# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 2.53

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/2.53

Μυσοῖς ἄγουσιν ἄχθη βόες, καὶ κεράτων ἄμοιροί εἰσι. λέγω δὲ τὴν ἀγέλην ἄκερων ὁρᾶσθαι οὐκέτι διὰ κρύος, ἀλλὰ τῶν βοῶν τῶνδε ἰδίᾳ φύσει, καὶ τὸ μαρτύριον παρὰ πόδας· γίνονται γὰρ καὶ ἐν Σκύθαις κεράτων οὐκ ἀγέραστοι βόες. ἐγὼ δὲ ἀκούω λέγοντός τινος ἐν συγγραφῇ καὶ μελίττας Σκυθίδας εἶναι, ἐπαΐειν τε τοῦ κρύους οὐδὲ ἕν, καὶ μέντοι καὶ πιπράσκειν ἐς Μυσοὺς κομίζοντας Σκύθας οὐκ ὀθνεῖον σφίσιν ἀλλὰ αὐθιγενὲς μέλι καὶ κηρία ἐπιχώρια. εἰ δὲ ἐναντία Ἡροδότῳ λέγω, μή μοι ἀχθέσθω· ὁ γὰρ ταῦτα εἰπὼν ἱστορίαν ἀποδείκνυσθαι ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἀκοὴν ᾅδειν ἔφατο ἡμῖν ἀβασάνιστον.

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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/.