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τοιοῦτον μὲν ἐκεῖνον: τὴν θήλειαν δὲ ἵππου γε τῆς
καλλίστης, οἷαι μάλιστα αἱ Θετταλαί εἰσιν, ἀδμῆτες ἔτι
καὶ ἄβατοι, τὸ δ᾽ ἄνω ἡμίτομον γυναικὸς πάγκαλον ἔξω
τῶν ὤτων: ἐκεῖνα δὲ μόνα σατυρώδη ἐστὶν αὐτῇ: καὶ ἡ
μῖξις δὲ καὶ ἡ ἁρμογὴ τῶν σωμάτων, καθ᾽ ὃ συνάπτεται
καὶ συνδεῖται τῷ γυναικείῳ τὸ ἱππικόν, ἠρέμα καὶ οὐκ
ἀθρόως μεταβαίνουσα καὶ ἐκ προσαγωγῆς τρεπομένη λανθάνει
τὴν ὄψιν ἐκ θατέρου εἰς τὸ ἕτερον ὑπαγομένη. τὸ
νεογνὸν δὲ τὸ ἐν τῷ νηπίῳ ὅμως ἄγριον καὶ ἐν τῷ ἁπαλῷ
ἤδη φοβερόν, καὶ τοῦτο θαυμαστὸν οἷον ἔδοξέ μοι, καὶ
ὅτι παιδικῶς μάλα πρὸς τὸν σκύμνον τοῦ λέοντος ἀναβλέπουσι,
μεταξὺ τῆς θηλῆς ἑκάτερος ἐπειλημμένοι ἐν
χρῷ τῇ μητρὶ προσιστάμενοι.
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