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σὺ μέν μοι λέξεις πανοῦργον εἶναι ζῷον ἀλώπεκα, ταύτην δὴ τὴν ἐκ τῆς γῆς τρεφομένην: ἄκουε δὲ καὶ τὰς τῆς θαλαττίας μηχανάς, καὶ ὁποῖα δρᾷ καὶ ἐκείνη πυνθάνου. ἢ γὰρ οὐ πρόσεισι τῷ ἀγκίστρῳ τὴν ἀρχήν, ἢ καταπιοῦσα παραχρῆμα ἑαυτῆς τὸ ἐντὸς μετεκδῦσα ἔστρεψεν ἔξω, ὥσπερ οὖν χιτῶνα τὸ σῶμα ἀνελίξασα, καὶ τοῦτον δήπου τὸν τρόπον ἐξεώσατο τὸ ἄγκιστρον.
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