Oppian, Halieutica

ἀμφʼ ἀκάτῳ θύνουσι, κακὸν δʼ ἴδον ἑσπέριον πῦρ,

dart around the boat, and saw an evil evening fire,

ῥιπῆς τριγλώχινος ἀμειλίκτοιο τυχόντες.

meeting the thrust of the pitiless trident.

ἔστι δέ τις θήρης ἕτερος νόμος ἰχθυβόλοισι

There is another way of hunting for fishermen

φαρμάκταις, οἳ λυγρὸν ἐπʼ ἰχθύσι μητίσαντο

who are poisoners, who devised a baneful drug

φάρμακον, ὠκύμορον δὲ τέλος νεπόδεσσιν ἔθηκαν.

against fish, and brought a swift-fated end on them.

οἱ δʼ ἤτοι πρῶτον μὲν ἐπασσυτέραις βολίδεσσι

They, first of all, with missiles thrown one after another

κοντῶν τε ῥιπῇσι καὶ αἰκίῃσιν ἐρετμῶν

and thrusts of poles and battering of oars