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Ion of Chios
2 quotes
“στρόβιλος ἀμφ᾿ ἄκανθαν εἱλίξας δέμας κεῖται δακεῖν τε καὶ θιγεῖν ἀμήχανος.”
Ion of Chios (490–422 BC) said by 422 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 38.4–5 TrGF; quoted in Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, sec. 16 (tr. Harold Cherniss and William C. Helmbold, 1957): "The way in which hedgehogs defend and guard themselves...when the fox approaches.
“κακὴ ... δελφῖνος ἐν χέρσῳ βία.”
Ion of Chios (490–422 BC) said by 422 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 58 TrGF; quoted in Plutarch, Demosthenes, sec. 3 (tr. Bernadotte Perrin, 1919)