# Historiae Animalium Epitome 272

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristophanes-of-byzantium/historiae-animalium-epitome/272

(272) τὰ δ’ οὕτως ἐξ ἑτερογενῶν συνελθόντα τῇ μητρὶ μᾶλλον ἐοικέναι τυγχάνει. καὶ ἐν μέντοι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πολλάκις ἡ τῶν γειναμένων εἰκὼν ἔσχατον ἀνεγνώσθη καθάπερ δὴ καὶ γυναῖκα παθεῖν ἐν Ἤλιδι λόγος ἀνδρὶ μὲν κατὰ νόμον ἠγμένην, Αἰθίοπι δὲ τὴν εὐνὴν κλέπτουσαν. κόρην μὲν γὰρ ἐκείνῳ τίκτει λευκήν, αὕτη δέ, φεῦ, τῇ μητρὶ τὸ μόσος ἀνακαλύπτει, καὶ παῖδα γεννῷ μέλανα, σαφῶς ὅστις ἦν ὁ πάππος διασαφοῦντα.

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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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