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γὺψ νεκρῷ πολέμιος. ἐσθίει γοῦν ἐμπεσὼν ὡς ἐχθρὸν καὶ φυλάσσει τεθνηξόμενον. καὶ μέντοι καὶ ταῖς ἐκδήμοις στρατιαῖς ἕπονται γῦπες, καὶ μάλα γε μαντικῶς ὅτι ἐς πόλεμον χωροῦσιν εἰδότες, καὶ ὅτι μάχη πᾶσα ἐργάζεται νεκρούς, καὶ τοῦτο ἐγνωκότες. γῦπα δὲ ἄρρενα οὔ φασι γίνεσθαί ποτε, ἀλλὰ θηλείας ἁπάσας: ὅπερ ἐπιστάμενα τὰ ζῷα καὶ ἐρημίαν τέκνων δεδιότα ἐς ἐπιγονὴν τοιαῦτα δρᾷ. ἀντίπρῳροι τῷ νότῳ πέτονται: εἰ δὲ μὴ εἴη νότος, τῷ εὔρῳ κεχήνασι, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ἐσρέον πληροῖ αὐτάς, καὶ κύουσι τριῶν ἐτῶν. λέγουσι δὲ νεοττιὰν μὴ ὐποπλέκειν γῦπα. τοὺς δὲ αἰγυπιούς, ἐν μεθορίῳ γυπῶν ὄντας καὶ ἀετῶν, εἶναι καὶ ἄρρενας καὶ τὴν χρόαν πεφυκέναι μέλανας. καὶ τούτων μὲν ἀκούω καὶ νεοττιὰς δείκνυσθαι: γῦπας δὲ μὴ ᾠὰ τίκτειν πέπυσμαι, νεοττοὺς δὲ ὠδίνειν. καὶ ὡς ἀπὸ γενεᾶς κατάπτεροί εἰσι, καὶ τοῦτο ἤκουσα.
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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