# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 4.23

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/4.23

καρπὸν δὲ ἰτέας εἴ τις θλιβέντα δοίη πιεῖν τοῖς ἀλόγοις, λυπεῖται ἐκεῖνα οὐδὲ ἕν, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ τρέφεται· πιὼν δὲ ἄνθρωπος τὴν σπορὰν τὴν παιδοποιόν τε καὶ ἔγκαρπον ἀπώλεσε. καί μοι δοκεῖ Ὅμηρος καὶ τὰ τῆς φύσεως ἀπόρρητα ἀνιχνεύσας εἶτα μέντοι καὶ ἰτέαι ὠλεσίκαρποι ἐν τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ μέτροις εἰπεῖν τοῦτο αἰνιττόμενος. κωνείου δὲ ἄνθρωπος πιὼν κατὰ τὴν τοῦ αἵματος πῆξίν τε καὶ ψῦξιν ἀποθνήσκει, ὗς δὲ κωνείου ἐμπίπλαται καὶ ὑγιαίνει.

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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/.