# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 15.16

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/15.16

Θεόφραστος οὔ φησι τοῦ ἔχεως τὰ βρέφη διεσθίειν τῆς μητρὸς τὴν γαστέρα, ὥσπερ οὖν θυροκοποῦντα, ἵνα τι καὶ παίσω, καὶ ἐξαράττοντα πεφραγμένην ἔξοδον, ἀλλὰ τοῦ θήλεος θλιβομένου καὶ τῆς γαστρός οἱ στεινομένης ʽὉμηρείως δὲ εἶπονʼ, τὴν δὲ οὐκ ἀντέχειν ἀλλὰ διαρρήγνυσθαι. καί με πείθει λέγων, ἐπεί τοι καὶ θαλάττιαι βελόναι ἄκολποί τε οὖσαι καὶ λεπταὶ ὅτι τὰ αὐτὰ πάσχουσιν ὑπὸ τῶν σφετέρων βρεφῶν καὶ ἐκεῖναι ἄνω που τῶν λόγων εἶπον. Ἡρόδοτον δὲ ἀξιῶ μή μοι μηνίειν, εἰ μύθοις ἐγγράφω ὅσα ὑπὲρ τῆς τῶν ἔχεων ὠδῖνος ᾅδει.

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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/.