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Τιτόρμῳ φασὶ τῷ βουκόλῳ περιτυχεῖν τὸν Κροτωνιάτην Μίλωνα, μεγαλοφρονοῦντα διὰ τὴν ῥώμην τοῦ σώματος. θεασάμενος οὖν μέγαν τὸν Τίτορμον τὸ σῶμα ἰδεῖν, ἐβούλετο λαβεῖν αὐτοῦ ἰσχύος πεῖραν. ὁ δὲ Τίτορμος ἔλεγε μηδὲν μέγα ἰσχύειν, καταβὰς δὲ ἐς τὸν Εὔηνον καὶ θοιμάτιον ἀποδὺς λίθον λαμβάνει μέγιστον, καὶ πρῶτον μὲν ἕλκει αὐτὸν πρὸς ἑαυτόν, εἶτα ἀπωθεῖ, καὶ δὶς καὶ τρὶς τοῦτο ἐποίησε, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα αὐτὸν ἦρεν ἕως ἐς τὰ γόνατα, καὶ τέλος ἀράμενος ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔφερεν ὅσον ἐπ᾽ ὀργυιὰς ὀκτὼ καὶ ἔρριψεν: ὁ δὲ Κροτωνιάτης Μίλων μόλις τὸν λίθον ἐκίνησεν. εἶτα ἐπὶ τὴν ἀγέλην ἦλθε, καὶ στὰς ἐν μέσῳ τὸν μέγιστον ταῦρον ἄγριον ὄντα λαμβάνει [p. 129] τοῦ ποδός: καὶ ὃ μὲν ἀποδρᾶναι ἔσπευδεν, οὐ μὴν ἐδύνατο. παριόντα δὲ ἕτερον τῇ ἑτέρᾳ χειρὶ συναρπάσας τοῦ ποδὸς ὁμοίως εἶχε. θεασάμενος δὲ ὁ Μίλων ἐς τὸν οὐρανὸν τὰς χεῖρας τείνας ἔφατο ῾ὦ Ζεῦ, μὴ τοῦτον Ἡρακλῆ ἡμῖν ἕτερον ἔσπειρας;᾿ ἐντεῦθεν ῥηθῆναι λέγουσι τὴν παροιμίαν ῾ἄλλος οὗτος Ἡρακλῆς.᾿
Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 2. Aelian. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1866. Keyboarding.
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