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ἔχθιστα δὲ τῷ μὲν λέοντι πῦρ καὶ ἀλεκτρυών, [p. 149] ὕαινα δὲ τῇ παρδάλει, σκορπίῳ δὲ ἀσκαλαβώτης: νάρκη γοῦν τὸν σκορπίον καταλαμβάνει προσαχθέντος οἱ τοῦ ζῴου τοῦ προειρημένου. δράκοντα δὲ ἐλέφας ὀρρωδεῖ: ὑποζύγιον δὲ πᾶν τὴν μυγαλῆν οὐ θαρρεῖ, ἀστακὸς δὲ πολύποδα. καὶ μέντοι καὶ προωθούμενοι ἐκ τῶν τεγῶν οἱ κύνες, οὐκ ἂν αὐτοὺς ῥίψειας: τοῦ γάρ τοι κινδύνου δεδοίκασι τὸ μέγεθος.
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