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χαμᾶζε καὶ περικυλινδηθείς, ἀναλαμβάνει ταῖς ἀκάνθαις καὶ παρέσχε ποτὲ πᾶσιν ἡμῖν ὁρῶσιν ὄψιν ἑρπούσης ἢ βαδιζούσης σταφυλῆς: οὕτως; ἀνάπλεως ἐχώρει τῆς ὀπώρας: εἶτα καταδὺς εἰς τὸν φωλεὸν τοῖς σκύμνοις χρῆσθαι καὶ λαμβάνειν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ταμιευομένοις παραδίδωσι. τὸ δὲ κοιταῖον αὐτῶν ὀπὰς ἔχει δύο, τὴν μὲν πρὸς νότον τὴν δὲ πρὸς βορρᾶν βλέπουσαν: ὅταν δὲ προαίσθωνται τὴν διαφορὰν τοῦ ἀέρος, ὥσπερ ἱστίον κυβερνῆται μεταλαμβάνοντες ἐμφράσσουσι τὴν κατ᾽ ἄνεμον τὴν δ᾽ ἑτέραν ἀνοίγουσι. καὶ τοῦτό τις ἐν Κυζίκῳ [p. 46] κατα
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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