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2nd century CE See all items with this value

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Aelian See all items with this value

De Natura Animalium 5.21

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Ὁ ταῶς οἶδεν ὀρνίθων ὡραιότατος ὤν, καὶ ἔνθα οἱ τὸ κάλλος κάθηται, καὶ τοῦτο οἶδε, καὶ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ κομᾷ καὶ σοβαρός ἐστι, καὶ θαρρεῖ τοῖς πτεροῖς, ἅπερ οὖν αὐτῷ καὶ κόσμον περιτίθησι, καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἔξωθεν φόβον ἀποστέλλει, καὶ ἐν ὥρᾳ θερείῳ σκέπην οἴκοθεν καὶ οὐκ ᾐτημένην οὐδὲ ὀθνείαν παρέχεται.

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Peacock

plumes and feathers

A01954

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Aelian

2nd century CE

Animal