# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 11.9

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/11.9

Ἴκαρός ἐστι νῆσος, καὶ τῇ γε Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάττῃ ἔγκειται. ἐνταῦθα τοίνυν νεώς ἐστιν Ἀρτέμιδος, καὶ πλήθη αἰγῶν τε ἀγρίων καὶ δορκάδων εὖ μάλα εὐτραφῶν καὶ λαγῶν μέντοι. τούτων οὖν ἐάν τις αἰτήσας λαβεῖν παρὰ τῆς θεοῦ εἶτα ἐπιχειρήσῃ θηρᾶν ὅσα ἂν ἔχῃ καλῶς, οὐ διαμαρτάνει τῆς σπουδῆς, ἀλλὰ καὶ λαμβάνει καὶ τῷ δώρῳ χαίρει· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ αἰτήσῃ, οὔτε αἱρεῖ καὶ δίδωσι δίκας, ἃς ἄλλοι λέγουσιν.

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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/.