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ἀνωτέρω εἶπον ἣν οἱ τροχίλοι κατατίθενται ἐς τοὺς κροκοδείλους εὐεργεσίαν, ἧσπερ ἐν τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις μέμνηται καὶ Ἡρόδοτος λόγοις: ὃ δὲ οὐκ εἶπον εἰδώς, τοῦτο εἰρήσεται νῦν, ἵνα καὶ ἄλλος μάθῃ. ὁ μὲν τροχίλος ὄρνις ἐστὶ τῶν ἑλείων εἷς, καὶ παρὰ τὰς ὄχθας τῶν ποταμῶν ἀλᾶται καὶ ὅ τι ἂν τύχῃ παρεκλέγων βόσκεται, τρέφει δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ ὁ κροκόδειλος οἷς εἶπον. καὶ ἐκεῖνος αὐτὸν ἀμείβεται καθεύδοντος προμηθῶς ἔχων καὶ ὑπεραγρυπνῶν αὐτοῦ: κειμένῳ μὲν γὰρ καὶ ὑπνώττοντι ἐπιβουλεύει ὁ ἰχνεύμων, καὶ ἐμφὺς τῇ δέρῃ πολλάκις ἀπέπνιξεν αὐτόν: ἀλλ᾽ ὅ γε τροχίλος βοᾷ, καὶ παίει κατὰ τῆς ῥινὸς αὐτόν, καὶ ἀνίστησι καὶ πρὸς τὸν ἐχθρὸν ὑποθήγει. εἰ μὲν οὖν χρὴ τὸν ὄρνιν ἐπαινεῖν οὕτως ἔχοντα φροντιστικῶς ζῴου παμβόρου καὶ ἀδηφάγου, εἰσόμεθα: τὸ δ᾽ οὖν ἴδιον τῶνδε τῶν ζῴων εἶπον. [p. 216]
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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