# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 1.13

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/1.13

ἦσαν δὲ ἄρα καὶ σωφρονεῖν ἰχθύες ἀγαθοί. ὁ γοῦν αἰτναῖος οὕτω λεγόμενος, ἐπὰν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ συννόμῳ οἱονεὶ γαμετῇ τινι συνδυασθεὶς κληρώσηται τὸ λέχος, ἄλλης οὐχ ἅπτεται, καὶ οὐ δεῖται συμβολαίων ἐς πίστιν, οὐ προικός, οὐδὲ μὴν δέδοικε κακώσεως δίκην ὁ αἰτναῖος, οὐδὲ αἰδεῖται Σόλωνα. ὦ νόμοι γενναῖοι καὶ πολύσεμνοι, οἷς ἀκόλαστοι ἄνθρωποι οὐκ αἰδοῦνται μὴ πείθεσθαι.

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Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, 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.tlg001.local001/.