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ὅτι Ἀττικὸν τοῦτο τὸ ἔθος, ὅταν ὁ βοῦς ἀποσφαγῇ, τῶν μὲν ἄλλων ἀποψηφίζονται, κρίνοντες ἕκαστον ἐν τῷ μέρει φόνου: καταγινώσκουσι δὲ τῆς μαχαίρας, καὶ λέγουσι ταύτην ἀποκτεῖναι αὐτόν. καὶ ἐν ᾗ ταῦτα ἡμέρᾳ δρῶσι, Διιπόλια τὴν ἑορτὴν καλοῦσι καὶ Βουφόνια.
Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 2. Aelian. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1866. Keyboarding.
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