# Ποικίλη ἱστορία 12.21

Aelian, Ποικίλη ἱστορία, Book 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text-4/12.21

αἱ Λακεδαιμονίων μητέρες, ὅσαι ἐπυνθάνοντο τοὺς παῖδας αὑτῶν ἐν τῇ μάχῃ κεῖσθαι, ἀλλὰ αὗταί γε ἀφικόμεναι τὰ τραύματα αὐτῶν ἐπεσκόπουν τά τε ἔμπροσθεν καὶ τὰ ὄπισθεν. καὶ εἰ ἦν πλείω τὰ ἐναντία, αἳ δὲ γαυρούμεναι καὶ σεμνὸν ἅμα καὶ βλοσυρὸν ὁρῶσαι τοὺς παῖδας ἐς τὰς τὰς πατρῴας ἔφερον ταφάς· εἰ δὲ ἑτέρως εἶχον τῶν τραυμάτων, ἐνταῦθα αἰδούμεναι καὶ θρηνοῦσαι καὶ ὡς ἔνι μάλιστα λαθεῖν σπεύδουσαι ἀπηλλάττοντο, καταλιποῦσαι τοὺς νεκροὺς ἐν τῷ πολυανδρίῳ θάψαι, ἢ λάθρᾳ ἐς τὰ οἰκεῖα ἠρία ἐκόμιζον αὐτούς.

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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/.