Perseus · Tufts

Collections: Classics · Papyri · Renaissance · London · California · Upper Midwest · Chesapeake · Boyle · Tufts History Configure display · Help · Tools · Copyright · FAQ · Publications · Collaborations · Support Perseus

1 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. Pliny the Elder, The Natural History (eds. H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S.) book 8, chapter 84
   Besides this, there are certain animals, which are harmless to the natives of the country, but destroy strangers; such are the little serpents at Tirynthus, which are said to spring from out of the earth. (5.42)