# Historiae Animalium Epitome 257

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristophanes-of-byzantium/historiae-animalium-epitome/257

(257) Εὐωδίας τινὸς θαυμαστῆς τὴν πάρδαλιν μετεληχέναι φασί, ἡμῖν μὲν ἀπορρήτου, αὐτὴ δὲ οἶδε τὸ πλεονέκτημα τὸ οἰκεῖον, καὶ μέντοι καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ζῷα συνεπίσταται τοῦτο τῇ παρδάλει, καὶ ἁλίσκεται τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον. ἐκείνη ἡ πάρδαλις τροφῆς δεομένη ἑαυτὴν ὑποκρύπτει ἢ λόχμῃ πολλῇ ἢ φυλλάδι βαθείᾳ, καὶ ἐντυχεῖν ἐστιν ἀφανής, μόνον δὲ ἀναπνεῖ. οὐκοῦν οἱ νεβροὶ καὶ δορκάδες καὶ αἶγες αἱ ἄγριαι καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα τῶν ζῴων, ὡς ὑπό τινος ἴυγγος τῆς εὐωδίας ἕλκεται, καὶ πλησίον γίνεται· ἡ δὲ ἐκπηδᾷ καὶ ἔχει τὸ θήραμα.

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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.
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