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τὴν Ἰταλίαν ᾤκησαν πρῶτοι Αὔσονες αὐτόχθονες. πρεσβύτατον δὲ γενέσθαι Μάρην τινὰ καλούμενον, οὗ τὰ μὲν ἔμπροσθεν λέγουσιν ἀνθρώπῳ ὅμοια, τὰ κατόπισθεν δὲ ἵππῳ: αὐτὸ δὲ τοὔνομα εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα φασὶν ἱππομιγὴς δύναται. δοκεῖ δέ μοι πρῶτος ἵππον ἀναβῆναι καὶ ἐμβαλεῖν αὐτῷ χαλινόν, εἶτα ἐκ τούτου διφυὴς πιστευθῆναι. μυθολογοῦσι δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ βιῶναι ἔτη τρία καὶ εἴκοσι καὶ ἑκατόν, καὶ ὅτι τρὶς ἀποθανὼν ἀνεβίω τρίς: ἐμοὶ δὲ οὐ πιστὰ δοκοῦσιν. ὅτι τὴν Ἰταλίαν φασὶν οἰκῆσαι ἔθνη πάμπολλα καὶ ὅσα οὐκ ἄλλην γῆν. τὸ δὲ αἴτιον, διὰ τὴν τῶν ὡρῶν εὐκρασίαν καὶ τὴν τῆς χώρας ἀρετὴν καὶ τὸ ἔνυδρον αὐτῆς καὶ τὸ πάμφορον καὶ τὸ εὔβοτον καὶ ὅτι ποταμοῖς ἐστι κατάρρυτος καὶ ὅτι θάλαττα ἀγαθὴ παράκειται αὐτῇ ὅρμοις πανταχόθεν διειλημμένη καὶ καταγωγαῖς ἀφθόνοις καὶ κατάρσεσιν. ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ τῶν οἰκητόρων ἥμερον καὶ πρᾶον ἐπῆρε πολλοὺς ἐς τὴν μετοίκησιν. καὶ ὅτι πόλεις ᾤκησαν τὴν Ἰταλίαν πάλαι ἑπτὰ καὶ ἐνενήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν πρὸς ταῖς χιλίαις.
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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