# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 10.36

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/10.36

εἶπον μὲν καὶ ἀνωτέρω περὶ τῶν κύκνων, εἰρήσεται δὲ ἄρα καὶ νῦν ὅσα οὐ πρότερον εἶπον. Ἀριστοτέλης λέγει ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ τῇ Λιβύων φανῆναί ποτε κύκνων ἀγέλην, καὶ ἀκουσθῆναί τι μέλος αὐτῶν ὡς ἐκ χοροῦ τινος ὁμοφώνου, πάνυ μὲν ἡδύ, γοερόν γε μήν, καὶ οἷον ἐς οἶκτον ἐπικλάσαι τοὺς ἀκούοντας. καί τινας ἐπὶ τῷ μέλει φησὶ φανῆναι τεθνεῶτας αὐτῶν. φίλος δὲ ἦν ἄρα ὁ κύκνος πηγαῖς τε καὶ τενάγεσι καὶ λίμναις καὶ ταῖς ὅσαι πεφύκασιν ὑδάτων σύρροιαί τε καὶ ἀφθονίαι. ἐνταῦθα γοῦν καὶ τὰς ἑαυτοῦ μούσας αὐτὸν φιλοσοφεῖν οἱ σοφοὶ τούτων φασί.

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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/.