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ὁ δὲ ταὼς ἦρος ἀρχομένου πρὸς λειμῶνὰ
[p. 188] τινα ἐλθών, ὁπότε καὶ τὰ ἄνθη πρόεισιν οὐ ποθεινότερα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὡς ἂν εἴποι τις ἀνθηρότερα καὶ τὰς βαφὰς καθαρώτερα, τότε καὶ οὗτος ἐκπετάσας τὰ πτερὰ καὶ ἀναδείξας τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ τὴν οὐρὰν ἐπάρας καὶ πάντοθεν αὑτῷ περιστήσας ἐπιδείκνυται τὰ ἄνθη τὰ αὑτοῦ καὶ τὸ ἔαρ τῶν πτερῶν ὥσπερ αὐτὸν προκαλοῦντος τοῦ
λειμῶνος ἐς τὴν ἅμιλλαν: ἐπιστρέφει γοῦν ἑαυτὸν
καὶ περιάγει καὶ ἐμπομπεύει τῷ κάλλει: ὅτε δὴ καὶ θαυμασιώτερος φαίνεται πρὸς τὴν αὐγὴν ἀλλαττομένων αὐτῷ τῶν χρωμάτων καὶ
μεταβαινόντων ἠρέμα καὶ πρὸς ἕτερον εὐμορφίας εἶδος τρεπομένων. πάσχει δὲ αὐτὸ μάλιστα ἐπὶ τῶν κύκλων, οὓς ἐπ᾽ ἄκροις ἔχει τοῖς πτεροῖς, ἴριδός τινος ἕκαστον περιθεούσης: ὃ γὰρ τέως χαλκὸς
ἦν, τοῦτο ἐγκλίναντος ὀλίγον χρυσὸς ὤφθη, καὶ
τὸ ὑπὸ τῷ ἡλίῳ κυαναυγές, εἰ σκιασθείη 'χλοαυγές ἐστιν οὕτω μετακοσμεῖται πρὸς τὸ φῶς ἡ πτέρωσις.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1913. 1.
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