ὀσμύλη - Eledone moschata (LSJ Entry)

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ὀσμύλη - Eledone moschata (LSJ Entry)

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ὀσμύλη, ἡ, A.a strong-smelling musky octopus, Eledone cirrosa, Arist.Fr.305:
According to what I can find, the species of octopus with a musky smell is Eledone moschata, not Eledone cirrosa.
τί δὲ ἀγαθὸν τῇ πομφόλυγι συνεστώσῃ ἢ κακὸν διαλυθείσῃ;
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It seems likely. See A. W. Mair's note in the 1928 Loeb edition of Oppian:

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/R ... ml#note127
“One might get one’s Greek from the very lips of Homer and Plato." "In which case they would certainly plough you for the Little-go. The German scholars have improved Greek so much.”

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LSK gives θαλάσσιος πολύπους ἔχων ἰσχυρὰν ὀσμήν...πρβλ. ὄζαινα, βολβίδιον.

http://myria.math.aegean.gr/lds/data/vo ... g_0366.pdf
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