OPPIAN 



T^eXiov (fyoXlBag TTepihaUrai, awa he yvla 



eg vovTOv ^opeet, ttjv 8' ovkctl kol ficfiaviav 



Kv/xa fieXav 8e;^eTat, ^opeei Se fjnv TySe /cyAtVSet 



vipL /LtctA' Ufievrjv vedrrj? dAos" ot S' eaiSdt'Tes" 



L^Ov^oXoL jxaXa pela /cat dcmaalcos ehdfxacraav. 41 



A€X(f)Lvojv S' ayp^y /^ti/ aTTorpoTTos, ovSe deoloi 

 Kelvog er ip.TTeXa.aeie dvrrjp <f>LXos ov8e /ce ^copcjv 

 evayecos ffiavaeiev, 6pLCx)po(f>iovs he /xiatVei, 

 OS" /cev e/coji' SeXc/jiaiv eTTKfypdcrarjraL oXedpov, 

 Lcra yap dvSpop,eoLaiv aTrexQ aipovai (J^ovolgl 42 



oatp.oves elvaXtwv oXoov p.6pov rjyrjr-Qpojv 

 icra yap dvdpcoTroKJi vo-qp.ara /cat TTpoTToXoLCi 

 Zt^vo? aAtySowTToto' to /cat (f)iX6Tr)Ti yevedXrqs 

 KexprjvraL, peya 8' etoi avvdpdpioi dXXrjXoiaLV . 

 tJStj yap 8eX<f)lv€s evrjies dvhpdaiv olrjv 42 



dyprjv evdijprjTOV ctt' l)(dvaLV djTrXiaaavTO 

 VTjCTCp ev YiV^OLTj p,eTa. Kvp.aaiv AlyacoiaLV 

 evre yap eaTreplrjs drjprjg ttovov eyKovevoaiv 



" For the Dolphin in Greek religion and mythology see 

 Hermann Usener, Die Sintflutnagen (Bonn, 1899), chap. v. 



* We take the sense of airoTpoiros here to be dirb Tpbtrov, 

 " contra morem consuetiidinemque civilem " (Cic. J)e offic. 

 i. 41. 148); cf. [Phocylic. ] 183 /j-r^be Ka(nyvi}rr)i 6S airorpoirov 

 iXdifnev tvvriv. So eiVai irapdrpotroi Pind. P. ii. 35. Other- 

 wise it may mean "abominable." But the word needs 

 more careful consideration than it has yet received. It is 

 curious that Aristotle speaks of hunting the Dolphin 

 without a hint of anything unusual : A. 5'i3 b 9 5 avu^alvei 

 Kal iwl TTJs Tu>v df\(pLV(xJv dripas' oraf yap dOpjois inpiKVKXwauxn 

 Tois fjLovo^vXoii (canoes), \//o(povvTes e^ avTwv iv ry OaXdrTy 

 ddpoovs TTot-ovffiv e^oK^Weiv (peijyovTas els ttjv yrjv Kai 'Kaix^dvowiv 



