OPPIAN 



eiAetrat, vqeacrLV eeiKoaopoLaLV ofjiola, 



TToAAa/ct 8e nXayxOevra Kal fjovos iyyvs iKavei 60 



dyXi'^O-dovs, ore K€v ns" CTrt a(f)LcrLV ottXI^oito. 



riaCTt S' V7T€p(f)U€€(jai 77eAei drjpeaciL daXdacrqs 

 v6cr<l)L Kvvcov ^apvyvta Kal ovk evnprjKra KeXevda- 

 ovre yap eloopouiaw OLTTOTrpodev ovre OdXaaaav 

 Trdaav eTnareixovai ^apwo/Jievoi fieXeeauiv 65 



-qXi^droi^, fidXa 8' oi/je KvXivS6p,€VOL <j)op€ovTat. 

 TovveKa Kal Trdvrecraiv opioaroXos epx^rat Ix^vs 

 (f)at6s ISeiv SoXixos re Sefxas, XeTrrr] 8e ol ovpj], 

 e^o^os OS TrpoTrdpoidev dXos rropov 'qyep.ovevei 

 crrjfxaLVOJV rep Kai p,tv i<f)-qp.Lcrav 'Hyrjrijpa. 7C 



KijreL 8' eKTrdyXws Kexo-piapLevos earlv iraipos 

 TTopuTTOs re (jjpovpos re' ^epei 8e pnv fj k edeXr^ai 

 prjiStcos' Keivcp yap e^eCTTrerat IxdvC p,ovvcp 

 TTicrra) inarov excov atel voov iyyvdi 8' avrov 

 (jrpa>(f>draL, ravvei he TrapaaxeBov 6(f>9aXjj,olaLv 

 ovprjv, -q ol eKaara 7n<f)avaKer at, e'lre nv dypr^v 

 earlv eXelv, elV ovv ri Kopvaraerai eyyvdi 7Trjp,a, 



" For this mode of expressing size c/. Horn. Od. ix. 321 f. 

 rb [the club of Polyphemus] fj-iv fi/x/xes eicTKo/jLfu eiaopowvTfs | 

 6<j<yov 6' iarbf vtjbi (fiKocropoio /xeXatViyj ; Pind. P, iv. 245 [the 

 Dragon guarding the Golden Fleece] 5s irdxei /j-dKci re 



TeVTTJKOVTOpOV VaVV KpOLTei. 



* dyxi-^oLdrjs, here applied to youos, is properly applied to 

 the sea and the meaning is that even close to the shore the 

 water is deep: Hom. Od. v. 413 dyxi^a-^V^ 8i ddXaaaa Kal 

 oGirwf IffTi irobeaci \ (TTrj/xevai dfj.(f>oTipot<n, where schol. PV 

 rightly i] ^7")'i's ttjs yrjs ^ddos ^xoi'"""*- Q/- Tri'\e^a6r}s II. i. 

 633. 

 464. 



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