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Ὀνοκενταύραν καλοῦσι ζῷόν τι, καὶ ταύτην ὅστις εἶδεν, οὐκ ἂν ἠπίστησεν ὅτι καὶ Κενταύρων φῦλα ἦν, καὶ οὐ κατεψεύσαντο οἱ χειρουργοὶ τῆς φύσεως, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκείνους ἤνεγκεν ὁ χρόνος κράσει σωμάτων οὐχ ὁμοίων ἑνωθέντας. καταλείπωμεν δὲ αὐτούς, εἴτε ἐγένοντο ὄντως ἐπιδημίᾳ μιᾷ καὶ τῇ αὐτῇ, εἴτε ἡ φήμη κηροῦ παντὸς οὖσα εὐπλαστοτέρα τε καὶ εὐπειθεστέρα διέπλασεν αὐτούς, καὶ ἀνέμιξεν ἵππου καὶ ἀνθρώπου δαιμονίᾳ τινὶ συναφῇ ἡμίτομα, καὶ [p. 416] ἔδωκε μίαν ψυχήν. αὕτη δὲ ὑπὲρ ἧς ὥρμηται λέγειν ὅδε ὁ λόγος, ἐς ἀκοὴν τὴν ἐμὴν τοιάδε ἀφίκετο. ἀνθρώπῳ τὸ πρόσωπον εἴκασται, περιέρχονται δὲ αὐτὸ βαθεῖαι τρίχες. τράχηλός τε ὑπὸ τῷ προσώπῳ καὶ στέρνα, καὶ ταῦτα ἀνθρωπικά: μαζοὶ δὲ ᾐρμένοι καὶ κατὰ τοῦ στήθους ἐφεστῶτες, ὦμοι δὲ καὶ βραχίονες καὶ πήχεις, ἔτι δὲ χεῖρες καὶ στέρνα ἐς ἰξύν, καὶ ταῦτα ἀνθρωπικά: ῥάχις δὲ καὶ πλευραὶ καὶ γαστὴρ καὶ πόδες οἱ κατόπιν ὄνῳ καὶ μάλα ἐμφερῆ, καὶ τεφρώδης
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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