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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.44.49–I.49.44.50
Ancient Greek
p. 128644.49
εἰς δὲ τετράποδα λέοντες, ἰσχυρὸν γὰρ τὸ ζῷον καὶ φύσεως ἔτυχεν ἀκοιμήτου τρόπον τινὰ καὶ φθαρτῷ σώματι τὴν ἀθάνατον γυμναζόμενον φύσιν (οὔτε γὰρ κάμνουσιν οὔτε κοιμῶνται)· εἰς δὲ ἑρπετὰ δράκοντες, δυνατὸν ὅτι τὸ ζῷον καὶ μακρόβιον ἄκακόν τε καὶ φιλάνθρωπον ὁπωσιοῦν καὶ τιθασευθήσεται καὶ ἰὸν οὐχ ἕξει, νεάσει δὲ καὶ γηράσαν, καθάπερ φύσις ἡ θεῶν·
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ἐν δὲ νήχουσι δελφῖνες, συμπαθήσουσι γὰρ καὶ τοῖς εἰς πέλαγος ἐμπίπτουσιν οὗτοι καὶ τὰ μὲν ἔμπνοα διακομιοῦσιν εἰς γῆν, τῶν δὲ τελευτησάντων οὐδ᾽ ὅλως ποτὲ ἅψονται, καίτοι φιλοβρωτάτου πάντων ἐσομένου τοῦ τῶν ἐνύδρων γένους”. Τοσαῦτα ὁ θεὸς εἰπὼν ἄφθαρτος νοῦς γίγνεται.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 128744.49 · Lions and serpents
among quadrupeds, lions, for the creature is strong and has received a nature that is in a way sleepless, exercising its immortal nature in a perishable body, since lions neither grow weary nor sleep; among creeping creatures, serpents, because the creature is powerful, long-lived, harmless, and in some fashion friendly to human beings. It will also be tamed and have no venom, and even after growing old it will become young again, like the nature of the gods;1560
44.50 · Dolphins and the close of the divine speech
among swimming creatures, dolphins, for these will also show fellow-feeling toward those who fall into the sea. They will carry the living ashore and will never touch the dead at all, although the race of aquatic creatures will be the most voracious of all.” Having said this, the god becomes incorruptible mind.1561
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