OPPIAN 



olov 8' 'lovtoio irapa arofia /cat KeXdSovros 21{ 



Tvpcrrjvov ttovtolo fiear) TTopOfMolo Siappoj^ 

 eiAetrat, Xd^poicnv vtt' dadfxaai, Tv(f)da)vog 

 ixaivofievrj , Setval 8e TVTaiv6p,evai (xrpocfjdXiyyes 

 KVfMa doov KapiTTTOvai., rr€pLarp€<f>€TaL 8e KeXaivrj 

 iXKOjJbevrj SivrjaL TTaXippoi^hotai Xctpu^StS", 22( 



a>s Tore KrjTeioiaLV v-n daOfiaaL )(cbpos OLTTavrr] 

 ^aivofMevos ^e/^^t/ca? eXiaaeraL ^ Afi(f)LTpLTrjs • 

 evda TLs Lxdv^oXojv 'yXa(f)vp6v GKd(f)os d)Kvs epiaoiov 

 is xepaov Kardyoiro Kat aKTatrjs ano Trerpiqs 

 opfXL-qv dipaLTO Kal aurt/ca vocrr-qcreLe , 221 



TTpvfMvaioLS are i^T^a Karo^Qxdoaas vtto Sea/xots". 

 Tov 8' 6t€ 7Tai<f)daaovra Xd^rj Kopos, €K S ohvvaojv 

 drjp oXoos fiedvTj, Kapudrco 8e ol dypLOV rjTop 

 KXivr^rat, peifjr] 8e p-opov crrvyepolo rdXavra, 

 daKos p,€v TTpcvTLaTos dv€Spap,€ TTeipara vLktjs 23( 

 dyyeXXcov, p-eya 8' rjrop iv dypevrrjpaiv detpev. 

 olov 8' dXyLVoevros dvepxdp-evov TToXefioto 

 KTjpvK dpyv<f)€oiaLV iv et/xacrtv rjSe TTpoacono) 

 <j)aihpa> Kayxo-Xocovres iol p,ede7TOvai.v iratpoi, 

 a'iaiov dyyeXlrjv TToriheypievoL avriK aKOvaai, 23i 



COS" ol Kayxo-XocooLV iaad piqaavres evepde 

 ptvov dvepxop'ivrjv evdyyeXov avriKa 8' dXXoi 



" The Strait of Messina, Si/ceXt/c6s iropd/ids (Strabo 43), 

 S'lculum frehim (Plin. iii. 92), between Italy and Sicily, 

 dividing the Tyrrhenian Sea on the N. from the Ionian Sea 

 on the S. Here were localized the Scylla and Charybdis of 

 Horn. Od. xii. 104 ff. Cf. Thuc. iv. 24 ; Strabo 268; 

 Plin. iii. 87 In eo freto est scopulus Scylla, item Charj^bdis, 

 mare verticosuin, ambo clara saevitia. 



* Strabo 248 Tavr odv dLavorjdeh (lUi'dapos) tQ iravrl jhiri^ 

 TovTip (piqaiv viTOKeicrdaii rbv Tvcpuva ' vOv ye fiav ral d' virep 

 Kvfias a\t€pK€€i 6x^ai 2t/ceXia t' avTov jri^fet aripva \axvdevTa 

 [ = Pind. P. i. 17 ff.]. 



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