# Historiae Animalium Epitome 200

Aristophanes of Byzantium, Historiae Animalium Epitome, B. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristophanes-of-byzantium/historiae-animalium-epitome/200

(200) Οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι κύνες καὶ ἑλεῖν καὶ ἀνιχνεῦσαι τὰ θηρία σοφοί. οἱ δὲ Αἰγύπτιοι φυγεῖν δεινότατοι. τὰ γοῦν ἐν τῷ Νείλῳ δεδιότας ἄγει μὲν αὐτοὺς τὸ δίψος πιεῖν, ἡσυχῆ δὲ καὶ εἰς κόρον πιεῖν τὸ δέος οὐ συγχωρεῖ. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὐ πίνουσιν ἐπικύψαντες ὡς ἂν μή τι τῶν κάτωθεν ἀνερπύσαν εἶτα ἐξαρπάσῃ αὐτούς. οὐκοῦν τὴν μὲν ὄχθην παραθέουσι, λάπτουσι δὲ τῇ γλώσσῃ, ἁρπάζοντες ὡς ἂν εἴποι τις ἢ καὶ νὴ Δία κλέπτοντες τὸ πόμα.

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Aristophanes of Byzantium, Historiae Animalium Epitome, ed. Spyridon Paulou Lampros. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0644.tlg001.local001/.