# Ποικίλη ἱστορία 9.40

Aelian, Ποικίλη ἱστορία, Book 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text-4/9.40

ὅτι Καρχηδόνιοι δύο κυβερνήτας ἐσῆγον ἐς τὴν ναῦν, ἄτοπον λέγοντες εἶναι δύο μὲν πηδάλια ἔχειν, τὸν δὲ λυσιτελέστατον τοῖς ἐμπλέουσι καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔχοντα τῆς νεὼς ἔρημον εἶναι καὶ μόνον διαδόχου καὶ κοινωνοῦ.

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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/.