# Ποικίλη ἱστορία 10.10

Aelian, Ποικίλη ἱστορία, Book 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text-4/10.10

ὅτε ὑπήρχετο ἡ γραφικὴ τέχνη καὶ ἦν τρόπον τινὰ ἐν γάλαξι καὶ σπαργάνοις, οὕτως ἄρα ἀτέχνως εἴκαζον τὰ ζῷα, ὥστε ἐπιγράφειν αὐτοῖς τοὺς γραφέας ʽτοῦτο βοῦς, ἐκεῖνο ἵππος, τοῦτο δένδρον.ʼ

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Aelian, Ποικίλη ἱστορία, ed. Rudolf Hercher, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0545.tlg002.local001/.