# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 16.22

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/16.22

ἔστι δὲ καὶ Σκιρᾶται πέραν Ἰνδῶν ἔθνος καὶ τοῦτο, καὶ εἰσὶ σιμοὶ τὰς ῥῖνας, εἴτε οὕτως ἐκ βρεφῶν ἁπαλῶν ἐνθλάσει τῇ τῆς ῥινὸς διαμείναντες, εἴτε καὶ τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον τίκτονται. γίνονται δὲ ὄφεις παρʼ αὐτοῖς μεγέθει μέγιστοι, ὧν οἳ μὲν ἁρπάζουσι τὰς ποίμνας καὶ σιτοῦνται, οἳ δὲ ἐκθηλάζουσι τὸ αἷμα, ὥσπερ οὖν παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησιν οἱ αἰγιθῆλαι, ὧνπερ οὖν καὶ ἀνωτέρω οἶδα ποιησάμενος μνήμην εὐκαιροτάτην.

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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/.