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μελλούσης δὲ οἰκίας καταφέρεσθαι αἰσθητικῶς ἔχουσιν οἵ τε ἐν αὐτῇ μύες καὶ μέντοι καὶ αἱ γαλαῖ, καὶ φθάνουσι τὴν καταφορὰν καὶ ἐξοικίζονται. τοῦτό τοί φασι καὶ ἐν Ἑλίκῃ γενέσθαι. ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἠσέβησαν ἐς τοὺς Ἴωνας τοὺς ἀφικομένους οἱ Ἑλικήσιοι, καὶ ἐπὶ βωμοῦ ἀπέσφαξαν αὐτούς, ἐνταῦθα δήπου ῾τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν τοῦτὀ τοῖσιν δὲ θεοὶ τέραα προύφαινον: πρὸ πέντε γὰρ ἡμερῶν τοῦ ἀφανισθῆναι τὴν Ἑλίκην, ὅσοι μύες ἐν αὐτῇ ἦσαν καὶ γαλαῖ καὶ ὄφεις καὶ σκολόπενδραι καὶ σφονδύλαι καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ὅσα ἦν τοιαῦτα, ἀθρόα ὑπεξῄει τῇ ὁδῷ τῇ ἐς Κερύνειαν ἐκφερούσῃ. οἱ δὲ Ἑλικήσιοι ὁρῶντες τὰ πραττόμενα ἐθαύμαζον μέν, οὐκ εἶχον δὲ τὴν αἰτίαν συμβαλεῖν. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἀνεχώρησε τὰ προειρημένα ζῷα, νύκτωρ γίνεται σεισμός, καὶ συνιζάνει ἡ πόλις, καὶ ἐπικλύσαντος πολλοῦ κύματος ἡ Ἑλίκη ἠφανίσθη, καὶ κατὰ τύχην Λακεδαιμονίων ὑφορμοῦσαι δέκα
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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