# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 1.43-44

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, 1.43 to 1.44. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/1.43

ἀηδὼν ὀρνίθων λιγυρωτάτη τε καὶ εὐμουσοτάτη, καὶ κατᾴδει τῶν ἐρημαίων χωρίων εὐστομώτατα ὀρνίθων καὶ τορώτατα. λέγουσι δὲ καὶ τὰ κρέα αὐτῆς ἐς ἀγρυπνίαν λυσιτελεῖν. πονηροὶ μὲν οὖν οἱ τοιαύτης τροφῆς δαιτυμόνες καὶ ἀμαθεῖς δεινῶς· πονηρὸν δὲ τὸ ἐκ τῆς τροφῆς δῶρον, φυγὴ ὕπνου, τοῦ καὶ θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων βασιλέως, ὡς Ὅμηρος λέγει. τῶν γεράνων αἱ κλαγγαὶ καλοῦσιν ὄμβρους, ὥς φασιν· ὁ δὲ ἐγκέφαλος γυναικῶν ἐς χάριν ἀφροδίσιον ἔχει τινὰς ἴυγγας, εἴ τῳ ἱκανοὶ τεκμηριῶσαι οἱ πρῶτοι φυλάξαντες ταῦτα.

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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/.