Note 5 — Chapter IV · MINOTAURUS TYPHŒUS: THE BURROW
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
The Sacred Beetle likewise attaches no value to remote retreats. He houses his offspring in vaults at no great distance from the surface of the soil; but he makes amends by fashioning the victuals into a ball: he knows that round tins keep their contents moist. The Copris does very much the same with his ovoids. So with the others, the Sisyphus,5 the Gymnopleurus.6 The Minotaur alone takes an enormous dive underground.