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κόμη πολλὴ καὶ στερεὸν τὸ πρέμνον καὶ αἱ ῥίζαι ἐν βάθει καὶ διασείοντες οἱ ἄνεμοι καὶ ἀμφιλαφὴς ἡ ἐξ αὐτοῦ σκιὰ καὶ ἀναστρέφουσαι αἱ ὧραι καὶ ὕδωρ τὸ μὲν διὰ τῶν ὀχετῶν ἐκτρέφον, τὸ δὲ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἐπάρδον: χλαμύδες δὲ αἱ Ξέρξου καὶ χρυσὸς ὁ τοῦ βαρβάρου καὶ τὰ ἄλλα δῶρα οὔτε πρὸς τὴν πλάτανον οὔτε πρὸς ἄλλο δένδρον εὐγενὲς ἦν. Κλαζομενίων τινὲς ἐς τὴν Σπάρτην ἀφικόμενοι καὶ ὕβρει καὶ ἀλαζονείᾳ χρώμενοι τοὺς τῶν ἐφόρων θρόνους ἔνθα εἰώθασι καθήμενοι χρηματίζειν καὶ τῶν πολιτικῶν ἕκαστα διατάττειν, ἀλλὰ τούτους γε τοὺς θρόνους ἀσβόλῳ κατέχρισαν. μαθόντες δὲ οἱ ἔφοροι οὐκ ἠγανάκτησαν, ἀλλὰ τὸν δημόσιον κήρυκα καλέσαντες προσέταξαν αὐτὸν δημοσίᾳ κηρύξαι τοῦτο δὴ τὸ θαυμαζόμενον ῾ἐξέστω Κλαζομενίοις ἀσχημονεῖν.᾿
Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 2. Aelian. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1866. Keyboarding.
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