# Historiae Animalium Epitome 471

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristophanes-of-byzantium/historiae-animalium-epitome/471

(471) τυφθεῖσα δὲ δυσόργητός ἐστι, καὶ οὐ λήθην ἔξει τῆς βλάβης, οὐδὲ παύσαιτο ἂν εἰς καιρὸν κλέπτουσα, πρὶν ἢ ἀμύνασθαι τὸν ἄρξαντα βλάβης. τυπτομένη δὲ σιωπᾷ, οὐδὲ βοήσει οὐδὲ στεναγμὸν ἀφήσει, ἀλλ’ ἐν τῷ βαθυτάτῳ κρύψει τῆς καρδίας τὴν λύπην. οἰδε γὰρ ὡς ἔχει φύσεως τὸ πικρὸν αὐτῆς τῷ φθόγγῳ συναπορρέειν. ὁ γοῦν ἐθέλων ἐκλύειν αὐτῇ τὸ ἔγκοτον, ἐς τοσοῦτον τυπτέτω, ἔστ’ ἂν ἀφήσῃ μυκηθμόν.

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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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