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γίνεται δὲ ἐν τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάττῃ ἰχθύς, καὶ ὅσα γε εἰδέναι ἐμέ, ἔθεντο Περσέα οἱ ἐπιχώριοι ὄνομα αὐτῷ. καὶ οἱ μὲν Ἕλληνες αὐτὸν οὕτω, καλοῦσι δὲ καὶ Ἄραβες ὁμοίως τοῖς Ἕλλησι: Διὸς γὰρ υἱὸν καὶ ἐκεῖνοι ᾄδουσι τὸν Περσέα, καὶ ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ γε τὸν ἰχθὺν ὑμνοῦσι λέγεσθαι. μέγεθος μὲν οὖν ἐστι κατὰ τὸν ἀνθίαν τὸν μέγιστον, ἰδεῖν δὲ ὅμοιος λάβρακι: γρυπός γε μὴν ἡσυχῆ οὕτω, καὶ ζώναις πεποίκιλται χρυσῷ προσεικασμέναις: ἄρχονται δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἐπικάρσιοι αἱ ζῶναι, καὶ ἐς τὴν γαστέρα καταλήγουσι. πέφρακται δὲ ὀδοῦσι μεγάλοις καὶ πυκνοῖς. λέγεται δὲ ἰχθύων περιεῖναι ῥώμῃ τε σώματος καὶ βίᾳ: ἀλλὰ οὐδὲ τόλμης οἱ ἐνδεῖ. θήραν δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἄγραν εἶπον ἀλλαχόθι.
Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 1. Aelian. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1864. Keyboarding.
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