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ἀλεκτρυόνα φοβεῖται λέων. καὶ βασιλίσκος δὲ τὸν αὐτὸν ὄρνιν, ὥς φασιν, ὀρρωδεῖ, καὶ κατιδὼν τρέμει, καὶ ἀκούων ᾄδοντος σπᾶταί τε καὶ ἀποθνήσκει. ταῦτα ἄρα καὶ οἱ τὴν Λιβύην ὁδοιποροῦντες τὴν τῶν τοιούτων τροφὸν δέει τοῦ προειρημένου βασιλίσκου εἶτα μέντοι συνέμπορον καὶ κοινωνὸν τῆς ὁδοῦ τὸν ἀλεκτρυόνα ἐπάγονται, ὅσπερ οὖν τὸ τηλικοῦτον κακὸν ἀπαλλάξει αὐτοῖς.
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