Aelian, De Natura Animalium, book 4, chapter 33

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Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μύνδιος τὸν χαμαιλέοντα λυπεῖν τοὺς ὄφεις καὶ ἀσιτίᾳ περιβάλλειν τὸν τρόπον τοῦτόν φησι. κάρφος πλατὺ καὶ στερεὸν ἐνδακὼν ἑαυτὸν ἐπιστρέφει, καὶ ἀντιπρόσωπος ὁμόσε χωρεῖ τῷ πολεμίῳ. ὃ δὲ αὐτοῦ λαβέσθαι ἀδυνατεῖ, τοῦ κάρφους τὸ πλάτος οὐκ ἔχων περιχανεῖν. οὐκοῦν ἄδειπνος τό γε ἐπ᾽ ἐκείνῳ μένει ὁ ὄφις: δάκνων γάρ τοι τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν μελῶν αὐτοῦ οὐδὲν ἀνύτει: στερεὰν γὰρ τὴν φορίνην ἔχει, καὶ ἐπαΐει τῶν ἐκείνου ὀδόντων ὁ χαμαιλέων οὐδὲ ἕν.

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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