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ἴδιαι δὲ καὶ διάφοροι τῶν ζῴων καὶ αἵδε αἱ φύσεις. τοὺς ἐν τοῖς Βισάλταις λαγὼς διπλᾶ ἥπατα ἔχειν Θεόπομπος λέγει. τὰς δ᾽ ἐν Λέρῳ μελεαγρίδας ὑπὸ μηδενὸς ἀδικεῖσθαι τῶν γαμψωνύχων ὀρνέων λέγει Ἴστρος. τοὺς δὲ ἐν Νευροῖς βοῦς Ἀριστοτέλης φησὶν ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχειν τὰ κέρατα, Ἀγαθαρχίδης δὲ τὰς ἐν Αἰθιοπίᾳ ὗς κέρατα ἔχειν. Σώστρατος δὲ τοὺς ἐν τῇ Κυλλήνῃ κοσσύφους πάντας λέγει λευκούς. [p. 122] Λ̓λέξανδρος δὲ ὁ Μύνδιος τὰ ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ πρόβατα πιαίνεσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ πικροτάτου φησὶν ἀψινθίου. τὰς δὲ ἐν τῷ Μίμαντι γινομένας αἶγας ἓξ μηνῶν μὴ πίνειν, ὁρᾶν δὲ ἐς τὴν θάλατταν μόνον καὶ κεχηνέναι καὶ τὰς αὔρας τὰς ἐκεῖθεν δέχεσθαι ὁ αὐτὸς λέγει. αἶγας δὲ Ἰλλυρίδας ὁπλὴν ἀκούω ἔχειν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ χηλήν. Θεόφραστος δὲ δαιμονιώτατα λέγει ἐν τῇ Βαβυλωνίᾳ γῇ τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἀνιόντας ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ εἶτα μέντοι ἐν τῷ ξηρῷ τὰς νομὰς ποιεῖσθαι πολλάκις.
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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