# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 14.21

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/14.21

ὑπὲρ θαλαττίων μὲν κυνῶν εἴρηται ἡμῖν καὶ πολλά· κύνες δὲ οἱ ποτάμιοι ἰδεῖν μέν εἰσι κατὰ τοὺς κύνας τοὺς χερσαίους τοὺς μικρούς, λάσιοι δέ εἰσι καὶ τὴν οὐράν. λέγονται δὲ τῷ μὲν αἵματι νεῦρα ἀνθρώπων διοιδάνοντα πραΰνειν, εἰ ἐγχέοις ὕδατι καὶ ὄξει ἀναμιχθέντι· ἡ δορὰ δὲ ὑποδήματα δίδωσιν ἀγαθά, καὶ ταῦτα νεύρων χρηστά, ὥς φασιν.

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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/.