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τίκτεσθαι μὲν ἐν ὄρεσι ζῷα καὶ ἐν ἀέρι καὶ ἐν θαλάττῃ, θαῦμα οὔπω μέγα: ὕλη γὰρ καὶ τροφὴ καὶ φύσις ἡ τούτων αἰτία: ἔκγονα δὲ πυρὸς πτηνὰ εἶναι τοὺς καλουμένους πυριγόνους, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ βιοῦν καὶ τεθηλέναι, καὶ δεῦρο καὶ ἐκεῖσε περιποτᾶσθαι, τοῦτο ἐκπληκτικόν. καὶ τὸ ἔτι θαῦμα, ὅταν ἔξω τοῦ πυρὸς τοῦ συντρόφου ἐκνεύσωσι καὶ ἀέρος ψυχροῦ μεταλάχωσιν, ἐνταῦθα δὴ τεθνήκασι. καὶ ἥτις ἡ αἰτία τίκτεσθαι μὲν πυρί, ἀέρι δὲ ἀπόλλυσθαι, λεγέτωσαν ἄλλοι.
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