# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 16.37

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/16.37

παρά γε τοῖς Ψύλλοις καλουμένοις τῶν Ἰνδῶν ʽεἰσὶ γὰρ καὶ Λιβύων ἕτεροἰ οἱ ἵπποι γίνονται τῶν κριῶν οὐ μείζους, καὶ τὰ πρόβατα ἰδεῖν μικρὰ κατὰ τοὺς ἄρνας, καὶ οἱ ὄνοι δὲ τοσοῦτοι γίνονται τὸ μέγεθος καὶ οἱ ἡμίονοι καὶ οἱ βοῦς καὶ πᾶν κτῆνος ἕτερον ὅ τι οὖν. ὗν δὲ ἐν Ἰνδοῖς οὔ φασι γίνεσθαι οὔτε ἥμερον οὔτε ἄγριον· μυσάττονται δὲ καὶ ἐσθίειν τοῦδε τοῦ ζῴου Ἰνδοί, καὶ οὐκ ἂν γεύσαιντό ποτε ὑείων, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐδὲ ἀνθρωπείων οἱ αὐτοί.

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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/.