# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 4.3-4

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, 4.3 to 4.4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/4.3

Λύκω συννόμω καὶ ἵππω, λέοντέ γε μὴν οὐκέτι· λέαινα γὰρ καὶ λέων οὐ τὴν αὐτὴν ἴασιν οὔτε ἐπὶ θήραν οὔτε πιόμενοι. τὸ δὲ αἴτιον, τῇ τοῦ σώματος ῥώμῃ θαρροῦντε ἄμφω εἶτα οὐ δεῖται θατέρου ὁ ἕτερος, ὥς φασιν οἱ πρεσβύτεροι. οὐ ῥᾳδίως οἱ λύκοι τὴν ὠδῖνα ἀπολύουσιν, ἀλλὰ ἐν ἡμέραις δώδεκα καὶ νυξὶ τοσαύταις, ἐπεὶ τοσούτῳ χρόνῳ τὴν Λητὼ ἐς Δῆλον ἐξ Ὑπερβορέων ἐλθεῖν Δήλιοί φασιν.

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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/.