# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 15.17

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/15.17

φυσικὴ δὲ ἄρα ἦν τις κοινωνία καὶ συγγένεια λέοντι καὶ δελφῖνι ἀπόρρητος· οὐ γὰρ ὅτι βασιλεύουσιν ὃ μὲν τῶν χερσαίων ὃ δὲ τῶν ἐναλίων, τοῦτο ἀπόχρη, ἀλλὰ γάρ τοι κἂν τήκωνται προϊόντες ἐς γῆρας, ὃ μὲν τὸν χερσαῖον πίθηκον ἔχει φάρμακον, ὃ δὲ ἀναζητεῖ τὸν συμφυῆ. ὡς γάρ ἐστι καὶ ἐν θαλάττῃ πίθηκος, εἶπόν που· καὶ ἔστι καὶ τῷδε οὗτος ἀγαθόν, ὡς ἐκείνῳ ἐκεῖνος.

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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.
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