# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 17.28

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/17.28

Εὐφορίων δὲ ἐν τοῖς Ὑπομνήμασι λέγει τὴν Σάμον ἐν τοῖς παλαιτάτοις χρόνοις ἐρήμην γενέσθαι· φανῆναι γὰρ ἐν αὐτῇ θηρία μεγέθει μὲν μέγιστα, ἄγρια δέ, καὶ προσπελάσαι τῳ δεινά, καλεῖσθαί γε μὴν νηάδας. ἅπερ οὖν καὶ μόνῃ τῇ βοῇ ῥηγνύναι τὴν γῆν. παροιμίαν οὗν ἐν τῇ Σάμῳ διαρρεῖν τὴν λέγουσαν ʽμεῖζον βοᾷ τῶν νηάδων.ʼ ὀστᾶ δὲ ἔτι καὶ νῦν αὐτῶν δείκνυσθαι μεγάλα ὁ αὐτός φησι.

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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.
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