# Historiae Animalium Epitome 550

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristophanes-of-byzantium/historiae-animalium-epitome/550

(550) Νυμφόδωρος λέγει τὴν Σαρδὼ εἶναι θρεμμάτων μητέρα ἀγαθήν. θαυμάσαι δὲ ἄξιον. τίκτει ζῷον τὰς αἶγας αὕτη. τὰς γάρ τοι δορὰς τοῖς | ἐπιχωρίοις ἠσθῆσθαι καὶ εἶναι σκέπην· καὶ διὰ χειμῶνος μὲν ἀλεαίνειν, ψύχειν δὲ ἐν τῷ θέρει φύσει τινὶ ἀπορρήτῳ· συμπεφυκέναι δὲ ἄρα ταῖς δοραῖς καὶ πήχεως τὴν τρίχα. τοῦ φορήματος δὲ τούτου ἔοικε χρῆναι διὰ μὲν τοῦ κρυμοῦ τὰς τρίχας εἰς τὸν χρῶτα ἐπιστρέφειν διὰ δὲ τοῦ θέρους ἔξω, εἰ μέλλοι ὁ ἠσθημένος διὰ μὲν τοῦ κρυμοῦ θάλπεσθαι, διὰ δὲ τοῦ θ έρους μὴ ἀποπνίγεσθαι.

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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/.