# Historiae Animalium Epitome 268-270

Aristophanes of Byzantium, Historiae Animalium Epitome, 268 to 270. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristophanes-of-byzantium/historiae-animalium-epitome/268

(268) Δέδοικε δὲ πάρδαλις κρανίον τὸ φυτόν, καθάπερ δὴ καὶ πρῖνον ὁ λέων, καὶ ἀπόσχοιτο ἂν ἀνδρὸς αὕτη ῥόπαλον ἐκ τοῦδε φέροντος τοῦ φυτοῦ. (269) Εἰσί γε μὴν κατὰ τὴν Ἰνδίαν παρδάλεις ξανθαί τε καὶ κυαναῖ καὶ μέλαιναι καὶ λευκαί, πάσας δὲ γραμμαί τινες εὔκυκλοί τε καὶ μέλαιναι περιβάλλουσιν. (270) Ἡ δὲ καμηλοπάρδαλις μίξις τις εἶναι δοκεῖ καὶ αὐτὴ δύο θηρῶν, ἐς ταὐτὸ συνελθόντων, καμήλου τε καὶ παρδάλεως.

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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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