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Ἰνδῶν δὲ ὁ μέγας βασιλεὺς μιᾶς ἡμέρας ἀνὰ πᾶν [p. 379] ἔτος ἀγωνίας προτίθησι τοῖς τε ἄλλοις ὅσοις εἶπον ἑτέρωθι, ἐν δὲ τοῖς καὶ ζῴοις ἀλόγοις, ἀλλὰ ἐκείνοις γε ὧν ἐκπέφυκε κέρατα. κυρίττει δὲ ταῦτα ἄλληλα, καὶ φύσει τινὶ θαυμαστῇ μέχρι νίκης ἁμιλλᾶται, ὥσπερ οὖν ἀθληταὶ ἢ ὑπὲρ ἄθλων μεγίστων ἰσχυριζόμενοι ἢ ὑπὲρ κλέους σεμνοῦ καὶ φήμης τινὸς ἀγαθῆς. εἰσὶ δὲ οἱ ἀγωνισταὶ οἵδε οἱ ἄλογοι ταῦροί τε ἄγριοι καὶ κριοὶ ἥμεροι καὶ οἱ καλούμενοι μέσοι καὶ ὄνοι μονόκερῳ καὶ ὕαιναι. φασὶ δὲ εἶναι τοῦτο τὸ ζῷον δορκάδος μὲν ἧττον, ἐλάφου δὲ πολλῷ θρασύτερον καὶ θυμούμενον ἐς κέρας. εἶτα ἐπὶ πᾶσιν οἱ ἐλέφαντες ἀγωνισταὶ παρίασιν: προχωροῦσι δὲ οὗτοι καὶ μέχρι θανάτου τιτρώσκοντες ἀλλήλους τοῖς κέρασιν, καὶ πολλάκις μὲν ὁ ἕτερος κρατεῖ καὶ ἀποκτείνει τὸν ἀντίπαλον, πολλάκις δὲ καὶ συναποθνήσκουσιν.
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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