# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 4.19

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/4.19

κύνες Ἰνδικοί, θηρία καὶ οἵδε εἰσὶ καὶ ἀλκὴν ἄλκιμα καὶ ψυχὴν θυμοειδέστατα καὶ τῶν πανταχόθεν κυνῶν μέγιστοι. καὶ τῶν μὲν ἄλλων ζῴων ὑπερφρονοῦσι, λέοντι δὲ ὁμόσε χωρεῖ κύων Ἰνδικός, καὶ ἐγκείμενον ὑπομένει, καὶ βρυχωμένῳ ἀνθυλακτεῖ, καὶ ἀντιδάκνει δάκνοντα· καὶ πολλὰ αὐτὸν λυπήσας καὶ κατατρώσας, τελευτῶν ἡττᾶται ὁ κύων. εἴη δʼ ἂν καὶ λέων ἡττηθεὶς ὑπὸ κυνὸς Ἰνδοῦ, καὶ μέντοι καὶ δακὼν ὁ κύων ἔχεται καὶ μάλα ἐγκρατῶς. κἂν προσελθὼν μαχαίρᾳ τὸ σκέλος ἀποκόπτῃς τοῦ κυνός, ὃ δὲ οὐκ ἄγει σχολὴν ἀλγήσας ἀνεῖναι τὸ δῆγμα, ἀλλὰ ἀπεκόπη μὲν πρότερον τὸ σκέλος, νεκρὸς δὲ ἀνῆκε τὸ στόμα, καὶ κεῖται βιασθεὶς ἀποστῆναι τῷ

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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/.