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27 The so-called fishermanThe fishing-frog, Lophius piscatorius L.: Aristotle, Historia Animal. ix. 37 (620 b 12); Pliny, Nat. Hist. ix. 144; Mair on Oppian, Hal. ii. 86; Strömberg, Gr. Fischnamen, pp. 122 f. is known to many; he gets his name from his actions. Aristotle Historia Animal. ix. 37 (622 a 1); cf. iv. 1 (524 a 3), iv. 6 (531 b 6); Pliny, Nat. Hist. ix. 83 ff.; Mair on Oppian, Hal. ii. 122. says that the cuttlefish also makes use of this stratagem: he lets down, like a fishing line, a tentacle from his neck which is naturally designed to extend to a great length when it is released, or to be drawn to him when it is pulled in. So when he espies a little fish, he gives it the feeler to bite and then by degrees imperceptibly draws it back toward himself until the prey attached to the arm is within reach of his mouth.

27 As for the octopus’ change of colour, Cf. Aristotle, Historia Animal. ix. 37 (622 a 8); Mair on Oppian, Hal. ii. 233. Athenaeus, 316 f, 317 f, 513 d; Pliny, Nat. Hist. ix. 87; Antigonus, Hist. Mirab. 25, 50; Aelian, Varia Hist. i. 1; and Wellmann, Hermes, li, p. 40. PindarFrag. 43 Schroeder, 208 Turyn, 235 Bowra (p. 516, ed. Sandys L.C.L.); cf. Mor. 916 c and Turyn’s references. has made it celebrated in the words To all the cities to which you resort Bring a mind like the changing skin of the seabeast; and Theognis215-216; cf. Mor. 96 f, 916 c. There are many textual variants, but none alters the sense. likewise: Be minded like the octopus’ hue: The colour of its rock will meet the view.Or Keep a mind as multicoloured as the octopus, With the rock whereon it sits homologous (Andrews).

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