Phaedimus
Further, among the many examples of wariness, precaution, or evasion, we must not pass over that of the cuttlefish Cf. Aristotle, Historia Animal. ix. 37 (621 b 28); Athenaeus, 323 d-e; Pliny, Nat. Hist. ix. 84; Horace, Sat. i. 4. 100; Aelian, De Natura Animal. i. 34; Mair on Oppian, Hal. iii. 156.: it has the so-called mytis Aristotle, Historia Animal. iv. 1 (524 b 15); De Part. Animal. iv. 5 (679 a 1). beside the neck Under the mouth, says Aristotle. full of black liquid, which they call ink. Tholos, mud, turbidity. When it is come upon, it discharges the liquid to the purpose that the sea shall be inked out and create darkness around it while it slips through and eludes the fisherman’s gaze. In this it imitates Homer’sFor example, Iliad, v. 345. gods who often in a dark cloud snatch up and smuggle away those whom they are pleased to save. But enough of this.
