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Αἰγυπτίων μάχη θηρίων ἀσπίδος καὶ ἰχνεύμονος. καὶ ὁ μὲν ἰχνεύμων οὐκ ἀβούλως οὐδὲ ἐκπλήκτως ἐπὶ τὸν ἀγῶνα ἀφικνεῖται τὸν πρὸς τὸν ἀντίπαλον, [p. 69] ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἀνὴρ πανοπλίᾳ φραξάμενος, οὕτως ἐκεῖνος τῷ πηλῷ ἐγκυλίσας ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀναπλήσας τοῦ περιπαγέντος ἔοικεν ἔχειν ἀρκοῦν πρόβλημα καὶ στεγανόν. εἰ δὲ ἀπορία εἴη πηλοῦ, λούσας ἑαυτὸν ὕδατι καὶ ἐς ἄμμον βαθεῖαν ὑγρὸν ἔτι ἐμβαλών, ἐκ τῆσδε τῆς ἐπινοίας τὸ ἀμυντήριον ἐξ ἀπόρων σπάσας, ἐπὶ τὴν μάχην ἔρχεται. τῆς τε ῥινὸς τὸ ἄκρον ἐγχρίσει τῇ τῆς ἀσπίδος τρόπον τινὰ ἐκκείμενον φρουρεῖ τὴν οὐρὰν ἀνακλάσας καὶ ἀποφράξας δι᾽ αὐτῆς αὐτό. καὶ ἐὰν μὲν ἡ ἀσπὶς τούτου τύχῃ, τὸν ἀνταγωνιστὴν καθεῖλεν: εἰ δὲ μή, μάτην τοὺς ὀδόντας τῷ πηλῷ πονεῖται, πάλιν τε ὁ ἰχνεύμων προσερπύσας ἀδοκήτως καὶ τοῦ τραχήλου λαβόμενος ἀπέπνιξε
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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