# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 3.12

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/3.12

κολοιοὺς δὲ εὐεργέτας νομίζουσι καὶ Θετταλοὶ καὶ Ἰλλυριοὶ καὶ Λήμνιοι, καὶ δημοσίας γε αὐτοῖς τροφὰς ἐψηφίσαντο, ἐπεὶ τῶν ἀκρίδων, αἳ λυμαίνονται τοὺς καρποὺς τοῖς προειρημένοις, τὰ ᾠὰ ἀφανίζουσί τε οἱ κολοιοὶ καὶ διαφθείρουσι τὴν ἐπιγονὴν αὐτοῖς. μειοῦται δὴ κατὰ πολὺ τὰ τῶν ἀκρίδων νέφη, καὶ τοῖς προειρημένοις μένει τὰ ὡραῖα ἀσινῆ.

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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/.