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Toubias the Ammonite chief announces that, in response to Apollonios' letter, he has sent to the king, who was a great collector of strange animals, a gift consisting of horses, dogs, asses, and various speciments of cross-breeding with the wild ass, all of them domesticated. He …
Τουβίας Ἀπολλωνίωι χαίρειν. καθάπερ μοι ἔγραψας ἀποστεῖλαι μηνί, ἀπέσταλκα τοῦ Ξανδικοῦ τῆι δεκάτηι ἄγοντα Αἰνέαν τὸν παρʼ ἡμῶν ἵππους δύο, κύνας ἕξ, ἡμιονάγριον ἐξ ὄνου ἕν, ὑποζύγια Ἀραβικὰ λευκὰ δύο, πώλους ἐξ ἡμιοναγρίου δύο, πῶλον ἐξ ὀναγρίου ἕνα· ταῦτα δʼ ἐστὶν τιθασά. ἀπέστ…
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