# Ποικίλη ἱστορία 6.15

Aelian, Ποικίλη ἱστορία, Book 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text-4/6.15

αὐτοὺς διατείνασθαι τὰ παλτά, καὶ δριμὺ ἐνιδὼν ʽτί οὖν οὐ δρᾶτε τοῦτὀ εἶπεν ʽἐφʼ ὃ καὶ ὡρμήσατε;ʼ οἳ δὲ ἰδόντες ἄτρεπτον ἀνδρὸς βλέμμα ἀνεστάλησαν τὴν ὁρμήν. τὸ δέος δὲ αὐτοὺς κατέσχεν οὕτως, ὡς καὶ ἐκβαλεῖν τὰς αἰχμὰς καὶ ἀφάλασθαι τῶν ἵππων καὶ προσκυνῆσαι Δαρεῖον καὶ ἑαυτοὺς παραδοῦναι ὅ τι καὶ βούλοιτο πράττειν. ὃ δὲ διέστησεν ἄλλους ἄλλῃ, καὶ τοὺς μὲν ἐπὶ τὰ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς ὅρια ἀπέπεμψε, τοὺς δὲ ἐπὶ τὰ Σκυθικά. καὶ ἐκεῖνοι ἔμειναν αὐτῷ πιστοί, διὰ μνήμης ἔχοντες τὴν εὐεργεσίαν.

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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/.