# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 5.18

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/5.18

ὁ ὀρφὼς θαλάττιον ζῷόν ἐστι, καὶ εἰ ἕλοις καὶ ἀνατέμοις, οὐκ ἂν ἴδοις τεθνεῶτα παραχρῆμα αὐτόν, ἀλλὰ ἐπιλαμβάνει τῆς κινήσεως καὶ οὐκ ἐπʼ ὀλίγον. διὰ χειμῶνος δὲ ἐν τοῖς φωλεοῖς οἰκουρῶν χαίρει· διατριβαὶ δὲ ἄρα αἱ πρὸς τῇ γῇ μᾶλλον φίλαι αὐτῷ.

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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/.