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Θύμαλον δὲ ἰχθὺν οὕτω καλούμενον τρέφει Τέκινος ῾ποταμοῦ δὲ ὄνομα τοῦτο Ἰταλοὖ, καὶ μέγεθος μὲν ὅσον καὶ ἐπὶ πῆχυν προήκει, ἰδεῖν δὲ μεταξὺ λάβρακός ἐστι καὶ κεφάλου. ἄξιον δὲ αὐτοῦ ἑαλωκότος θαυμάσαι τὴν ὀσμήν: οὐ γάρ τί που προσβάλλει ἰχθυηρὸν ἀέρα κατὰ τοὺς λοιπούς, ἀλλὰ εἴποις ἂν διὰ χειρῶν κατέχειν θύμαλον νεωστὶ τρυγηθέντα, καὶ οὖν καὶ εὔοσμός ἐστι, καί τις οὐκ ἰδὼν τὸ ζῷον οἰήσεται πόαν ἔνδον εἶναι τὴν μάλιστα μελιττῶν τροφόν, ἔνθεν τοι καὶ κέκληται. λίνῳ μὲν [p. 354] οὖν αἱρεθείη ἂν ῥᾷστα: δελέατι δὲ καὶ ἀγκίστρῳ οὐχ αἱρήσεις αὐτόν, οὐχ ὑὸς πιμελῇ, οὐ σέρφῳ, οὐ χήμῃ, οὐκ ἰχθύος ἑτέρου ἐντέρῳ, οὐ στρόμβου τένοντι. κώνωπι δὲ αἱρεῖται μόνῳ, πονηρῷ μὲν ζῴῳ καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν καὶ νύκτωρ ἀνθρώποις ἐχθρῷ καὶ δακεῖν καὶ βοῆσαι, αἱρεῖ δὲ τὸν θύμαλον τὸν προειρημένον: φιληδεῖ γὰρ αὐτῷ μόνῳ.
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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