# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 15.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/15.4

λέγει δὲ Δημόστρατος, ἀνὴρ ἁλιευτικῆς σοφίας ἐπιστήμων ναὶ μὰ Δία καὶ ἑρμηνεῦσαι χρηστός, εἶναί τινα ἰχθὺν ὡραῖον τὸ εἶδος, καὶ καλεῖσθαι σελήνην τοῦτον, τὸ μέγεθος βραχύν, κυανοῦν τὸ εἶδος, πλατὺν τὸ σχῆμα. τὰ νῶτα δὲ οἱ λοφιὰς ἔχειν καὶ τάσδε ἀνατείνειν ὁ αὐτός φησι· μαλακὰς δὲ εἶναι αὐτὰς καὶ οὔτε ἀντιτύπους οὔτε τραχείας. ταύτας οὖν, ὅταν ὁ ἰχθὺς οὗτος ὑπονήχηται, διαιρεῖσθαι καὶ ἀποδεικνύναι κύκλου ἡμίτομον, καὶ εἶναι σελήνης ὅσα ἰδεῖν τῆς διῃρημένης σχῆμα. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν Κύπριοι

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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/.