# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 4.60

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/4.60

σπίνοι δὲ ἄρα σοφώτεροι καὶ ἀνθρώπων τὸ μέλλον προεγνωκέναι. ἴσασι γοῦν καὶ χειμῶνα μέλλοντα, καὶ χιόνα ἐσομένην προμηθέστατα ἐφυλάξαντο. καὶ τοῦ καταληφθῆναι δέει ἀποδιδράσκουσιν ἐς τὰ ἀλσώδη χωρία, καὶ αὐτοῖς τὰ δάση κρησφύγετα ὡς ἂν εἴποις ἐστίν.

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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/.