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ὁ ἰχθὺς ὁ κέφαλος τῶν ἐν τοῖς ἕλεσι βιούντων ἐστί, καὶ πεπίστευται τῆς γαστρὸς κρατεῖν καὶ διαιτᾶσθαι πάνυ σωφρόνως. ζῴῳ μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ἐπιτίθεται, ἀλλὰ πρὸς πάντας τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἔνσπονδος εἶναι πέφυκεν: ὅτῳ δ᾽ ἂν ἐντύχῃ κειμένῳ, τοῦτό οἱ δεῖπνόν ἐστιν. οὐ πρότερον δὲ αὐτοῦ προσάπτεται, πρὶν ἢ τῇ οὐρᾷ κινῆσαι. καὶ ἀτρεμοῦντος μὲν ἔχει τὴν ἄγραν, κινηθέντος δὲ ἀνεχώρησεν.
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