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Λοκροῖς ἀφωνότατον. καὶ τίς ἡ αἰτία τῆς τοιαύτης ἀντιδόσεως ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ οἶδα οὐδὲ ἄλλος, εἰ μὴ μάτην θρασύνοιτο: οἶδε δέ, ὦ Ῥηγῖνοι καὶ Λοκροί, μόνη ἡ φύσις. ποταμὸς γοῦν τῆς τε Ῥηγίνων καὶ τῆς Λοκρίδος ἐστὶ μέσος, καὶ εἴργονταί γε οὐδὲ πλεθριαίῳ διαστήματι αἱ ὄχθαι, καὶ ὅμως οὐδέτεροι διαπέτονται αὐτόν. καὶ ἐν Κεφαλληνίᾳ ποταμός ἐστιν, ὅσπερ οὖν τῆς τε εὐγονίας τῶν τεττίγων καὶ τῆς ἀγονίας αἴτιος. τὸν βασιλέα αὐτῶν αἱ μέλιτται πρᾶον ὄντα καὶ ἥμερον καὶ ὁμοῦ τι καὶ ἄκεντρον ὅταν αὐτὰς ἀπολίπῃ μεταθέουσί τε καὶ διώκουσι φυγάδα τῆς ἀρχῆς ὄντα. ῥινηλατοῦσι δὲ αὐτὸν ἀπορρήτως, καὶ ἐκ τῆς ὀσμῆς τῆς περὶ αὐτὸν αἱροῦσι, καὶ ἐς τὴν βασιλείαν ἐπανάγουσιν ἑκοῦσαί τε καὶ βουλόμεναι καὶ τοῦ τρόπου ἀγάμεναι. Πεισίστρατον δὲ ἐξήλασαν Ἀθηναῖοι καὶ Συρακόσιοι Διονύσιον καὶ ἄλλοι ἄλλους, τυράννους τε καὶ παρανόμους ὄντας καὶ τέχνην βασιλικὴν ἀποδείξασθαι μὴ δυναμένους, ἥπερ οὖν φιλανθρωπία τε καὶ τῶν ὑπηκόων ἐστὶ προστασία.
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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