[39] καρτερικῶν δὲ ἀθλητῶν εἴδη χολικοὶ μυώδεις κοῖλοι τὴν γαστέρα ἀνεσκιρτηκότες τὴν ὄψιν· ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀετῷ μὲν ἐοίκασιν οἱ δρομικοί τε καὶ μεγαλόστερνοι, λέοντι δὲ οἱ φλεγματώδεις, οἱ γὰρ ἐπίχολοι ἀφανεῖς, οἷοι
καὶ διὰ τὸ ἕτοιμον τῆς φύσεως καὶ μανικῶς παραλλάξαι.
De Gymnastica. Philostratus the Athenian. ed. Carl Ludwig Kayser. Lipsiae. 1871.
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