The Egyptian Method of Hunting Crocodiles with Pig Bait

Notes

1. §2.70.1ἣ δʼ ὦν ἔμοιγε δοκέει ἀξιωτάτη ἀπηγήσιος εἶναι, ταύτην γράφω — A syntactic structure where the relative clause led by the relative pronoun ἣ (agreeing with the unexpressed antecedent ἄγρα, 'method of catching') is placed at the beginning of the sentence and anticipated/picked up by the demonstrative pronoun ταύτην (the direct object of γράφω) in the main clause. ἀπηγήσιος is a genitive of respect/reference modifying the adjective ἀξιωτάτη (Ionic genitive singular, corresponding to Attic ἀφηγήσεως).
2. §2.70.2οἳ δὲ ἕλκουσι — The article in the plural nominative (οἳ) functions as a demonstrative pronoun with δέ to introduce a new plural subject ('and they', i.e., the hunters).
3. §2.70.2κατʼ ὦν ἔπλασε — An example of tmesis where the particle ὦν (the Ionic equivalent of οὖν) is inserted between the prepositional prefix κατά and the verb ἔπλασε (aorist third-person singular of καταπλάσσω, 'to plaster over'). The aorist ἔπλασε is a gnomic/habitual aorist used to describe a customary or regular action in explanatory prose, and is translated in the present tense.