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καὶ ταῦτα μέντοι κυνῶν προσακήκοα. τὰ σκυλάκια τυφλὰ τίκτεται, καὶ οὐχ ὁρᾷ τῆς μητρῴας ὠδῖνος προελθόντα. καὶ τρισκαίδεκα ἡμερῶν τῶν πρώτων κατείληπται τῷ πάθει τῷδε, ὅσων καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ φαίνει νύκτωρ, εἶτα μέντοι ζῴων ὀξυωπέστατος γίνεται ὁ κύων. τιμῶσι δὲ αὐτὸν Αἰγύπτιοι, καὶ νομόν τινα ἐκάλεσαν ἐξ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῆς γε τιμῆς διπλῆν [p. 264] εἶναι τὴν αἰτίαν φασί, τὴν μὲν λέγουσαν ὅτι ἄρα τῆς Ἴσιδος ζητούσης πανταχόσε τὸν Ὄσιριν κύνες προηγούμενοι τὰ μὲν ἐπειρῶντο συνανιχνεύειν αὐτῇ τὸν παῖδα, τὰ δὲ ἀναστέλλειν τὰ θηρία: ἡ δὲ ἑτέρα, ὅτι ἄρα ἤδη μὲν ἀνατέλλει τὸ ἄστρον ὁ κύων, ὃν Ὠρίωνος ἡ φήμη γενέσθαι λέγει, συνανίσχει δὲ αὐτῷ τρόπον τινὰ καὶ ὁ Νεῖλος ἐπιὼν ἐς τὴν ἀρδείαν τῆς γῆς τῆς Αἰγυπτίας, καὶ ἀναχεῖται περὶ τὰς ἀρούρας. ὡς οὖν ἄγοντα τόδε τὸ γόνιμον ὕδωρ καὶ παρακαλοῦντα τιμῶσιν Αἰγύπτιοι.
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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