# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 4.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/4.9

τῶν ἰχθύων διὰ τοῦ ἦρος οἱ πλεῖστοι ἐς ἀφροδίτην πρόθυμοί εἰσι, καὶ ἀποκρίνουσί γε αὑτοὺς ἐς τὸν Πόντον μᾶλλον· ἔχει γάρ πως θαλάμας τε καὶ κοίτας, φύσεως ταῦτα ἰχθύσι τὰ δῶρα· ἀλλὰ καὶ θηρίων ἐλεύθερός ἐστιν ὅσα βόσκει θάλαττα. δελφῖνες δὲ ἀλῶνται μόνοι, λεπτοί τε καὶ ἀσθενικοί· καὶ μὴν καὶ πολύπου χῆρός ἐστι καὶ παγούρου ἄγονος, καὶ

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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/.