# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 15.22

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/15.22

ταῖς κορώναις ἔργον τοὺς ἀετοὺς ἐρεσχελεῖν ἐστιν. οἳ δὲ ὑπερφρονοῦσιν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκείναις μὲν ἀπολείπουσι τὴν κάτω φέρεσθαι πτῆσιν, αὐτοὶ δὲ τὸν αἰθέρα ὑψηλότερον ὄντα ὠκίστοις τέμνουσιν πτεροῖς, οὐ δήπου δεδιότες ʽπῶς γὰρ ἂν τοῦτο εἴποι τις, τὴν τῶν ἀετῶν ἀλκὴν καλῶς ἐπιστάμενος;ʼ ἀλλὰ ἰδίᾳ τινὶ μεγαλονοίᾳ ἐῶσιν ἔρρειν ἐκείνας κάτω.

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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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