# Ποικίλη ἱστορία 9.38

Aelian, Ποικίλη ἱστορία, Book 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text-4/9.38

ὁ μὲν Ἀλέξανδρος ἐς τὴν Ἴλιον ἦλθεν. ἀνασκοποῦντι δὲ αὐτῷ φιλοπόνως τῶν τις Τρώων προσελθὼν τὴν λύραν ἐδείκνυεν Ἀλεξάνδρου. ὃ δὲ ἔφη ʽπροτιμησαίμην ἂν μᾶλλον ἰδεῖν τὴν Ἀχιλλέως.ʼ ὑπέρευγε τοῦτο Ἀλέξανδρος· ἐπόθει γὰρ κτῆμα ἀγαθοῦ στρατιώτου, ᾧ συνῇδεν ἐκεῖνος τὰ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν κλέα. τοῦ δὲ Πάριδος τί ἄρα ᾖσεν ἡ λύρα, εἰ μὴ μέλη μοιχικὰ καὶ οἷα αἱρεῖν γυναῖκας καὶ θέλγειν;

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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.
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