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βάρος καὶ τὴν τῶν πτερῶν βραχύτητα. ἐστὶ δὲ κονιστικὸς πολύτεκνός τε καὶ σπερμολόγος. Σωκράτης δ᾽ ἐν τῷ περὶ ὅρων καὶ τόπων καὶ πυρὸς καὶ λίθων ‘ἐκ τῆς Λυδίας μετακομισθέντες,’ φησίν, ‘ εἰς Αἴγυπτον οἱ ἀτταγαῖ καὶ ἀφεθέντες εἰς τὰς ὕλας ἕως μέν τινος ὄρτυγος φωνὴν ἀφίεσαν, ἐπεὶ δὲ τοῦ ποταμοῦ κοίλου ῥυέντος λιμὸς ἐγένετο καὶ πολλοὶ τῶν κατὰ τὴν χώραν ἀπώλλυντο, οὐ διέλιπον σαφέστερον τῶν παίδων τῶν τρανοτάτων ἕως νῦν λέγοντες ' τρὶς τοῖς κακούργοις κακά.
[p. 254] συλληφθέντες δὲ οὐ μόνον οὐ τιθασεύονται, ἀλλ᾽
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