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οὐδέποτε ἀετὸς οὔτε πηγῆς δεῖται οὔτε γλίχεται κονίστρας, ἀλλὰ καὶ δίψους ἀμείνων ἐστί, καὶ καμάτου φάρμακον οὐκ ἀναμένει πορισθὲν ἔξωθεν, ὑπερφρονῶν δὲ καὶ τῶν ὑδάτων καὶ τῆς ἀναπαύσεως τὸν αἰθέριον τέμνει πόλον, καὶ ὀξύτατα ὁρᾷ ἐκ πολλοῦ τοῦ αἰθέρος καὶ ὑψηλοῦ. καὶ τόν γε τῶν πτερῶν αὐτοῦ ῥοῖζον καὶ τὸ τῶν θηρίων ἀτρεπτότατον ὁ δράκων ἀκούσας μόνον παραχρῆμα κατέδυ καὶ ἀσμένως ἠφανίσθη. βάσανος δέ οἱ τῶν νεοττῶν τῶν γνησίων ἐκείνη ἐστίν. ἀντίους τῇ αὐγῇ τοῦ ἡλίου ἵστησιν αὐτοὺς ὑγροὺς ἔτι καὶ ἀπτῆνας: καὶ ἐὰν μὲν σκαρδαμύξῃ τις τὴν ἀκμὴν τῆς ἀκτῖνος δυσωπούμενος, ἐξεώσθη τῆς καλιᾶς, καὶ ἀπεκρίθη [p. 48] τῆσδε τῆς ἑστίας: ἐὰν δὲ ἀντιβλέψῃ καὶ μάλα ἀτρέπτως, ἀμείνων ἐστὶν ὑπονοίας καὶ τοῖς γνησίοις ἐγγέγραπται, ἐπεὶ αὐτῷ πῦρ τὸ οὐράνιον ἡ τοῦ γένους ἀδέκαστός τε καὶ ἄπρατος ἀληθῶς ἐστιν ἐγγραφή.
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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