# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 6.11

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/6.11

τίκτει δὲ ἔλαφος παρὰ τὰς ὁδούς, καὶ ἔοικέ γε σοφίᾳ τοῦτο δρᾶν· δέδοικε γὰρ τὰ θηρία καὶ τὰς ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐπιβουλάς, τοὺς δὲ ἀνθρώπους θαρρεῖ. καὶ ἐκείνων μὲν πεπίστευκεν ἀσθενεστέρα οὖσα, τούτους δὲ ἀποδρᾶναι δύνασθαι οὐκ ἀμφιβάλλει. καταπιανθεῖσα δὲ οὐκ ἂν ἔτι τέκοι παρὰ τὰς ὁδούς· οἶδε γὰρ ὅτι δραμεῖν ἐστι νωθεστέρα. τίκτει οὖν ἐν τοῖς ἄγκεσι καὶ ἐν τοῖς δρυμοῖς καὶ ἐν τοῖς αὐλῶσι.

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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/.