ὁ μέροψ τὸ ὄρνεον ἔμπαλίν φασι τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασι πέτεται: τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἐς τοὔμπροσθεν ἵεται καὶ κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμούς, ὃ δὲ ἐς τοὐπίσω. καὶ ἔπεισί μοι θαυμάζειν τὴν φύσιν τῆς ἐπισήμου καὶ παραδόξου καὶ ἀήθους φορᾶς, ἣν ἐκεῖνο ἄττει τὸ ζῷον.
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ὁ μέροψ τὸ ὄρνεον ἔμπαλίν φασι τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασι πέτεται: τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἐς τοὔμπροσθεν ἵεται καὶ κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμούς, ὃ δὲ ἐς τοὐπίσω. καὶ ἔπεισί μοι θαυμάζειν τὴν φύσιν τῆς ἐπισήμου καὶ παραδόξου καὶ ἀήθους φορᾶς, ἣν ἐκεῖνο ἄττει τὸ ζῷον.
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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