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μεταβάλλει δὲ τὰς χρόας τὰ πρόβατα ἐκ τῆς περὶ τὸ πῶμα ἀλλαγῆς κατὰ τὴν τῶν ποταμῶν ἰδιότητα: ἡ δὲ ὥρα τοῦ ἔτους, καθ᾽ ἣν ἀπαντᾷ τοῦτο αὐτοῖς, ὁ τῆς μίξεως καιρός ἐστιν. γίνεται οὖν καὶ ἐκ λευκῶν μέλανα, καὶ ἔμπαλιν τρέπει τὴν χρόαν. φιλεῖ δέ πως ταῦτα γίνεσθαι περί τε τὸν ἐν Ἀντανδρίᾳ ποταμὸν καὶ τὸν ἐν Θρᾴκῃ, οὗ τὸ ὄνομα ἐροῦσιν οἱ πάροικοι Θρᾷκες. ὁ δὲ ἐν Τροίᾳ Σκάμανδρος ἐπεὶ ξανθὰς ἀποφαίνει πινούσας τὰς οἶς, πρὸς τῷ Σκαμάνδρῳ τῷ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἄλλο ὄνομα ἡ τῶν προβάτων ἐπίκτητος χρόα ἔθετο αὐτῷ τὸ Ξάνθου.
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