# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 1.34

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/1.34

τὴν σηπίαν ὅταν μέλλωσιν αἱρεῖν οἱ τούτων ἀγαθοὶ θηραταί, συνεῖσα ἐκείνη παρῆκε τὸ ἐξ ἑαυτῆς ὑπόσφαγμα, καὶ καταχεῖται ἑαυτῆς, καὶ περιλαμβάνει καὶ ἀφανίζει πᾶσαν, καὶ κλέπτεται τὴν ὄψινὁ ἁλιεύς· καὶ ἣ μὲν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ἐστιν, ὃ δὲ οὐχ ὁρᾷ. τοιοῦτόν τι καὶ τῷ Αἰνείᾳ νέφος περιβαλὼν ἠπάτησε τὸν Ἀχιλλέα ὁ Ποσειδῶν, ὡς Ὅμηρος λέγει.

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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/.