# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 17.39

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/17.39

ἐν τῇ Πρασιακῇ χώρᾳ, ʽἸνδῶν δὲ αὕτη ἐστί Μεγασθένης φησὶ πιθήκους εἶναι τῶν μεγίστων κυνῶν οὐ μείους, ἔχειν δὲ οὐρὰς πήχεων πέντε· προσπεφυκέναι δὲ ἄρα αὐτοῖς καὶ προκόμια καὶ πώγωνας καθειμένους καὶ βαθεῖς· καὶ τὸ μὲν πρόσωπον πᾶν εἶναι λευκούς, τὸ σῶμα δὲ μέλανας ἰδεῖν, ἡμέρους δὲ καὶ φιλανθρωποτάτους, καὶ τὸ τοῖς ἀλλαχόθι πιθήκοις συμφυὲς οὐκ ἔχειν τὸ κακόηθες.

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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/.