# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 2.47

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/2.47

ἰκτῖνος ἐς ἁρπαγὴν ἀφειδέστατος. οἵδε τῶν μὲν ἐξ ἀγορᾶς ἐμποληθέντων κρεαδίων ἐὰν γένωνται κρείττους, ἥρπασαν προσπεσόντες, τῶν δὲ ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Διὸς ἱερουργίας οὐκ ἂν προσάψαιντο. Ἡ δὲ ὄρειος ἅρπη τῶν ὀρνίθων προσπεσοῦσα τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἀφαρπάζει.

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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/.