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ὄρκυνος ὄνομα κητώδης ἰχθὺς οὐκ ἄσοφος ἐς τὰ αὑτοῦ λυσιτελέστατα, δῶρον λαχὼν φύσει τοῦτο, οὐ [p. 23] τέχνῃ. ὅταν γοῦν περιπαρῇ τῷ ἀγκίστρῳ, καταδύει αὑτὸν ἐς βυθὸν καὶ ὠθεῖ καὶ προσαράττει τῷ δαπέδῳ, καὶ κρούει τὸ στόμα, ἐκβαλεῖν τὸ ἄγκιστρον ἐθέλων: εἰ δὲ ἀδύνατον τοῦτο εἴη, εὐρύνει τὸ τραῦμα, καὶ ἐκπτύεται τὸ λυποῦν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐξάλλεται. πολλάκις δὲ οὐκ ἔτυχε τῆς πείρας, καὶ ὁ θηρατὴς ἄκοντα ἀνασπάσας ἔχει τὴν ἄγραν.
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