# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 17.1

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/17.1

Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν τῷ περίπλῳ τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάττης λέγει ὄφεις ἑορακέναι τετταράκοντα πήχεων τὸ μῆκος, καὶ γένος καρκίνων, οἷς τὸ μὲν ὄστρακον τὴν περιφέρειαν εἶχε πανταχόθεν πόδα, χηλαὶ δὲ ἠρτημέναι μέγισται προεῖχον, ἐπιβουλεύεσθαι δὲ ὑπʼ οὐδενὸς αὐτούς. τὸ δὲ αἴτιον, ἱεροὶ λέγονται Ποσειδῶνος. καὶ ἀφιέρωνται τῷ θεῷ, οἷον ἀναθήματα εἶναι ἐκείνου ἀσινῆ τε καὶ ἀνεπιβούλευτα οἱ καρκίνοι.

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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/.