# Ποικίλη ἱστορία 9.18

Aelian, Ποικίλη ἱστορία, Book 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text-4/9.18

Θεμιστοκλῆς ὁ Νεοκλέους ἑαυτὸν εἴκαζε ταῖς δρυσί, λέγων ὅτι καὶ ἐκείνας ὑπέρχονται οἱ ἄνθρωποι, καὶ δέονται αὐτῶν, εἰ ὕοι, στέγην τὴν ἐκ τῶν κλάδων ποθοῦντες· ὅταν δὲ οὔσης εὐδίας παρίωσι, τίλλουσιν αὐτὰς καὶ περικλῶσιν. καὶ αὐτὸς οὖν ἔλεγεν ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου τὰ αὐτὰ πάσχειν. Ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς ἔλεγεν, εἴ μοί τις ὁδοὺς δύο δείξειε, τὴν μὲν ἐς ᾅδου φέρουσαν, τὴν δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα, ἥδιον ἂν τὴν ἑτέραν ἦλθον τὴν εὐθὺ τοῦ ᾅδου.

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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/.