# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 17.15

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/17.15

Ἀριστοτέλης λέγει πέρδικα θῆλυν, ὅταν κατὰ ἄνεμον γένηται τοῦ ἄρρενος, ἐγκύμονα γίνεσθαι φύσει τινὶ ἀπορρήτῳ. διαπλέκει δὲ ἄρα ὁ ὄρνις οὗτος ἐν ἡμέραις τὴν νεοττιὰν ἑπτά, καὶ ἐν ἑπτὰ μέντοι τίκτει, ἐν δὲ ταῖς τοσαύταις καὶ ἐκτρέφει τὰ νεόττια. Τίμαιος δὲ καὶ Ἡρακλείδης καὶ Νεοκλῆς ὁ ἰατρὸς λέγουσι τοὺς φρύνους δύο ἥπατα ἔχειν, καὶ τὸ μὲν ἀποκτείνειν, τὸ δὲ ἐκείνου πεφυκέναι ἀντίπαλον· σώζειν γάρ.

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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/.