# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 3.43

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/3.43

ὁ κόραξ ὁ ἤδη γέρων ὅταν μὴ δύνηται τρέφειν τοὺς νεοττούς, ἑαυτὸν αὐτοῖς προτείνει τροφήν· οἳ δὲ ἐσθίουσι τὸν πατέρα. καὶ τὴν παροιμίαν ἐντεῦθέν φασι τὴν γένεσιν λαβεῖν τὴν λέγουσαν ʽκακοῦ κόρακος κακὸν ᾠόν.ʼ

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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/.