# Historiae Animalium Epitome 47

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristophanes-of-byzantium/historiae-animalium-epitome/47

(47) Ὅτι οὐ πολὺ διεστῶτες τοῦ εἰρημένου γένους σύμμετροι τῷ ἀριθμῷ βίον ἔχουσι τοιοῦτον. ἐκ τῶν ἐκριπτουμένων εἰς τὴν χέρσον κητῶν ἀποζῶσι, σπανιζούσης δὲ αὐτοῖς τῆς τοιαύτης σιτήσεως (γίνεται δὲ πολλάκις) ἐκ τῶν ὀστῶν τούς τε χόνδρους καὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν πλευρῶν κατεργαζόμενοι τὴν ἔνδειαν, εἰ καὶ χαλεπῶς, ὅμως παραμυθοῦνται. τὰ μὲν οὖν τῶν ἰχθυοφάγων γένη, φησίν, ἃ κατειλήφαμεν, μυρίων ὄντων ἃ τὴν ἡμῶν διέφυγε γνῶσιν, τοσαῦτα.

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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/.