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λέγονται δὲ βόες Ἠπειρωτικαὶ πλεῖστον ὅσον ἀμέλγεσθαι καὶ αἶγες αἱ Σκύριαι γάλα ἀφθονώτατον παρέχειν, ὅσον οὐκ ἄλλαι αἶγες. αἱ δὲ Αἰγύπτιαι ἔστιν αἳ πέντε ἀποτίκτουσι, καὶ αἱ πλεῖσται δίδυμα. λέγεται δὲ αἴτιος ὁ Νεῖλος εἶναι, εὐτεκνότατον παρέχων ὕδωρ. ἔνθεν τοι καὶ τῶν νομέων τοὺς ἄγαν φιλοκάλους καὶ τῆς ποίμνης τῆς σφετέρας ἔχοντας πεφροντισμένως ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ Νείλου ταῖς ἑαυτῶν ἀγέλαις ἄγειν μηχανῇ ὅσον δυνατόν ἐστι, καὶ ταῖς γε στερίφαις ἔτι καὶ μᾶλλον. Πτολεμαίῳ τῷ δευτέρῳ φασὶν ἐξ Ἰνδῶν κέρας ἐκομίσθη, καὶ τρεῖς ἀμφορέας ἐχώρησεν. οἷος ἄρα ὁ βοῦς ἦν, ὡς ἐκπεφυκέναι οἱ τηλικοῦτον κέρας.
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