Texte grec :
| [12,3] εἰ δ´ αὖ τις ἐθέλοι σκοπεῖν τῆς πτερώσεως τὸ κοῦφον,
ὡς μὴ χαλεπὸν εἶναι μηδὲ δύσφορον διὰ τὸ μῆκος,
ἐν μέσῳ μάλα ἥσυχον καὶ ἀτρεμοῦντα
παρέχει θεάσασθαι ἑαυτόν, ὥσπερ ἐν πομπῇ περιστρεφόμενος,
ὅταν δὲ βουληθῇ ἐκπλῆξαι, σείων τὰ πτερὰ καί τινα ἦχον οὐκ ἀηδῆ
ποιῶν, οἷον ἀνέμου κινήσαντος οὐ πολλοῦ πυκνήν τινα ὕλην. ἀλλ´
οὔτε τὸν ταῶ πάντα ταῦτα καλλωπιζόμενον τὰ ὄρνεα βούλεται
ὁρᾶν οὔτε τῆς ἀηδόνος ἀκούοντα τῆς φωνῆς ἕωθεν ἐπορθρευομένης
οὐδὲν πάσχει πρὸς αὐτήν,
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Traduction française :
| [12,3] And, if you want something further, observe the lightness of his
plumage, so light indeed that it is not an encumbrance
nor hard to carry on account of its length. In the
centre of it he offers himself to the spectator's gaze,
quite calm and unconcerned, turning himself this
way and that as if on parade ; and when he wishes
really to astound us, he rustles his feathers and makes
a sound not unpleasing, as of a light breeze stirring
some thick wood.
But it is not the peacock with all this fine display
that the birds want to see, nor when they hear the
song of the nightingale as she rises at early dawn are
they at all affected by her—
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