The same things are to be observed in Mark i. 16, which is the parallel passage.
IV.
ΓΡΙΦΟΣ, or ΓΡΙΠΟΣ.
Pursuing the order adopted by Oppian in his list of fishing nets above quoted, we come to the Γρῖφος. What kind of net this was we have been unable to discover. It must, however, have been one of the most useful and important kinds, because Plutarch mentions γρίφοι καὶ σαγήναι as the common implements of the fisherman[709], and Artemidorus speaks of this together with the casting-net and the sean in similar terms[710].
[709] Περὶ ἐνθυμίας, vol. v. p. 838, ed. Steph.
[710] L. ii. c. 14.
It may be observed, that Γριπεὺς is used for a fisherman[711], apparently equivalent to ἁλιεὺς[712]. We also find the expression Γριπηΐδι τέχνῃ, meaning, “By the fisherman’s art[713]”.
[711] Jacobs, Anthol. vol. i. p. 186, Nos. 4 and 5.
[712] Theocrit. i. 39; iii. 26.
[713] Brunck, Anal. ii. 9, No. 14.