# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 3.27

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/3.27

ἡ Πελοπόννησος λεόντων ἄγονός ἐστι· καὶ οἷα εἰκὸς Ὅμηρος πεπαιδευμένῃ φρενὶ συνιδὼν τοῦτο τὴν Ἄρτεμιν ἐκεῖθι θηρῶσαν ᾅδων εἶπεν ὅτι ἄρα ἔπεισι τόν τε Ταΰγετον καὶ τὸν Ἐρύμανθον τερπομένη κάπροισι καὶ ὠκείῃς ἐλάφοισιν. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἔρημα λεόντων τάδε τὰ ὄρη, καὶ μάλα γε εἰκότως οὐκ ἐμνήσθη αὐτῶν.

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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/.