Όδυσσεύς (fr. 34)

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subduing (them) with the boiled heads of fish,
f bringing the gates of the best under the very bodies, f
and it compels a free-loading nature to recline
Ath. 6.227b-d (A)
εικότως ούν καί οί άλιεϊς έπ'ι τη τέχνη μέγα φρονοΰσι μάλλον ή οί άριστοι των
στρατηγών· παράγει γοΰν τινα τούτων Αναξανδρίδης έν Όδυσσεϊ περί τής αλιευτικής
τέχνης τάδε λέγοντα·-
Therefore fishermen reasonably pride themselves more concerning their profession
than do the best generals. And indeed Anaxandrides in Odysseus brings on stage one
of them speaking about the art of fishing as follows:-
(CE) παρά δ’ Άναξανδρίδη περί τής άλιευτικής τέχνης τάδε τίς φησι·-
In Anaxandrides someone speaks about the art of fishing as follows:-

Metre lambic trimeter.


Discussion Morelius 1553. Ill; Jacobs 1809. 134-6; Meineke 1840 III. 175—7;
Bothe 1944. 36; Meineke 1847. 581-2; Hirschig 1849. 4-5; Bothe 1855. 424;
Herwerden 1855. 54-5; Meineke 1857 V.clxxviii; Herwerden 1878. 66-7; Kock