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τὸ δὲ ἐνθυμηματικὸν καὶ διαλεκτικὸν καὶ τὸ τοῦδε μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦδε αἱρετικὸν εἰ καὶ τὰ ζῷα οἶδεν, εἰκότως ἂν εἴποιμεν διδάσκαλον τῶν ὅλων τὴν φύσιν ἄμαχον. ἐμοὶ γοῦν τις γευσάμενος διαλεκτικῆς καὶ κυνηγεσίων ἁμωσγέπως ἐχόμενος τοιαῦτα ἔλεγεν. ἦν θηρατικὴ κύων, ἦ δ᾽ ὅς. οὐκοῦν λαγὼ κατ᾽ ἴχνια ᾔει. καὶ ὃ μὲν οὐχ ἑωρᾶτό πω, μεταθέουσα δὲ ἡ κύων ἐντυγχάνει που τάφρῳ, καὶ διαπορεῖ ἆρά γε ἐπὶ δεξιὰ ἄμεινον ἢ ἐπὶ θάτερα διώκειν: ὡς δ᾽ ἀποχρώντως ἐδόκει σταθμήσασθαι, εἶτα εὐθύωρον ὑπερεπήδησεν. ὁ φάσκων οὖν διαλεκτικός τε εἶναι καὶ θηρατικὸς ταύτῃ πη συνάγειν τὴν ὑπὲρ τῶν λεχθέντων ἐπειρᾶτο ἀπόδειξιν. ἐπιστᾶσα ἡ κύων ἐσκοπεῖτο καὶ πρὸς ἑαυτὴν ἔλεγεν ῾ἤτοι τῇδε ἢ τῇδε ἢ ἐκείνῃ ὁ λαγὼς ἐτράπετο. οὔτε μὴν τῇδε οὔτε τῇδε: ἐκείνῃ ἄρα.᾿ καὶ οὔ μοι ἐδόκει σοφίζεσθαι: τῶν γὰρ ἰχνῶν μὴ ὁρωμένων ἐπὶ τάδε τῆς τάφρου, κατελείπετο ὑπερπηδῆσαι τὸν λαγὼν αὐτήν. εἰκότως οὖν ἐπήδησε καὶ αὐτὴ κατ᾽ αὐτόν: ἰχνευτικὴ γὰρ καὶ εὔρινος ἐκείνη γε ἡ κύων ἦν.
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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