# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 17.30

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/17.30

Ζηνόθεμις λέγει Παιονίδα λίμνην τινὰς φέρειν ἰχθῦς, οὕσπερ οὖν εἰ παραβάλοι τις ἀσπαίροντας τοῖς βουσίν, οἳ δὲ ἐμφοροῦνται αὐτῶν μάλα ἀσμένως, ὡς οἱ λοιποὶ τοῦ χόρτου. νεκρῶν δὲ τῶν ἰχθύων οὐκ ἂν πάσαιντο ἔτι οἱ βόες, ἐκεῖνος λέγει.

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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/.