OPPIAN i 



TTrjfxa hoXov irpovdr^Kav 6 S' ojs tSe Satra ^apeZav, 

 SXro Koi ovK aixeXrjaev avaihei yaarpl Trtdrjaas- 

 /xdpifie 8' eTTiOvaa? yvaixirrov fiopov, avriKa 8' etaco 

 ayKLorpov KareSv redocofjievov evpeC Aat^o), i6{ 



€V 8' eTrdyr) yXcoylaiv 6 8' e'A/cel' dvfiov opivdets 

 TTpwra fiev daxaXocov oXorjv yevvv dvria TraAAei, 

 XOiXK€irjv dwfxiyya SLappalaat fieveaLVCov' 

 aAA' dpa ol Kevios rerarai ttovos' evdev eirena 

 arrep'xop.evos <f)Xoy€'rj(nv eTTO)(dit,ojv 68vvr]aL i7( 



Suerat ev koXttolulv v7ro^pv)(^ioiai daXdacrrjS' 

 TO) 8e rdx' daTraXii^es iTnrpajTTCoaLV anaaav 

 opiXLTjV ov fxkv yap evi adevos dvdpa)7TOi(nv 

 ocraov t' av epvaai koL dvaLvofievov hajxdcraadai 

 Ppidif rreXwp' pea ydp a(j)€ crvv avTols aeA/xaat vqojv m 

 eXKvaet, ttotl ^vcraov, 66^ opixijaeie (fiepeadai. 

 OL 8e OL oppLLTj 7Tpocrapr]p6ras evpeas daKovg 

 TTVOLrjs dvSpofJierjs 7r€TrXrj66rag evdus e? v8wp 

 Svofievip TTepuTTOvaLV 6 8 6)(dit,cov ohvvr^GL 

 pLvaov OVK dXeyei, Kara 8' euTtaaev ovk ideXovras 18( 

 pT^'CSiws aKpoLO XiXaLop.evovs dXos d^pov. 

 oAA' OTTor is SdneSov TreXdcrrj [xefioyrjoTL OvpLco, 

 arrj pa pLcy* d(f>pL6wv, rerLrjfievos' d)S Se tls lttttos 

 IBpcoT' e^avvaas Ka/jLarcoSea repfiaros aKpov 

 d^po) vcf)' alpbaroevrL yevvv okoXloZgl x^-XlvoXs 18f 



epLTTpUL, deppLov 8e 8ta. aropia KihvaraL da6p.a. 



" Horn. Od. vii. 216 ov yap ri arvyeprj iirl yaffrepi Kvprepov 

 &\\o I ^ttXcto, t] t iKiXevaev 'eo /jivriaaadai avdyKr). 



* Cf. Relation of a Voyage in the North Sea, . . . made 

 hi the years 1767 and 1768 by M. de Kergtielen Tremarec 

 (Pinkerton's Voyages, vol. i. p. 790) : " As these poor 

 people [the Greenlanders] have but little wood and iron, 

 they make use of the precaution of fastening to the middle 

 472 



