# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 2.24

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/2.24

ἰὸς μὲν ὁ τῶν ἑρπετῶν δεινός ἐστι, καὶ ὅ γε τῆς ἀσπίδος ἔτι μᾶλλον. καὶ τούτων ἀντίπαλα καὶ ἀμυντήρια ῥᾳδίως οὐκ ἂν εὕροι τις, εἰ καὶ σοφώτατος εἴη κηλεῖν τε ὀδύνας καὶ ἀφανίζειν. ἦν δὲ ἄρα καὶ ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ τις ἰὸς ἀπόρρητος, καὶ πεφώραται τὸν τρόπον ἐκεῖνον. ἔχιν εἰ λάβοις, καὶ πάνυ εὐλαβῶς τε καὶ ἐγκρατῶς τοῦ τραχήλου κατάσχοις, καὶ διαστήσας τὸ στόμα εἶτα αὐτῷ προσπτύσειας,

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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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