Aelian, Historical Miscellanies 12.45

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καὶ Πινδάρωι τῆς πατρώιας οἰκίας ἐκτεθέντι μέλιτται τροφοὶ ἐγένοντο, ὑπὲρ τοῦ γάλακτος παρατιθεῖσαι μέλι.

When Pindar as a child was placed outside of his father's house, he had bees as nurses, who provided him honey instead of milk.


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