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ὑφαντικὴν καὶ ταλασίαν τὴν θεὸν τὴν Ἐργάνην ἐπινοῆσαί φασιν ἄνθρωποι: τὴν δὲ ἀράχνην ἡ φύσις σοφὴν ἐς ἱστουργίαν ἐδημιούργησε. καὶ φιλοτεχνεῖ οὐ κατὰ μίμημα, οὐδὲ ἔξωθεν λαμβάνει τὸ νῆμα, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ τῆς οἰκείας νηδύος τοὺς μίτους ἐξάγουσα εἶτα μέντοι τοῖς κούφοις τῶν πτηνῶν θήρατρα ἀποφαίνει, ὡς δίκτυα ἐκπεταννῦσα. καὶ δι᾽ ὧν ἐξυφαίνει [p. 15] παρὰ τῆς γαστρὸς λαβοῦσα, διὰ τῶνδε ἐκείνην ἐκτρέφει πάνυ φιλεργοῦσα, ὡς καὶ τῶν γυναικῶν τὰς μάλιστα εὔχειρας καὶ νῆμα ἀσκητὸν ἐκπονῆσαι δεινὰς μὴ ἀντιπαραβάλλεσθαι: νενίκηκε γὰρ τῇ λεπτότητι καὶ τὴν τρίχα.
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