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ἔστω δὲ καὶ τῇ μυίᾳ παρ᾽ ἡμῶν γέρας μὴ ἀμοιρῆσαι τῆς μνήμης τῆς ἐνταῦθα: φύσεως γάρ τοι καὶ ἐκείνη πλάσμα ἐστίν. αἱ μυῖαι αἱ Πισάτιδες κατὰ [p. 118] τὴν τῶν Ὀλυμπίων ἑορτὴν ὡς ἂν εἴποις σπένδονται καὶ τοῖς ἀφικνουμένοις καὶ τοῖς ἐπιχωρίοις. ἱερείων γοῦν καταθυομένων τοσούτων καὶ αἵματος ἐκχεομένου καὶ κρεμαμένων κρεῶν αἳ δὲ ἀφανίζονται ἑκοῦσαι, καὶ τοῦ γε Ἀλφειοῦ περαιοῦνται ἐς τὴν ἀντιπέρας ὄχθην. καὶ ἐοίκασι τῶν γυναικῶν τῶν ἐπιχωρίων διαλλάττειν οὐδὲ ὀλίγον, εἰ μὴ ἄρα τι ἐγκρατέστεραι αἱ μυῖαι ἐκεῖναι τῶν γυναικῶν ὁμολογοῦνται τοῖς ἔργοις: τὰς μὲν γὰρ ὁ τῆς ἀγωνίας καὶ τῆς κατ᾽ αὐτὴν σωφροσύνης νόμος ἐλαύνει τὰς γυναῖκας, αἱ μυῖαι δὲ ἑκοῦσαι τοῖς ἱεροῖς ἀφίστανται, καὶ ἐν μὲν ταῖς ἱερουργίαις καὶ παρὰ τὸν τῶν ἄθλων χρόνον τὸν νενομισμένον ἀπαλλάττονται. λῦτο δ᾽ ἀγών, αἳ δὲ ἐπιδημοῦσιν, ὥσπερ οὖν καθόδου τυχοῦσαι ψηφίσματι φυγάδες, εἶτα ἐπιρρέουσιν ἐς τὴν Ἦλιν αἱ μυῖαι αὖθις.
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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