# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 13.24

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/13.24

Ξενοφῶν δὲ ὑπὲρ κυνῶν λέγει καὶ ταῦτα. δεῖν ἐς τὰ ὄρη πολλάκις ἄγειν αὐτάς, τὰ δὲ ἔργα ἧττον· τοὺς γάρ τοι τριμμοὺς τοὺς ἐκ τῶν ἐνεργῶν χωρίων λυπεῖν τε αὐτὰς καὶ σφάλλειν. λῷον δὲ εἶναι ὁ αὐτός φησιν ἐς τὰ τραχέα ἄγειν, καὶ κέρδος γε ἐκεῖνο πρὸς τούτῳ διδάσκει, εὔποδάς τε αὐτὰς γίνεσθαι καὶ ἁλτικωτέρας ἐκπονούσας τὸ σῶμα. ἴχνη δὲ ἄρα λαγὼ τοῦ μὲν χειμῶνος μακρὰ ὁρᾶσθαι λέγει διὰ τὸ μῆκος τῶν νυκτῶν, τοῦ δὲ θέρους οὐκέτι διὰ τοὐναντίον. καὶ σαφὲς ἐκ τοῦ προειρημένου τί βούλεται τὸ ἐναντίον.

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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/.