# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 2.57

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/2.57

τὸ τῶν βοῶν ἄρα πάγχρηστον ἦν γένος καὶ ἐς γεωργίας κοινωνίαν καὶ ἐς ἀγωγὴν φόρτου διαφόρου. καὶ γαυλοὺς ἐμπλῆσαι βοῦς ἀγαθός ἐστι, καὶ βωμοὺς κοσμεῖ, καὶ ἀγάλλει πανηγύρεις, καὶ πανθοινίαν παρέχει. καὶ ἀποθανὼν δὲ βοῦς γενναῖόν τι χρῆμα καὶ ἀξιέπαινον. μέλιτται γοῦν ἐκ τῶν ἐκείνου λειψάνων ἐκφύονται, ζῷον φιλεργότατον καὶ τῶν καρπῶν τὸν ἄριστόν τε καὶ γλύκιστον ἐν ἀνθρώποις παρασκευάζον, τὸ μέλι.

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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/.