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ἐλέφας μὲν σαρκῶν ὄγκος ἐστὶν ἰδεῖν καὶ πάνυ μέγιστος: ἐδώδιμα δὲ αὐτοῦ τὰ κρέα οὐκ ἔστιν, ὅτι μὴ ἡ προβοσκὶς καὶ τὰ χείλη τοῦ στόματος καὶ τῶν κεράτων ὁ μυελός. στέαρ δὲ ἐλέφαντος ἦν ἄρα τοῖς ἰοβόλοις ἔχθιστον: εἰ γάρ τις χρίσαιτο ἢ ἐπιθυμιάσειεν αὐτοῦ, τὰ δὲ ἀποδιδράσκει πορρωτάτω.
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