# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 3.31

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/3.31

ἀλεκτρυόνα φοβεῖται λέων. καὶ βασιλίσκος δὲ τὸν αὐτὸν ὄρνιν, ὥς φασιν, ὀρρωδεῖ, καὶ κατιδὼν τρέμει, καὶ ἀκούων ᾅδοντος σπᾶταί τε καὶ ἀποθνήσκει. ταῦτα ἄρα καὶ οἱ τὴν Λιβύην ὁδοιποροῦντες τὴν τῶν τοιούτων τροφὸν δέει τοῦ προειρημένου βασιλίσκου εἶτα μέντοι συνέμπορον καὶ κοινωνὸν τῆς ὁδοῦ τὸν ἀλεκτρυόνα ἐπάγονται, ὅσπερ οὖν τὸ τηλικοῦτον κακὸν ἀπαλλάξει αὐτοῖς.

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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/.