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ἐν τῇ τῶν καλουμένων Ἰουδαίων γῇ ἢ Ἰδουμαίων ᾖδον οἱ ἐπιχώριοι καθ᾽ Ἡρώδην τὸν βασιλέα ἐρασθῆναι μείρακος ὡρικῆς δράκοντα μεγέθει μέγιστον, ὅσπερ οὖν ἐπιφοιτῶν εἶτα μέντοι τῇ προειρημένῃ συνεκάθευδε σφόδρα ἐρωτικῶς. οὐκοῦν ἡ μείραξ τὸν ἐραστὴν οὐκ ἐθάρρει, καίτοι προσέρποντα ὡς ἐνῆν πραότατά τε καὶ ἡμερώτατα. ὑπεξῆλθεν οὖν, καὶ διέτριψε μῆνα, οἷα δήπου λήθην τοῦ δράκοντος ἕξοντος κατὰ τὴν τῆς ἐρωμένης ἀποδημίαν. τῷ δὲ ἄρα ἡ ἐρημία ἐπέτεινε τὸ πάθος, καὶ ἐφοίτα μὲν ὁσημέραι καὶ νύκτωρ: οὐ μὴν ἐντυγχάνων ᾗ ἠβούλετο, ὡς ἐραστὴς ἀτυχῶν ἐν τῷ πόθῳ καὶ ἐκεῖνος ἤλγει. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἡ ἄνθρωπος ὑπέστρεψεν αὖθις, [p. 147] ὃ δὲ ἀφικνεῖται, καὶ περιβαλὼν τῷ λοιπῷ σώματι, τῇ οὐρᾷ τὰς κνήμας τῆς ἐρωμένης πεφεισμένως ἔπαιεν, ὑπεροφθείς τε καὶ μηνίων δῆθεν. οὔκουν ὁ καὶ τοῦ Διὸς ἄρχων αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν θεῶν τῶν ἄλλων οὐδὲ τῶν ἀλόγων ὑπερορᾷ, ἀλλ᾽ ὅπως ἔχει πρὸς αὐτὰ καὶ διὰ τούτων καὶ δι᾽ ἄλλων ἀποδείκνυται.
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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