt )(dovl x^trT^eaaat 

 dpKTOi, TT€(f)pLKaai /cat is p,66ov avriocoaat. 

 SdiJLvavraL' roiotai /xeAet diqpeaai OdXaaaa. 40 



dXX efMTTTjs /cat TolcTLv €TT€(j)pdaaavTO ^apeZav 

 drrjv rjjjiepiwv dfiaxov yevos, iK S aXLT^cov 

 oXXvvrai, K'qreLov or es" fJioOov oppLTjawvraL. 

 rd)v €p€co drjpris ^ptOvv rrovov dXX dtoLre 

 €VfM€V€raL ^aaiXi]es, ^OXvfiTna reix^a yalrjg. 45 



K.'qrea fiecrcroTTopoig fiev ivirpet^erai neXdyecrai 

 TrXeZard re /cat nepLfierpa- rd 8' ovk dvaSverai dXp,r]g 

 8-qddKLg, aAA' vnevepdev e^^ei KprjTrZha daXdcrcrrjg 

 Ppt,6oGVvrj, /Liat/xa 8e ^oprjg dt,7]xeL Xvaafj 

 atet TTCLVcvovra /cat ovrrore vqSvog alvrjg 50 



fxapyoavvT]v dvUvra' ri ydp roaov eaaerat elSap, 

 oaaov iviTrXfjaai yaarpog xaos, oaaov aarrrov 

 eg Kopov dfivavaai kclvcov yevvv ; ol he /cat avroL 

 dXXrjXovg oXeKovai, x^peiova (j>eprepog dXKrj 

 Tte^viov, dXX-qXoig he ^oprj /cat 8atTes' eacrt. 55 



TToAAa/ct /cat vrjeaaiv dyeL heog dvrioojvra 

 eaneptov Kara irovrov 'l^rjptKov, evda fjidXiara 

 yeirovog *Q.KeavoZo XeXocTTor' ddea^arov vhcop 



" The Xdfiia of A. 540 b 17 a-eXaxv 5' earl rd re elpi)ix4va Kal 

 /Sous Koi \dfua ; 621 a 20 ^xoi'""' ^ oSovras Icrx^'povs (at dfxiaL), Kal 

 •^Stj wTTTai Kal dXKa koi Xd/jna ifiweaovcra Kal KadeXKwdeiaa ; Athen. 

 306 d Nt/cavSpos . . . Tbv Kapxapiav KaXeiffffai (prjcri Kal Xdfiiav Kal 

 (TKiiWav ; cf. Plin. ix. 78. One of the larger Sharks, perhaps 

 Lamna comuhica Cuv. or Carcharodon lamia Bp., M.G. 

 XdfJLta, Kapxapias : " rare et excessivement dangereux ; 

 quelques individus de cette espece atteignent des proportions 

 enormes " (Apost. p. 4). 

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