# Historiae Animalium Epitome 54-55

Aristophanes of Byzantium, Historiae Animalium Epitome, 54 to 55. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristophanes-of-byzantium/historiae-animalium-epitome/54

(54) Ὅτι Πτολεμαῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς πολλὰ τοῖς ἐλεφαντοφάγοις ὑποσχόμενος οὐκ ἔπεισεν ἀποσχέσθαι τῆς βρώσεως αὐτῶν. (55) Ὅτι τούτους τοὺς κυνηγοὺς Πτολεμαπῖος ὁ Αἰγόπτου βασιλέος, ἀποσχέσθαι τοῦ φόνου τῶν ἐλεφάντων παραινῶν ἵν’ ἔχῃ αὐτοὺς ζῶντας καὶ πολλὰ καὶ θαυμαστὰ αὐτοῖς ὑπισχνούμενος, οὐ μόνον οὐκ ἔπεισεν, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ ἂν τὴν ὅλην ἀλλάξασθαι βασιλείαν πρὸς τὸν ἐφεστῶτα βίον εἰπόντων ἀπόκρισιν ἤκουσεν.

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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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