11. λέοντες δὲ καὶ παρδάλεις, λύγκες, πάνθηρες, ἄρκτοι καὶ τἆλλα ὅσα ἐστὶ τοιαῦτα θηρία ἁλίσκεται ἐν ξέναις χώραις περὶ τὸ Πάγγαιον ὄρος καὶ τὸν Κίττον τὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς Μακεδονίας, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν τῷ Ὀλύμπῳ τῷ Μυσίῳ καὶ ἐν Πίνδῳ, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν τῇ Νύσῃ τῇ ὑπὲρ τῆς Συρίας, καὶ πρὸς τοῖς ἄλλοις ὄρεσιν ὅσα οἷά τ᾽ ἐστὶ τρέφειν τοιαῦτα.
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ἁλίσκεται δὲ τὰ μὲν ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσι φαρμάκῳ διὰ δυσχωρίαν ἀκονιτικῷ: παραβάλλουσι δὲ τοῦτο οἱ θηρώμενοι, συμμιγνύντες εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ ὅτῳ ἂν ἕκαστον χαίρῃ περὶ τὰ ὕδατα καὶ πρὸς ὅ τι ἂν ἄλλο προσίῃ.
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τὰ δὲ αὐτῶν καταβαίνοντα εἰς τὸ πεδίον τῆς νυκτὸς ἀποκλεισθέντα μετὰ ἵππων καὶ ὅπλων ἁλίσκεται, εἰς κίνδυνον καθιστάντα τοὺς αἱροῦντας.
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ἔστι δὲ οἷς αὐτῶν καὶ ὀρύγματα ποιοῦσι περιφερῆ μεγάλα βαθέα, ἐν μέσῳ λείποντες κίονα τῆς γῆς. ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦτον εἰς νύκτα ἐπέθεσαν δήσαντες αἶγα, καὶ ἔφραξαν κύκλῳ τὸ ὄρυγμα ὕλῃ ὥστε μὴ προορᾶν, εἴσοδον οὐ λείποντες. τὰ δὲ ἀκούοντα τῆς φωνῆς ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ κύκλῳ τὸν φραγμὸν περιθέουσι, καὶ ἐπειδὰν μὴ εὑρίσκῃ δίοδον, ὑπερπηδᾷ καὶ ἁλίσκεται.
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Xenophon. Xenophontis opera omnia, vol. 5. Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1920 (repr.1969).
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